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SCOPE announces Lil Baby to headline spring concert

By Bret Belden EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Courtesy of SCOPE

The Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (SCOPE) announced today the headliner for UNH’s spring concert, Lil Baby, with semi-established rapper J.I.D set to open Friday, Apr. 12. Lil Baby is known for his two major tracks “Yes Indeed” and “Drip Too Hard” which peaked at six and four respectively on the Billboard Top 100 chart following the release of his first and only album.

In returning to rap, SCOPE aims to improve turnout from the low numbers it saw at last semester’s Cheat Codes show. The fall concert was the first time in years a SCOPE performance hasn’t sold out; but those in charge of handling talent recruitment have high expectations this time around.

“It’s tough . . . we have people in SCOPE who are so alternative [genre]-oriented which can make things a little frustrating to coordinate,” SCOPE Publicity Director Haley Giordano said as she described the organization’s selection process - which she called student-oriented - while explaining how her team weighs community input, “but the most important thing is that we bring what the students want.” Gior-

dano assured that her organization hears student suggestions submitted through an online survey and other means discussed during SCOPE’s yearly information sessions. The survey is made available on the committee’s Twitter feed during the early months of each semester.

Based on campus’ reaction to the Cheat Codes concert, Giordano said, SCOPE wants to dispel perceived strain among itself and the general public to establish a stronger relationship.

“I don’t think there is a strain between students and SCOPE,” she said. “There’s a misunderstanding about prices. Every year people want Travis Scott, Post Malone, but that’s just not within our budget. I wish students had a better grasp of how the process works. The odds that the four dates we have [as scheduling options] line up with everyone’s’ preferences is so slim.”

Giordano also detailed the process of choosing an artist, most of which revolves heavily around budget flexibility.

“Booking a show for a college is like putting a puzzle together,” the director said. “You have what we want, as SCOPE, what the students want and what dates the Whitt has available for

us. That’s tough with hockey because that’s [the Whitt’s] priority especially when the team’s doing well. All of these moving pieces have to come together to be a perfect match.

“I do wish people attended our info sessions every year to better understand how our process works, but we try to be as transparent as possible through social media,” she added. “Said and done, it is a very long and grueling process.”

Rapper Trippie Redd was scheduled to perform alongside A$AP Ferg in last spring’s set but never showed because, as SCOPE officials attest, his flight was canceled due to weather.

“We sat and stared at Delta’s [Airlines] website as they cancelled the flight,” Giordano said.

“It was a huge bummer, but he’s notorious since then for not showing up. If we’d known that he had issues with time management we wouldn’t have booked him.”

Redd’s no-show disappointed those who bought tickets and expected three performances. Artist reputation and management is now of central importance to SCOPE as to avoid last-minute SCOPE continued on page 3

In the classroom: Fighting to eradicate violence

By Adrienne Perron STAFF WRITER Tim Churchard, professor of Women’s Studies 403, Gender Issues in College Sports, invited his students to get out of their seats last Monday night and practice martial arts. Students formed pairs and began to try and punch or block shots from their partner in slow motion.

“This is a metaphor for fighting, disagreement, arguing, war, everything. I’m going to punch and block the punch,” Churchard explained to his students. “It’s how we manage conflict.”

Then, Churchard invited his students to try something else. He told them to pivot off of the force of their partner’s punch, and then take control of the situation. He said this was another metaphor for conflict.

“Why would I block it and absorb the shot, when I can just side step it and use his energy against him?” Churchard asked.

“Instead of resisting the force,

Adrienne Perron / TNH Staff which we all do, I just side step the negative energy by turning.”

Churchard said that when a person resists this force and turns their body, they can see the world

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from their opponent’s point of view.

“That’s when we start to learn about this person,” he said.

“This is one of the key ingredients in eradicating violence. Violence

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is when we don’t understand what we are doing. Males need to understand what females feel when they are violated, and men who have been violated will attest to that.”

Churchard has studied martial arts for 50 years and has been

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“We look for artists now who’re very reputable,” Giordano said. “It’s the management that’s important, and our manager knows who to stay away from.

[Trippie Redd] was someone we should’ve stayed away from.

But I think, and I’m excited, that we’re bringing in an artist that will be the biggest name in the next year.”

J.I.D is known for signing to J. Cole’s Dreamville Records and Interscope Records, plus featuring on several of J. Cole’s popular songs. The 28-year-old is co-founder of musical collective Spillage Village alongside EarthGang, who performed at UNH last year, and five other artists.

The group is based out of Atlanta, Georgia, and released its most recent album in 2016.

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of his own. His latest album was well received in part because of high profile features by Drake and Never Recover, which led to his mixtape’s subsequent release under the labels Quality Control, YSL Records and Motown Capital.

“I think on its own, this concert will sell out more quickly [than the fall concert] because it’s a more demanded genre as opposed to EDM,” Giordano continued. “If that’s what the students want, it’s our job to bring what 5,000 students want to see and not what a couple hundred do. I always weigh the students’ [opinions] more heavily in situations like this. We’re here to bring the most mainstream that we can on a low budget.”

