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Agostino Sabillo, inventor of the Cloud Computing System, offers his view on internet politics.

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Maegan Grew lead a revamped field hockey team in its second spring tournament.

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Dimond discards thousands of books in dumpster

By NICK STOICO EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Dimond Library is cleaning house and library administrators are just trying to keep everybody calm. A dumpster located on the west side exterior of the building was seen filled with old books on Monday, raising questions as to what is going on at UNH’s central library.

According to Collection Management Librarian Jennifer Carroll, as many as 51,000 volumes have been identified for disposal by the end of the semester. This number does not necessarily represent the quantity of books that are being recycled, as a volume can con-

sist of just one book or a whole series.

A dumpster filled with books may be a horrific image for some. But according to interviews with library administrators, it is necessary for libraries to throw away the old to make room for the new.

“It’s like pruning a tree,” said Tracey Lauder, assistant dean for library administration. “Sometimes you got to cut off a branch or two. We’re all upset about this.”

Currently, the library holds 1,551,256 print volumes, 493,653 online books and 56,456 online journals. Carroll said each of the 51,000 volumes set to be removed have not been checked out in at least 20 years.

The library is clearing these shelves to

make room for the integration of the Biological Sciences Library, which is currently located in Kendall Hall, to implement a new Natural Sciences Research Center in Dimond on the second level.

The library needed to be vacated from Kendall Hall to make room for “work to be done.” To integrate this library into Dimond, space had to be cleared on level two and subsequently on level five.

“It’s a domino effect and the end result is it will be a healthier collection,” Lauder said. “It will be a healthier, more usable collection.”

Carroll said the weeding out began about two weeks ago. Old periodicals were the first

to be disposed and art history books were weeded out over the weekend, starting last Friday.

Another reason for weeding out the books is to meet fire code restrictions. Books sitting upright on the top shelves violated fire code because they were too close to the sprinklers in the ceilings. The only way to keep books on these shelves and be within the restrictions set by the fire department was to have the books laying face-down on the shelves. This greatly reduces the number of books that can be stored on these top shelves.

Some 15,000 volumes will be moved to

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Hamilton Smith renovations confirmed for summer 2017

By MELISSA PROULX STAFF WRITER

Hamilton Smith is set to undergo a $37 million renovation and this time, we’re not joking.

Home to both the English and Philosophy departments and one of the most used buildings on campus, Ham Smith was built in June of 1907 and received it’s last major renovation in 1965, when the back portion was added to provide more office and classroom space. Since that time, the building has experienced its fair share of rust, leaks, floods and faults that has made it a prime candidate for a make-over such as this.

The plans, designed by a team of UNH staff, were approved by University System of New Hampshire board of trustees on Friday, April 18, and construction is set to begin as early as fall of 2015, with predictions of work being completed in summer of 2017.

The plan consists of a 12 percent increase from the current 1,100 seats in the 21 classrooms that make up the building creating new, modern classrooms, office spaces and two new technology labs.

Even with all the new updates, the transformation will maintain much of the building’s current historic architecture, including the iconic pillars, the murals from the 1930s that take up the walls of two

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Fifty-one thousand volumes, none of which have been checked out in 20 years, were tossed in a dumpster outside Dimond Library. The books were cleared from the shelves in order to make room for the Biological Sciences Library being moved from Kendall Hall.

UNH extends semester with optional Tuesday

By SARAH TOOLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

COURTESY OF UNH

UNH has confirmed that Hamilton Smith will receive a $37 million renovation, to be completed by summer 2017. Pictured above is one of the design plans for the future Ham Smith.

Unlike high schools, the University of New Hampshire does not have unexpected snow days built into its academic schedule. As a result, the semester has officially been extended for one day and will end on Tuesday, May 6. However, there is a twist to this extension: It’s not mandatory.

Why would UNH choose to do this?

After enduring an unusually harsh winter, some faculty members and students felt it was necessary to have a make up class to cover the material that was missed due to the snow days.

“The extra day gives teachers who lost time with their students an opportunity to go over material that might otherwise have been uncov-

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Contents

The New Hampshire

UNH wins 4th spring game

Reasons to be Pretty

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8 Reasons to be Pretty came to the MUB April 16th-19th.

Kirsten O’Neil, Meghan Ledwith and Caroline Murray score goals in 4-0 win over Southern NH University.

Volleyball seniors named dual MVPs

Wildcats wrap up 2nd tournament

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Players voted Morgan Thatcher and Destiny Tolliver co-MVPs at the team’s annual banquet.

The Wildcats defeated UMass-Lowell, Harvard and Maine in three scrimmages on Saturday.

This Week in Durham

Marathon Monday

April 22

April 23

• Women and the Affordable Care Act Panel, MUB Theater I, 5-9 p.m.

• Mentally Ill and Gay as a Daffodil, MUB 302, 6-7:30 p.m.

• The Anonymus People: film and discussion, MUB Theater II, 7 p.m.

• Alliance Meeting: Discussion about Family, MUB 145, 7:30-9 p.m.

• Sigma Chi talk on stress, MUB 338, 5-6:30 p.m.

• Movie: Girl Rising, MUB Theater I, 7 p.m.

• TED Talk: Listen, Learn... Then Lead by Stanley McChrystal, MUB 330, 7:30-8:30 a.m.

• A Night of Poetry with Lauren Zuniga, MUB 18, 7:30 p.m.

April 24

• Your Queer Fandom, MUB 302,12:40-2 p.m.

• Homophobia/transphobia in sports: film and discussion, MUB Theater I, 3-5 p.m.

• Gaypril Dinner, Waysmeet Center, 6-8 p.m.

April 25

• Cultural Connections: Reflection of an International Student, MUB 18, 3:30-5 p.m.

• Haitian Health Foundation Fundraiser,Young’s Restaurant, 5-7 p.m.

• Not Too Sharp Spring Show, Strafford Room, 8-9:30 p.m.

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the bottom floor of Dimond where the books will not be open to the public but will be available upon request.

Lauder said the most commonly asked question surrounding the disposed books is why can’t the books be donated to another library or a charity?

“You don’t want to send a textbook that we are saying isn’t good enough, we don’t want to use it to teach our students, but we are going to send it off to teach somebody else? That’s not a good idea,” Lauder said.

Lauder went on to say she would be “hard pressed” to find a library that would accept these old books.

“In a perfect world, we would have had all kinds of time to plan this all out,” Lauder said. “[We could have] had a book sale, let people come in and review the materials. In a perfect world, that would have been optimal.”

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classrooms and the dome ceiling of the second floor.

“It’s classic architecture and location on Main Street and next to UNH’s first building, Thompson Hall [is what is such an iconic part of our campus],” UNH Vice President Dick Cannon said.

According to the proposed budget, a little more than $25 million would be spent on construction alone, with $4 million going towards the cost of moving and swing spaces for students and faculty to use during this time, $1.9 million going towards furniture and equipment, a little more than $1.8 million going towards professional services, and $625,000 going to the Project Administrators for permits.

Pamela Diamantis, chair of the board, said in a press release from UNH that the project would not be funded by state money or cause an increase in tuition for students, a fact confirmed by Cannon.

The money, instead, would come from an internal fund borrowing system.

“USNH acts as a central banker for the campuses. In essence

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Some students went “dumpster-diving” in the pile of books discarded from Dimond Library, snatching titles to read or sell. People questioned why the books couldn’t be sold or given away, but assistant dean for library administration Tracey Lauder responded that it wouldn’t make sense to send books UNH deemed not “good enough” to other libraries. we borrow the money from ourselves,” explained Cannon. “Our unrestricted financial reserves pay it back over five to 20 years, in this case over 20 years to smooth the expense effects.”

“ Each one of these

projects plays a part in student recruitment and satisfaction as well as building spirit and pride in the state’s flagship public university.”

Pamela Diamantis

Chair of the University System of New Hampshire board of trustees

For many on campus, the building is an important representation on campus. Because of this, the announcement has created great excitement, especially for the many who use the building on a regular basis and have had to deal with outdated conditions of the building.

“I know for many of the faculty in the building, we would see

working be done around campus and we would think, ‘Why not us?’” Professor Andrew Merton said, who is not only chair of the English Department, but has been teaching at UNH for 42 years. “I think it will be a tremendous boost for moral and students will enjoy coming here.”

Though Merton will be retiring this upcoming year, he says that he is excited to come back and see the final results.

UNH President Mark Huddleston is currently away from his office until May and could not be reached for comment at this time.

The board also approved the funds needed for the expansion of the Holloway Commons dining hall and renovation of the outdoor pool, as well as $2.1 million that will be used to purchase the vacant former Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on Main Street during the Friday meeting, further showing the group’s commitment to upholding the standards for buildings on campus.

“These projects all stem from the university’s master plan and address important campus needs,” Diamantis said in the release.

“Each one of these projects plays a part in student recruitment and satisfaction as well as building spirit and pride in the state’s flagship public university.”

Courtesy of UNH

The new Ham Smith building will extend farther backwards, as shown by this simulated view from the front of Dimond Library. The funds will come from an internal fund borrowing system.

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ered,” Andy Merton, professor and chair of the English department, said.

This class time could be used as a time for review, and Merton and other faculty members believe this gives them increased flexibility.

“ Chances of stu-

dents showing up the day after Cinco de Mayo are not very likely.”

Brian Malnati

UNH junior

“We were snowed out one Tuesday, but I made up for it with an intense workshop the following week and with extra conferences with my students, so I don’t feel the need to have an extra class,” Merton said. Merton teaches a once-a-week, two-and-a-half hour essay-writing workshop for graduate students.

Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Dr. P.T. Vasudevan explained how he received a number of emails from concerned faculty and students about the number of missed days and the inability to complete topics listed in the catalog/syllabus.

“Since we have two reading days in the spring, after consultation with the Faculty Senate, the Academic Standards and Advising Committee and the Student Senate, we decided to convert one of the reading days to a ‘make-up’ day,” Vasudevan said.

Vasudevan also explained why the extended day is not mandatory. He said, “We did not make it mandatory since some faculty may not need the extra day to complete the material in the syllabus, and students may have made other

plans for the reading day.”

While some see this extension as useful, others view it as limited.

“Because the statement encouraged faculty not to make attendance mandatory, I thought the best use of that time would be as an optional study session for the final exam,” Timm Triplett, an associate psychology professor at UNH, said.

Some professors and faculty members are not sure what the official purpose of this extension is.

“I’ve been here fifteen years and I can’t remember ever having one before,” wrote English professor Clark Knowles in an email.

“Since it’s not mandatory, and anything that is covered in the class has to be made available to all students via online postings or email, I can’t imagine any teacher really utilizing it for anything important.

“It feels like an administrative thing rather than something that the teachers need,” Knowles said.

There are also some students who view this administrative decision as irrelevant and pointless.

“If they don’t make the extension mandatory, do they really expect a good outcome on their attendance list?” sophomore Kelsie Aufiero said.

“Chances of students showing up the day after Cinco de Mayo are not very likely,” junior Brian Malnati said.

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Collective efforts reduce Manchester senators arrest rates at Nelly concert oppose penalty vote

By MELISSA PROULX Staff Writer

Even with more than 4,000 students in attendance, Nelly’s concert on Thursday, April 17, proved to be calm in comparison to those in the past.

