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NH student debt average highest in nation and growing

By CONNOR CLERKIN STAFF WRITER

New Hampshire reached the number one spot in average student debt this year, according to the Project on Student Debt. While tuition costs and debt amounts have been growing fairly consistently, this is the first year that New Hampshire has become number one.

UNH hasn’t been the only school struggling with these recent cuts; community colleges and other state universities have felt the impact as well.

National debt for students falls at $25,250, while in New Hampshire it is $31,048. This may continue to be a large concern in the state of New Hampshire, as the state legislature made a 48 percent cut to

the university system last summer while also completely cutting state scholarships.

This cut and other budget cuts like it have not only had an impact on UNH, which has an average debt rate of $32,323, but also on the other state universities and the community college system. Will Arvelo, the president of the nearby Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth, N.H., said that students have

been taking on larger loans in the past year, while also registering to take fewer credits.

In the past, student tuition was paid by a combination of Pell Grants, unique scholarships for specific areas of study, state scholarships, and loans. But with the elimination of the state scholarships and the increases in

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Behind the polls

UNH assoc. professor Smith will play unheralded but essential role in NH primary

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Andrew Smith is the director of the UNH Survey Center, which creates many of the political polls used by national media outlets to determine the leaders in electoral campaigns.

ith the 2012 presidential election just around the corner, the public is going to rely on political polls created by political scientists. These polls provide the information that the public wants to hear.

Andrew Smith, associate professor of political science and the director of the UNH Survey Center, is a key figure in political science and the political polls that the people will use.

Originally from Ohio, Smith ob-

Olik bringing electro to UNH

tained his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. His strong interest in American politics and poll making, however, was accidental. He did not become interested in American political science until he went to school for his master’s, when he worked for the Institute of Police Research (IPR) in 1985.

“When I went to graduate school, my major was in foreign affairs. I was interested in foreign policy, what other governments did, comparative

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Senior DJ hopes to grow appreciation of electronic music on campus

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UNH senior Chris Buchanan – also known as DJ Olik from Berlin – opened for world-renowned DJ Avicii on Nov. 19 at the Whitt.

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n Sat., Nov. 19, UNH senior Chris Buchanan – more widely known as DJ Olik from Berlin – performed electronic music for over an hour as the first opening act for world-famous DJ Avicii at the Whittemore Center Arena. The show, which had over 4,000 attendees, has been quickly opening doors for Olik, who said he was very humbled by the opportunity to perform at such a huge event.

“I’m amazed by how well people have received the concert. The energy of the crowd was really amazing,” Olik said. “I’ve even had record companies contact me about the four remixes I produced for the concert.”

Each week, Olik hosts a live radio show

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Lynch vetoes casino bills

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Greek life enrollment rises

7 Gov. John Lynch announced he would not allow any potential casino bill to pass in New Hampshire.

Light Up Durham

8 After a reconfiguration of the Greek life system in 2006, involvement in fraternities and sororities has almost doubled.

UNH swept by UMass-Lowell

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Check out page 10 for photos of the Light Up Durham event, in which members of the UNH and Durham communities ‘lit up’ their businesses, houses and restaraunts.

The UNH hockey team had a rough weekend, as the ‘Cats were swept in their home-and-home series against UMass-Lowell.

Beliveau notches 1,000th point

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Senior forward Denise Beliveau scored the 1,000th point of her career in the UNH women’s basketball team’s loss to Holy Cross on Saturday.

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continued from page 1 costs due to cuts, students are being forced to take on more loans in order to bridge that gap.

Tuition at Great Bay currently sits just above $6,000 annually.

Arvelo said that the tuition is not the main problem for students, with associated costs such as transportation and living expenses causing students more concern. While more students are signing up for classes, they are taking fewer credits, and therefore the revenue of the college is going down.

Normally this would cause a tuition increase, but Arvelo said that tuition is essentially as high as the school could stand to make it. Because of this, the college has been forced to offer fewer sections of various courses, as well as increase the number of courses that each faculty member has to teach. This in

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continued from page 1 politics, those sorts of things,” Smith said. “But my placement into the Institute of Policy Research, and then getting the job in the polling part of that, just really piqued my interest in American politics, particularly elections.

“It really led me to realize that if you’re going to study politics, the United States is the most interesting country in the world …

It would be like studying England in the 19th century or Rome 2000 years. You go where the centers of things are.”

After working for various jobs, such as the Department of Mass Communications and the Institute for Survey and Policy Research, he became employed at UNH in 1999 as the director of the survey center.

The polls that Smith creates cover a variety of different topics, including presidential elections, governor elections and heated political debates. The polls only cover topics that pertain to New England and the state of New Hampshire.

“We don’t do any national election polls too much, largely because there’s a lot of other people that do that, and we want to really understand N.E. and N.H. in particular,” Smith said. “Over the last several years in N.H. we’ve done polling on gay marriage, on the economy and economic prospects, gambling, education and education funding and tax policies, you name it. Any sort of major public policy issue, we probably ask questions on it.”

Among Smith’s dozens of publications and papers, his most recent work will be a book on the New Hampshire primary. A collaboration effort with one of the founders of the survey center, David Moore, the book will cover “things that have never really been discussed and talked about in the N.H. primary.”

“We are looking at the N.H.

turn puts stress on the faculty, and so the students suffer even more.

Arvelo is concerned about the effect these cuts will have on the state’s future.

“The state will suffer. If you don’t have an educated workforce, the companies don’t come here.

They go somewhere else because that’s where the educated workers are,” he said.

Nor does Arvelo believe that the emphasis on college will decrease. He said, “Some companies will continue to only higher those with college educations. If you don’t support [the students] you’re going to be at a disadvantage both locally and nationally.”

Though percentage-wise the community college system did not take as big of a hit as UNH and the other state universities, more of its funding comes directly from the state. Arvelo said that not many students have made themselves involved in any plan to attempt to reverse this trend.

primary from a political side perspective, but first off lets everyone understand what the electorate is in N.H., how it behaves, how it is usually not accurately reported by the press, and about how N.H. is or what it’s like,” Smith said. “And we’ve got decades of public opinion data on N.H. and the N.H. primary, as well as personal experience. Between the two of us we’ve got 40 years, almost, of looking at N.H. primaries.”

Whenever Smith was asked a question about poll making, he never responded with “I.” It was always “we.” The polls and surveys that are made are made in collaboration with the entire survey center, and it was clear that Smith was very conscious of this.

The survey center is dedicated to providing political, business and educational leaders with reliable information about the public’s views. It was established in 1976, and became an official center in 1986. Some of the most famous names that hire the center are The Boston Globe and WMUR. While political poll making is the most visible and well-known part of the center, it only accounts for about 15 percent of the business it does. The rest of the business is divided into what Smith calls three other groups.

“Most of our work is with university, or I’d say the biggest section, is work with the university faculty,” Smith said. “The second group that we work with is governments. And that includes the state government, the federal government. … The third group is business and not for profit world. We do a lot of work for not for profits; agencies like the United Way, the Red Cross, YMCA, AARP, you name it.”

Despite the academic requirements one needs the be a political scientist and poll maker, Smith stressed that in order to make it, one cannot simply stay in the books; field experience is essential.

“It’s the kind of thing you can’t learn without doing,” Smith said.

“You really got to do it.”

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Olik from Berlin has received attention from record companies since his performance opening for Avicii.

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continued from page 1 from 8 to 10 p.m. The show, jokingly titled “Eurotrash,” has been on the air since 2008. It began after Olik returned from living in Germany for a year, performing live in a local Berlin club called Matrix.

“It’s a little bit like a story, each episode,” he said. “You start off with something big, and it comes down, and maybe there’s some variation in the story, but it builds up and there’s a climax and breakdowns. It’s actually supposed to have this theme to it. You can make it dark. You can make it happy. You can take it in whatever direction you like. Each song is a little component to that, and finding songs that fit together is very, very challenging. It takes a long time to develop an ear for it, but it’s so incredibly rewarding.”

Olik said “Eurotrash” comes from what he believes to be the perception of electronic music in the United States. Although house music is originally derived from disco, its popularity in the U.S. has never matched its popularity in other parts of the world, such as Europe and Asia.

“Dance music’s perception in the United States is just like soccer or the metric system,” Olik said.

“It’s this foreign thing that’s weird and can’t be any good. It’s just that trash from Europe, even though it came from the United States and even though it’s becoming popular.

That’s how it’s perceived.”

Olik said he believes that this perception is beginning to change, especially in New England, which is notorious for its general hatred of electronic music. He mentioned artists like Deadmau5 and Skrillix, and how the changing nature of electronic music in the U.S. is “having a profound impact on the listenership.”

“You can hear it in pop music now. A lot of American pop music has beats in it – especially with dubstep. To hear something like dubstep in a Britney Spears song gives me a chuckle,” Olik said. “Just to think, maybe a year and a half ago, a dance music concert on that scale on the UNH campus would never have been taken seriously. The fact that [the Avicii concert] was pulled off with thousands of people in attendance was phenomenal.”

Olik said that each two-hour show takes at least eight hours of work. His set at the Avicii concert was half the length of his radio show, and Olik went into the venue

with four hours worth of music to mix, assuming that he would have less than an hour to perform.

Olik searches for music from a number of sources, including blogs and record labels. He constantly does research to find unreleased and new things to mix, from multiple genres. He said that he tries to give each episode of his radio show some “character” by providing something unique every week.

“I try to keep my show new and fresh every week. I won’t play the same track twice,” Olik said.

“It’s not your Top 40 music. I don’t play the electronic versions of Britney Spears songs. People can find that anywhere. My job is to find things that maybe no one has ever heard before, underrepresented and underappreciated music that I really like, and play it on the air.”

He said that mixing is a particular art form, which many people do not recognize. According to Olik, performing electronic music involves much more than putting together a playlist of songs and hitting play.

Each week, he is physically present in the WUNH studio for the full length of his show, live-mixing music on the air with turntables and mixers. He said that finding songs that go together can be very difficult. Stretching beats, changing tones and timing each song so that it flows into every other are all imperative elements of electronic music.

Olik added that it took him at least two and a half years to become even marginally skilled at mixing.

Live mixing is always difficult, he said, largely because performing electronic music is very dependent on the crowd.

“It’s very hard to prepare for a show. You try to read the crowd.

Wherever they’re going, you try to amplify and empower that. Each different crowd is unique. It’s so difficult to prepare for such a thing,” he said.

His first opportunity to perform live was at Matrix in Berlin, though he has since performed at various events in the New England area and even in Asia. This summer, Olik performed in Tokyo, Singapore and Malaysia, and said he felt like a “musical ambassador” during his time there.

Olik travels often, thanks to his father’s former job as a pilot. He said that flying is easy for him, so long as he does the necessary networking to find locations where he can get gigs.

“I’m very lucky to be my father’s son,” Olik said.

Between his travel opportunities and the changing atmosphere surrounding electronic music, he said the possibility for a future career in music is increasing for him.

He said that even if he did opt to pursue a career in performing, he would also need to do other things to balance music. In addition to his radio show and live performances, Olik is also a political science major seeking a spot as a graduate student at UNH, and he is a firefighter.

“I could never do just one thing at a time. I like doing many things.

If I were to go into music as a career, I would always do something else, definitely. And I like that,” he said. “Ask me in about two years.

I’m not really sure; I think it’d be great. It’s a little bit of a rock star dream, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

Olik said that he first started listening to “music with beats” when he was in the fourth grade.

According to him, it was an “instant love affair,” and it has been the most constant thing in his life ever since.

He said that he considers it a hobby, but is thrilled that it is becoming such a large part of his life.

“Music has been a very stabilizing force for me, as a person with many interests. Because I do so many things, music is one constant.

I’ve never done anything so consistently as feeling the same about music,” he said.

What makes music especially important to Olik’s life is that it helps him with his self-described “abysmal memory.” He said that he makes a habit of listening to songs until he cannot stand them anymore, but can come back to them years later and remember not only how he felt at the time that he was listening to that song, but also what he was doing.

He said that his memory is one of the biggest hindrances in his life, so while music may sometimes distract from school or his other activities, it is ultimately one of the best things for him.

“The way that works for me, because I listen to a certain song for maybe a long period of time, it becomes attached to how I feel.

It becomes associated with how I remember what I was doing then.

Nothing else does that for me,” Olik said.

For more information on DJ Olik from Berlin, check out his website at http://olik.co or find him on Facebook at http://facebook. com/djolik. “Eurotrash” airs live on WUNH 91.3 FM every Thursday at 8 p.m.