Giordano hopes that Lil Baby and J.I.D will have blown up in popularity by this time next year, putting them “in that out-ofbudget category even though we got them for less.”

Floor tickets sold out on the first day of sales, but student and non-student bowl tickets are still available for purchase.

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Violence continued from page 1 a teacher or professor for just as long. Today, he works as a sports psychology coach at UNH and teaches Gender Issues in College Sports, a class that he created himself last semester.

The class focuses on violence, sexual assault and racism, all of which are important components of growing up as an athlete immersed in American culture.

When Churchard attended UNH 50 years ago, he was on both the UNH football and hockey teams. He said that compared to when he played college sports and witnessed a coach “run out” a black player who walked onto the UNH football team, there is much less racism in UNH sports today.

“We are leaders in this,” he said.

Last Monday, he invited the 10 students in his class to discuss their own experiences with or observations of racism thus far in their lives. According to Churchard, a main focus of the class is to start discussions like these.

“I really like discussionbased classes,” Lizzie Silvio, a senior communication major in Churchard’s class, said. “[Churchard] makes it so it’s intimate, he does small groups, lots of interaction with one another, he likes to not have kids sit in their seat the entire class, which is great… Because it’s discussion, you can’t be wrong… you just have to be able to be openminded… it’s so crucial to be

Thursday, March 28, 2019 able to keep your ears open and be able to listen to others…. A lot of courses don’t offer that.”

“These topics really interest me,” another student in the class, Zoe Zeller, said. “Coming to a small class and having it be very discussion based is really enjoyable… I wish everyone had to take a class like this because it’s so important and interesting to think about where [these issues] are stemming from and why people in our society are doing the things that they are doing.”

Zeller, a senior human development and family studies major, said that she feels like the class and the discussions that it encourages lets students realize where others are coming from.

“We put on these faces and want to appear a certain way, and we forget how similar we all are,” Zeller said.

Other conversations in class last Monday included those about normalized rape jokes on television shows like Family Guy, and how they are unequally enjoyed by men and women. The class also watched a video about how men learn to see sexual assault as a joke, and how men learn through media that women want to be constantly sexualized.

Zeller thinks that a course like this may make a difference in the UNH community because it helps in opening people’s minds to important issues, and gives people a safe place to have an open discussion. “[This course] tries to make people understand that these things are happening,” she said.

“I feel like for a lot of people, they know that women are sex-

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ualized, but they don’t take the step beyond that and wonder why this is happening and how we can change it…. Having a place like this for open discussion is huge.”

Although the class focuses broadly on the issues of racism, violence and sexual assault, it also focuses on how these things tie into college athletics. After reading “Missoula”, a book written by John Krakauer about rape culture in college football, Churchard knew that he needed to teach a class revolving around these issues.

The class is taken by some college athletes, but is also open to all other students at the university. The class has no prerequisites, meets once a week on Mondays in the Field House from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and is a two-credit course. Churchard encourages any student who is interested in the material to take the course next semester.

“Athletics have always led social change,” Churchard said.

“We want to be in front of the social issues that are going on at the university.”

Although the class is not rigorous academically according to Churchard, he feels that it suffices in getting the word out about important issues. He said that one of the main purposes of the course is to face these issues and decide to leave the world better that people have found it.

“This damn violence keeps growing,” he said. “[These issues] are falling in your laps and hopefully you will make it better.”

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March 24, 2019: Meeting 19 of Session 40 The yearly nominations for the next Student Senate speaker and calls for online classes to gain the “Writing Intensive” criteria, among other matters, led the body’s first meeting since spring break and their nineteenth overall of Session XL. Although saved for the end of the night, the newest set of nominations for the role of speaker, who runs and moderates each weekly gathering of the Senate, in light of the ongoing Student Body General Elections, have the potential to substantially alter the body’s leadership for the next academic year.

Ultimately, current speaker Nicholas LaCourse and Campus Structure Council Chair Devon Guyer, who is also running for Student Body Vice President alongside presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Ramirez (Non-Res. 8), were the two finalists for the position in the night’s round of voting. Sen. Logan Stevens (Peterson 1 Co-1), External Affairs Chair and Student Trustee candidate Liam Sullivan, Parliamentarian David Cerullo, and Health & Wellness Council Chair Jennifer Hargenrader were also offered as potential nominees; each one declined the offer.

Earlier in the meeting, the body deliberated over the night’s sole resolution: R.40.22 – entitled “On Offering Designated Writing Intensive Online Courses” and introduced by Academic Affairs Council Chair Audrey Getman –

which urged the university to end prohibiting online courses from having the “Writing Intensive” criteria, as well as for them to evaluate online courses with the same process used to evaluate on-campus classes for the designation and support the Faculty Senate’s similar Motion XXIII – M7 supporting providing online classes with the designation.