“There were 26 arrests for the concert, predominately for alcohol related issues,” Paul Dean, executive director of safety and UNH police chief, said.

Dean also said that four people were taken to the hospital for alcohol related issues, but “other than that it was well run by SCOPE and was very quiet” and that these numbers were “very low compared to past concerts.”

Bill Cote, executive director of McGregor Memorial EMS, confirmed these numbers, saying the night was, in fact, much different from other concerts in the past.

“We had six ambulances that were full staffed with volunteers.

We dedicated some of those to the concert and the rest of those were used to handle other calls in town,” he said. “If you could compare it to the Kendrick Lamar [concert], it was definitely much more docile, we certainly weren’t as busy as we were then.”

The reason for these low num-

bers, according to those involved, can be attributed to the many precautionary steps taken in both the weeks and hours before the concert.

An email was sent to students earlier this month warning against mass gatherings due to the unsafe environment that it causes, and its potential consequences if someone is arrested during one.

“Please know that staff from the Office of Conduct and Mediation will be at the Nelly concert and will file conduct charges against any student who is arrested at the concert,” Dean wrote in the e-mail, which went on to say that students arrested in connection with mass gatherings would be suspended for either a short or long period of time.

Dean also credits the tame atmosphere to the good intentions of the students who attended the concert and the groups in charge of putting the concert together.

“It is clear the vast majority of the concert-goers in attendance were there to enjoy the artist and celebrate responsibly,” he said.

“The collaborative planning by SCOPE and student senate leadership with campus office’s responsible for managing the concert was evident throughout the night.”

For many of the leaders of SCOPE, the group that organizes

and runs all of the concerts each year, the same positive feelings were shared about the night.

“Even though the arrest numbers for Kendrick were lower than past concerts, we still weren’t satisfied and made it our duty to gear our efforts by making these numbers as small as possible,” said Christina Merrill, the new publicity director of SCOPE. “Because many arrests for Kendrick were in the very beginning of the night we put a lot of focus in reconstructing out line setup this time to try and be as orderly as possible right from the get go.”

In order to do this, Merrill said the group made sure to open the doors right on time and also, with the help of UNH’s Health Services and the local Dominos, served free pizza and water to concert goers in order to help prevent over-intoxication.

Though every artist brought to campus must be approved in order to ensure they won’t create a risky environment, Merrill hopes that this success can be mirrored in the future.

“We are very excited to move forward with planning our next concert since we have found many tools to help ensure our shows will be fun and safe for any artist we may bring,” she said.

By LYNNE TUOHY Associated Press

CONCORD — The opposing votes cast by Manchester’s two Democratic senators reflect the deep divide of lawmakers and residents on the topic of repealing the state’s centuries-old death penalty.

This year’s death penalty debate revolved largely around slain Manchester police officer Michael Briggs and his killer, Michael Addison, the state’s only death row convict. The debate was punctuated Thursday by a 12-12 vote, with the tie meaning capital punishment remains on the books.

Manchester veteran Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, a political science professor, voted against repeal while first-term Sen. Donna Soucy, a lawyer, voted in favor. They said Friday they were unconcerned about political fallout in their home districts and their votes reflect deeply held beliefs.

“This vote to me, and I believe to my colleagues, was really an intensely personal, emotional and difficult vote,” Soucy said. “If I was making a calculating, political decision I would not have voted for repeal.”

D’Allesandro, as a state representative in 1974, voted in favor of a new death penalty statute lawmakers crafted to comply with mandates set out by the U.S. Supreme Court when it invalidated death penalty laws nationwide in 1972. He has never wavered in his support of the penalty in four decades, but he also called Thursday’s vote “gut-wrenching” for all 24 senators.

“We use it judiciously,” D’Allesandro said, contrasting New Hampshire to Texas and other Southern states that have high numbers of executions. “We put something in place that we thought would benefit the public, and I think it has.”

D’Allesandro was the only

Democrat to vote against repeal.

Two Republican senators, Bob Odell and Sam Cataldo, voted in favor.

Addison was convicted of shooting Briggs to death in 2006 and was sentenced to die in 2008.

The state Supreme Court in November upheld his conviction and sentence in the first death penalty appeal to come before it in 50 years. New Hampshire has not executed anyone since 1939.

Soucy and D’Allesandro spoke passionately about Briggs’ life and death before Thursday’s vote as Manchester Police Chief David Mara stood in the Senate gallery amid officers looking down on the debate.

D’Allesandro has two relatives on the Manchester police force, including a cousin who was a first responder when Officer Dan Doherty was shot seven times while pursuing a suspect.

“Briggs was killed in my district. Doherty was shot in my district,” D’Allesandro said. “There have been numerous murders in my district.”

He said he respects Soucy’s vote.

“She’s a very devout Catholic, and I think she did what she thought was right, and I applaud that,” he said.

Andy Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, said he doubts the senators’ votes will weigh against them when they run for re-election.

“Although the death penalty is a very emotional issue for a lot of people, for most voters it’s not high on the list of things they think about coming into a campaign,” Smith said.

He said it could come into play against D’Allesandro in the unlikely event he faces a challenger in a primary. He said he doubted Soucy would suffer any fallout in a primary because she voted along party lines.

NH Brief Senate takes a vote on fetal homicide bill

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s Senate is voting whether to treat a fetus who dies in a homicide as a person even if the mother lives.

The House bill would let judges hand out stiffer sentences if the woman is pregnant when she dies, but critics say the fetus’ death should be a crime if the mother lives. A Senate committee is recommending that the Senate vote Thursday to treat an eight-week-old fetus as a person.

The House has already rejected the same proposal.

State Rep. Leon Rideout filed the bill after his daughter lost her baby as the result of a traffic accident.

Under current law, if an assault results in a miscarriage or stillbirth and the mother survives, a judge can sentence the assailant to up to 15 years in prison. The House’s version

of the bill would allow enhanced sentences to the homicide statute for crimes resulting in the mother’s death. In the case of second degree murder, which is punishable by life in prison, the judge would have to state he or she had considered the miscarriage or stillbirth in deciding on a sentence.

Rideout, R-Lancaster, insisted his bill had nothing to do with abortion and included a provision excluding pregnant women obtaining abortions from being penalized.

Rideout proposed initially applying the penalty after the eighth week of pregnancy but offered an amendment to make it after the 12th week.

The House rejected both.

NARAL Pro-Choice New Hampshire opposed Rideout’s bill as a step toward granting personhood to fetuses and laying the groundwork for limiting abortions.

At least 38 states have fetal homicide laws, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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Cloud inventor gives his views on Internet politics

By Brian Ward Former Staff Writer

Who is Agostino Sibillo? The simple answer is that he is a very smart man.

Sibillo is an inventor, a lawyer and a musician who invented one of the biggest technological advancements of the 21st century, the Cloud Computing System, which allows people to store and access their data from a remote server on any device.

Translated from geek speak, if you’ve ever used Google Drive, Amazon Cloud, Dropbox or Cloud storage in general, that was this guy. Originally, Sibillo was a lawyer teaching financial law at a university in his native Italy. Eventually, he moved to America, where he met his wife.

“I told myself, I’m going to find a good excuse to live here for more than 30 days,” Sibillo said. “And the excuse was to get a degree in software engineering, which I did, and while I was starting I came up with the idea of [my] interpretation of the cloud computing system.”

Currently, Sibillo has 18 patents based off his creations, including multitasking technology, and also does work in the fields of sofware development for drone technology, video streaming, television and cyber software development and medical diagnostics.

For the last couple years has been campaigning for change within the patent world and the Internet. Sibillo’s arguments on patents have focused around the troubles faced by small, independent inventors,

and innovators trying to get the funds to develop their ideas. He said that within the current system it’s nearly impossible to make money off a patent if you are not a part of a corporation.

return on investment and equity in the product. If your invention doesn’t start paying out in a few years, the investor will take away your patent from you and use it themselves.

“ Been a couple years that I’ve been

screaming over here, I’m screaming because it’s not fair, it’s not fair the way the patents are the patent world.”

Agostino Sibillo

Inventor of the Cloud Computing System “Because even though you come up with a great idea, you don’t have a corporation,” Sibillo said. “But if somebody is using your invention, your ideas, they are not going to come to you and say, ‘hey [you’re] my friend, I’m using your idea, I owe you money.’

They are never going to do that; you need to enforce your patent in a court of law with money.”

“You’re going to be suing them; you live in North Carolina and they’re going to countersue you in Miami,” Sibillo said.

“They’re not going to show up in your courthouse in North Carolina, but you’re going to show up in Miami. Which is expensive and will send you out of business.”

In addition to the expenses from legal defense, Sibillo discussed the predatory practices of venture capitalists and pre-angel investors (whom he referred to as pre-demon investors). It is common practice amongst these investors to fund a person’s invention in return for a ridiculously high

“It’s a mess because the patent world needs to be shaken, it needs something new,” Sibillo said.

Sibillo stated during his public lecture on innovation that he thought the laws for patents should work more like royalties for songs, with the inventor guaranteed a certain percentage of the profits every time his creation is used, bought or sold. Despite the dismal situation in the patent world, Sibillo says that he has seen some progress made in Italy and in the rest of Europe.

Sibillo said he expects major improvements in patent law in the next five years.

“Been a couple years that I’ve been screaming over here, I’m screaming because it’s not fair, it’s not fair the way the patents are the patent world,” Sibillo said. “It’s because I’m an innovator. If I’m an inventor and I want to come up with something great; I’m not going to do it if at the end, my tradepool will be a disaster.”

One of the other major points

that Sibillo made was the stagnation of the Internet, and that the current system stifles innovation to what is marketable.

“The Internet is a big ad agency on steroids but it’s creating illusions,” Sibillo said, “because with [the] years and with the times this business model is growing, and it is becoming something huge and a few companies are taking advantage of that. If you try to do something, if you try to come up with any idea today in the Internet world that can change the business model, that can come up with any new way to make money, someone is going to put you out of business.”

The crux of Sibillo’s argument is that if you make something that doesn’t generate ad revenue or benefits the user at the cost of corporation’s bottom line, it will be supressed. One of the specific examples he gave was the lack of encrypted browser. The most popular browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, are unencrypted. Which, according to Sibillo, means anyone from NSA to the guy next door can see where you go on the Internet and sell that information to advertisers.

“Every time you go on a browser, Mozilla Firefox, or Explorer or any browser you can think of and you search the web, they [the browser providers] sell that data to other companies that are making an incredible profit on this, Sibillo said. “We are talking about trillions of dollars; we are not talking about two, three million. Now when they say ‘the NSA is spying on us,’ they are saying the most stupid thing in the world because anybody can spy on us.”

Stowaway teen stirs concern about airport security

By MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A 16-year-old boy scrambled over an airport fence, crossed a tarmac and climbed into a jetliner’s wheel well, then flew for five freezing hours to Hawaii — a misadventure that stirred concern about possible weak spots in the security system that protects the nation’s airline fleet.

The boy, who lives in Santa Clara, Calif., and attends a local high school, hopped out of the wheel well of a Boeing 767 on the Maui airport tarmac Sunday.

Authorities found him wandering around the airport grounds with no identification. He was questioned by the FBI and taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was found to be unharmed.

FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu said the teen did not remember the flight from San Jose.

It was not immediately clear how the boy stayed alive in the unpressurized space, where temperatures at cruising altitude can fall well below zero and the air is too thin for humans to stay conscious.

An FAA study of stowaways found that some went into a hibernationlike state.

On Monday, authorities tried to determine how the boy slipped through multiple layers of security, including wide-ranging video sur-

veillance, German shepherds and Segway-riding police officers.

Security footage from the San Jose airport verified that the boy climbed a fence and crossed a runway to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning, Simon said.

That airport, in the heart of Silicon Valley, is surrounded by fences, although many sections do not have barbed wire and could easily be scaled.

The boy climbed over during the night, “under the cover of darkness,” San Jose airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said Monday.

Hours later, surveillance video at Kahului Airport showed the boy getting out of the wheel well after landing, according to a statement from Hawaii’s Department of Transportation. The video was not released due to the ongoing investigation.

Hawaiian Airlines spokeswoman Alison Croyle said airline personnel noticed the boy on the ramp after the flight arrived and immediately notified airport security.

“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have survived,” Croyle said.

Isaac Yeffet, a former head of security for the Israeli airline El Al who now runs his own firm, Yeffet Security Consultants, said the breech shows that U.S. airport security still has weaknesses, despite

billions of dollars invested.

“Shame on us for doing such a terrible job,” he said. “Perimeters are not well protected. We see it again and again.”

A congressman who serves on the Homeland Security committee wondered how the teen could have snuck onto the airfield unnoticed.

“I have long been concerned about security at our airport perimeters. A Stowaway teen demonstrates vulnerabilities that need to be addressed,” tweeted Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat who represents the San Francisco Bay Area’s eastern cities and suburbs.

Unlike checkpoint security inside the airport, which is the responsibility of the Transportation Security Administration, airport perimeters are policed by local authorities as well as federal law enforcement.

Airport police were working with the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration to review security.

The boy was released to child protective services in Hawaii and not charged with a crime, Simon said.

San Jose police said they will forward the findings of their investigation to the district attorney, who can decide whether to file criminal charges in California.

The FAA says 105 stowaways have snuck aboard 94 flights worldwide since 1947, and about 1 out

of 4 survived. But agency studies say the actual numbers are probably higher, as some survivors may have escaped unnoticed, and bodies could fall into the ocean undetected.

In August, a 13- or 14-year-old boy in Nigeria survived a 35-minute trip in the wheel well of a domestic flight after stowing away.

Authorities credited the flight’s short duration and its altitude of about 25,000 feet. Others who hid in wheel wells have died, including a 16-year-old killed aboard a flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston in 2010 and a man who fell onto a suburban London street as a flight from Angola began its descent in 2012.

An FAA review of high-altitude wheel well survivors said they typically clamber past the main landing gear into a wing recess area next to where the gear retracts. On some aircraft, that space is large enough for two small adults.

The FAA found that all wheelwell stowaways will lose consciousness at high altitude from lack of oxygen, and that their freezing bodies go into a state somewhat similar to hibernation. At 38,000 feet — the cruising altitude of the Hawaiian Airlines flight — the outside air temperature is about -85 degrees. That would usually be deadly, but some people survive because their breathing, heart rate and brain activity slow down.

Sibillo said he hopes that someone would come up with the idea of an encrypted browser but due to a vested interest in selling peoples’ data, he or she won’t succeed. A personal example he brought up came from his original idea for the cloud computing system.

“We have millions of devices on the planet. Your cell phone, I mean, why should I buy a 65-gigabyte phone if by the end I don’t use it?” Sibillo said, “I just use a couple [gigabytes]. Now we can have a software that tells a central system that this phone has 60 gigabytes left that can be used to store information of other people, encrypted information. That would be great, but that would send out of business a lot of hosting companies.”

Sibillo still has hope for the future, making some suggestions about how to change the Internet for the better.

“The changes that I can really picture with the Internet to [fight] the stagnation we have right now [are] broadband; same speed, upload and download. Patents of course, you push people to invent new stuff, to come up with new stuff and new ideas,” Sibillo said. “Browsers, encrypted browsers where all your navigation is secret if you want to sell the feedback of your navigation, you got to make money, a completely different control between what the hosting companies can do, and what you can do.”

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NH Brief Veteran’s family gets new Purple Heart

MANCHESTER —A World War I veteran from New Hampshire is being remembered with a Purple Heart.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte presented the honor on Thursday to Kathryn Fernald, the granddaughter of the late Chris Wick.

Wick earned the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while serving in the U.S. Army in France during the war.

Fernald of Londonderry contacted Ayotte’s office to request a replacement after the original Purple Heart was misplaced.

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Salsa Picante closes doors

By TOM SPENCER Staff Writer

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Salsa Picante in downtown Durham closed its doors in March after months of irregular hours and declining business.

Salsa Picante on 38 Main St. in downtown Durham has been vacant since early March.

The Mexican restaurant opened in November 2013. The owner, Justin Hebert, made no official announcement that the young business would be closing.

“In December, you could really see [Salsa Picante] wasn’t working,” said Steve Petrovitsis, the restaurant’s landlord and owner of Durham House of Pizza (fondly known as DHOP).

Petrovitsis believed the business collapsed for keeping irregular hours. Customers would find the restaurant closed during hours it advertised as open.

“Super Bowl: it was closed; Patriots’ games: it would be closed,” Petrovitsis said. “You can’t run a business like that.”

Salsa Picante’s last tweet read “$5 everything any time all the time,” from March 3, 2014. The previous tweet, dated Feb. 27, advertises $5 burritos, with a picture of the message written on the storefront window in soap.

The soap is still on the windows. There are jugs of frying oil and tubs of chili powder on the back shelf. The last menu is still written in green marker on the white board above the cash register’s station.

There is an empty tips jar on one end

of the counter, and a plastic skull decorating the other.

“ [Durham] isn’t the

super paradise [for businesses] everyone might think it is.”

Steve Petrovitsis

DHOP landlord and owner

The space is right next to DHOP. Justin Petrovitsis, a DHOP employee, said, “People like burritos, look at Chipotle … but this is a tough neighborhood to do business in.”

“They would have done better if they’d stuck around,” said Mike Glidden, who cuts hair at Main Street Barbers, next to DHOP. “That’s the thing with businesses around here, you got to be here when your hours are.”

Hebert also owns Justin’s Seafood Hut, a restaurant in Rye, New Hampshire. “From what [Hebert] told me, the [restaurant] was slow in winter because there’s not a lot of tourists and stuff like that, so he was starting this one … for the winter months,” Glidden said.

Though Salsa Picante was ultimately unsuccessful, there was another side to Justin Hebert. He hosted a fundraiser for Best Buddies

International, a program that works with special needs patients, on Feb. 8, 2014.

Hebert donated 15 percent of the proceeds from any customer who mentioned Best Buddies to the organization. “[Hebert] was a very giving person. You can tell he really cares about the community and the importance of service,” said Josh Dolman the treasurer of the Best Buddies UNH chapter.

“He jumped at the idea of helping adults with disabilities and immediately agreed to the fundraiser,” Dolman said.

Attempts to reach Hebert through business or personal phone numbers and an email address were unsuccessful.

“There were times when he was difficult to get in contact with because our schedules never seemed to coincide, but … he made sure to live up to his commitment,” Dolman said. “[Durham] isn’t the super paradise [for businesses] everyone might think it is,” Steve Petrovitsis said.

“You have to work very hard, long hours.”

Petrovitsis’ testimony carries a lot of weight. After all, he started with the Durham House of Pizza 38 years ago at the age of 19.

“We’re looking for a good stable tenant,” Petrovitsis said of the now available space. “Someone who will be good to our community.”

NH attorney general presses for lawyer’s removal from office STAFF REPORT The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s attorney general is asking a court to schedule a hearing as soon as possible on his petition to remove the Rockingham County attorney from office.

Attorney General Joseph Foster —in conjunction with the Rockingham County commissioners —is asking a superior court judge to fast-track a hearing on their petition to permanently remove veteran Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams from office.

Foster stripped Reams of his power to prosecute in November, amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and mishandling funds. But a judge on April 10 ordered Reams reinstated, saying Foster did not have the authority to continue Reams’ suspension after Foster said no criminal charges would brought.

“Allegations, no matter how inflammatory, are not a substitute for evidence,” Merrimack Superior Court Judge Richard McNamara wrote in the order he issued April 10.

McNamara postponed the effective date of his order 30 days to allow the attorney general’s office to appeal it to the state Supreme Court and seek an additional stay from that court. Otherwise, Reams will return before mid-May to the office he was barred from on Nov.

6. Meanwhile, the attorney general’s office is pursuing its petition to permanently remove Reams.

Reams and his lawyer, Michael Ramsdell, have challenged the legality of his suspension from the outset. They argued that Foster does not have the power to suspend Reams in the absence of criminal charges being filed, as was the case the only other time a county attorney was suspended from office decades ago.

Reams has said he won’t run for re-election to the office he was first elected to in 1998. His term expires in January.

“We are ready to try the case long before his term is over, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said earlier this month. “To allow attorney Reams to go back into that office would be untenable.”

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SNL anchor Jost entertains UNH crowds nah Coyle, a senior, said, “SNL is the best.” She joined Larochelle around 7:30 p.m. for the show. Maggie Dana, a senior, arrived around 7:15 p.m. “I’ve watched SNL all the time so I thought it would be cool to come,” Dana said.

The night kicked off with the University of New Hampshire’s own Improv Anonymous. The improvisational group performed three skits: Day in the Life, where they acted out the day of one of the students in attendance; Half Life, where one skit was performed several times with the amount of time allotted to the skit was reduced by half each time; and Challenge.

Immediately following Improv Anonymous was the opening standup comic, Sierra Katow. Katow is a sophomore at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and has been performing stand-up on and off for about three years. She said she started performing stand-up in high school. Katow has also performed shows in the Los Angeles area. While attending college she performs in the Boston area and at Harvard University, and occasionally does other college shows.

“I was just really lucky that Colin asked me to open for him tonight,” Katow said. “This is very exciting for me. I don’t normally do this.”

After Katow, Jost took the stage for his stand-up routine. Jost became a featured cast member on Saturday

By Ken Johnson Staff Writer

Kicking off the Easter weekend for students who stayed on campus, the Memorial Union Building offered a night of free comedy, headlined by Saturday Night Live cast member Colin Jost.

“ I was just re-

Amber Davis/Contributing

ally lucky that Colin asked me to open for him tonight. This is very exciting for me.

I don’t normally do this.”

Sierra Katow

Stand-up comic from Harvard University

Cameron Johnson/Staff

Students enjoyed a night of free comedy on Friday, April 19, that was headlined by Colin Jost (top) of Saturday Night Live. UNH’s Improv Anonymous (bottom, from a previous performance) and Sierra Katow of Harvard University opened for Jost.

In Brief Bryant U. cracks down on selfies at graduation BOSTON — Rhode Island’s Bryant University is asking students to resist the urge to take selfies with its president while receiving their diplomas.

University President Ronald Machtley says students ask him to take selfies on the Smithfield campus all the time. But he says having more than 800 students snap photos with him as they get their degrees will slow down the already

hours-long ceremony.