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Police, volunteers search for missing Detroit girl

By COREY WILLIAMS ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT - Stepping gingerly among mounds of discarded tires, piles of soggy clothing and nail-pierced wood boards, Makibla Gideon’s head swept from side to side in search of a purple toddler’s jacket or pink shirt - any remnant that could have been worn by a 2-year-old Detroit girl whose father claims was taken during carjacking.

“You have to put all that aside when it comes to a precious little girl,” said the 39-year-old Gideon, barely avoiding oily pools of filthy rain water in one of dozens of alleys not far from where Bianca Jones is reported to have last been seen.

More than three dozen volunteers searching for Bianca fanned out in small groups of five to 10 Monday morning through the North End neighborhood, while

police continued to pore over D’Andre Lane’s version of how his car was taken during a robbery Friday morning with his daughter in the rear seat.

“We are looking for Bianca. We are trying to find her. We are going to bring Bianca home.”

D’Andre Lane Jones family friend

“If it was my son or me missing I would want somebody looking for me,” said Gideon, moments before peering inside a trash-filled and nearly collapsed garage only blocks from where police found

Lane’s car.

She and others who canvassed the area amid 30-degree temperatures that eventually gave way to snow returned a couple hours later to Metropolitan United Methodist Church, many tired but vowing to try again Tuesday if necessary.

Lane, 32, was being held in nearby Oakland County on an outstanding warrant from an unrelated case. But Undersheriff Mike McCabe said Monday afternoon that Lane had been released.

Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee said Sunday investigators were questioning the truthfulness of Lane’s story. Police also searched his home Monday morning, but declined to provide details.

No suspects have been identified related to the alleged carjacking.

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of the highest priority relative to our commitment of dedicated resources to this case,” Godbee said in a statement. “The Detroit Police Department will not comment on the quantity nor the quality of any evidence or information we have gathered to date. However, in the interest of allaying some of the fears of the public regarding the apparent randomness of Bianca’s disappearance, the authenticity and credibility of the original version of events is under intense scrutiny by our investigative team.”

Banika Jones, the girl’s mother, said before the search began that she last saw her daughter Nov. 26, when family and friends celebrated her birthday. Jones said Lane had taken Bianca to see a movie, brought her back to her mother’s house for the party and then the girl left with her father.

“Please continue to keep searching for Bianca,” Banika Jones said. “We love her and we want her home. Bianca, Mommy has lots and lots of gingerbread men for you when you get home.”

According to Michigan prison records, Lane was jailed for more than three years on drug and firearm possession charges stemming from a 2003 arrest and was paroled in 2007. He also served a more than four-year probation starting in 1996 after being convicted of assault with intent to commit armed robbery and a conspiracy charge.

A pre-sentencing investigation report from 2007 shows that Lane, a father of three other children from three previous relationships, sought to shield his incarceration from his children. A probation officer wrote that Lane did not want his children to come to see him in prison because it was not a place for them to visit.

Banika Jones said Lane has a good relationship with Bianca, who is described as 2 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing about 25 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.

“He has unfettered access to her; welcome to come anytime,” she said. “He’s never been anything but loving and committed to her. I know he probably wants to see Bianca home as much as I do.

“I have no information on the investigation. My focus is on finding Bianca. That is what I’m driven to do right now is bring my daughter home. I just want to see Bianca again.

“We are looking for Bianca.

We are trying to find her. We are going to bring Bianca home.”

Lane has been close to the Jones family for years, according to Kelly Jones, Banika’s sister.

“They were never officially in a relationship” and there was no “bad blood,” Kelly Jones said of Lane and Banika.

“There was no problem and now Bianca’s gone. Let’s just find her,” Kelly Jones said.

Locating a child that some fear is somewhere shivering in the cold is what prompted Michelle Carter to join the search Monday.

“It was cold,” Carter said after returning with others to Metropolitan United Methodist Church.

“We went through the alleys. We searched porches, under debris, moved bags and went through trash. We called Bianca’s name.”

The 39-year-old nail salon owner refused to think the worst and admitted to having no idea what Bianca’s mother may be feeling.

“I don’t want to imagine. No,” Carter said. “Being a mother and not even knowing where your child is ... I know is devastating.”

In Brief Vt. man arrested for assualt after manhunt MIDDLESEX, Vt. - A convicted kidnapper suspected of assaulting a woman in Vermont has been arrested in New Hampshire after a five-day search.

Vermont State Police say 42-year-old Harley Breer of Calais was found at the home of an acquaintance in Tilton, N.H. Police say he was arrested on Monday without incident.

Police had issued an arrest warrant for Breer on Wednesday for violating the conditions of

his parole after his 2009 release from prison for kidnapping his estranged girlfriend’s mother in 1999.

Authorities say Breer is now suspected of assaulting his girlfriend and later taking her vehicle without her consent. Police say he’s also been known to threaten law enforcement.

On Monday, he waived his extradition rights in a New Hampshire court and was waiting to be transported back to Vermont.

Romney says Attorney General Holder should quit MANCHESTER, N.H. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on President Barack Obama’s attorney general to resign because of the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border.

Romney tells reporters after a rally in New Hampshire that Eric Holder has misled Congress and has “brought shame” on the Justice Department through his handling

of Operation Fast and Furious.

Operation Fast and Furious involved more than 2,000 weapons purchased by straw buyers at Phoenix-area gun stores. Nearly 700 of those guns have been recovered - 276 in Mexico and 389 in the United States, according to ATF data as of Oct. 20.

Controversy erupted over the intitiative after two assault rifles turned up at an Arizona shootout where border agent Brian Terry was killed.

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One-hundred thousand wreaths headed to Arlington National Cemetery

By CLARKE CANFIELD Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine - Twenty years ago, wreath company owner Morrill Worcester and a dozen other people laid 5,000 wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. It was Worcester’s way of giving thanks to the nation’s veterans with leftover unsold wreaths.

This year, Worcester has arranged for up to 100,000 wreaths to be placed on gravesites at the military cemetery on Dec. 10 in his biggest wreath-laying undertaking yet.

A convoy of more than 20 trucks left Worcester Wreath Co. in the eastern Maine town of Harrington on Sunday to begin the six-day journey to the cemetery in Arlington, Va., outside Washington, the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of veterans and a tourist site that draws four million visitors a year. Along the way, there’ll be ceremonies at schools, veterans’ homes and in communities in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland.

Worcester never expected the wreath-laying effort to grow from a single tractor-trailer carrying a few thousand wreaths to 84 big rigs delivering wreaths to Arlington and hundreds of locations. Besides the

Arlington ceremony, his Wreaths Across America organization has organized more than 700 other ceremonies at veterans’ cemeteries and monuments across the country and overseas involving 225,000 wreaths.

“We haven’t really tried to push it; it’s really just grown on its own,” Worcester said. “We have a hard time keeping up with it.”

Worcester, who has never served in the military, came up with the idea of a wreath-laying ceremony 20 years ago when he found himself with an extra 5,000 wreaths in December, too late to bring to market. He decided upon Arlington National Cemetery, which he had visited as a child.

After that first year, Worcester continued donating wreaths and holding ceremonies at the cemetery. The event remained relatively small with little fanfare until a photo, showing thousands of green wreaths with red ribbons nestled against headstones on a snow-covered ground, made its way around the Internet about five years ago.

After that, Worcester got thousands of emails and letters from people wanting to donate, and inquiries from others asking how they could hold wreath-laying ceremonies of their own to pay tribute to those who have served in the mili-

tary. So he and his wife founded the nonprofit Wreaths Across America to take in donations and organize hundreds of wreath-laying ceremonies at veterans’ cemeteries.

Wreaths Across America put 24,000 wreaths on Arlington headstones last year, and initially hoped to put them on virtually all 220,000 headstones this year. That initiative fell short, but Worcester said he’s still pleased that they’ll be able to put out 100,000 of the laurels.

Of the 325,000 wreaths in all of this year’s ceremonies, Worcester is donating 25,000. His company makes the rest, but they are paid for through donations from groups and individuals and through corporate sponsorships.

The growth of the event doesn’t surprise Joanne Patton of Hamilton, Mass., the daughter-inlaw of World War II Gen. George S. Patton and the widow of Patton’s son, Maj. Gen. George S. Patton IV, who is buried in Arlington.

On Monday, Patton will receive one of Worcester’s wreaths in a ceremony in Topsfield, Mass., which she will then lay on a tank in Patton Park in Hamilton, Mass.

She has participated in past Wreaths Across America events as well.

“It’s an amazing expression of honoring the spirit of service,” she said.

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Dimond Library will remain open straight from Dec. 9 through Dec. 17, the last day of final exams.

Dimond Library opens 24/7 for finals week

By CHRIS MATAGRANO Contributing Writer

Starting Dec. 9, students can pull all-nighters to prepare for their toughest finals. To give these students a place to study, Dimond Library is keeping its doors open 24/7.

Once 7:30 a.m. rolls around that day, the library will stay open all the way through Saturday, Dec. 17, until 5:30 p.m. Normally the library opens at 7:30 a.m. and closes at 2 a.m. daily.

“I’m usually there until at least closing for regular tests, so it’ll be extremely helpful for me for my finals,” student Sarah Collins said.

Students already stay at the library for hours upon hours until closing to study for their exams.

With the extra hours, students will be able to study undisturbed and less distracted even longer.

“I am too prone to watch TV when I go home after the library, and I still have more studying to do,” said senior Justin Lang. “So having the library open gives me the open-ended option to study as long as I feel like.”

For those students who do decide to pull all-nighters at the library, UNH Dining will be providing nourishment for hungry students.

“We will be holding a pancake breakfast from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, but traditionally we usually bring cookies and hot chocolate to the library as well,” said Deb Scanlon, the area manager of Holloway Commons.

“I love when Holloway has their pancake breakfast. I also think it’s a great idea to have some hot chocolate and cookies at the li-

brary while we study,” sophomore Scott Morris said.

Besides the special dining services, students can still get their favorites from Zeke’s Café, but only during its normal operating hours.

Some students don’t think this is the best idea because students may need energy drinks and food to stay focused. Student Shayna Greer said, “It’s counter productive because it isn’t available to students at all times they are there.”

“I’m usually there

until at least closing for regular tests, so it’ll be extremely helpful for me for my finals.”

Sarah Collins Student

The Information Technology Center will be open only during normal operation hours as well.

This leaves students who experience technical difficulties late at night no solution until the morning.

According to Ryan Haselton, an IT employee, the center is open until midnight during the week.

Students who are also beginning to stress about their exams can take a few minutes to relax in Dimond Library. UNH Health Services will be holding a meditation session in Dimond on Monday, Dec. 12.

Finals begin Dec. 12, and go right through Dec. 17. Upon conclusion of finals, winter break will begin and last until Tuesday, Jan. 24, when spring semester begins.

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Gov. John Lynch will not allow passing of casino bills in NH

By CORINNE HOLROYD Staff Writer

On Monday, Nov. 14, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch announced that he will not pass any upcoming bills allowing casinos to open in the state.

Senate President Peter Bragdon and House Speaker William O’Brien received a letter from the governor stating that he would not approve any legislature allowing the casinos.

Lynch wrote that he came to his decision “after a great deal of thought and consideration,” and concluded that “the risks to New Hampshire from expanded gambling are simply too high” to allow casinos in the Granite State.

According to Lynch, several factors led to his decision, including the “lack of a regulatory structure” that would not cover an expanding gambling system, New Hampshire’s quality of life and economy, and the possibility of an increase in the number of casinos in the future.

“While expanded gambling may bring a short-term infusion of cash, we have a responsibility to future generations of New Hampshire citizens to consider the long-term impacts of our decisions on the state of New Hampshire,” Lynch wrote.

However, not everyone agrees that casino gambling would be bad

for the state.

Senator Lou D’Allesandro supports gambling in New Hampshire, and said that he “believe[s] it is an opportunity missed, and we’ve been missing it for the last decade.”

“While expanded

gambling may bring a short-term infusion of cash, we have a responsibility to future generations of New Hampshire citizens to consider the long-term impacts of our decisions on the state of New Hampshire.”

John Lynch N.H. Governor

Lynch added that New Hampshire should make choices independently from Massachusetts, which recently passed a bill allowing casino gambling in the state.

NH Briefs

Burglars hit NH house while couple attends funeral BRISTOL - A New Hampshire couple attending a funeral of a family member returned home to find that someone had broken into their home and taken cash and jewelry.