The resolution argued that current UNH online courses do not permit online classes to count as “Writing Intensive” courses, a condition required for students to graduate. It pointed out that students often take advantage of online courses for convenience’s sake “to catch-up with their coursework or get ahead” with major requirements or other oncampus experiences, and that, per UNH’s own website as cited in the resolution’s text, students “who take courses through UNH Online receive the same quality education and diploma as students studying on campus.”

The motion also highlighted that UNH competitor Southern New Hampshire University enrolls over 90,000 students through its online courses and programs, stressing the need, per the document, to create “a more robust and flexible online course catalogue” to make UNH more competitive.

Chair Getman called the bill “selfexplanatory” and a “parallel” to the Faculty Senate’s motion passed earlier in the year. “…I’m always a huge fan of

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resolutions that are kind of in support of another governing body’s resolution on campus,” Student Activity Fee Chair Joshua Velez said. “I think that it’s a great way to enforce our terms and our relationship with shared governance around the Faculty Staff…I think that this motion has a lot to say, and I think that your geographic location, your ability to pay room and board, and all that common living [space] [sic] is super important and very in-line with UNH’s mission of education in general, the accessibility of education.”

The resolution ultimately passed the body unanimously.

The Senate’s revisions to the 7th amendment of its Standing Orders proved to be another major piece of Sunday’s business.

Brought to the floor by Student Body President Ethan McClanahan and Student Trustee Christian Merheb, the revisions focused on the “deliberation” and assessment of the performances of its officers over the course of a session as it considers appointing new or returning members to different officer positions. Per the bill’s sections 7.1 and 7.2, when deliberating on the Senate Speaker’s overall performance, the Student Body President (or the Vice President in their absence) would preside over a meeting. Meanwhile, 7.4 read that during deliberation of an officer, that officer would be required to leave the chamber one at a time and would be permitted to return when “debate on their

performance has been exhausted, or by majority vote, or by unanimous consent.”

McClanahan explained to the body that the alterations to the revisions to the amendment were to streamline and simplify the process, with permitting only the officer under review to leave the chamber during such deliberation was to allow officers who “have the most contact with them” to give their perspectives on their performance. The change would also, per the president, move the review to after the Speaker elections.

McClanahan additionally stressed that the bill would only apply to the current session, as to make the alteration permanent would require an amendment to the bylaws themselves, a more intensive and time-consuming process.

The bill ultimately passed the body unanimously.

Associate Vice Provost for Career and Professional Success (CaPS) and CaPS Director of Marketing, Communication, and Engagement Tyler Wentworth served as the week’s guest speaker as they discussed their roles and the significance of CaPS to the body, as well as highlighting their ongoing efforts to get more students to take advantage of their services and career-oriented events. In their corresponding PowerPoint presentation, the two pointed to increased engagement with CaPS programming (34

percent overall and a 56 percent increase in student attendance at on-campus employer programs, fairs, recruiting events and others, for instance) while stressing the department’s mission of “imbuing career preparedness across the entire UNH community to equip our students with the experiences, knowledge, and skills to thrive in an ever-changing future,” per the presentation.

“We always want to know who you want to be here [on campus],” Wentworth told the body as he stressed the necessity of student participation in CaPS events.

“We can only do so much, you know; we can get an alum from Google to come back, we can get an alum from Facebook to come back, [but] they’re never going to show up at our career fair; they don’t do that. But we can…really solicit people that you want to hear from, and more in the industries you want to hear from” for other events.

In other senatorial business, the Senate unanimously approved Stephanie Thum (Stoke 4) and Mikayla Matos (Hubbard) as its newest members, while removing Sen. Aaeel Hisham (Adams Tower Co-1) from the roster due to having only attended two meetings for the entire semester, according to Executive Officer Brittany Dunkle.

Following the speaker nominations, the Senate adjourned at 7:15 p.m.

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On the Spot with Douglas Taurel

By Rose Correll STAFF WRITER Ten years ago, actor Douglas Taurel was reading the newspaper and came across stories about veterans coming home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dealing with mental issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and financial troubles, as well as higher rates of suicides. Taurel decided that he wanted to do something to help the veterans and help others understand what they and their families go through.

As a result, his solo show, “An American Soldier,” has been performed for the past four and a half years at The Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, American Legion National Headquarters, Off Broadway twice, and countless other theaters around the country. The play is based off of letters from war veterans written from the American Revolution through today and that war in Afghanistan.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Taurel previously performed at the Hennessy Theatre at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to considerable success within the local community.

People from all over the state were floored by his performance and left with a new perspective on soldiers and their families.

“The American Soldier was everything I thought it would be and more,” UNH theatre and dance professor Deborah Kinghorn said. “It’s hard for non-military people to understand what our armed service vets have gone through, but this show is the best way I have ever seen to start the much-needed conversation.

Douglas Taurel’s spot-on characterizations take us deep into the darkness of the wars of the earth and of the human heart.”

Taurel has also read hundreds of letters from veterans and watched an HBO documentary called “Wartorn.”