He says he’d be happy to take some photos afterward.

Students will be able to take photos until the start of the May 17 graduation and post them to a new website hosted by the university.

Senior Worcester, Mass., native Ali Luthman says some students might be upset about the no selfies rule but “no one is crying about it.”

NOAA warns: be on the lookout for seal pups PORTLAND, Maine —The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking residents of coastal New England to be wary of seal pups on local beaches.

The administration recently announced that seal pupping season is underway. New England’s gray and harbor seals gave birth to pups in late winter and early

spring. The administration said chances of human encounters with seal mothers and pups or lone pups is increased at this time of the year.

NOAA asks residents to always stay at least 150 feet from seals and keep pets away from them. Residents can report strandings to NOAA by calling 1-866755-6622.

At 7 p.m., students started lining up to guarantee admission into the free event that started at 9 p.m.

When the doors to the Granite State Room opened on April 18, the line stretched all the way to the Strafford Room. According to Dave Zamansky, assistant director of the Memorial Union Building, approximately 250 people attended the show.

Kara Larochelle, a junior at the front of the line, said that she arrived at 7 p.m. for the snow. Han-

Night Live on March 1, taking over Weekend Update for Seth Meyers.

Jost isn’t new to SNL; he has been writing for the show since 2005 and has been the co-head writer since 2012.

Jost’s stand-up wasn’t a rehash of SNL gags. In fact, the only part that related to SNL was a piece on SNL sketches that couldn’t be aired.

This is the same skit that Zamansky saw that originally interested him in bringing Jost to UNH. Jost said that he keeps his stand-up separate from SNL. The entire show ran just short of 70 minutes, and after the show Jost remained outside the Granite State Room talking with students who attended the show and letting them take pictures with him. Katow also remained in the same area talking with students.

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Mask and Dagger performs ‘Reasons to be Pretty’ play

By CAYLA REDDINGTON Contributing Writer

As the classic song “Happy Together” by The Turtles faded out, the lights came on to a young couple fighting about each other’s appearance. The audience was immediately engaged at the argument because not only was it relatable, but it was also an argument almost everyone has had at some point in their life.

The argument was about being good enough and being pretty enough. The comedic effect brought the audience to a roaring laughter and the fight continued.

“Reasons To Be Pretty” was put on by Mask and Dagger productions. The title explains what the entire play was about.

Four characters in the play continued to feel less and less satisfied in their relationships. Yet even within the two-hour time span, those relationships continued to change.

Amidst those changes was vulgar language, and nothing was held back.

But the audience didn’t seem to mind, perhaps because it was all very relevant and relatable. Some of the cast members shared the same sentiments.

Gina Servello is a senior at UNH, and played the character of Steph.

Servello, in this reporter’s opinion, did a wonderful job and played the part perfectly. Nothing seemed forced or unrealistic.

Servello’s own experience was a bit surreal.

“It’s sometimes hard to hear

Amber davis/contributing

Mask and Dagger performed “Reasons to be Pretty” Friday night, a “conversational” play about beauty and relationships. yourself say certain lines because they don’t sound believable coming out of your own mouth,” she said.

She said the play was written to sound conversational, which contributed to its realism and relatability. She also said “It’s refreshing to perform in a piece that doesn’t make you work too hard to find the honesty in it.”

Mask and Dagger is a student run group on campus that allows students to direct and produce shows on their own. Servello likes the process of Mask and Dagger because she says there is less of a “language barrier” working directly with your peers and the casts typically grow closer to one another because the plays tend to be smaller.

With other weekend activities and musician Nelly coming to UNH

for a concert the night before, the audience was small. However, the smaller audience made for an intimate setting that may have contributed to the play’s overall meaning.

Those who came out to see the production did not have negative reactions to the play or the intimate setting.

UNH student Bridget Regan said she loved the show.

“It was humorous and easy to relate to,” she said.

Regan shared one criticism and she said that the production could have reached a broader audience had the language been a little less vulgar.

“The play was current and relatable, and the actors were very entertaining,” said UNH student Kevin Fisher.

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Couple married for 70 years dies 15 hours apart STAFF REPORT The Associated Press

NASHPORT, Ohio — A couple who held hands at breakfast every morning even after 70 years of marriage have died 15 hours apart.

Helen Felumlee, of Nashport, died at 92 on April 12. Her husband, 91-year-old Kenneth Felumlee, died the next morning.

The couple’s eight children say the two had been inseparable since meeting as teenagers, once sharing the bottom of a bunk bed on a ferry rather than sleeping one night apart, the Zanesville Times Recorder reported.

They remained deeply in love until the very end, even eating breakfast together while holding hands, said their daughter, Linda Cody.

“We knew when one went, the other was going to go,” she said.

According to Cody, about 12 hours after Helen died, Kenneth looked at his children and said, “Mom’s dead.” He quickly began to fade and was surrounded by 24 of his closest family members and friends when he died the next morning.

“He was ready,” Cody said.

“He just didn’t want to leave her here by herself.”

Son Dick Felumlee said his parents died of old age, surrounded by family.

“At Dad’s bed we were singing his favorite hymns, reading scriptures and praying with him,” he told The Associated Press in an email. “It was a going away party, and we know he loved it.”

The pair had known each other for several years when they eloped in Newport, Ky., across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, on Feb. 20, 1944. At two days shy of his 21st birthday, Kenneth — who went by Kenny — was too young to marry in Ohio.

“He couldn’t wait,” son Jim Felumlee said.

Kenneth worked as a railroad car inspector and mechanic before becoming a mail carrier for the Nashport Post Office. He was active in his Nashport-Irville United Methodist Church as a Sunday school teacher.

Helen stayed at home, not only cooking and cleaning for her own family but also for other families in need in the area.

She taught Sunday school, too, but was known more for her greeting card ministry, sending cards for birthdays, sympathy and the holidays to everyone in her community, each with a personal note inside.

“She kept Hallmark in business,” daughter-in-law Debbie Felumlee joked.

When Kenneth retired in 1983 and the children began to leave the house, the Felumlees began to explore their love of travel, visiting almost all 50 states by bus.

“He didn’t want to fly anywhere because you couldn’t see anything as you were going,” Jim Felumlee said.

Although both experienced declining health in recent years, Cody said, each tried to stay strong for the other.

“That’s what kept them going,” she said.

NH Brief Searchers find body of missing swimmer BRISTOL —New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they have found the body of a 32-year-old man who leapt into the Smith River in Bristol one week ago.

Conservation officers patrolling in boats on Monday found the body of Aaron Hoyt of Northfield about a half mile below Profile Falls.

The search began April 14, after Hoyt disappeared in the fast-moving river. The search had to be suspended midweek as spring runoff brought water levels dangerously high.

Fish and Game officials resumed the search over the weekend, assisted by New England K-9 Search and Rescue teams and the Bristol police.

Officials said the water level in the Smith River has gone down more than 30 feet since the high water mark on Thursday.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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We run together: Boston Marathon ‘14

By AMANDA FOLSOM CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The 118th Boston Marathon started at 9:32 a.m. Monday morning, when the women elites took off from the starting line in Hopkinton, Mass. With runners from around the world, everyone had their own reasons for running the 2014 race in hopes of crossing the finish line on Boylston. Although they all had different reasons as to why they were running, there was one thing that they could all agree on: None of them did it alone.

When American Meb Keflezighi tore through the finish line with a time of 2:08:37, he became the first American to win the title in 31 years. In spite of last year’s tragedies, many said they felt that it was a display of resilience and a victory of unity. The crowd stood together as they chanted “USA” with their voices echoing through the city’s streets. Karl Duerk, a first time Boston Marathon runner and 36-year-old from Omaha, Neb., noticed a big difference with Boston compared to other marathons he has ran in the past.

“The difference, I would say, is the people here, especially coming down Boylston Street. It was very emotional with the crowds and the cheers of everyone out here taking back their city. For them to thank us for being here, I felt like it should have been the

other way around,” Duerk said.

Duerk is planning on running the marathon again next year.

“It’s the people that make Boston strong,” he said.

Spectators lined the streets of Boston for 26.2 miles cheering on and supporting every runner to the finish line. No matter who the runner or what the time, there was an applause for every last one. Thirty one-year-old runner Nathan Mercurio traveled all the way from Australia to participate in his firsttime Boston Marathon. He couldn’t agree with Duerk more when asked what his favorite part was.

At the end of the race, runners crossed the finish line and continued down Boylston eventually getting to Boston Common where they reunited with their friends and families.

“It was the crowd. I couldn’t believe from start to finish there were crowds! Boston matters because these are people coming from a community that is so supportive,”

‘Game of Thrones’ pic suspended professor STAFF REPORT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARAMUS, N.J. — A New Jersey professor claims he was suspended over an online photo containing a quote from “Game of Thrones” that he said a school official perceived as a threat.

Francis Schmidt, who teaches art and animation at Bergen Community College, says he was suspended for eight days after posting a photo in January of his 7-year-old daughter wearing a Tshirt with a quote from the graphic HBO show that read: “I will take what is mine with fire and blood.”

Schmidt says he was ordered to consult a psychiatrist as one of the conditions of being reinstated with back pay.

Schmidt said school officials questioned whether the reference was meant as a threat against a dean, who was one of the people who viewed the post on Schmidt’s Google Plus social media feed.

The school has been embroiled in labor negotiations and Schmidt said he wondered if his

suspension had to do with him filing a grievance after being denied a sabbatical about two months prior to the incident.

Schmidt says he was ordered to consult a psychiatrist as one of the conditions of being reinstated with back pay.

School spokesman Larry Hlavenka told The Associated Press on Friday the school had followed its safety protocols in the case, which he called a private personnel matter.

“In following its safety and security procedures, the college investigates all situations where a member of its community — students, faculty, staff or local residents — expresses a safety or security concern,” Hlavenka said, citing multiple school shootings across the U.S. this year.

Schmidt told The Record that school officials told him the quoted phrase triggered thoughts of the possibility of a school shooting when he asked what they found threatening about it.

“For God’s sake, I’m a middle-aged art professor, I don’t own any firearms,” Schmidt told the newspaper.

The hit television series is based on the books by Bayonne, N.J.-born fantasy writer George R.R. Martin.

Schmidt’s suspension was first reported Thursday on the Inside Higher Ed website.

Amanda Folsom/Contributing

April 21, 2014, a year after the infamous Boston Marathon bombing, runners took to the streets of Boston to prove to the world that their city would not be afraid.

Mercurio said.

Since last year’s events, many were uncertain how this year’s security procedures were going to go.

Blocks were sealed off and Boston police lined the sidewalks as the runners continued on their journey.

Security was very tight with authorities working hard to keep the event as safe as possible.

“There was a stronger sense of comradery this year, I think we worried that security might play too big a part, but it was so well pulled back, it was evident that it was in place, but it wasn’t in your face and it was very nicely done.

Everyone just came together,” 54-year-old runner from Bronx, New York, Kevin Shelton-Smith,

said. This was Shelton-Smith’s fourth time participating in the Marathon.

Some ran with hopes of winning, while others ran in support of family and friends, like Dawn Smith who chose to run on her birthday. Smith, a first time Boston Marathon runner from the state of Oregon, couldn’t think of anything else she’d rather be doing for her 40th.