Leslie Sturgeon of Bristol tells The Laconia Daily Sun that she and her husband were targeted from the obituary for her father,

Rick Davis. She said the obituary had the time, date and place of the service last week.

Sgt. Kristopher Bean of the Bristol Police said that his department encourages residents who plan to be away from home for an extended time to ask the police to check on their home.

NH paper endorses Romney for president DOVER - A Dover, N.H., newspaper is endorsing Mitt Romney in an editorial.

In Sunday’s edition, Foster’s Sunday Citizen says Romney is the best choice in the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary and should be the party’s nominee for president.

The paper says it takes much of what’s been written in news coverage and slanted blogs with a grain

of salt. Instead, it bases its choice on what Romney himself has said and written. It also cites Romney’s political background and stand on issues such as the economy and health care. The editorial also cites Romney’s “core values” and experience in private enterprise Last weekend, Newt Gingrich won the endorsement of the early primary state’s biggest newspaper, the New Hampshire Union Leader.

NH bus driver charged over brake-slamming incident DERRY. - A New Hampshire school bus driver is facing charges for allegedly purposely slamming on the brakes, sending children lurching forward and injuring two of them.

Thirty-five-year-old Amy Weeden, of Derry, was charged this week with 24 counts of disorderly conduct - one count for each child on the bus - and two counts of simple assault. The charges stem

from a brake-slamming incident Sept. 19 while she was taking students home East Derry Elementary School.

Capt. Vernon Thomas told the Eagle-Tribune the children said Weeden told them she hit her brakes on purpose so they would do as they were told.

Weeden drove for First Student transportation company, which has suspended her.

“There are a lot of things that Massachusetts does (such as have income and sales taxes) that we don’t do in New Hampshire,” Lynch wrote. “We should not be driven by Massachusetts’ policy choices or Massachusetts’ schedule.”

Last year, Maine approved adding casinos in the state, while Massachusetts passed its casino bill on Thursday, Nov. 22. Some – like Sen. Chuck Morse – believe New Hampshire should be trying to stand out against its neighbors.

“We cannot cede our competitive advantage to Massachusetts. To do so would be a decision we would regret for generations,” Morse said.

“The legislation moving forward in the House is gaining significant momentum and should move forward.

It has my full support.”

However, Gov. Lynch is standing by his conviction, writing that while some other states have passed casino bills, New Hampshire should not.

“We offer a well-educated workforce, low crime rates and a beautiful natural environment,” Lynch wrote. “New Hampshire is consistently ranked among the best states to raise a child, the most livable state and the safest state. As I have said before, I believe we must be extraordinarily cautious about doing things that may hurt our successful strategy.”

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Fine accuser admits to molesting boy while working as counselor

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine - A Maine man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him admitted Monday that he molested a boy while working as a camp counselor.

Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston told The Associated Press that he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy he met at a camp in Maine. The boy is now 14.

Tomaselli has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges but said he anticipates that he’ll plead guilty in Superior Court and that a plea bargain, which includes prison time, is on the table. “I don’t really see any other way at this point,” he said.

Tomaselli, 23, became the third man to level sexual abuse allegations against Fine when he told

police in Syracuse that Fine first molested him in a Pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. He said Fine showed him porn, fondled him and watched him shower naked.

Fine has denied any wrongdoing. He was subsequently fired by the school.

“The only thing that transpired was the same stuff that happened to me,” Tomaselli said of his relationship with the teenage boy in Maine.

“This kid has been through a lot because of the way I controlled him and abused him.”

He said the plea bargain includes him serving three years in prison and registering as a sex offender for life.

Tomaselli also has said that he was abused by his father, Fred, and that he went to police about it in June in upstate New York. No charges were filed and Fred Tomaselli said the charges were “totally unfounded.”

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In Brief NH escaped inmate still at large in Maine SANFORD, Maine - Residents of several southern Maine communities remain on edge as police search for a New Hampshire jail escapee who’s considered armed and dangerous.

Authorities said Monday that there have been no confirmed sightings of 33-year-old David Glenn Hobson since the weekend discovery of a stolen SUV near the Sanford-Alfred-Lyman town lines.

Blood inside the vehicle suggests Hobson was injured Thursday while scaling a razor wire fence at the jail in Ossipee, N.H. On Monday, state and local police and U.S. marshals executed search warrants at two homes belonging to relatives in Sanford.

Hobson’s father was previously accused of leaving supplies.

Police believe Hobson may have headed to the area with the intent of injuring two people, and there’s a heavy police presence in the area.

Huntsman plans to be at NH town hall during Iowa debate WASHINGTON - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is planning to have a town hall meeting in New Hampshire next weekend while his rivals participate in a debate in Iowa that ABC is to televise nationally.

Huntsman on Friday said he will meet with voters on Dec. 10 in New Hampshire, a state central to his political strategy. Huntsman has written off Iowa and has spent neither time nor money there.

As a result, he was unlikely meet the qualifying threshold in Iowa of 5 percent in a poll of state caucusgoers or in a national poll.

Huntsman also has accepted an invitation to do a one-on-one debate with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in New Hampshire.

The two will meet in Windham for a Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with tea party activists on Dec. 12.

Romney says Attorney General Holder should quit MANCHESTER, N.H. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on President Barack Obama’s attorney general to resign because of the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border.

Romney tells reporters after a rally in New Hampshire that Eric Holder has misled Congress and has “brought shame” on the Justice Department through his handling of Operation Fast and Furious.

Operation Fast and Furious involved more than 2,000 weapons purchased by straw buyers at Phoenix-area gun stores. Nearly 700 of those guns have been recovered 276 in Mexico and 389 in the United States, according to ATF data as of Oct. 20.

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Greek life continues to gain popularity at UNH

By ABBY KESSLER Contributing Writer

In the past five years, student participation in Greek life at UNH has nearly doubled, primarily due to the readjustment of advising faculty, social media promotion and an increased concentration in philanthropic efforts within the community.

In 2006, Greek life administration was moved from the responsibility of the Residential Life Department to its own staff of overseers on the third floor in the MUB. Once the readjustment took place, a small group of faculty focused solely on Greek life was able to target issues that had been overlooked, such as strong student-faculty and national chapter relations.

According to MaryAnne Lustgraaf, director of administrative staff in the MUB, around 540 active members were involved in the Greek system five years ago. A recent 2011 report showed that the number had almost doubled, with 1,000 participants.

After the recent uproar of negative publicity surrounding chapters such as TKE and ATO, perceptions of strengthening involvement in Greek life have been skewed.

“Some people believe that university administration is trying to get rid of Greek chapters, and this is just not true,” Lustgraaf said.

In fact in the past five years, seven chapters have been added, including Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Alpha Zeta Phi, Sigma Chi, Alpha Delta, Sigma Alpha, and Delta Chi Ro - all non-housed organizations.

“The chapters are being restructured, so there are not as many ‘frat’ houses per se, but an increasing number of Greek organizations focused on academic achievement and philanthropic efforts,” Lustgraaf said.

“A lot of students and community members overlook the Greek chapters that don’t have houses, they only see the visible letters downtown,” said Adam Brammer, the president of Interfraternity

Council.

The restructuring of Greek organizations has helped strengthened numbers.

“Some people be-

lieve that university administration is trying to get rid of Greek chapters, and this is just not true.”

MaryAnne Lustgraaf

Director of admin. staff in the MUB

“I joined because Greek communities are full of student leaders, scholar athletes and volunteers,” Brammer said. “It opens doors that are shut off for others.”

Ashley Piecuch, the Panhellenic president, has also seen an increase in participation during her time at UNH.

“I have definitely seen an increase in student involvement during my time at UNH,” she said.

“We have been improving each year academically and within the community, which has put us in a better light from the stereotype we are too often placed in.”

Brammer foresees a bright future for Greek life at UNH. “We are already at our highest population ever, not including TKE and ATO rosters,” he said.

“Most of the sororities on campus are at their capacity, and fraternities have also gained in numbers in the past four years. I don’t see any reason why the numbers should slow.”

Although Lustgraaf believes Greek life is stronger than ever, she predicts an eventual plateau, no matter the efforts made to increase interest.

“I don’t think participation in Greek life will ever reach 50 percent of the population like other colleges around the country,” she said. “It’s just not the New England mentality.”

‘Sexting’ among minors not as common as originally thought

By ANDY GILBERT Staff Writer

A new UNH survey suggests that “sexting” - the sending and receiving of sexually explicit electronic messages by phone or the Internet - among minors is less widespread than it has been portrayed in the media.

The new information, released by the University of New Hampshire Crimes Against Children Research Center, shows that out of the 1,560 surveyed between ages 10 and 17, only 2.5 percent appeared in or created sexual images, while 7.1 percent only received them, combining for a total of less then 10 percent of youths surveyed being somehow involved in sexting. Of

the received messages, 5.9 percent were deemed “sexually explicit,” meaning they “showed breasts, genitals or someone’s bottom,” and of the messages which respondents appeared in or created, 1.3 percent were sexually explicit. Twentyone percent of those who appeared in or created images felt “very or extremely upset, embarrassed, or afraid as a result, as did 25 percent of youth receiving the images,” noted the study.

No one age 12 or under in the youths surveyed received sexually explicit images, and only two youths surveyed under 12 appeared in or created sexual images. The rest were all between 13 and 17, according to the study.

The research was published

on Dec. 5, 2011, in the journal Pediatrics. The data for the survey was collected between Aug. 2010 and Jan. 2011. The survey was done over the phone, the majority through landlines, with parental consent. Information obtained by questions asked remained confidential no matter the age, and those who were surveyed received a $10 gift card for their time.

“How you ask the question and who you ask the question to makes a world of difference in the responses you’re going to get,” said Kimberly Mitchell, one of the lead authors of the study and research associate professor of psychology at the CCRC, in a press release from UNH on Monday, backing up the discussion part of the study, which points

out that the data brings up questions on how sexting should be defined.

“As is often the case with the popularity of inspired neologisms, the term ‘sexting’ may be fatally compromised by its multiple and expansive collegial use,” stated the survey.

According to the study, sexting does not indicate increased sexual exploration in teens and preteens, just that it is easier for adults to see because it is being shared through digital media.

“Sexting may not indicate a dramatic change in youth risktaking or youth sexual behavior. It may just make some of that behavior more visible to adults and other authorities,” stated the conclusion of the study.

Internet becoming an effective tool to link campaign candidates, voters

By BETH FOUHY Associated Press

NEW YORK - As potential voters in New Hampshire and Iowa scan the Internet, they probably are seeing ads for Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama alongside deals for shoes and holiday gifts.

The campaign ads will then follow those voters around the Web, popping up on news sites, Google searches and on social networking sites like Facebook.

Online advertising, once used primarily as a way to reach young and heavily wired consumers, has emerged as an essential communications tool in the 2012 presidential contest. While few expect Web ads to supplant television commercials anytime soon, strategists say online ads may be the most nimble, efficient and cost-effective way to reach voters.

“Online advertising cuts through because of its ability to target. It’s unparalleled in any other medium,” said Romney’s digital

director, Zac Moffatt. “TV may be more effective for driving a big message, but per usage, the Internet is more powerful. We are probably one presidential cycle from everyone believing that.”

Web ads can take many forms, from small display boxes to clickable videos to 15- or 30-second commercials known as “pre-rolls” a viewer sees before the start of a news clip or YouTube video.

While campaigns invest heavily in television ads to reach a mass audience, Web ads are geared specifically to people based on their ZIP code, demographics and, most importantly, their Internet browsing history.

That means someone who has visited the Obama campaign website probably will start seeing his ads on a number of different Web pages.

Those who use Google to search for information on the Republican candidates might notice a Romney campaign pre-roll the next time they watch a TV show online.

Campaigns also buy ads on websites that cater to the different

demographic groups the campaigns are hoping to reach.

“When someone expresses interest in politics online, it’s an incredibly good time for the campaigns to talk to them,” said Andrew Roos, a Google account leader who works with Democratic campaigns on Web ad strategy. “You want to grab people when they are paying attention and ask them to take another action, like send money or attend an offline event. It’s an old-school organization principle that has been working its way online.”

Campaigns were slow to adapt to online advertising even as the corporate world flocked to the Web with product ads years ago. Internet ad revenue climbed to nearly $7.9 billion in the third quarter of 2011, up 22 percent from the same time last year, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau, which tracks online ad spending.