“I was deeply affected and moved by their stories, so I wanted to help audiences understand the incredible sacrifices our veterans and their families have made, and are always making for us,” Taurel said. “I wanted to give a voice to the many men and women who have given so much

for us and are being lost in the shuffle today.”

While Taurel himself has never been in the military, his sister was a Sergeant in the army during the first Afghan war and his two nieces toured in Afghanistan and Iraq. Taurel also has a nephew who is a Marine.

Even without experiencing PTSD himself, the stories from veterans and their families that Taurel has heard and read allowed him to tap into their emotions to properly convey soldiers’ tales. The process of creating the play took countless hours of research at the New York Public Library reading letters and watching documentaries on every war in American history. The actor invested significant time and energy into understanding each war in depth so he could understand what each person he was playing were saying and why they said it.

The choice to create a solo show was a personal one: Taurel believed that he was the only one who could tell these stories with this particular platform that is acting. He said his biggest inspiration for this show, and his career in general, is Wynn Handman, a well-renowned acting teacher based in New York.

“He always emphasized and encouraged us to focus on creating the character first, which is what each letter and story is in my show,” Taurel said. “He taught us to work organically and to be sure we knew why we were telling the characters story, so it was natural that my training led me into creating a solo show.”

Standing in the middle of the stage with a single spotlight on him, Taurel’s striking stance portrays someone powerful yet damaged. Wearing army fatigues with dog tags around his neck, he brings the veteran’s stories to light.

Although Taurel got into acting late in the game, the show biz bug bit him and he couldn’t resist.

“And, of course, it was because I wanted to impress a girl; how cliché, right?” Taurel said.

Taurel will return to the area on June 6 and 7 at a local healthcare organization that helps veterans.

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Democrats talk student debt crisis on campus

By Zach Lewis STAFF WRITER The New Hampshire Democratic Party held a meeting at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) on Monday in room 233, right next to Grafton Lounge, in the Memorial Union Building entitled “Student and Local Community Leaders Highlight Sununu’s Failure on Student Debt Crisis.” The meeting included State Senator David Watters (DDover), currently serving his fourth consecutive term, as well as State Representatives Tamara Le (D-Rockingham) and Liz McConnell (D-Rockingham).

“The best way to deal with student [debt] is not to have it in the first place and that’s what the budget is supposed to do,” Sen. Watters, the event’s initial speaker, told attendees. “The student debt crisis really robs our students of their future and their financial freedom and that steals, really, from the opportunities from their education have gained.”

Watters told the crowd doesn’t believe that Sununu is doing what he can to alleviate this problem.

“That’s why Governor Sununu’s budget is such a failure. It does nothing to lessen the burden on the next generation of Granite Staters. That hurts our students, it hurts their families, but it hurts the state as well,” he said.

Watters, while acknowledging that Sununu’s budget does

include higher education funding, said that the governor’s efforts are not enough.

“He proposed some one-time increases in STEM and nursing programs which is nice, but it left almost all the rest of the students in the dust because they were going to see tuition increases because we didn’t receive additional money,” he said.

The state senator linked this issue to other statewide obstacles as “challenges” the Granite State must overcome to remain viable, including aging and a “dwindling workforce.”

“Our state’s population is getting older and we don’t have the young people needed to fill the jobs,” Sen. Watters stated.

He also described an exodus of students from the state as a direct result of Sununu’s actions.

“Governor Sununu is refusing to support higher education.

New Hampshire is now the number one exporter of high school graduates in the country. Almost 60 percent of our high school graduates leave the state to pursue higher education,” Sen. Watters said as he quickly narrowed his focus onto UNH. “Let’s look at the University of New Hampshire in particular.

Highest tuition in the country.

Highest. No wonder our students graduate with so much debt,” he said.

Sen. Watters expressed concern that the governor’s budget would only exacerbate this situation and, as he put it, “almost cer-

tainly lead to tuition increases.”

He mentioned how this dismal reality wasn’t how the state formerly handled funding higher education.

“New Hampshire already contributes the least to public universities in the country. And I will add, and just note, that this Governor Sununu’s father, because he recognized the value of public education, gave the largest increases to the university system’s budget in the history of the state,” Sen. Watters said.

He also explained how Democrats in the state legislature are working to remedy the issue.

“You will see a Democratic budget emerge from the House and the Senate that addresses higher education needs, not just in the regular budget, but in the capitol budget as well...Sununu needs to come to the table. He needs to work with us. The door is open here,” Watters stressed. “Let’s make higher education affordable. Let’s relieve the debt and the debt burden dragging down the future of our kids and our state.”

State Rep. Tamara Le (D) followed Watters and a round of applause.

“I actually sit on the House Education Committee. The House Education Committee supports greater funding for our University System. Democrats on the House Finance Committee concur and as you heard from the senator, the senate concurs, we just need to get to our governor,” she said, adding that, “we need to let him

know we are in crisis mode.”

Rep. Le said she was adamant that people need to change their attitude towards student debt.