“The spectators of Boston were just amazing, and having spectators alongside of you throughout the entire thing, just pulls you along and is so motivating,” Smith said. “It was an awesome way to spend my birthday.”

Smith was accompanied by

NH Brief NH gas prices up more than 4 cents in a week CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices in New Hampshire are up more than four cents from a week ago and analysts say the trend is expected to continue at least into next month.

The average price of a gallon of gas Monday is $3.56 a gallon —up nearly five cents from one week ago, according to gasbuddy.com.

The national average is

higher —at $3.62 a gallon —but the increase from last week was nearly half the pace of the state’s increase at just over two cents a gallon.

Gas prices in New Hampshire are nearly 15 cents a gallon higher than they were one year ago.

Analysts say prices likely will continue to climb into next month before tapering off.

family and close friends after she came through the finish line Monday afternoon. “If there’s one reason why Boston matters: It’s because of its people and resilience.”

At the end of the race, runners crossed the finish line and continued down Boylston eventually getting to Boston Common where they reunited with their friends and families. The Boston Athletic Association had hundreds of volunteers equipped with water and food, to help the runners rejuvenate after the 26.2-mile race. They were all proudly dressed in their B.A.A. blue and yellow Adidas windbreakers, ready to help out.

This was Molly Tabernik and her mother Debbie’s second year volunteering for the association.

“It’s so inspiring to see these people who’ve just run 26.2 miles walk another half mile down here with a smile still on their faces, just to thank you for all the work you’re doing. It really shows you how great humanity can be,” Molly said.

Molly and Debbie Tabernik plan on volunteering for the event again next year, due to the great feeling of being able to help their fellow citizens in such a great cause that brings everyone together. Once again while asked what makes Boston strong, they too responded with, “the people”.

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Dutch man’s case linked to Amanda Todd

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian police confirmed an arrest has been made in the Netherlands in the case of a Canadian teenager who was blackmailed into exposing herself in front of a webcam. The 15-yearold later committed suicide after detailing her harassment on a YouTube video watched by millions around the world.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Insp. Paulette Freill said Thursday that a suspect was arrested in the Netherlands and charged with extortion, luring and criminal harassment and possession of child pornography for the purpose of distribution. The 35-year-old man has been identified under Dutch privacy laws only as “Aydin C.” Freill declined to release specifics of the case but said there were other victims in Canada and internationally. Dutch prosecutors said the man is suspected of blackmailing girls in the U.S., Britain and the Netherlands. Canadian police said they would seek extradition.

Amanda Todd brought the problem of cyber bullying to mainstream attention in Canada after she posted a video on YouTube in which she told her story with handwritten signs, describing how she was lured by a stranger to expose

her breasts on a webcam.

The picture ended up on a Facebook page made by the stranger, to which her friends were added.

She was repeatedly bullied, despite changing schools, before finally killing herself weeks after posting the video. It has now been viewed more than 17 million times.

“This is truly a day we have been waiting for,” said Carol Todd, Amanda’s mother. She wiped away tears as she thanked police.

Dutch prosecutors said they filed indecent assault and child pornography charges against the man.

Lawyer Christian van Dijk earlier confirmed to The Associated Press that one of the charges against his client involved a 15-year-old girl from British Columbia.

Aydin C., who has dual Dutch and Turkish nationality, has been in detention since he was arrested in January in a vacation house the town of Oisterwijk. He lived alone, and has no wife or children.

Prosecutors first publicized his case after a preliminary hearing Wednesday at which his detention was extended for three months.

“The suspicions against the man are that he approached underage girls via the Internet and then seduced them into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam,” prosecutors said in a statement.

“He is suspected of subse-

quently pressurizing them to participate in making new material.”

They noted Aydin C. is also thought to have blackmailed adult men in a somewhat similar way, by convincing them that he was an underage boy, convincing them to perform sexual acts on camera, and then threatening to turn the images over to the police.

National prosecution spokesman Paul van der Zande said Aydin C. must first go through his Dutch legal process before he can be extradited to face separate charges in Canada.

Lawyer Van Dijk said he doesn’t believe prosecutors have sufficient evidence to convict his client, and said that even if there is evidence of unlawful activity on his computer, it may have been hacked.

“Prosecutors seem to think they have a big fish here, but if I see the evidence, it’s not much,” he said. “Lots of references to IP addresses and such.”

Dutch prosecutors said they were cooperating with other national authorities, including the British.

Van Dijk said U.S. and Norwegian authorities are also involved in the case.

He said so far Aydin C. hasn’t entered any plea.

“He’s exercising his right to remain silent,” Van Dijk said.

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Little-known democrat tries to unseat S. Walker

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats and their allies who are trying to take out Republican Gov. Scott Walker have invested all their hopes in Mary Burke, a Harvard-educated political newcomer whose father started Trek Bicycle when she was a teenager.

For Democrats and their friends in organized labor, this race is personal. They mean to avenge Walker’s evisceration of union power as he builds his resume for a possible presidential run.

But for Burke, the campaign also poses an awkward challenge.

She can’t talk too stridently about her opponent’s most provocative actions for fear of alienating independent voters, many of whom supported both Walker’s union crackdown and President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. And they will decide this contest, too.

That forces Burke to talk about supporting unions, but not to the point of overturning the law that took away nearly all collectivebargaining rights for public workers. She’s even spoken in favor of the law’s requirement that workers pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits.

“She flirts with that, and I think that’s the best anyone is going to come up with in a campaign,” said John Matthews, president of the Madison teachers union.

Walker and Republicans have successfully convinced voters that the law was necessary, making it difficult for Burke to speak out too strongly against it, Matthews said.

Such delicate maneuvering would be a test for even a seasoned office seeker. But this is Burke’s first statewide campaign after working as a state commerce secretary and a Trek executive. The 54-year-old launched the bid less than two years after being elected to her first position, a seat on the Madison school board.

Walker pushed his signature legislation through the Republican-controlled Legislature in 2011, effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.

Ever since, opponents have been searching for the right candidate to challenge him.

After failing with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the 2012 recall, their hopes now rest with Burke, a businesswoman who’s been crisscrossing Wisconsin introducing herself to voters as an alternative to Walker, the only governor in U.S. history to survive a recall.

Burke is hitting traditional Democratic issues like job creation and gay marriage instead of focusing on undoing the union law that attracted protests as large as 100,000 people and catapulted Walker onto the national stage.

Both sides seem to have concluded that the union law is off the agenda. Even the very unions hurt most by Walker’s reforms are making their case against the governor based on other factors.

That’s largely because Walker

and Burke are going after the same seven to ten percent of voters that polls show are undecided. The socalled “Walker-Obama” voters are people who voted against recalling Walker in 2012 but said in exit polls that they intended to vote for Obama that fall.

Walker won the recall by 6.8 percentage points. Obama carried Wisconsin by 6.9 points.

A poll conducted just before the Walker recall showed that a majority of voters preferred to keep the union law rather than undo it, including 53 percent of the key independent-voter demographic.

Democrats learned from the recall that they can’t win on the union issue alone. In fact, the recall candidate who promised to veto any state budget that did not undo the law could not even win the Democratic primary that year.

Burke, who declined to comment for this story, has been careful to articulate her support for collective bargaining and opposition to Act 10, but she won’t promise to work on repealing it.

Burke’s campaign website does not even mention her position on the union law, instead touting her jobs plan, her support for gay marriage and her opposition to school vouchers. A news release announcing her endorsement by the unions representing Wisconsin teachers, state employees and others failed to mention her view on the law known as Act 10.

“As a whole, we believe she wants what we want,” said Betsy Kippers, president of the state teachers union. “There are many issues that are important to our members, not just Act 10.”

Voters whose most important issue is Act 10 have already decided whether they’re with Walker or Burke, said Democratic state Sen. Tim Cullen. He described it as a “second-tier” issue now, behind others like jobs and the economy.

Act 10 required public workers — including teachers and most state employees — to pay more for their health insurance and pensions. It also took away their ability to collectively bargain over workplace-safety, vacations, seniority rights and a myriad of other issues in union contracts. Bargaining is now limited to general wage increases that do not exceed inflation.

The law deflated the political power of unions such as the Wisconsin Education Association Council, which represents teachers statewide. Since the measure passed, the union has slashed spending, cut staff and looked at merging with another union representing mostly college and university faculty.

Walker and his supporters say Act 10, along with other budget cuts meant to address a $3.6 billion shortfall, turned the state around and put it in position to pass nearly $2 billion in tax cuts during Walker’s term.

The governor and Republicans plan to make those tax cuts a central focus of their arguments for re-election this fall.

NEWS

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STAFF REPORT

Car hits packed Florida church, injuring 21 ‘bing’ the car came in,” said Jean Corjeles, who was in the church when the crash happened.

“So many people are injured,” he said.

Medico said the driver, a young woman, told investigators she was looking for a parking spot when the car malfunctioned and it drove “straight into the building,” adding that the car’s brakes malfunctioned.

Even though the car drove through an exterior wall and into the building, the structure isn’t in danger of collapsing, said both Medico and Benjamin Abes, Lee County’s EMS operations chief.

Lee Memorial health System spokeswoman Mary Biggs said 18 people were taken to Lee County hospitals and one was discharged late Sunday. She said no one required surgery.

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CINCINNATI — An Ohio teacher has been fired after a black student who said he wanted to become president claimed the teacher told him the nation didn’t need another black commander in chief.

The Fairfield Board of Education voted 4-0 on Thursday night to fire science teacher Gil Voigt from Fairfield Freshman School, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer.

“The district felt that the evidence was sufficient to support the termination of Mr. Voigt’s employment,” Superintendent Paul Otten said in statement.

Voigt did not immediately return a call seeking comment Friday but has said the student misquoted him.

Voigt, who is white, told school officials that what he actually told the teen was that he doesn’t think the nation can afford another president like Barack Obama, “whether he’s black or white.”

A state referee investigating

Voigt found that explanation was not credible.

The referee also found Voigt had made other offensive comments in class over the years, including an accusation that in 2008, he trained his laser pointer at a black student and said he looked like “an AfricanAmerican Rudolph.”

Voigt told school officials that he was only repeating what another student had said but later acknowledged his conduct had been inappropriate.

In 2012, Voigt was accused of calling a student stupid and implying that he and some of his classmates were gay.

In that incident, Voigt denied making any insulting comments to students and told school officials that a group of students in his class were colluding against him.

The state referee found Voigt’s explanation for those two incidents to also be not credible.

“Voigt repeatedly engaged in conduct that is harmful to the wellbeing of his students,” the state referee wrote in an April 11 report

Police Log April 16 Christopher McNeely, 29, 105 Whitehouse Road Lot 83, Rochester, NH 03068, 105 Whitehouse Road Lot 83, Rochester, NH 03068, aggravated felonious sexual assault fondling, 3 p.m.

John Gaff, 19, 6 Olde Towne, Lynnfield, MA, 01940, Whittemore Center, possession of alcohol, 6:30 p.m.

Megan Hourican, 19, 179 Hillside Ave, Arlington, MA, 02476, the Whittemore Center, unlawful intoxication, 10:35 p.m.