Corporations now spend from 18 percent to 28 percent of their advertising budget online, while campaigns historically have spent no more than 5 percent.

Chris Talbot, a freelance campaign digital strategist, noted that big companies can devote considerable time, money and research to figuring out what works online and what doesn’t. Campaigns don’t have that luxury.

“There is no ‘next quarter’ in politics, so campaigns usually revert to a template of what’s worked in the past,” he said.

In 2008, Obama and Republican presidential rival John McCain both did limited online campaign advertising. Web ads grew more prevalent in the 2010 midterm elections, when 85 of the top-spending House races and 600 interest groups bought display ads on Google.

Plenty of Internet users say they aren’t thrilled with the proliferation of online ads, particularly those that follow them from site to site.

A USA Today/Gallup poll taken in late 2010 found 9 of 10 respondents said they pay little attention to online ads. Two-thirds said they don’t believe advertisers should be able to target them based on their past Web searches.

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Durham

Members of the UNH and Durham community displayed their holiday spirit and lit up businesses, fraternities, restaurants, and the town center for the Light Up Durham event Friday night.

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Clinton orders review of visa program

By HOLBROOK MOHR ASSOCIATED PRESS

JACKSON, Miss. - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an “extensive and thorough review” of a foreign exchange program that has been used by U.S. businesses as a source of cheap labor and exploited by criminals to import women to work in the sex industry.

In the latest debacle for the J-1 Summer Work Travel visa, a federal indictment unsealed last week accuses the mafia of using the cultural exchange program to bring Eastern European women to work in New York strip clubs.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee also has been gathering information on the J-1 visa, which was created in 1963 to allow college students from other countries to spend their summer breaks living, working and traveling in the U.S. As the program has grown to bring more than 100,000 young people here annually, it has become as much about money as cultural understanding.

The State Department has made several changes since an Associated Press investigation last year uncovered widespread abuses, including living and working conditions that some participants compared to indentured servitude. In one of the worst cases, a woman told the AP she was beaten, raped and forced to work as a stripper in Detroit after being promised a job as a waitress in Virginia.

More common than sex trade abuses is shabby housing, scarce work hours and paltry pay. In August, dozens of workers protested conditions at a candy factory that packs Hershey chocolates in Hershey, Pa., complaining of hard physical labor and pay deductions for rent that often left them with little money.

A State Department spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Clinton “has called for an extensive and thorough review of the program.”

“We continue to be committed to working to strengthen the Summer Work Travel Program to safe-

guard the health and welfare of the participants,” the official said in an email late Friday. “We have already instituted one set of reforms and are working toward additional ones that take additional measures to protect participants and prioritize the original cultural intent of the program.”

“Foreign exchange

student abuse continues due to lack of oversight by State and the unadulterated greed of the exchange sponsors.”

Danielle Grijalva

Director, Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students

The New York case was made public just days after the State Department opened a period of public comment on proposed changes that would require companies that sponsor the participants to gather more information about employment and living arrangements.

It’s not clear if the proposed changes would have prevented the situation in New York, in which authorities say fraudulent offers for jobs as waitresses were used to help Eastern European women get visas to come to the U.S. Instead of working in restaurants, they allegedly danced in strip clubs. Authorities say members of the Gambino and Bonnano crime families were involved, along with the Russian mob.

The reforms being considered by the State Department would limit and refine the types of jobs students can have, expand the list of prohibited employment categories, and strengthen the “the cultural aspects of the program to ensure that the objective of the program - positive exposure to the United States is accomplished.”

The agency already prohibits participants from taking jobs “that might bring the Department of State into notoriety or disrepute” but the AP found that strip clubs and adult entertainment companies openly

solicited J-1 workers.

Most of the abuses in the J-1 program over the years have been blamed on unregulated, third-party labor brokers who work with the students. Critics say the students have gotten little help from companies designated as sponsors by the State Department.

The State Department said in November that it has temporarily stopped accepting any new sponsors and will limit the number of future participants to this year’s level, or about 103,000 students.

The State Department also revised its rules to require more oversight by its 53 designated sponsors, which help students arrange for visas and find jobs and housing in return for a fee.

“Foreign exchange student abuse continues due to lack of oversight by State and the unadulterated greed of the exchange sponsors,” according to Danielle Grijalva, director of the Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students, an advocacy group. Grijalva called on the State Department to enact a strict moratorium and impose sanctions for sponsors who fail to maintain the integrity of the program.

Under the J-1 program, foreign students are granted visas for up to four months and often land jobs at hotels, resorts and restaurants. Participation has boomed from about 20,000 students in 1996 to a peak of more than 150,000 in 2008, and roughly 1 million foreign students have taken part in the past decade. The students come from around the world, with some of the top participating countries being Russia, Brazil, Ukraine, Thailand, Ireland, Bulgaria, Peru, Moldova and Poland.

The students sometimes work as maids or groundskeepers in high-priced resorts, but they can also be found flipping burgers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast or working at fish factories in Alaska.

The State Department says most participants enjoy the program and some sign up to participate more than once.

The J-1 program generates millions for the participating employers and middleman companies.

The students pay fees that reach several thousand dollars for help

getting visas. Businesses that hire a foreign student over an American can save 8 percent because they don’t have to pay Medicare, Social Security and unemployment taxes.

Also, the foreigners must have their own health insurance.

In its own review, the AP found plentiful examples of students who made $1 an hour or less after deductions for housing, transportation and other expenses. Sometimes, labor recruiters charge students exorbitant rent for packing them into filthy, sparsely furnished apartments so crowded that some endure “hotbunking,” where they sleep in shifts.

Collins said the middlemen between the sponsors and work sites should be cut out completely, the students should be better informed of their rights and sponsors who don’t comply should be fined, suspended or banned.

There also needs to be a better system for verifying compliance and checking students’ living and working conditions, perhaps through partnerships with state and local governments, he said.

“There’s an old saying that ‘what the boss doesn’t check doesn’t get done,’” Collins said.

“The boss needs to start checking.”

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UNH alum’s company named ‘Coolest Company for Young Professionals’

By IAN FERGUSON Staff Writer

PixelMEDIA, a Portsmouth web services company founded by UNH alum Erik Dodier was named “Coolest Company for Young Professionals� by Business NH Magazine last week.

That award is the third such honor for the company this year.

In October, PixelMEDIA received a “Business Excellence� award from the New Hampshire Business Review, and in May, the company was named “Business of the Year,� in the business services category by the New Hampshire Business Review.

PixelMEDIA has provided web services for companies such as Sam Adams, Rubik’s Cube, Bauer, and Vibram. These services include website design and hosting, application development, brand identity, search marketing, interactive and social media, strategic planning,

and interface design.

PixelMEDIA’s offices at Pease National Tradeport are energyefficient in a LEED Certified Gold building. The first thing visitors see as they enter the office is a screen behind the receptionist’s desk where a projected video cycles through the faces of employees, changing every 10 seconds. Some faces are laughing, some are looking around, and a few are ambiguously gesticulating.

PixelMEDIA business analyst Brendan Flavin, who got his MBA from WSBE in 2008, said, “We were brought into one of the conference rooms one by one, sat down in front of a video camera and told to do something. We didn’t know what it was for.�

That kind of spontaneous creativity permeates through the office. With an open floor plan, each employee has his or her own space, which he or she can decorate any way he or she want. Various sitting areas are provided, and every short

file cabinet has wheels and a cushion on top of it to encourage visits and meetings between employees.

Conference rooms line the perimeter of the space, as well as the only two offices, those of co-founders Dodier and Thomas Obrey.

“We look for people

with self-initiative, who don’t need to be told what to do.�

Erik Dodier

CEO, PixelMEDIA The conference rooms are named after Portsmouth restaurants (Friendly Toast, RĂ­ RĂĄ), with murals of the corresponding building inside each room. The sitting area features a large chessboard, and Nerf guns are perched at the ready at most of

the work stations. “We’re in a Cold War right now with the Nerf guns, because everyone’s so well-armed, we know that whoever strikes first will start a major war,� Dodier, the company’s CEO, said. “Fun is the last of our core values, but it’s kind of the exclamation point,� he said.

The final stage of the tour was the break room. Half game cave, half cafeteria, the space features a huge flat screen TV, an Xbox, a pool table and two acoustic guitars hanging on the wall.

Flavin’s path to PixelMEDIA is one that extends back to his time as a grad student in WSBE. He mapped the carbon footprint of PixelMEDIA and liked the company so much that he offered to do spreadsheets for free. That led to part-time work, and finally, a full-time job in the company. “I like working here because there’s a lot of freedom to take ini-

tiative. It’s really up to us, as employees, to recognize what needs to be done and do it,� Flavin said.

Dodier, PixelMEDIA’s CEO and founder, graduated from UNH in 1992 and started the company in 1994 with his roommate, running the company out of their apartment in Dover. “The living room was our office,� he said.

From those meager beginnings, the company has grown to a 60+ employee, full-service digital agency, with talented in-house designers and internationally recognized clients.

The new ranking as a “Coolest Company for Young Professionals� may draw many soon-to-begraduates to apply at PixelMEDIA, though Dodier said that PixelMEDIA hires about five or six people a year. “We look for people with selfinitiative, who don’t need to be told what to do,� Dodier said.

Hudson man, 29, shot to death; suspect arrested

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arrested.

Attorney General Michael Delaney’s office says police responding to a 911 call from a Hudson residence on Friday evening discovered Donald St. Laurent

Shipyard to deliver 2,700 toys in Maine, NH, Mass

STAFF Associated Press

HUDSON - Authorities say a 29-year-old Hudson man was shot fatally shot and a suspect has been

dead of a gunshot wound to the head. The death was ruled a homicide.

Delaney’s office says a 27-year-old man has been arrested and faces manslaughter charges.

KITTERY, Maine - Volunteers from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are delivering thousands of toys that will become Christmas presents for children in need.

The annual Caravan of Toys rolls out from the Kittery, Maine, shipyard on Saturday morning bound for charitable organizations and social service agencies

in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Those groups and agencies in turn will distribute the toys to children in their communities.

The annual event is sponsored by the Naval Civilian Manager Association, which collected enough donations this year to purchase 2,700 toys.

NH budget, tax committees to hear from economists CONCORD - New Hampshire’s legislative budget and tax committees are holding a two-day economic summit to hear from economists on the state of the state and the nation.

The sessions will be Tuesday,

Dec. 13, and Thursday, Dec. 15, in the Legislative Office Building in Concord. Members of the House and Senate Ways and Means and Finance committees will be briefed by a number of local and national experts over the two days.

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UNH professor studies generation’s shopping habits

By ADAM J. BABINET Staff Writer

With the holiday shopping season underway, many will be crowding into malls and stores looking for gifts for their loved ones. According to a recent study conducted by the University of New Hampshire’s associate professor of hospitality management Nelson Barber, those out shopping who are part of Generation Y (those born between 1978 and 1998) are more likely to receive input from parents, friends and mass media before making their holiday purchase, or any purchase for that matter, than those of Generation X (those born between 1964 and 1977).

According to a press release, Barber’s research revealed that members of Generation X typically go about shopping by using the Internet to search for information that can help them find the best deal. They then use this information as assurance that what they are purchasing is the best deal, and as a way to guarantee that they as consumers are not being taken ad-

vantage of by marketers.

For Generation Y, the shopping experience is a bit different, as the members typically make purchases that help them to achieve their goal of fitting in better with social groups that they desire to be a part of. This typically leads Generation Y to make shopping an experience that involves others, such as friends and family, as a way to gain social approval.

The study primarily focuses on how the Internet has allowed Generation Y to make more decisions as a community, and how the different generations use it to make decisions as consumers.

The idea for the study came about after Barber, a baby boomer, noticed that his Generation Y daughter tended to shop a little differently than he was used to. Rather than focusing on comparing the baby boomers and Generation Y, Barber instead decided to look at the one in the middle to see if there were any differences.

“The one in the middle, GenX, has always been the forgotten generation,” Barber said. “So I said, forget the baby boomers,

because it really wouldn’t be fair for me to compare my generation against the children we raised.

Let’s look at the generation that appears to be closer to them, but diametrically opposed.”

capacities, and obviously being a member of the faculty here at UNH, I have watched the millennial generation march through the classrooms,” Barber said. “Each one is a little different than the oth-

The study primarily focuses on how the Internet has allowed Generation Y to make more decisions as a community, and how the different generations use it to make decisions as consumers.