“I don’t like being in fiftieth place. I’m not proud of that, nor should you, nor should anybody else in the state,” the representative said.

Le told a personal story about when her child was diagnosed with autism at age two, explaining how graduate students at the UNH provided her and her family with help; these same graduate students were unable to afford their tuition.

“Now that is a crisis when you have someone who is invested, has made this their career, is making a difference, and is finding a way to level the burden for parents and all constituents of UNH. To cut that off is like cutting your nose off to spite your face,” Rep Le said while describing the amount that the state of New Hampshire used to fund higher education. “If the state were to actually double the contribution, guess what place we’d be in. We’d still be in 50th place.

That just tells you how miniscule the state contribution is for our students.”

The next speakers were University of New Hampshire students, with the first of the three being junior political science major Melinda Hamilton.

“In a world where higher education is the key to basically every opportunity and success it’s

crucial that New Hampshire students, like me and my peers, are not further burden with increasing rates of student debt,” Hamilton said.

“Ignoring our young people and the student debt crisis is not an option for the governor of New Hampshire,” political science major and non-resident student senator Joseph Ramirez, a current candidate for student body president, stated following Hamilton.

When the floor opened to questions, Ramirez stated an important number.

“What I can tell you is that the in-state tuition here is $6,000 more than the average cost in the United States,” he added.

The speakers from the state legislature stressed that the University System of New Hampshire is doing everything it can to assuage the financial burden on students and that the major factor in why tuition is disproportionately high to the rest of the country is a result of negligible funding from the state of New Hampshire. A problem exacerbated, according to the Democratic Party of New Hampshire, by Gov. Sununu. The state senator and state representatives went to Plymouth State University and Keene State College later in the day to hold similar meetings.

Staff Writer Rose Correll contributed to the reporting for this story.

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Students compete in night of gaming at the MUB

By Benjamin Strawbridge NEWS EDITOR Tensions flared, screens flashed and comradery soared as both a returning champion and numerous other students duked it out in UNH’s semesterly “Night of Tournaments,” held in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) Games Room on Thursday, March 21.

When the dust finally settled at the end of the night, junior statistics major Cameron Young emerged as the winner of the “FIFA 19” matchup for the second semester in a row following an eight-minute game, a fourminute overtime round and even a last-resort “penalty kicks” showdown, all the while sporting vibrant red, white and blue garb celebrating the New England Revolution soccer team. “[It] feels really good,” Young said. “I won the tournament last semester as well, so I felt like coming back to defend my title…it came down to luck in the end.”

Young, as did the night’s other winners – first-year computer science major Braxton Holloway for “Super Smash Bros.,” first-year electrical engi-

neering Ph.D. student Muhammad Zaheer for table tennis and fellow student Keegan Penny for billiards – each received a $25 Amazon gift card courtesy of the Games Room; each game’s runner-up received their choice of a Memorial Union-branded hat, tshirt or a water bottle.

As with previous semesters, this semester’s tournament featured students competing in either billiards, table tennis, “FIFA 19” and, the most popular of them all, “Super Smash Bros.” for Nintendo Wii U, the latter of which saw the most signups with 13 participants. Meanwhile, billiards saw the second-highest participation with nine students, followed by “FIFA” with six and table tennis with five. Although none of the games maxed out their sheets, unlike last semester, the event’s popularity was evident in the mass of students waiting outside the Games Room’s entrance nearly half an hour before the tournament’s start.

“It’s a night for students to come and have fun,” Games Room Supervisor Theresa Faist said. “…I think it’s important for the MUB to have fun activities and it’s important for the students to unwind doing what they love to do.”

In the “Smash” part of the

tournament, participants could use custom controllers - such as specialized wired GameCube controllers designed just for the game - and choose from any of the available characters in the roster, including classics like Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong and others. However, only “omega” (or one-floor flat maps) could be chosen, and no items or other unauthorized rules, abilities or perks were permitted. Students competed one-on-one in matches of three rounds each, with the winner of the match moving on down the bracket. Because not all 16 slots were filled on the bracket – and due to the odd number of participants - some students were randomly selected to face an initial “bye” round, meaning that they automatically moved on to the next round without having to face an opponent from the getgo.

Despite the intensity of the one-on-one brawls, “Smash” fighters shared a positive perspective on the game and how, like the rest of the tournament’s offerings, brought students, who would otherwise never meet up, together regardless of skill level. “…I like playing video games and I like feeling like I’m good at video games, and then

losing to people who are better than me at said video games,” first-year computer science major Alexander Mercedes said as to why he attended, adding that the event “gives an opportunity for people who are interested in the same things to really, like, meet each other, figure out each other,” and see “who else likes things you like on campus.”