Steven L. Yobaccio, 19, 825 Main Street, Lynnfield, MA, 01940, A Lot Section 4, possession of alcohol, 6:30 p.m.

James Fusco, 20, 404 Merriam Ave., Leominster, MA, 01453, College Avenue, disorderly conduct, 11:13 p.m.

Spencer Triglione, 19, 59 Turkey Hill Road, West Newbury, MA, 01985, Whittemore Center, unlawful possession, 7:50 p.m.

April 18

Michael Fratarcangeli, 19, 129 Chuckanutt Drive, Oakland, NJ, 07436, the Whittemore Center, unlawful possession, 8:15 p.m.

Evan Schultz, 19, 42 Ross Road, Durham, NH, 03824, Whittemore Center, unlawful possession, 8:37 p.m.

Taylor W. Sanborn, 20, 6 Orcutt Ave., W. Lebanon, NH, 03784, the Whittemore Center, resisting arrest, 8:55 p.m.

Jonathan Beane, 20, 51 Derek Drive, Plymouth, MA, 02360, B doors Whittemore Center, posses-

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sion of marijuana, 9 p.m.

Taylor Picard, 20, 42 Pasture Lane, Bedford, MA, 03110, Whittemore Center, unlawful possession, 9:25 p.m.

April 17

Joseph Agnello, 20, 20 Catherine, Ave., Wrentham, MA, 02093, A Lot, possession of drugs, transportation of alcohol and distribution, 7:55 p.m.

given to the board of education.

“He has made race-based, culturally based and insulting comments to students over a period of years.

He was warned on multiple occasions that if his behavior continued that he would be subject to termination. Unfortunately, for both Voigt and his students, he did not alter his conduct.”

Voigt may appeal his firing to a Butler County court. The Ohio Department of Education will investigate to decide what to do about his teaching license.

Voigt taught in Fairfield schools since 2000. He had been on unpaid leave since December following a parent’s complaint about the Obama remark.

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Allison Chulada, 20, 20 Jonathan Lane, Bow, NH, 03304, the Whittemore Center, unlawful possession, 9:53 p.m.

Taylor Cipriani, 20, 31 Sheffield St., Hudson, NH, 03051, A Lot, unlawful possession, 7:55 p.m.

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Teacher fired for opinionated comment

In Brief FORT MYERS, Fla. — A car slammed into a packed Florida church just as its annual Easter concert was about to begin, injuring 21 people as it barreled through the brick outer wall and several rows of pews, Fort Myers police said.

The Lexus sedan struck the Second Haitian Baptist Church at around 8 p.m. Sunday, when there were about 200 people inside, Lt. Victor Medico said.

When officers arrived at the scene, church members used car jacks to lift the vehicle off of people who were trapped underneath, according to the NewsPress of Fort Myers. Investigators were looking into the crash even though they believe it was “an unfortunate traffic accident.”

“Everybody was sitting and the service started and then

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Alexander Sullivan, 19, 31 Hall Road, Stoneham, MA, 02180, Williamson Hall 603, unlawful intoxication, 12:16 a.m.

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James M. Geraghty, 22, 86 Buttonwood Road, Bedford, NH, 03110, Main Street, DWI, 2:35 a.m.

Kaitlyn C. Haselton, 20, 117 Lindsey Street, Attleboro, MA, 02703, A doors Whittemore Center, internal possession, 9:10 p.m.

April 20 John P. Whitehouse, Jr., 22, 700 Washington St., Barrington, NH, 03825, Route 4, negligent driving, 11:50 a.m.

Ryan Grady, 19, 410 High Ridge Road, Southbury, CT, 06488, Depot Lot, possession of controlled drug (marijuana), 11:00 p.m.

Andrew Cassiano, 179 West View Road, Southbury, CT, 06488, Depot Lot, possession of controlled drug (marijuana), 11:00 p.m.

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A sad sight

Poor planning put those books in the dumpster

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he sight of a dumpster filled with books is breaking the hearts of many book-lovers throughout campus, including both faculty and staff. And while all the fingers are being pointed at the Dimond library administration, there is larger problem.

The library in itself is not to blame for the disposal of all these volumes, although it may appear that way on the surface.

The problem is not the removal of books from the library, but the way in which the removal is being carried out.

The biological sciences library was forced out of Kendall Hall to create a “swing space” while other renovation go on around campus, according to an article from the April 11,

2014 issue of The New Hampshire.

Dimond library, according to its own administrators, was forced to act fast in preparation for the integration of the biological sciences library.

The problem is not the removal of books from the library, but the way in which the removal is being carried out.

No time was allowed to plan a book sale where the discarded books could perhaps be purchased and used by new owners. Donating to another library was hardly an option, according administrators, as the books were so outdated they would probably be of no use to a modern library, but a

private buyer might be interested in purchasing a few of the volumes.

The dumpster full of books does not seem to represent any disregard by the library, but rather the poor planning that ultimately put those books in that dumpster.

Yes it is hard to see books get thrown away, but in a library where there are almost 1.6 million books, missing 51,000 is manageable. It would have been preferable if the public had a chance to view these books and considering purchasing them, but rushed decision-making disallowed that.

Weeding out is a process libraries will periodically have to go through, but this usually leads to a sale of the books for low prices.

At UNH, the books were thrown away and forgotten.

Ham Smith gets renovation ... for real

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hompson Hall may be the most iconic building at UNH, but Hamilton Smith Hall is one of the oldest on campus. Ham Smith was opened in 1907 and has received little attention since then, besides a couple renovation projects, the last one being in 1965.

Ham Smith is long overdue for a facelift and thanks to a vote of approval by the USNH Board of Trustees, the old liberal arts hall is finally

getting one.

With work being done to academic buildings all around campus, most noticeably the Peter T. Paul College, it is nice to see Ham Smith getting some attention.

Along with approving the necessary funds to renovate the deteriorating outdoor pool and make the purchase of the old Alpha Tau Omega house, USNH seems to have made all the right choices.

Perhaps not all agree, but based

on the voices around campus, there has been discontent with lack-of-attention to Ham Smith while the football stadium renovation gains all the attention. Durham might want to keep the pool as is, but in UNH’s discourse, people talk about how it is outdated and unsafe.

Overall, USNH has made decisions that are agreeable and necessary in order to help the community thrive around UNH and Durham.

 Letter to the editor To the editorial staff I am writing in regards to your opinion piece in the issue published Friday, April 18. I am upset that the campus newspaper published misleading information on the financial repercussions of the Real Food Challenge campaign. The editorial stated, “If UNH Dining were to join the Real Food Challenge, the cost for meal plans would simply have to increase.” This is certainly not true.

The Real Food Challenge does not necessitate an increase in the price of meal plans.

The editorial also wrote, “to raise the price on students would exclude those who are already barely able to afford meal plans.” I can iden-

tify with people who struggle to purchase food. The Real Food Challenge aims to address this issue at its core.

In reality, the Real Food Challenge is about institutional transparency and addressing the systemic oppression woven throughout the food system.

Since the launching of the Real Food Campus Commitment on the Inaugural Food Day, October 24, 2011, students at over 150 universities across the nation have started RFC campaigns. Ten of the 21 schools (48 percent) in the nation who have signed the commitment are located in the Northeast. UNH has received a great deal of attention about our recent monumental Slow Fish commitment, but we must embrace our leadership and move to

act in solidarity with our peer institutions in continuing to make change in the food system. Students have been training to organize this movement, which will create a better future.

We know it won’t be easy, but that is why it is so important. We must challenge the assumptions associated with what it takes to create a real food economy. A real food future is synonymous with a just world. A just world is something worth sinking our teeth into.

Please join us in pursing this mission.

Respectfully yours, Ann Jolie “Annie” Steeves

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OPINION

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America’s restoration has begun

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e the people believe in America today and we will believe in American tomorrow. Yet it would be an understatement to say our confidence has been shaken over the past five years. Our optimistic spirits have been dampened by a weak economy and political gridlock coming from Washington, D.C. We the people are tired and frustrated. We yearn for leadership, we yearn for vision and we yearn for hope. We were promised it in 2008, and it never came. In 2014, we find ourselves cynical and jaded about our country, our politics and our future.

And in America – that should never be the case.

What we require is a reawakening. A revival. An American restoration. Some say we need it fast, but I think it’s already begun.

America waits. America waits, not necessarily for a knight in shining armor, or a rallying squad, but instead to live in a country, where they are free to go about their business, knowing that their livelihoods will not be depleted; that America is strong and that their children will still live in a country so eloquently described as a shining city upon a hill.

A land of innovation. A nation of hard work. A land where the impossible was possible. John F. Kennedy so famously told Americans in 1961 to ask not what your country can do for you, but to ask what we can do for our country.

America wasn’t always in the condition it is today. “Yes, we can” was not a political slogan, but a motto that described at one point in time what America could do, and the limits were boundless.

We were once strong and we can be again. We merely have to push past the partisan bickering.

Ignore the naysayers and actually start believing not only in America again, but in ourselves as a people.

For once we accomplish that task, there’ll be nothing we can’t accomplish.

Now, many of you are probably asking how. How does America believe in itself again?

What is the remedy? People often talk about America as a nation in

From the Right Phil Boynton decline, that like Rome and other great powers throughout history, we will, eventually do as the Romans did and fall, only to be looked at in the history books as a once great nation – not one that still is.

Both parties have contributed to the dysfunctions, to the paralysis and mere systematic breakdown of this country.

And all politicians, entrenched in the muddy waters of Washington, D.C. should be sent home.

I reject the view of decline.

We’re in a slump. We’ve been given a raw deal, but we’re not finished. We’ve not passed the pinnacle of our greatness. I believe decline is a choice, not a fate.

Nations choose to fall because they’ve lost their way. We’ve veered off course, but we’re not at the edge of the cliff. Other great nations and empires of the past undoubtedly did themselves in by forsaking their principles and national identity.

We are Americans, and while our principles have been tested, they endure. So long as we do not sell ourselves short there is no reason for this country to decline. It will not be fate that does America

in. We can reverse the course we find ourselves on by entirely rebuking the kind of leadership and policies we’ve seen over the past five years.

A great deal of the blame falls on the Democrats, but those in my party are not blameless.

Both parties have contributed to the dysfunctions, to the paralysis and mere systematic breakdown of this country. And all politicians entrenched in the muddy waters of Washington, D.C. should be sent home.

A grand cleaning is in order, from the House to the Senate and in 2016, the White House.

It’s time to get America going again. It’s time to believe in America once again, and it’s already begun. We the people of the United States are fed up. We’re tired, we’re angry and we merely want America to start working right again. We want to end the mentality of let’s-just-get-by, instead embrace the mentality of let’s-get-it-done.

This November will be our first step, and I hope all Americans will take part in this effort to right what has been wrong for so very long, but even when the polls have closed and the votes counted, the work continues. We must renew a sense of civic patriotism and be active citizens in our political system. We must hold politicians’ feet to the roaring fire and ensure they keep their word, and if they verge off course, send them packing.

In talking to people everywhere I go, I find a growing sense that people are to borrow an old movie quote, “I’m mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!” I concur. We the people are awakening or reawakening and realizing America’s greatness is passing us by if we don’t do something.