From there, the study was carried by surveying a group of random members of both generations, which, according to Barber, had questions relating to how much television the participants watched, whether they preferred magazines or newspaper, and questions about how much engagement the participants had with parents and friends during experiences such as shopping. The results did not surprise Barber.

“I’ve looked at generational cohorts for a while in different

er, but there is a common thread that runs through them.”

Barber has said that technology has gone a long way into helping extend the friend and family connection, citing instances where he will see people in stores taking pictures with their cell phones and sending them to others for input.

The connectivity about decision has led Generation Y to make decisions that not only benefit themselves, but rather benefit an entire group as numerous individuals impact a decision.

For GOP’s Gingrich: Big declarations and hurdles overcome

By BETH FOUHY Associated Press NEW YORK - Surging in opinion polls, a confident Newt Gingrich declared Monday he plans to challenge Barack Obama in every state next year, and he began running a gauzy TV ad - his first - to push toward the Republican nomination to take on the president. But, illustrating how far he has to go, Gingrich also found himself defending the state of his campaign and his own comments about poor children.

“I do not suggest children until about 14 or 15 years of age do heavy, dangerous janitorial work,” Gingrich told reporters. “On the other hand, there are a number of things done to clean buildings that are not heavy or dangerous.”

He’s drawn fire over the past week for suggesting that poor children as young as nine should work at least part time cleaning their schools in order to learn about work.

As Gingrich volunteers scrambled in some states to meet deadlines to get his name on ballots, the candidate dismissed the notion that his team wasn’t up to the task of waging a credible challenge against the better-funded, better-organized Mitt Romney.

“We run a very decentralized campaign,” Gingrich insisted. “The system works.”

With only one month until the first presidential votes are cast, the GOP race has seemed to narrow to a contest between Gingrich and Romney.

Each spent the day wooing donors, Gingrich on the East Coast and Romney on the West Coast, as the hunt for cash intensified ahead of the string of costly contests that begin Jan. 3 in Iowa. The two will cross paths Wednesday as the candidates all convene in Washington to court Jewish voters, and again Saturday at a debate in Iowa, the first of three planned for December.

This one is shaping up as a piv-

otal debate, given that Gingrich’s recent comeback has been fueled largely by a string of strong performances in which he demonstrated policy expertise and was able to appear statesmanlike while steering clear of criticizing his GOP rivals. He is the latest GOP candidate to enjoy a burst of momentum and he’s working to prove that, unlike the others who have risen and fallen, he’s a serious contender with staying power.

To that end, Monday was supposed to be a day for the former U.S. House speaker to capitalize on Herman Cain’s departure from the race and his own soaring poll numbers, making a good showing for up-for-grabs tea party supporters.

He chose heavily Democratic New York City to announce plans to campaign all across the country not just in traditionally Republican or swing states - next fall against Obama. He packed the rest of the day with fundraisers and meetings, including one with Donald Trump, who flirted with a presidential bid himself and has sought to play a role in the GOP selection process.

But Gingrich’s expected show of force didn’t go exactly as planned, and the day ended up underscoring the challenges he now faces since going from the back of the pack to the front.

Twice on Monday he tried to explain what he had meant about poor kids working.

He said his original point had been “distorted” to make him look insensitive. The idea, Gingrich said, would be “to get them into the world of work, get them into the opportunity to earn money, to get them into the habit of showing up and realizing that effort is rewarded and America is all about the work ethic.”

He said he had persuaded Trump to mentor a group of children from New York City’s poorest schools.

“I thought it was a great idea,” said Trump, who hosts the reality show “Celebrity Apprentice.” ‘’We’re going to be picking 10 young wonderful children and make them ‘apprenti.’ We’re going to have a little fun with it.”

While praising Gingrich, Trump said he would wait to endorse a candidate until after he hosts a debate in late December.

In Iowa, Gingrich’s campaign rolled out a 60-second ad that projected sunny optimism.

“Some people say the America we know and love is a thing of the past. I don’t believe that, because working together I know we can rebuild America,” Gingrich says in the ad that’s laden with Americana, down to a white picket fence, the Statue of Liberty and the American Stars and Stripes.

But there were signs, in Iowa, that Gingrich’s personal and professional background was starting to become an issue in the campaign.

A group called Iowans for Christian Leaders in Government is circulating a new Web video reminding Republicans that Gingrich once appeared with then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to advocate action on climate change.

Pelosi, a Democrat, is widely loathed among Republican activists, many of whom do not believe there is proof that human activity has caused climate change and oppose many efforts to regulate carbon emissions.

The same group circulated fliers earlier in the year criticizing the thrice-married Gingrich for his divorces.

Elsewhere, Gingrich’s organizational struggles to catch up with his rivals were coming to light.

He has already missed the deadline to appear on the ballot in Missouri, which holds its primary Feb. 7. He insisted Monday that he did not plan to compete in that contest because the state was

stripped of its delegates after it moved its primary in violation of Republican rules.

The troubles are perhaps most urgent in Ohio, where candidates face a Wednesday deadline to submit between 50 and 150 signatures from registered Republicans from each of the state’s 16 congressional districts.

“Newt Gingrich will not be on the Ohio Primary ballot in 2012 unless we take immediate action,” read a Saturday email with the subject line, “Emergency” from a Gingrich organizer to Ohio Republicans. The message gave potential delegates just 24 hours to travel to the Gingrich headquarters to sign required forms.

And there’s no indication that Gingrich’s team has begun to gather signatures to meet deadlines in such states as Virginia, Illinois and Indiana, all of which are due in the next several weeks.

In New Hampshire, which hosts the nation’s first primary Jan. 10, Gingrich’s newly assembled team last month failed to submit a list of 20 supporters to serve as potential delegates to the GOP’s national convention. It was largely a symbolic submission, but one that candidates take seriously to reward top local supporters.

Gingrich’s staff, however, rounded up just 14 names scratched on state forms in messy handwriting. The other serious candidates submitted typed forms with a full slate of delegates. And former state GOP chairman Fergus Cullen suggests the incident “could signal a lack of basic organization.”

On Monday, Gingrich defended his bare-bones approach as one that reflects efficiencies that businesses have adopted to make them run more efficiently over a consultant-heavy approach that’s “slow, cumbersome and expensive.”

His approach could be more from necessity; as of Sept. 30, his campaign was in the red.

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NH Briefs Conway, NH holding Occupy Wall Street rally CONWAY, N.H. - Organizers are getting together a rally in Conway, N.H., in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Andy Davis, co-director of the World Fellowship Center in Albany, tells WMWV radio that Sunday’s rally will be the fourth event in Conway. Two were held last month and an effort was made in North Conway on Black Friday to hand out flyers to encourage people to shop at local businesses.

Organizers are inviting members of the public to bring a sign and gather early in the afternoon at the Conway Village Chamber of Commerce information booth on Route 16.

The event is expected to last about an hour.

NH gas prices continue to drop CONCORD, N.H. - Gasoline prices are continuing to drop in New Hampshire.

A price-tracking website says average prices have fallen 4 cents per gallon in the past week. That averaged to $3.26 a gallon on Sunday.

Nationally, prices have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.29.

Prices in New Hampshire are 31.5 cents per gallon higher than the same time a year ago. They are 12.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago.

The national average has decreased to 13.9 cents per gallon during the last month, and stands 35.5 cents per gallon higher than the same time a year ago.

GasBuddy.com analyst Patrick DeHaan says gas prices might climb slightly if holiday spending continues to do well.

Man charged with manslaughter in NH shooting death HUDSON, N.H. - New Hampshire officials say a 27-year-old man has been charged in connection with the apparent shooting death of a man in Hudson.

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office says police were called at 7:35 p.m. Friday to a residence on Windham Road, where they found a man lying dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

Police have charged Christopher Bazar with manslaughter. Officials did not identify his hometown.

The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of family members.

Bazar is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in Nashua District Court.

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Dartmouth engineers work on solutions to binge drinking issues

By HOLLY RAMER ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. - A few years ago, students in Dartmouth College’s introductory engineering class invented a bicycle wheel to help young children maintain their balance. A recent challenge for the current class? Tipsy college students.

When professor John Collier learned that Dartmouth President Jim Young Kim planned to visit his class, he decided to have students show off their problem-solving skills by attacking a social problem instead of an engineering dilemma. Binge drinking - defined as consuming five alcoholic drinks in two hours for men and four drinks in two hours for women- was an obvious choice, given the national initiative Kim launched last spring aimed at reducing excessive drinking on college campuses. And it was a topic that students had plenty of experience with.

“They leapt at it,” Collier said.

“They came up with a ton of really interesting things.”

The students were divided into

groups and asked to work on one of four problems related to binge drinking. They had an hour to evaluate the problem, come up with solutions and rate each one based on how well it met the specifications of the problem, including whether a solution would work well for different age groups and genders.

One target was a practice known as “pre-gaming,” in which students drink in residence halls before going out for the night. The students came up with an idea to create a freshmen-only facility that would include the social elements of fraternities and sororities - games, music - without the alcohol.

“The sense was you’ve got this real problem of students wanting to go to fraternities, but they’re underage and they’re nervous about it, so they tend to sequester themselves and imbibe,” Collier said.

Another group proposed getting student emergency medical workers involved in helping fellow students determine when an intoxicated friend needs medical attention. The student EMTs already help out at athletic events, Collier said, and could be an asset in social settings as well.

Last spring, Dartmouth launched the National College Health Improvement Project, a learning collaborative focused on measuring what works to reduce binge drinking on one campus and

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sharing it elsewhere. The project will bring together teams from 32 campuses to share their experiences and help one another test strategies back home.

It makes sense to approach the problem from a public health perspective given that close 40 percent of college students engage in binge drinking, Kim, a doctor and humanitarian known as a leader in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and other diseases, said in announcing the project in May. Dartmouth sophomore James Kennedy said he didn’t expect to be talking about binge drinking in an engineering class, but the exercise made sense given Kim’s focus on the issue. He was part of the group that focused on pre-gaming, and said it was interesting to dissect the reasons why students engage in the behavior.

Though not every problem can be solved through engineering, Kennedy said the process students are learning - for example, identifying any biases implied in the statement of a problem - can be applied to all kinds of problems.

“It’s really more about a technical way of listening and responding, and justifying every decision you make,” he said. “And having students acting as engineers looking at the problem I think is a really good way to do it. ... It’s a really unique intersection.”

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The six men and one woman were arrested early Saturday after witnesses reported seeing movement inside and out of the building.

Police from Hinsdale and Brattleboro, Vt., responded to the abandoned building. Hinsdale police Sgt.

Theresa Sepe told the Brattleboro Reformer the entire group, who ranged in age from 19 to 22, were arrested for trespassing.

Sepe says some were also arrested on theft charges.

Landmark College spokesman Steve Muller says the students will have to go through the school’s judicial process to determine if any discipline from the college is warranted.

The students are due in court in Keene on Jan. 12.

Firefighter injured during hiker rescue in NH

GILFORD, N.H. - Authorities say a New Hampshire firefighter helping to rescue a hiker with a leg injury slipped and hurt his arm and shoulder in the process.

The firefighter, who was taken to the hospital, was one of 15 people coming to the aide of the 67-year-

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Gilford Fire Chief Steve Carrier tells The Citizen that ice on the ledges made for a tricky rescue.

The hiker was on the PiperWhiteface Link trail, a section of the Belknap Mountain Range.

NH Fish & Game seeks feedback in hearings

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire fish and game officials want to know what they can do to serve the public better.

The Fish and Game Department will hold two hearings this month to give the public a chance to offer suggestions.

The first hearing will be Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the agency’s office in Lancaster. The

second will be the next evening at fish and game headquarters in Concord.

Executive Director Glenn Normandeau said hunters, anglers and others who care about wildlife in New Hampshire are invited to attend and speak out. Anyone who can’t attend the hearings can send written comments by Dec. 30.

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NH GOP leader pushing school tax credit option

By NORMA LOVE Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. - Powerful Republican lawmakers are getting behind legislation that would divert business taxes into private organizations to issue as scholarships to New Hampshire schoolchildren to attend private or religious schools.

House Republican Leader DJ Bettencourt is co-sponsoring a House bill to make New Hampshire the ninth state to adopt a tax credit program. Supporters feel it may be easier than enacting vouchers that are issued by government in a state that traditionally has resisted such options.

Bettencourt’s bill and an almost identical one sponsored in the Senate by Republican Jim Forysthe will be considered next year. Both bills would let nonprofit organizations collect and distribute scholarships averaging $2,500 per student. Families that home-school could apply for up to $1,500 to pay for books and materials. Forsythe estimates 6,000 children might receive scholarships.