For the “FIFA” contest, its nine competitors chose between its roster of teams (excluding more powerful “all-star” teams) and faced off in a two-player eight-minute game divided into two four-minute halves, according to Games Room employee and senior forestry major Kyle Roy. Roy added that if nobody managed to score more than their opponent before the game ended, it extended into a four-minute “overtime” round with the same rules. If a tie remained even after overtime, the players would compete in a game of “penalty kicks” in which, per Roy, players would go back-and-forth trying to score as close to seven goals from the box surrounding the net as possible, with the highest-scoring player after the seven attempts being declared the winner. Like “Smash”, the odd number of students in the event also resulted in one of the

students facing a bye round.

Meanwhile, both billiards and table tennis followed similar rules to previous iterations of the tournament. In the former event, players were tasked with shooting the black eight ball into the correct “pocket” (or hole) first before their competitors did but only after successfully shooting the other colored balls into the other pockets as well. As Games Room employee and junior mechanical engineering major Victor Lendaro told The New Hampshire last November, players had to announce which hole they intended for the ball to enter prior to taking a shot; should a player fail to land the eight ball in the correct pocket, they would lose the game, resulting in a lastman-standing vibe that built tension in a game’s final moments.

Concerning the latter sport, players won by winning two out of three rounds and by scoring 11 points per round.

Roy acknowledged to The New Hampshire that turnout this semester was lower than previous iterations of the tournament, pointing to its timing after spring break and other popular events happening that night (such as “Meme Bingo” in the Granite State Room) as likely causes.

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Student advocating for bike-share program

By Emily Duggan STAFF WRITER On April 1, sophomore business administration major Liam Sullivan will meet with town councilors, university administrators and university leaders to continue his endeavor to bring bike-sharing program Zagster to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and strategize a way for it to be available to students.

Working closely with the transportation policy committee through the Student Senate, the demand for a bike share program was brought to his attention after many students expressed the desire to have a bike on campus.

“A lot of students like to bike around campus, and a lot of students wish they could bike around campus,” Sullivan, who serves as the Student Senate’s External Affairs Council Chair, said. “But it’s a hassle to bring, store and maintain your own personal bike.”

Around 100 universities nationwide have brought the Cambridge, MA start-up company to their campuses over the last decade, with cities like Portsmouth having already installed the bikes in their downtown area.

Locally, Zagster brought their services to Dartmouth Col-

lege, which in 2016 - its first year - had nearly 200 students sign up for the service, according to their website. The college is just a fraction of the size of UNH at 6,000 students.

Dartmouth charges $6 a day for a bike, while trips under an hour are free. The hourly rate following the first free hour is $3.

The student trustee candidate said prices at UNH, should the service succeed in making it to the Durham campus, would be similar within a dollar’s margin and generate a small revenue.

“It’s not going to be enough to offset tuition, or something crazy like that, but if the university were to invest in something like this, at some point, they would see a positive return,” Sullivan said, adding that the cost of the bike share would cost the strategic investment fund around a less than a quarter of a million dollars.

“We would be looking to do three or four stations on campus,” he added. “We would want to bring less bikes that are demanded… the last thing that we would want to happen is bring too many to start with and the demand isn’t there, and then it’s brought away from campus forever.”

Sullivan advocated that adding bikes to the campus would

promote sustainability by reducing the amount of people on the transit system, which in return, would cut down the carbon emissions the university supplies through the buses, possibly saving money on fuel, too.

The university continues to struggle with recent controversies surrounding its parking policies, in part due to having limited parking spaces on campus, as reported

by The New Hampshire following a story concerning students’ views on parking tickets.

“Given the data we can look at from other universities, I think that it’s safe to say that this is something that would be utilized,” Sullivan said. He also gave an example of Zagster’s potential benefits by suggesting that a new bike station should be placed at Mast Lot, a campus parking lot presently only accessible by bus. `If successfully executed in the April 1 meeting, Sullivan predicts the bike share would be implemented within the next two years.

“I’m not going to be unrealistic and say it will be here next week, I don’t want to make any promises I can’t fulfill, so I think in the next two or three years if this project continues to get advocated for,” he said.

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Diamond dives into polio eradication efforts

By Benjamin Strawbridge NEWS EDITOR A Friday, March 22 speaking event in Memorial Union Building Room 334, hosted

by Dr. Michael W. Diamond and through UNH Students for Global Health, highlighted his personal journey to eradicate polio in foreign countries, as well as emphasizing a “glo-cal” view of healthcare that stresses aid to smaller international communities on a global scale.

Throughout his hour-plus talk, entitled “Keeping the Human in Healthcare,” Diamond, a medical anthropologist who began his international medical career in Bangladesh working for the YMCA following the country’s violent war for independence, touched upon his own personal experiences in ridding poor countries and its populations of numerous diseases like polio. The muscle-weakening virus served as Diamond’s primary focus, where he described his collaborations with organizations such as the World Health

Organization (WHO), Rotary International, UNICEF and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in countries like India, where, due to the efforts of Diamond and others in cities like New Delhi and smaller communities, there have been no reported cases of the polio virus in the nation since 2011.