As always, the solutions will not come from Washington or our elected officials, but from us – the people.

s Phil Boynton is a senior political science major and president of the UNH College Republicans.

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We are looking for sharp, articulate columnists to fill these voids and contribute to the opin-

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Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Thumbs up to an American winning the 118th Boston Marathon. Boston Strong!

Thumbs down to nothing in Boston today. It was a perfect day for the marathon.

Thumbs up to Pauly’s Pockets.

Thumbs down to allergies, one of the few downsides of spring.

Thumbs up to three more Fridays until we’re done with the semester.

Thumbs down to three more Fridays until we’re done with the semester.

Thumbs up to getting hired for a summer job.

Thumbs down to the 30 other job applications that are now irrelevant.

Thumbs up to Nantucket Nectars on hot spring afternoons.

Thumbs down to having to buy Nantucket Nectars. Those drinks are not cheap.

Thumbs up to having awesome coworkers to bond with during crazy hours.

Thumbs down to working crazy hours.

Thumbs up to going home to see family for Easter.

Thumbs down to eating excessively all day Sunday.

Thumbs up to still getting an Easter basket from “the Easter bunny.”

Thumbs down to the Easter bunny not visiting your house anymore. We’ll never be too old for candy.

The Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down section represents the collective opinion of The New Hampshire’s staff and does not necessarily represent the opinion of the student body. But it more than likely does.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

SPORTS

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Wildcats dominate Southern New Hampshire

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Meghan Ledwith recorded a goal and an assist in the fourth game of the spring season against SNHU.

By MAX SULLIVAN SPORTS EDITOR

The UNH women’s soccer team shut out Division II Southern New Hampshire University 4-0 Friday night at Bremner Field. With a record of 2-0 in spring exhibition games without former head coach Sam Lopes, the team does not appear to have lost any steam since his departure.

Sophomore forward Kirsten O’Neil said that things aren’t too different with Carlos Pinhancos and Kyle Bak in command as co-head coaches. Additionally, O’Neil said Lopes left the program heading in the right direction, which makes things easier.

“I mean I wouldn’t say [it’s] tough,” O’Neil said. “We still have Carlos [Pinhancos] and Kyle, [Bak] … obviously things have changed, like we don’t have a head coach, but we’re still taking from what we learned from [Lopes] because he made the program grow so much, so we’re taking what we learned and keeping on with the process for next fall.”

O’Neil scored two goals Friday night, while fellow forwards Meghan Ledwith and Caroline Murray each notched one.

O’Neil got the scoring started off a pass from Ledwith over a defender’s head outside the 18-yard box. She volleyed the ball over the opposing goalkeeper’s head to make the score 1-0.

For the second goal, Murray beat two defenders to take a shot to the back post, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead before the half’s end.

In the second half, O’Neil scored off a corner. The ball was deflected around the middle of the 18, and O’Neil took a high shot to make the score 3-0.

Lastly, Ledwith received a pass from the outside and laid in a shot to make the final score of 4-0.

O’Neil said that she, Ledwith and Murray have felt strong offensive chemistry since the latter transferred from Ohio State.

“We’ve all been kind of on the same page,” O’Neil said. “One checking in, one checking out, one drops, so I think it doesn’t matter really where we are … and I think that’s how we’ve gotten so many good opportunities, because it’s not just the person scoring the goal.

Usually it’s a great assist off someone else so it’s definitely helpful.”

One unsung hero who has contributed to the scoring is Kellie McGoldrick. At center mid, she’s rotated with Murray this spring and provided some of the uncredited secondary assists that O’Neil referred to.

“You obviously don’t hear about the person passing to the one that assists,” O’Neil said. “And [McGoldrick] has been doing that a lot.”

Three of the five games on the UNH spring schedule are against DII teams. Considering this, O’Neil

isn’t concerned about how their success will translate to conference play this fall. Last season, the Wildcats were second to last in scoring in the conference with .67 goals per game.

“We still have a lot of games before [conference play],” O’Neil said. “I’m not nervous about that at all because if we have the right mentality, I think that we can accomplish a lot, and I think that beginning of the season next year will definitely prove it.”

Jordan Logue returned to the lineup last Friday from a concussion she suffered earlier this year.

Her teammates were a little nervous about her playing again, but she appeared fine.

“I think we were nervous for her to head the ball, and she did a few times,” O’Neil said. “But she said she felt pretty good after, so that’s a good sign.”

Logue said she was more concerned with being on the soccer field for the first time since the fall.

“I was more nervous just because I felt a little bit rusty,” Logue said. “I hadn’t been in a game situation in a while, but other than that I wasn’t nervous, I was excited.“ Logue said she felt comfortable again after a couple crosses downfield towards the Wildcats’ offensive end.

The Wildcats play their final spring game this Saturday at Bremner Field, when they host Boston University. Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m.

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of the field.”

UNH faced Harvard in the second match and won again by a score of 2-0. Lehman scored her first of the day, while Flatley notched a goal on a great individual effort to beat two defenders and put the ball in the top corner of the net.

The last game saw UNH face their rival, Maine. The ‘Cats struck first from Nerbonne on a rebound off a corner attempt that was set up

by Joyce.

Just under two minutes later, Maine committed a foul and UNH was awarded a penalty stroke. Joyce stepped up and put her drag-flick into the top left corner past the Maine keeper.

Goalkeeper Carlie Tarbell played the first half of the Maine game, highlighting the action with a diving save at the 20-minute mark.

On the ensuing possession, Maine was able to get a goal back after the centering pass slid underneath Tarbell’s pad and was tucked in by Jessica Skillings.

UNH gained an insurance goal with 7:45 remaining in the game, when Flatley found Lehman on the baseline for her second goal of the day, bringing the score to its final of 3-1.

The Wildcats competed in two shootouts, facing off against Harvard and Maine. The shootouts were conducted after the games, with each team sending out 5 shooters against the goalie. The ‘Cats connected on four of their five shots in the opening shootout to take down Harvard. Maine was able to combat the Wildcat shooters thanks to the aggressive play of Emma Cochran.

UNH wasn’t able to score on any of their attempts against Maine and fell 3-0.

“Our spring has been good, we’ve lost one game 1-0 out of … ten games, so it’s been pretty positive,” Balducci said. “We’ve tried to use [the America East championship] as our motivation to represent and carry on this tradition.

“Maine is a huge opponent in-conference … you’re able to get some of the young [players] that didn’t have as much experience in the season some minutes, now they’ve got a little comfort level because they’ve played them twice now [in the spring season].”

Along with the addition of Nerbonne, UNH will be adding five freshmen in the fall. Midfielder Katie Lawson was an NHIAA All-State First Team selection in 2013, while forward Brittany Marshall was a three-time First Team selection.

Taylor Scafidi joins Ashley Mendonca and Jessica Schmidt as the rest of the signees for the 2014 class.

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Maegan Grew will be a key replacement in the backfield in 2014.

THOMSON

continued from page 16 development team.

After completing all the grade requirements, including a substantial increase in his SAT score, Thomson was confronted with both economic and family issues.

“It was a sort of culmination of the family financial thing and some family drama.” Thomson said, “I decommited and was forced to look elsewhere.”

Although the decision to decommit was tough of Thomson, he ultimately feels as if he made the right decision to choose UNH. “I couldn’t be happier,” Thomson said. “The freshman class has become really close. I’m happy.”

After not playing the first nine games of the season last fall, Thomson faced yet another hurdle, only this one was something he could control. Thomson began doing everything he could each day off the field, including double sessions each day, by himself.

“I didn’t see the field and

was beyond frustrated,” Thomson said. “Ultimately I think mentally I was more prepared from not playing, like a sort of mental toughness.”

As the next season approaches, the end of last season is still fresh in the mind of Thomson and the other returning players. The Wildcats ended last season after losing to Hartford in penalty kicks to decide a 1-1 game. UNH had beaten Hartford only a month before, 2-0, which made the loss sting that much more.

This year’s team will take that pain and use it.

“To go out in PK’s is the worst thing,” Thomson said, “The goal is the America East championship, we have the talent. We aren’t going to be satisfied until then.”

Now Thomson has a chance to lead an impressively skilled group of midfielders into next season. Even though he is expected to play significant minutes this season, his effort is unchanging. Thomson still comes in at 7 a.m. to do his own workout, and then comes back to Cowell Stadium for practice at 5 p.m. When asked what his plans are for this summer his answer is simple: “Keep getting better.”

SPORTS

The New Hampshire BOSTON MARATHON

Coach Carroll competes in first Boston Marathon

By MAX SULLIVAN SPORTS EDITOR

UNH women’s track & field coach Casey Carroll has always had the Boston Marathon on his mind.

He’s run a marathon virtually every year since the Maine Marathon in 2003, which he won. The 26.2 miles from Hopkinton, Mass., to Copley Square in downtown Boston has stood as a marathon runner’s Mecca for years, and Carroll hoped to run it someday.

“Just hearing all the experiences from [friends who had run], after hearing all the great stories and how well its run and how unforgettable an experience it is,” Carroll said. “It made me really want to run it as well.”

Running a spring marathon isn’t easy for a collegiate Track & Field coach to fit into his calendar, however. Carroll is committed to training his Wildcats all through the fall and winter. Unlike fall races, which one can train for in the summer, the Boston Marathon seemed impractical, and so he put it off, keeping it on his “bucket list.”

Then on April 15, 2013, Carroll was approached by UNH men’s Track & Field coach Jim Boulanger.

Boulanger came out to the Reggie F. Atkins track where Carroll was training the Wildcat runners and informed him that a bombing had occurred at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Carroll’s mind raced. Who did he know that was there? Who was running? Spectating? There are plenty of people he knew who could even be working the event.

“When I found out the news about the bombing last year, I felt a feeling of helplessness,” Carroll said.

Carroll was not directly related to any of that day’s victims, but as a member of the running community, he felt a tug- it was time for him to enter. With Boulanger’s support, he submitted his application in September of that year.

“I wanted to figure out a way to fight back, give back to the running community, so one of the ways that could be done was to do it, was to run the marathon,” Carroll said.

“After the events that happened last year, that influenced me to do that marathon even more and made me really want to be a part of that.”

Yesterday morning, four months after he received his marathon confirmation letter and certificate in the mail, Carroll set out from his home Dover to Hopkinton with a friend, also running in the race.

The two arrived in the small Massachusetts town at about seven in the morning, only five minutes before the town closed its roads down for the race. Had he been a few minutes later, the town would have locked him out of Hopkinton, closing off both exits from the highway.

“They shut the town down,” Carroll said. “They shut down the roads, and they would not let any cars get off the Hopkinton exit, northbound or southbound, shut down.”

When the town closed its roads down, Carroll and his friend were told to park their car and walk the rest of the way to the athlete’s village. He was relieved, as he’d been trapped in the car for over 90 minutes. He walked the last mile and a half to join the other 36,000 runners in at the Hopkinton middle and high schools.

At 9:05, his group, the second of the first wave, gathered and headed for the starting line. There, they watched the first corral- the race’s elite runners- line up and take off. Carroll’s start time was 10 a.m.

When the time came, the gun went off, and the track coach was on his way.