In the program’s first year, half the scholarships would have to be issued to public schoolchildren to encourage private and religious school attendance. Bettencourt, Forsythe and Republican state Rep. Gregory Hill, a co-sponsor of the House bill, argue that will reduce the state’s cost since it would no longer have to provide state aid to the public schools for students who leave.

The choice of schools would be left to the parent. The three lawmakers say the goal is to provide options for parents and increase competition they believe will lead to improved public schools.

“If a parent thinks the best opportunity is another public school in the state, go for it,” said Hill of Northfield.

The bills cap the total amount of the tax credits at $15 million the first year. Businesses would get a tax credit of 75 percent of the contribution against their business profits tax liability.

Kate Baker, a 37-year-old single mother of three girls, is hoping the three lawmakers succeed so she might have the option of sending her 7-year-old daughter to private school, something she can’t afford now.

“The way the schools are currently, the only kids who can choose are the kids who can pay, so the options are limited,” said Baker of Manchester.

A parent’s address should not determine where a child goes to school, Baker believes. She considers herself lucky because her ex-husband lives in Bedford so the girls can attend school in one of the state’s more affluent towns.

The two bills place no limits on family income in determining scholarship eligibility, unlike some states.

Supporters argue the tax credit program is constitutional and point to an April U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s scholarship program. The ruling said or-

dinary taxpayers cannot challenge government programs that use tax breaks to direct money to religious activities. The court said the scholarships are not a direct appropriation of public funds and thus the taxpayers had no connection to the money and lacked standing to sue.

Dean Michener of the New Hampshire School Boards Association argues the diversion of funds would hurt public schools by reducing the amount of business taxes that currently go into the state’s education trust fund to pay for school aid.

“We’re receiving

cuts in state aid because there’s supposedly less revenue to fund those programs.”

Dean Michener

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“We’re receiving cuts in state aid because there’s supposedly less revenue to fund those programs,” he said. “They’re talking about a new program that further cuts revenue.”

David Juvet, senior vice president of the New Hampshire Business and Industry Association, isn’t sure how businesses would respond. None have raised the issue with the association, he said.

A similar state program gives

businesses tax credits to community development projects, but Juvet said the incentive to business in that program is that its money goes into a specific project.

“Whether that incentive exists with home schooling and vouchers, I don’t know. It might for some businesses,” he said.

Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island already have tax credit programs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some allow individuals to receive a credit against state taxes. New Hampshire has no personal income tax, making that less viable.

Should the program become law, it would face an immediate court challenge on state constitutional grounds from the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, said Executive Director Claire Ebel. She argues New Hampshire’s constitution specifically prohibits public funds being used for religious schools.

“It is not private money in any sense. It is a tax credit which means the amount of tax a business owes is reduced by the amount the business transfers into this private organization,” she said. “It is tax revenue that is being diverted to an organization that then can support religious education.”

Hill disagrees: “These are not public dollars.

Therefore the donation that goes from the corporation to the scholarship organizations are not any of our business.”

Cain announces he’s suspending his campaign

By SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press

ATLANTA - The Cain train has come to a stop.

Republican candidate Herman Cain is suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid continued news coverage of allegations of sexual misconduct that is hurtful to his family.

“I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distractions and the continued hurt caused on me and my family,” Cain told several hundred supporters gathered at what was to have been the opening of his national campaign headquarters.

Cain’s announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she and Cain had an affair for more than a decade, a claim that followed several allegations of sexual harassment against the Georgia businessman.

“But because of these false and unproved accusations, it has paid and had a tremendous painful price on my family,” Cain said, with his wife, Gloria, standing behind him on the stage.

“Now here’s why it hurts - because my wife, my family and I, we know that those false and unproved allegations are not true. So one of the first declarations that I want to make to you today is that I am at peace with my God. I am at peace with my wife. And she is at

peace with me.”

Whether Cain would stay in the race or drop out was the subject of speculation throughout the week. Even some top supporters who had spoken with Cain were arriving Saturday unsure what he would say.

“In today’s politi-

cal environment, the only way we can gauge true support is by the willingness of our supporters to invest in this effort.”

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Presidential candidate Cain returned to his suburban Atlanta home Friday and met with his wife, Gloria. It was the first time they have seen each other face-to-face since 46-year-old Ginger White came forward on Monday, and said she and Herman Cain had carried on a 13-year relationship.

Cain has denied having an affair with White. He said the concern over the toll the allegations were having on his family as well as a candid assessment of whether his campaign could still attract the

needed support would inform his decision on whether to press ahead.

Campaign volunteers were keeping busy Friday night, tacking up signs at his headquarters. A contingent of Secret Service agents inspected the site in advance of Cain’s arrival.

“We are moving ahead,” said Cain’s Georgia director David McCleary, who said he had talked to the candidate earlier in the day and describe him as “upbeat.”

Cain, the former Godfather’s Pizza chief executive who has never held elected office, rose to become an unexpected frontrunner in the volatile Republican race just weeks ago. A self-styled outsider, Cain enjoyed strong tea party support from conservatives who viewed him as an alternative to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

But once in the national spotlight, Cain fumbled policy questions, leaving some to wonder whether he was ready for the presidency. Then it was revealed at the end of October that the National Restaurant Association had paid settlements to two women who claimed Cain sexually harassed them while he was president of the organization.

A third woman told The Associated Press that Cain made inappropriate sexual advances but that she didn’t file a complaint. A fourth woman also stepped forward to accuse Cain of groping her in a car

in 1997.

Cain has denied wrongdoing in all cases.

Polls suggest his popularity has suffered. A Des Moines Register poll released Friday showed Cain’s support plunging, with backing from 8 percent of Republican caucus-goers in Iowa, compared with 23 percent a month ago.

Fundraising has also fallen off. He issued an email appeal to supporters on Friday asking for donations, in an attempt to gauge whether his financial support has dried up.

“I need to know that you are behind me 100 percent,” Cain told backers. “In today’s political environment, the only way we can gauge true support is by the willingness of our supporters to invest in this effort.”

On Friday, Cain urged backers in South Carolina to look past the allegations.

“There’s a lot of garbage on the Internet. There’s a lot of garbage out there on the TV. There’s a lot of garbage out there about me, don’t you know? There’s a lot of misinformation out there. You have to stay informed and check out the facts for yourself,” Cain said.

He added: “I’m on this journey for a reason. I don’t look back.”

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NH Brief NH man charged in fire at his own home WEBSTER, N.H. - A 26-yearold New Hampshire man is being held on $100,000 bail after being charged in connection with an arson fire that destroyed his home.

Brandon Prive of Webster is charged with conspiracy and liability for the conduct of another to arson.

The state fire marshal’s office says the Nov. 18 fire that destroyed Prive’s home was intentionally set.

Nobody was at home at the time of the fire.

The Concord Monitor reports that fire investigators say more arrests are possible.

Postal service wants to shut two NH centers CONCORD, N.H. - The struggling U.S. Postal Service says it’s moving forward with plans to close more than 250 mail processing centers around the country, including two slated to close in New Hampshire.

The $3 billion in cuts announced Monday would slow firstclass mail service, ending next-day deliveries of stamped letters.

The list released earlier this year of processing centers to be closed includes facilities in Manchester and Nashua.

The Postal Service says the cuts are in response to a steady drop in the amount of mail it handles.

NH parks council meeting in Hampton HAMPTON, N.H. - The New Hampshire parks advisory council will discuss the park system’s performance at its meeting this week.

The council is meeting Friday at Hampton Beach State Park to discuss the 2011 season and to receive a report from a sub-committee on legislation. Members also plan to discuss how others can help the parks system.

The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation manages 92 properties, including state parks, beaches, campgrounds, historic sites, trails, waysides, and natural areas.

NH trooper injured in crash with tractor trailer BRENTWOOD, N.H. - Officials say a state trooper has been injured when his cruiser was involved in a crash with a tractor trailer.

New Hampshire State Police say the crash occurred at about 9:30 p.m. Friday on Route 101 in Brentwood.

Officials say the trooper was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on the extent of the trooper’s injuries. The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.

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Reflections on the semester that was – whatever it was

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uffice it to say that this has been a news-filled semester. In one sense, it made my job easier. In another, it made it 10 times tougher.

No matter how you look at it, there was never a lack of stories.

UNH was always buzzing about something.

There was the new email system that everyone hated, then didn’t mind two weeks later. There was the Dunkin’ Donuts announcement. The story of Professor Larkin (and our ensuing editorial. And the response to our editorial. And our response to that response).

There was the 10th anniversary of 9/11. There was the energy drink ban, followed by its subsequent withdrawal. #Hallowcoming blew up. We had what felt like 1,000 stories on Occupy Wall Street. SCOPE announced two shows, which quickly turned into one. The administration and AAUP couldn’t come to an agreement. Again. An October storm knocked out power too much of the state. A fraternity was busted for

drugs.

Oh, and the opening of Dunkin’ Donuts – for real this time.

Undoubtedly, there were things we did (or didn’t do) or wrote that you didn’t agree with. But it’s my hope that you were more informed because of our paper, and that our opinion section made you think.

Undoubtedly, there were things we did or wrote that you didn’t agree with.

We’re always looking to improve, though, and your feedback is what helps us realize areas in which we can do so.

While we’ll be losing a few staff writers and a talented news editor, I have no doubt those positions will be filled by other talented journalists.

A former executive editor who has spent the semester abroad will

take over as editorial page editor.

We’ll be hiring a web editor and, hopefully, an assistant sports editor.

My goal is to assemble a staff of students best prepared to bring you the news – every day. We’ll be looking to utilize our website and social media outlets to bring you the news at it happens, not just every Tuesday and Friday. It’s our goal to make the newspaper just one aspect of us.

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But without you, our mobile app, our website and our newspaper don’t matter. Without your feedback, it’s tough for us to get better.

As editor, this semester was a dream filled with big stories, talented co-workers and readers who cared enough to let us know when they felt we did something wrong.

I can only hope bringing you the news next semester will be as enjoyable.

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n a couple of months, I’ll be sitting at my college graduation commencement with my graduating class.

We’ll be sitting out on Memorial Field listening to someone talk about how it is our turn to make a difference in this world. They’ll say something like “sure the economy isn’t great right now, but you can still be successful. Be the change that you want. Make the world a better place.”

A few months after that, I’ll receive my degree in the mail and it will say “History.” But what it should say is “bullsh*t.”

One of my favorite musicians is the witty singer-songwriter Todd Snider. In his song “Statistician’s Blues” he sings, “Seventy-four percent of what you learn in college is a bunch of bullsh*t you’ll never need.” I used to think that was the case more about high school, but sitting where I am today, I’d say Mr. Snider hit the nail on the head.

And he didn’t even have to go to college to know that.

I’ll admit I’ve spent some nights at the bar when I should

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What’s my degree for again? have been in Dimond Library doing work, but I also know I’ve spent many nights in the library when I should have just gone to the bar. Is it a lack of motivation?

Probably. But at the same time I can get away with it, and it’s not because I am particularly smart either.

A few weeks ago one of my professors went on a brief rant about the education system today.

He’s been around for a while and has experienced it from many different sides.

He quipped that the content of courses and the expectations and quality of work done by students and even professors has worsened over the years. A couple classes later, I handed in a 10-page rough draft of a research paper to him.

When we sat down to discuss it, he said that I’m doing really well with it and he could tell I put a lot of time into the research and writing process. He even used my draft as an example to the class. I wrote the entire thing and did most of the research the day before I turned it in. Pot, kettle, black.

Like a Pro The New Hampshirite If the education system really isn’t what it used to be, who is to blame and how can it be improved? I don’t really know, but I do know this: here at UNH (and probably at the majority of public schools in the country) it definitely relates with the school’s budget.

When schools are short on money, big, broad lectures become more common because those classes are cheaper and easier to run. This is exactly what President Huddleston complained about to Concord when the budget cuts were being discussed last year. Experienced professors are pressured into early retirement and lecturers who haven’t become professors yet and who are much cheaper replace them. President Huddleston makes about 10 times more a year than the lowest salaried lecturers at UNH. In May of 1970, three wellknown protestors from Chicago ap-

Occupying Huddleston Hall Ballroom – nothing accomplished at open forum

s UNH backing Occupy Wall Street? That seemed to be the message of the event hosted by the UNH Administration in Huddleston Hall last Wednesday.