Part of Diamond’s success stemmed from a series of steps (which the doctor called a “methodology”) for dealing with cases of polio, including the promotion of “routine immunization,” the establishment of “National Immunization Days” urging everyone to get treated for the disease, and environmental “sampling” to create environments where the disease cannot spread and infect entire communities, per Diamond’s corresponding PowerPoint presentation.

“All health, in my view, is basically human health and, more importantly, is community health,” Diamond said. “And we when think about communities and people, it doesn’t matter whether it’s local or global; it’s ‘glo-cal,’ it’s all about what’s happening at the local commu-

nity level.”

Worldwide, in part due to Diamond’s work, polio only remains in the Middle Eastern countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan as of 2019, with four cases of the virus in the former and two in the latter, according to an infographic map of the world in the presentation. Part of his success stemmed from meeting with local doctors and medical personnel in the countries he visited and improving their own health centers along the way.

Diamond stressed to attendees that, despite technological innovation, physical on-the-ground efforts to eradicate diseases remain the most viable efforts. “…often times, they talk about the fear that a lot of this new technology is going to be replacing a lot of the jobs many of us have in terms of diagnostics or other types of care, and I’m here to say, please don’t worry about that, especially when it comes to health,” he said. “Even with the most incredible advancements in technology which are truly astounding and lifechanging in so many ways, we’re still going to need people in the process. The

question is what roles you will have may definitely change, but we’re absolutely going to need people in the process in dealing with health…”

Diamond also took time during his presentation to point out the numerous sponsors and supporters of his line of work, including organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, FIFA and De Beers, as well as celebrities such as Ted Turner, Mia Farrow and tennis player Martina Hingis. He cited his numerous collaborations in part to inspire attendees, many of whom were members of UNH Students for Global Health, to form their own partnerships on and off-campus to tackle social and medical issues.

“I am so impressed with the work that you guys are doing, and the fact that you’re not only organizing yourselves [and] focusing on a very wide range of global health issues,” Diamond said, “but the fact that you are reaching across campus to a whole range of other organizations – engineers, neuroscientists, other departments…the fact is you’re reaching out and

building cross-organizational alliances for issues that are very interdisciplinary, and I think that issue of collaboration…is really important and very hard to do.”

Despite a low attendance of only 15 people, attendees like junior occupational therapy major Jessica Bobyock gave Diamond and his experiences a positive reception.

Bobyock, who also serves as the outreach coordinator in charge of events like Diamond’s visit and as “pseudo-treasurer” of UNH Students for Global Health, told The New Hampshire following the meeting that events like Diamond’s talk are important for students as they can “drop in reminders every semester throughout the semester…inspiring people on why they’re studying what they’re studying, why you’re doing what you’re doing, because it can get to people sometimes, I think; so it’s important to kind of sprinkle these opportunities throughout the semester and bring opportunities around so that people can be reminded of what’s important and what you’re working towards.”

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Rep. Gabbard stresses foreign policy at rally

By Benjamin Strawbridge NEWS EDITOR As Democratic presidential candidate and Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) stressed her opposition to what she saw as America’s “wasteful” war-centric foreign policy at a rally at Durham’s Freedom Café on March 23, she took time to share a story about the late Republican congressman Walter Jones of North Carolina who started out as “one of the most ardent supporters” for America’s resolution for the “regime-change” war in Iraq in during the early 2000s following 9/11. Per Gabbard, the congressman attended a funeral for a marine killed in combat in 2003, and watched as the late soldier’s wife, accompanied by their three kids, read the last letter he sent them.

“He was so struck and moved by this realization of the cost of war and who was paying the price and that those three little kids would never see their father again, he dedicated himself and the rest of his life to fighting in Congress to make sure that we do not wage anymore of these wasteful, destructive regime-change wars,” Gabbard told her audience on Saturday. “He challenged his own party, he challenged leaders in both parties…he sent handwritten letters to every single family of every service member that was killed in Iraq and Afghanistan; we

wrote over 11,000 letters.”

Gabbard added that both her and Jones co-sponsored the ‘No More Presidential Wars Act’ as an effort to “reclaim the responsibility Congress has [and] to be the body that declares war, to end these presidential wars that are being fought without the authorization of Congress.”

“He took every opportunity that he could to apologize and express his deep regret for that vote he took…he said it was the biggest mistake he ever made in his life…So I tell this story because people like Walter Jones…saw of the error in his ways, and he… spent the remaining years of his life doing his best to make up for it. That’s what matters the most,” Gabbard said. “So, for those who voted for that Iraq War…who never once apologized for that vote that they took…to the families who lost their loved ones in that war; to me, that is the kind of change and I would like to see.

If someone is asking to serve… as president and commander-inchief, if they took that vote, what have they done since then? Do they recognize how costly and how destructive it has been? If not, no, they don’t deserve to be commander-in-chief.”

Her story, accompanied by applause and continued calls from Gabbard for a fuller understanding of the full reach of the nation’s foreign policy for those seeking the White House in 2020, served as the heart of her Saturday rally.