Carroll had heard about the Marathon crowds, but he was surprised when he saw the mobs that lined both sides of the course from start to finish. At one point, Carroll saw a man holding a sound level meter trying to get the crowd to roar as loud as possible as he and the thousands of other runners streamed down the road to Boston.

“It was wall-to-wall,” Carroll said about the crowd. “It was incredible. In places, it was almost deafening.”

After being hit with a surprise appearance by the sun at 11:30 a.m. in place of expected overcast, Carroll crossed the finish line at roughly 1 p.m. There, the crowd reveled in the thriving tradition of the Boston Marathon.

“There was definite emotion in the atmosphere at the finish line,” Carroll said. “I do think, overall, it was a celebratory vibe that was going on, a victorious and celebratory

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Casey Carroll finished the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:53.36. vibe … to have the running community rally together and run a one-ofa-kind of world class running event, even after the events of last year, it was just a day that was a big move forward.”

To add to the celebration of life and strength, it was an American citizen, Meb Keflizighi, who won the race.

“It helps to have an American win the Boston Marathon for the first time in three decades,” Carroll said.

After the race, Carroll took some time to relax and watch the finish line. A man with a megaphone asked runners as they ran by where they were from, and Carroll was fascinated by the places that were named. All fifty states were represented, as well as many European countries. An hour went by, and he and his friend decided to go.

Carroll finished with a time of 2:53.36, three minutes slower than his target. He was satisfied with that. A bad marathon day could mean finishing as much as 20 minutes behind a runner’s target time.

He said that he won’t be entering the Marathon again anytime soon, but it meant a lot to him to enter this year.

“I think there are a lot of runners out there who rallied together and I think a part of it was in response to what happened last year,” Carroll said. “It was an, ‘I’m still running’ kind of message.”

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more than anything.”

Junior Taylor Dunklau said it doesn’t get easier to say goodbye to the senior class as seasons go by.

“I actually think it gets harder,” Dunklau said. “Morgan [Thatcher] and Destiny [Tolliver], I’ve gotten so close to them over this past few years, so that definitely is tough to know that one of your friends, you’re not going to see them unless they come and visit or you visit them.”

Thatcher said she appreciates the respect she’s gotten from her teammates and the atmosphere she and Tolliver were able to leave the Wildcats with.

“It’s great to know that, when you leave somewhere, you leave positive things behind you,” Thatcher said. “I think that’s something destiny and I strived for, and I think we really succeeded.”

Thatcher and Tolliver are the odd couple of the volleyball team.

Thatcher is a loud, brash city girl from Brockton, Mass. Tolliver is a soft-spoken, horse-loving girl from the small town of Rochester, Mich.

Despite their differences, the two clicked immediately. From the time they were freshmen, they were “inseparable,” Hirschinger said.

“We instantly became friends,” Thatcher said. “It was kind of weird, because there’s nothing about us that is the same, so it’s a very weird friendship, but we literally finish each other’s sentences. We will fight one second, and we’re best friends in another second, so we’re so compatible … whatever someone’s not, the other person is.”

This friendship shaped the two, as both players and as women. Both credit each other for tempering one another’s weaknesses. Thatcher said of herself that she had “no filter” her freshman year, often blurting out whatever popped into her head without giving it much thought. Tolliver said little, if anything, in times of conflict or loss. By sharing company, the two began to adopt each other’s strengths.

Tolliver recalled one particular instance in which Thatcher encouraged her to speak her mind. During their sophomore year, the team was on a bus trip after a game, and the players were sorting out a problem in their ranks.

“Morgan just looked at me, and I knew I had to say something because [the situation] really bothered me,” Tolliver said. “She just gave me this look, and it was like, ‘I’d better speak up now,’ and I think that was the turning point of it all. When I’d get upset, she’d just give me this look like, ‘Say something, I need to voice my opinion.’”

Likewise, Thatcher recalled Tolliver’s influence.

“The biggest thing I learned from Destiny is to think before I talk,” Thatcher said. “I would say whatever comes to my brain first and then sometimes it would be wait, that didn’t come out right … So that’s one thing I learned from her.

You need to think before you speak so that other people can have a word or two, and I think the big thing she learned from me was to speak her mind.”

“We always joke about how Morgan came in with no filter,” Tolliver said. “She would just say what-

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ever was on her mind, and I think that I was always ready to give her the same look, and she’s like, ‘Okay, okay, I can’t say that.’”

Hirschinger noted the change in Thatcher since her freshman days.

“When she was a freshman, everyone was kind of afraid of her, because she looked pretty tough, and then when she let that little teddy bear out, it made a big difference,” Hirschinger said. “We see that in her now. She’s really softened… By junior, senior [year], she’d turned into a fantastic strong woman.”

Thatcher said that she and Tolliver still maintain their trademark qualities, which added up to a healthy powerful balance between two captains. While Tolliver tried to keep to herself after losses in a practice scrimmage, Thatcher would often give her a sisterly jab, letting that filter go for a moment.

“If [Tolliver] loses, she doesn’t want to talk to anyone, and she goes into her corner and she pouts for like ten minutes, takes her shoes off, starts slamming them everywhere, and then five minutes later she’s fine,” Thatcher said. “But I will be the first one to look at her and say, ‘Well, sucks to suck, doesn’t it?’ It was one of those things where we were so competitive with each other, but at the end of the day we wanted each other to succeed.”

Tolliver and Thatcher led by example on the court as well. Thatcher finished 2014 a first team All-America East player, while Tolliver was a second team all-conference.

To end their collegiate careers with a conference championship this season meant a lot to the two seniors.

They had lost in the conference semifinals the previous two years.

On the bus ride home from Albany after their playoff loss in 2011, Tolliver and Thatcher promised Hirschinger that they would bring a championship to UNH before they left.

“Jill looked at us and was kind of like, ‘Gosh darn it, we could have done it,’ and we both looked at her and were like, ‘Jill, we’re going to win this before we leave,’ and that was a huge testament to us, we put our foot down,” Tolliver said. “And we did it. We won a championship.”

Because only Thatcher and Tolliver are graduating this year, this is the first time in a while that Hirschinger hasn’t needed to invite the seniors to join in the spring exhibition games. Tolliver and Thatcher said they don’t mind, though. Thatcher now has time to focus on her work as a student teacher, and Tolliver is happy to have the spring off to relax and get ready for her move this summer to Florida.

“I’ve kind of moved on,” Tolliver said. “I’m in a different part of my life now, I need a little break from volleyball, and so it was good ... It was a good transition because I could still go and watch them play if I wanted to, but it wasn’t demanding.”

The seniors’ presence on and off the court will be missed by both players and coaches alike.

“It was really emotional,” junior Katie Sattora said. “They were just awesome leaders. They had a really great relationship with each other, which I think set an awesome example for all of us.”

“They played a big role in the development of this program,” Hirschinger said. “We’re really going to miss them, they’ve been kind of a one two force and just them on the court.”

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FIELD HOCKEY

UNH goes undefeated in second spring tournament

By JUSTIN LORING SPORTS EDITOR

After a successful 2013 campaign that saw the team go 15-7, finish the season ranked No. 16 in the nation and win the America East championship, the UNH field hockey team comUNH 3 pleted its second spring tournament on SatMaine 1 urday. The Wildcats hosted UMass-Lowell, Harvard and Maine, playing three 35-minute UNH 2 scrimmages and competing in two shootouts Harvard 0 on the afternoon.

“We came off of three competition days UNH 2 last week, so we were battling a little bit of UML 0 fatigue,” head coach Robin Balducci said. “I was happy because we scored seven goals today in three games, so I thought that was positive.”

The goals came from six different players: Jackie Hozza, Taylor Rideout, Lynne Lehman, Meg Flatley, Lindsay Nerbonne and Kellie Joyce.

UNH took on UMass-Lowell in the first game, jumping out to a quick lead off the stick of Hozza. After a corner attempt that went wide, Nerbonne was able to find space for Flatley, whose shot was tipped in by Nerbonne.

The teams traded chances for the rest of the game, but no one was able to find the net and UNH held on for the 2-0 victory.

“We talked about [applying] a little more pressure on the defensive side of the ball,” Balducci said. “[I’m] pretty pleased with where we are right now. I have a key player out [backer Chandler Giese] … some young players are stepping in and playing good hockey.”

Last season, the Wildcats graduated four players: Casey Pohlmeyer, Hannah Richard, Melyssa Woods and Megan Bozek. The four combined to total 201 points (81g, 39a) in 316 combined games.

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Forward Lynne Lehman (with ball) notched two goals on Saturday, scoring against Harvard and Maine.

“Maegan Grew has been outstanding taking on the leadership in the middle of the backfield, which is where Megan Bozek was,” Balducci said. “[Grew] spent two years as the ‘young’ backfield player [with Bozek] … this spring has been unbelievable as far as her mental approach and seeing the field.

“Kellie Joyce has stepped up in the midfield, she’s play-

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ing a little bit more like Casey’s role in building the ball out of our backfield through our midfield. Flatley is still dangerous … and Lindsay [Nerbonne], our transfer, who’s skillful, outstanding talent and has bridged the gap down the middle FIELD HOCKEY continued on Page 14

VOLLEYBALL

Thomson: ‘Keep getting better’ Tolliver and Thatcher

By SAM DONNELLY STAFF WRITER

For freshman Duff Thomson, the journey to the men’s soccer team at UNH was not an easy one. It took many schools, several moves and family hurdles, but he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“Both my parents are English, so it was always, soccer, soccer, soccer,” Thomson said. “I loved the sport from the beginning.”

Thomson grew up in Greenfield, NH, until seventh grade, when he moved into The Fessenden School, a private boarding school in West Newton, Mass. Only a year later Thomson transferred again, this time to Buckingham Brown and Nichols (BBN) in Cambridge, Conn, where he lived with a host family just so he could attend. The only constant other than his mother

and father was his club team of greater Boston, FC Bolts Celtic.

Thomson has been with Celtic since seventh grade and was voted team captain three out of the last four years he was with the team.

“That is when I knew it was serious,” Thomson said. “When you see results from something, you get sucked in. That was soccer for me.”

Towards the end of his high school career, Thomson had some decisions to make, the biggest being where he was going to play collegiate soccer. His junior year of high school, Thomson committed to play at the University of Michigan for his former Celtic coach Chaka Daley. During his senior year Thomson also played with the New England Revolution

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Duff Thomson made his mark in the U.S. development league with FC Bolts Celtic prior to UNH.

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The UNH volleyball team received its conference championship rings Saturday night during its banquet at Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel, a venue chosen to raise the scale of their dinner considering the season’s accomplishments.

“We used to hold it at Libby’s, or we’ve held it at the skybox [in the Whittemore Center],” head coach Jill Hirschinger said. “Since they won [America East] this year, we went a little nicer.”

On top of the ring ceremony, the night brought an unprecedented happening for the Wildcats. The Most Valuable Player award, determined by the players’ votes, was given to both of the graduating seniors, Morgan Thatcher and Destiny Tolliver. Never before has there been a tie, and the 2014 selections sent off the two with a big honor.

Tolliver was taken by surprise.

“It was awesome. I didn’t expect it all,” Tolliver said. “It was an honor VOLLEYBALL continued on Page 15

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Laura McHoul of the women’s lacrosse team tallied her 100th career point against Stony Brook on Saturday.