The event began with a largely leftist panel of speakers addressing attendees with bromides glorifying OWS. Professor Bruce Mallory began the discussion by praising “the movement” as “largely peaceful.” Throughout his remarks, he continued to emphasize the fact that OWS is “nonviolent.”

This, we thought, was a strange way for a man with a Ph.D. to describe a “movement” which has facilitated acts of rape, murder and theft while costing tax payers millions of dollars in vandalism and obstructing the activity of private businesses that employ countless Americans.

Consider these actions in comparison to those of the Tea Party movement, which always obtained a permit, never required police presence, and never facilitated criminal activity. Given this, it is strange that the university administration never got around to holding a forum gratifying that movement.

After brief remarks by university President Mark Huddleston, who, for his part, remained neutral, UNH student-cum-Peace and Justice League leader Alex Freid took the podium. He began his remarks by noting that, like the national movement, the UNH chapter of Occupy Wall Street has no official spokesman.

This we found fallacious in view of the fact that an “anonymous” student-run twitter account, @OccupyUNH, has been using its large following to direct and

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Another view Nick Mignanelli and Elliot Gault organize “the movement” here on campus. He went on to discuss corporate backing of the university, commenting that the university should gladly welcome “the movement” in view of this unscrupulous funding source.

He never quite got around, however, to describing how “the movement” plans to adequately fund the university after they chase our benefactors out of town. He concluded his remarks by praising the university for opening this “dialogue.”

Next to speak was Associate Professor Nick Smith, who made a number of outrageous statements.

Among them, that “the movement” was “otherwise unaffiliated, politically” (one wonders how he feels about endorsements of the movement by, among others, President Obama, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren).

Furthermore, he went on to discuss the globalization of the movement by saying that the United States should share a bigger piece of the “American pie” with the less fortunate world (how much does the United States spend in global aid annually, Professor Smith?).

He finished his remarks by thanking Alex Freid for his leadership of the “leaderless” UNH OWS chapter.

Finally, a seemingly uncomfortable Executive Director of

Public Safety Paul Dean only commented, respectfully, that Occupy UNH has the right to peacefully assemble, but that the UNH police has guidelines that the group must follow. He ended his statement by opining that he planned to enforce these guidelines.

Following the panel, “the assembly,” struggling to stay warm and well hydrated in the Zuccotti Park-like atmosphere that was the Huddleston Hall ballroom, broke into groups to “discuss” predetermined and clearly biased questions.

Questions included: “how does the Occupy Movement connect to the interests of students?” “Do universities carry any special responsibilities when a movement such as OWS develops?” And “what are your views about a movement that is ‘leaderless?’”

These groups consisted largely of unhinged and clearly liberal humanities professors, excess administrators attempting to justify their existence, and students who, in all seriousness, would have been better off staying home and curling up with an economics textbook. Seemingly absent from the discussion were WSBE and political science professors who might have provided a refreshing degree of factuality to the discussion.

The assembly ended with these groups sending representatives on stage to read off lists of unrealistic demands fueled by a naïve understanding of basic human nature and based in a fantastic, but sadly nonexistent, reality.

Last week’s Occupy UNH reception was truly a night to remember.

peared at UNH. The most famous among them was Abbie Hoffman.

It was the day after the Kent State shootings, and the three men were originally scheduled to speak on the Vietnam War, but when the school’s board of trustees tried to shut it down in fear of possible riots, their speeches became more focused on the freedom of speech and the university system.

The most important thing I’ve learned at UNH is how to think.

One of Hoffman’s partners, Jerry Rubin, stole the show. Due to vulgarity, I’ll have to paraphrase (see the uncut version on the blog), but he basically compared taking an exam to using the bathroom.

You gather it all in and when you take the exam you flush it out and never use it again. I think he had a pretty valid point.

After the rally, UNH went on strike, the last two weeks of classes

became voluntary workshops and finals were cancelled. UNH denies the strike ever happened.

I think it is important to really examine everything you have learned in college and think about what is really important. You can know all the names and dates and formulas you want, but if you can’t actually learn from them and apply them to life and critical thinking, then it doesn’t matter at all.

The most important thing I’ve learned at UNH is how to think.

I’ve learned to pay attention to the things around me – the news, politics and life in general. Names, dates and formulas are for the textbooks (now Google). Use your mind – it can be a beautiful thing if you know how.

Stay classy, not UMassy, The New Hampshirite

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The New Hampshirite is an anonymous UNH student who entertains much of the campus with his politically incorrect and realistic accounts of student life in Durham.

Read his blog at unhblog.com.

Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Thumbs up to Emergen-C and Red Bull – the official sponsors of finals week.

Thumbs down to the whole campus being sick the week before finals.

Thumbs up to Dunkin’ Donuts (finally) opening.

Thumbs down to calling it “Dunkies.”

Thumbs up to optional classes.

Thumbs down to the “end of semester, sick of all dining hall food” feeling.

Thumbs up to stipends. Student org members know the feeling.

Thumbs down to extra points.

Thumbs up to the return of Fear Factor.

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down are the collected opinions of UNH students, faculty and staff. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TNH or its staff.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Beliveau scores 1,000th point in loss

By ADAM J. BABINAT staff writer

Heading into Saturday’s contest against Holy Cross, UNH senior Denise Beliveau was a single point shy of being the 16th player in the history of UNH women’s basketball to reach 1,000 points. She did it on her first bucket of the game, which came early off of a layup within the first two minutes of the 61-50 loss.

Beliveau finished with a team high 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting with eight rebounds and five steals in the game. Other big contributors for the Wildcats were junior Cari Reed, who finished the game with 12 points and three rebounds, and sophomore Kelsey Hogan, who added 11 points and four assists in the game.

The key players for the Crusaders were junior Amy Lepley, who scored a game-high 20 point, as well as sophomore Brisje Malone and freshman Emily Parker, who scored 15 and 10 points, respectively.

Early on in the game both teams traded buckets before Parker managed to net two buckets in a row to put the Crusaders up 9-4.

From there the lead was theirs, as Holy Cross UNH

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Reed paved the way for New Hampshire, finishing in first place in the 50-yard (24.12), 100-yard (52.48) and 200-yard freestyle (1:52.06). Additionally, Jenna Bull chipped in with a second-place finish in the 200-yard free, touching down at one minute and 53.27 seconds.

the Wildcats failed to capitalize on several Crusader mistakes during the first half of play, with the first half ending with the score at 28-24.

“We came together at halftime, we talked about what we were seeing and what they were doing well, what we were doing well,” said senior Denise Beliveau. “We really just wanted to come out with a lot of energy and try a little bit of a lead.”

That was precisely what the Wildcats did, coming out from halftime and putting the Crusaders on their heels starting the half with a 9-4 run that gave them their first lead of the game since the opening minutes.

Holy Cross came back strong, though, fighting its way back into the game and eventually taking the lead once more off of a layup by Meredith Ward. After the Crusaders retook the lead, UNH went on a 10-3 stretch to go up 43-37 with 11:02 left in the game.

From that point on, however, was when the Wildcats’ scoring woes began to kick in as Holy Cross reeled off a 12-0 run to regain the lead. UNH’s Kelsey Hogan snapped the Crusaders scoring streak with a 3-pointer, keeping the game within six points with around seven minutes left to play. UNH was never able to build any more momentum Reed also swam a leg in UNH’s first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay, as the ‘Cats clocked in at 3:32.56. Emily Magnavita, Megan Suffel and Bull also contributed to the swim.

Little was equally impressive, collecting first-place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststrokes, timing in at 1:06.19 and 2:21.90, respectively. Katie Mann (1:07.31) and Casey Albert (1:07.90) added second and third place finishes in the 100-yard breast, respectively.

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Senior Denise Beliveau goes up for a layup in Saturday’s loss to Holy Cross. She scored her 1,000th career point in the game. after that point, as the Crusaders yet again managed to go on a big 12-4 run to end the game.

The lack of scoring late in the second half was something that the Wildcats could clearly build upon, and with a game against Harvard at home this Tuesday at 6 p.m. the team looks to work on that.

“I’m just really hoping some of our young kids will start to step it up,” UNH head coach Maureen Magarity said. “It’s tough to always put the pressure on Kelsey and Denise to come in game in and game out.”

The ‘Cats also swept the afternoon’s dive events with Ellen Pelletier leading the way, notching the top spot in the one-meter (248.25) and three-meter dive (232.80).

Oneida Cooper collected a trio of second-place finishes and Mann claimed a first-place finish of her own to round out UNH’s top performers on the day.

The Wildcats return to action when they face off against Boston University (12 p.m.) on Monday, Jan. 16 at Swasey Pool.

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Sports Briefs Men’s track competes at Jay Carisella Carnival Senior Brice Paey and sophomore Kevin Greene each turned-in firstplace finishes to lead the University of New Hampshire men’s indoor track & field team at the Jay Carisella Carnival on Saturday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Greene won the 1,000 meters in a time of 2:30.33, while freshman Timothy Brown placed sixth in the event in a time of 2:36.64.

Paey captured the shot with a toss of 17.66 meters, while junior Cameron Lyle finished fourth at 15.01 meters. Lyle also took fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 16.14 meters.

The Wildcats’ 4x400 meter relay team also picked up a first-place finish in a time of 3:22.29. The team consisted of seniors Jake MccDougle, William Godfrey and Sean Mitchell along with junior Victor Adejuyigbe.

Freshman D’Mahl McFadden and Adejuyigbe placed second and third, respectively, in the 200 meters in times of 22.88 and 22.93. Adejuyigbe also took seventh in the 55 meters in a time of 6.72.

McFadden also placed second overall in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.71. Godfrey ran to a third-place finish in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line on a time of 1:05.34.

Sophomore Eric Stys finished fourth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:00.09. Freshman Jeffrey Moretti and sophomore Cory Sinotte finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 3,000 meters in times of 8:52.65 and 8:52.94 In the field, junior Matthew Guarente took fourth in the high jump with a leap of 1.93 meters.

The Wildcats return to action on Saturday, Dec. 10 when they visit Maine at 12 p.m.

Women’s track competes at Jay Carisella Carnival Senior Alison Letourneau turned-in a first-place finish in the 3,000 meters to lead the University of New Hampshire women’s indoor track & field team at the Jay Carisella Carnival on Saturday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Letourneau crossed the finish line in an ECAC-qualifying time of 9:45.85. In the field, senior Kate Early took second in the high jump with a leap of 1.63 meters, while freshman Jessica Salley took fifth with a jump of 1.58 meters.

Junior Melanie Frazier took third in the long jump with a leap of 5.14 meters. Freshman Abigail Huntress claimed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 11.32 meters.

Senior Melody Pothier and junior Rosemary Read finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the weight throw with New England-qualifying tosses of 15.14 and 15.03.

Back on the track, senior Sydney Fitzpatrick ran to a third-place performance in 1,000 meters, finishing in an ECAC-qualify time of 2:56.24 Junior Colleen Manna placed fifth in the 500 meters, crossing the finish line in a time of 1:21.15.

Junior Meagan Boucher placed fifth in the mile with a time of 5:15.38, while freshman Marina Slavin placed seventh at 5:16.07. Sophomore Anne Twombly finished fifth in the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:12.21.

Freshman Virginia Lavallee placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles in a New England-qualifying time of 8.69.

The Wildcats return to action on Friday, Dec.9 when they take part in the Rhody Pentathlon at 11 a.m.

Women’s basketball announces new recruits University of New Hampshire head women’s basketball coach Maureen Magarity is pleased to announce that three student-athletes have committed to attend UNH and will join the Wildcat roster next fall.

Elizabeth Belanger, a 5-foot-10-inch guard from Acton, Mass., joins the UNH basketball program after averaging 20.5 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game as a junior at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School.

Victoria Duffey, a 5-foot-7-inch guard from Commerce Township, Mich., joins the Wildcats after leading her team in points, assists and steals as a junior at Walled Lake Central High School.

Kendall Martenet, a 6-foot-2-inch forward from Waukesha, Wis., joins the Wildcats after she led her team is scoring as a junior at Mukwonago High School.

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continued from page 20 and Dani Rylan extended the advantage to two goals at 15:04.

Following a scoreless second stanza, Brittany Esposito (one goal, one assist) scored 39 seconds into the third period and Siena Falino gave the home team to 4-0 at 9:31.

Gifford scored an extra-skater goal at 12:17 to spoil Schelling’s shutout bid. Kristine Horn and

Maggie Hunt were credited with assists. It was Horn’s ninth assist of the season, which moved her into a tie with Gifford atop the team leaderboard.

Casey Pickett (one goal, one assist) netted an empty-net goal 61 seconds later to close the scoring.

New Hampshire returns to action Dec. 9 (7 p.m.) at Harvard University and the Wildcats close the 2011 calendar schedule at home against intrastate rival Dartmouth College on Dec. 11 (2 p.m.).

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SPORTS

Playoff Woes

The UNH football team has made the playoffs eight straight years, currently the longest such streak in the FCS. But the Wildcats have never made it past the quarterfinals in any of those postseason runs. Is UNH just snake-bitten in the playoffs?

Take a look at how those last eight seasons have ended for the Wildcats.

Montana 47, UNH 17 NCAA Division 1-AA Quarterfinals Dec. 4, 2004

UNH redshirt freshman quarterback Ricky Santos passed for 347 yards, but the Wildcats were crushed by Montana, 47-17, in the quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs. Most of UNH’s scoring came in the fourth quarter, as Montana built a 37-3 lead through three quarters. The Wildcats finished the season at 10-3.

Northern Iowa 24, UNH 21 NCAA Division 1-AA Quarterfinals Dec. 3, 2005

Now a sophomore, Santos led UNH to the quarterfinals against Northern Iowa. Santos had 345 passing yards and 106 rushing yards against UNI. With nine seconds remaining in the game, the Wildcats almost scored from their own 30-yard line, using a number of laterals on the final play, but wide receiver David Ball was eventually tackled on the Northern Iowa 20-yard line to end the game. UNH finished the season at 11-2.

UMass 24, UNH 17 NCAA Division 1-AA Quarterfinals Dec. 2, 2006

Ricky Santos, QB 2004-2007

Santos went on to win the Walter Payton Award in an outstanding junior season, but his team’s season ended in disappointment with a 24-17 loss to UMass, again in the quarterfinals. Ball’s record-setting career came to an end with the loss. Ball holds the record for most career touchdown receptions (58) in Div. I-AA history. UNH finished the season at 9-4.

Northern Iowa 38, UNH 35 FCS Playoffs, First Round Nov. 24, 2007

For the first time in three years, UNH did not make it the quarterfinals, as the ‘Cats were once again beaten by Northern Iowa, 38-35, but this time in the first round. Santos’ storied career came to a close with the loss. Santos is third all time on the NCAA career passing yardage list with 13,212 yards and third on the NCAA TD passes list with 123. UNH finished at 7-5.

Northern Iowa 36, UNH 34 FCS Playoffs, Quarterfinals Dec. 6, 2008

R.J. Toman, QB 2008-2010

Sophomore R.J. Toman was excellent in his first season at starting quarterback for UNH, but Northern Iowa beat the ‘Cats for the third time in four years in the FCS playoffs, this time 3634 in the quarterfinals. UNI returned an interception for a touchdown to establish a 36-27 lead in the third quarter that UNH could not overcome. The Wildcats ended the season at 10-3.

Villanova 46, UNH 7 FCS Playoffs, Quarterfinals Dec. 5, 2009

UNH could not muster any offense in a windy, snowy game at Villanova Stadium against its fellow Wildcats, losing 46-7 in the quarterfinals. UNH had just 84 total yards of offense, including -66 net yards rushing. The ‘Cats finished the season at 10-3.

Delaware 16, UNH 3 FCS Playoffs, Quarterfinals Dec. 10, 2010

The Delaware defense was ferocious, as senior quarterback R.J. Toman was flushed out of the pocket constantly, disrupting the UNH offense, and the Blue Hens went on to win, 16-3. Toman’s excellent career ended with the loss. The Wildcats (8-5) lost in the quarterfinals for the sixth time in seven seasons.

Montana State 26, UNH 25 FCS Playoffs, First Round Dec. 3, 2011

Kevin Decker, QB 2011

UNH scored what looked like the game-tying touchdown with six seconds left in the game, but the PAT was partially blocked and missed off the upright, ending UNH’s season at 8-4.

Senior Kevin Decker finished his lone season at starting QB with 3272 yards passing, third-most in UNH single-season history.

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continued from page 20 yard line. On second down, Decker was intercepted by Darius Jones at the 5 with 1:16 on the clock.

UNH’s defense forced a threeand-out and MSU’s punt sailed out of bounds at the Bobcats’ 29 with 17 seconds to play.

On first down, Decker’s pass attempt to the back-right corner of the end zone intended for Joey Orlando sailed wide out of bounds.

Decker lofted the ball deep to the right corner on the next play, and Mello raced past the defender to catch the ball for a 29-yard touchdown that lifted New Hampshire within 26-25 with six seconds remaining.

On the ensuing PAT, the kick

by Mike MacArthur, who was 40for-42 on PAT attempts this season (including 2 of 2 earlier in the game), was tipped by Steven Bethley and caromed off the right post. It marked the second time that the difference between the Wildcats and the Bobcats was a missed PAT in a playoff game, bringing back memories of the 1976 D-II playoff loss in Bozeman.

New Hampshire received the opening kickoff and put together an 11-play, 45-yard drive that was capped by MacArthur’s 36-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead with 10:10 left in the first quarter.

Montana State’s initial possession ended with a turnover when Sean McCann rushed quarterback DeNarius McGee, helping cause an overthrown pass that was intercepted by Rod Walker at the UNH 38 and returned 15 yards to the Bobcats’ 47. The Wildcats advanced into the red zone before coming up short on a 4th-and-2 play from the 17.

The next Bobcats’ drive also came to an abrupt end when McGee’s 3rd-and-8 pass from the UNH 42 was intercepted by Evans, who

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continued from page 20 Moses knotted the game at 3-3 with 7:38 to go in the third giving the snake-bitten Wildcats life. But the River Hawks scored 25 seconds later to register the game-winner and added an insurance goal 90 seconds later.

“I think we kind of let up after that one,” Moses said.

Every time UNH began to build momentum, UMass Lowell responded.

The Wildcats dominated the first period, firing 29 shots on River Hawks goaltender Doug Carr, including several Grade-A chances.

They only lit the lamp once, however.

Then, with 27 seconds remaining in the first, UMass-Lowell’s Derek Arnold banged home a rebound to tie the game heading into the first intermission.

After freshman Casey Thrush put home a 2-on-1 to give the Wildcats their second lead early in the second, UMass-Lowell responded three minutes later to tie it again.

A Michael Ferreira goal midway through the second period gave the River Hawks their first lead.

“Giving up the goal late in the first really hurt us,” Moses said.

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raced back 58 yards for a touchdown, his third career pick-six and second of the season. That upped New Hampshire’s lead to 10-0 with 32 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

Montana State got on the scoreboard with 12:43 left in the second on a 41-yard field goal by Jason Cunningham that trimmed the deficit to 10-3.

The Bobcats sliced the Wildcats’ lead to 10-9 on an 11-yard TD pass from McGee to Tray Robinson with 5:44 left in the half, but New Hampshire’s Steven Thames raced around the left end and blocked the PAT, which was scooped up by Anthony Gorrell and returned 86 yards for a two-point conversion and a 12-9 UNH advantage.

UNH then parlayed another Montana State special teams miscue into points when Shawn Johnson fumbled a punt return that was recovered by Chris Setian at MSU’s 18. On the first play of the ensuing drive, Decker rolled to his left and completed a pass in the flat to Mello, who scampered down the sideline into the end zone for an 18yard TD that built the lead to 19-9 with 3:04 remaining in the second quarter.

The Bobcats ended the second quarter on an up note, compiling seven-play, 60-yard drive punctuated by McGee’s two-yard touchdown rush on 3rd-and goal with 25 seconds left. The PAT made the halftime score 19-16.

Montana State claimed its first lead, 23-19, with 10:52 left in the third quarter when McGee called his own number, weaved through traffic and dashed 37 yards for a TD to conclude a seven-play, 80-yard drive.

The Bobcats increased their lead to 26-19 with 9:38 left in the game by amassing a time-consuming, 12-play, 70-yard drive that lasted more than six minutes and resulted in a 26-yard field goal by Jason Cunningham. ter a number of UNH chances, including two separate power plays.

But Carr, who had 45 saves, was in position to stop all of them and rarely looked strained despite good puck movement from the Wildcats.

“We were pretty confident we were going to score (in the third,)” said Moses. “Then after our goal, they came out with a quick 2-on-2 and we just collapsed defensively.

They got a good bounce and it was in the back of the net. That was a back-breaker.”

After the weekend sweep, UNH fell to 6-8-2 and will take a record below .500 into winter break which begins after they host Boston University Thursday.

“We have to treat every game like a playoff game now,” Moses said. “We put ourselves in a hole.”

Moses recorded a team-high 10 shots and led a powerful first line to a number of chances. But Moses and Co. couldn’t find a way to pull away when they needed to.

After the game, Umile was asked if there were any positives his team could take from the weekend.

“None,” he said, later noting that young players were getting ice-time. “After we tied it up, it was disappointing how we gave up the winning goal.”

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Kevin Decker threw a 29yard touchdown pass to Justin Mello with six seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, but the extra point was blocked, allowing seventh-ranked Montana State to pull out a 26-25 victory over the University of New Hampshire football team in a second-round NCAA Division I FCS playoff game Saturday at Bobcat Stadium.

UNH sees its season end at 8-4 overall, while Montana State improves to 10-2 and a quarterfinal game at top-seeded Sam Houston State next weekend.

Chris Beranger recorded a game-high 15 tackles, and the Wildcats forced four turnovers, highlighted by a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown by Matt Evans (11 tackles).

The Wildcats trailed 26-19 with 4:08 remaining in the fourth quarter, but Decker completed all six pass attempts in advancing the ball to the MSU 19Montana St. 26 UNH 25

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Redshirt freshman Brian Ciccone and other members of the UNH football team react after Mike MacArthur’s extra point was partially blocked and caromed off the upright with six seconds remaining against Montana State, leading to a 26-25 loss for the ‘Cats.

River Hawks sweep Wildcats

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SWIMMING & DIVING

UNH remains undefeated against UVM

Stevie Moses looked up from center ice at the scoreboard in disbelief. He was waiting to shake hands with players from UMass-Lowell, who were busy celebrating at the other end of the ice.

He shook his head and looked up at the scoreboard once more. UML 5, UNH, 3 it read.

Moses’ University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team couldn’t sustain any momentum and failed to capitalize on a bevy of first-period chances and late power plays, and fell to the River Hawks, 5-3, in front of 4,327 at the Whittemore Center Saturday night.

With the win, UMass-Lowell finished off a weekend sweep of the Wildcats, having beating them 3-2 Friday, and skated away with its first win in Durham since 2003.

“Just absolutely disappointed with the outcome,” UNH coach Dick Umile said. “Their fourth goal was not defended well. And that was the game.”

Junior Shelli Reed and senior Jessica Little combined for five individual firstplace finishes, propelling the University of New Hampshire women’s swimming and diving team to a 168-132 victory over the University of Vermont on Sunday afternoon at Swasey Pool.

UNH remains undefeated on the season, improving to 5-0, while also picking up its first conference

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Nicole Gifford scored her teamleading seventh goal of the season in the University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey team’s 5-1 loss to 10th-ranked Northeastern University at Matthews Arena on Sunday afternoon.

UNH, which skated to a 3-3 tie at home against Northeastern on Saturday afternoon to extend its Northeastern 5 UNH 1

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Sophomore Nick Sorkin shows frustration during UNH’s loss to UMass-Lowell on Saturday.

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FCS Tournament, Second Round Saturday, Bozeman, Mont.

unbeaten streak to three games (20-1), moved to 6-10-3 overall and 0-6-2 in Hockey East. NU improved to 12-4-1, 7-2-1.

Lindsey Minton, in her first start since Nov. 13, made 22 saves.

NU goalie Florence Schelling made 11 of her 26 saves in the first period.

The Wildcats recorded an 11-9 shot advantage in the first period, but the Huskies led 2-0 at the first intermission. Kendall Coyne (one goal, one assist) struck first at 9:39

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Junior forward Kristine Horn takes a shot during UNH’s 3-3 tie to Northeastern on Saturday afternoon at the Whittemore Center.

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IN THIS ISSUE -Senior Denise Beliveau reached a milestone in women’s basketball’s loss to Holy Cross on Saturday.

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Junior linebacker Matt Evans’ 334 career tackles ranks fifth in UNH history. Evans needs 101 tackles in his senior season to jump to the top of the list.