The event drew in nearly 100 University of New Hampshire (UNH) students, residents and journalists, who crowded the small yet popular hangout and entertainment venue to hear out the congresswoman’s promises, her past experiences and why she believes she deserves her party’s nomination in a tight race already chalked full of over a dozen notable and controversial candidates.

During her speech, Gabbard mostly focused on her presidential plans to changing America’s current foreign policy to lessen the “cost of war,” which she described as the “central” obstacle affecting the nation’s ability to achieve its long-term goals. The representative criticized the government’s withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Agreement, its current use of “trillions of dollars” spent on increasing America’s nuclear arsenal in a “new cold war” against powers like Russia and China, and engaging in conflicts with foreign militant organizations perceived as threats to national security in countries like Iraq, Israel, Palestine and others to the benefit of what she called the “military industrial complex” and to the detriment of the American people and issues at home.

“Now unfortunately, you don’t hear much talk about this,” Gabbard told the crowd. “You might hear about it from veterans; you might hear about it from service members, people who are directly paying the price for these

wars, these wasteful regimechange wars that our country’s been waging for far too long, wars that…undermine our national security and wars that actual increase the suffering of people in the countries where we wage them.”

Gabbard also pointed to President Donald Trump’s latest budget announcement in which, in her mind, aims to increase military spending while cutting funds for education, food stamps, healthcare and housing, using this to attempt to prove her “point” that foreign policy is not a “far-off issue that sits alone.”

The congresswoman additionally highlighted the importance of voting in future elections, especially stressing the significance of millennials and their status as the largest voting demographic for the first in the country’s history. “…For a lot of us – and this is something that I’ve experienced a lot of different times in my life – is the so-called ‘adults’ in the room will say, ‘well, you know what, you’re too young,’ and, ‘why don’t you wait your turn,’ or, ‘you really don’t have a seat at the table for your voice to be heard.’ All of that is changing as we speak, because it is really our future that we’re talking about,” Gabbard said. “The changes we are talking about making, the direction that we need to take our country [in] is one that is not just shifting the current policies a little

bit here and a little bit there, but really redirecting and making the kind of systemic change that we need to see on a whole host of issues.”

While foreign policy made up the bulk of her appearance, the candidate also referenced domestic issues, mostly during a Q&A with the attendees that packed the café Saturday; topics ranged from reproductive rights and her stance on the Helms Amendment – which prohibits government spending on abortion care – to her positions on student tuition and free speech on college campuses.

“We’ve got to make sure this higher education is accessible for everyone,” Gabbard told The New Hampshire concerning the former subject in an exclusive discussion following the rally. “I’ve supported legislation like the ‘College For All Act,’ which seeks to make sure that those who are earning under a certain income level are able to get free tuition to public institutions.” She also expressed her plans to aid those both in college and those not seeking a college degree right out of high school looking for vocational work, as well as how to utilize advancements in technology to make college less expensive for students.

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By Jenna O’Del STAFF WRITER In 2004, Dr. Fred Short got a call. Short, a research professor in both the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, and the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, studies seagrass, also called eelgrass. Eelgrass—not actually a grass, and whose name origins no one can pinpoint—forms beds of long, thin blades like grass, and lives in saltwater and estuaries.

Eelgrass has a global range—you can find it here on the Seacoast, in Great Bay, and many eelgrass populations are in decline, Great Bay included. Eelgrass is a critical habitat-making species, attracting clams, worms, “juvenile fish, juvenile crabs, small organisms,” as Short described, through its water filtering and dense beds, which provides cover for the juvenile organisms, whom larger fish and lobsters then eat. Geese eat the eelgrass itself during migration.

As Short said, eelgrass makes an area “a restaurant.”

The call to Short came from a tallyman of a First Nations community, the Cree, located in James Bay, an area in northern Québec. The Cree depend on geese, historically Brant geese but also snowy and Canada geese, that come to James Bay during twice-yearly migrations, and on the large fish that feed in eelgrass beds. The eelgrass was in great decline in James Bay. Historically, when the geese migrate, the Cree “have what they call goose month, where the

whole town shuts down and everybody goes out and lives on the coast in little cabins and hunts.”

Short said. But in 2004, and since then, there aren’t enough geese. “[The Cree] don’t stay a month, they may stay a week…They go back home without any geese for the freezer.”

The tallyman asked for Short to plant new eelgrass. Tallymen, as Nick Anderson, Short’s graduate student, explained, are “in charge of a trap line, which is a hunting and fishing territory that a certain number of families use.

They keep track of how much hunting and fishing happens there.” Just as the Cree depend on geese, they also depend on larger fish, sharing fish among the community.

At the tallyman’s inquiry, Short was concerned eelgrass would die again. Short headed to James Bay to find out why eelgrass was dying.

It was a hydroelectric dam.

This dam, which provides Canadian and American consumers with electricity, was installed upstream years ago and has changed the hydrology and water quality of James Bay. The dam has increased turbidity, or murkiness of the water, and decreased salinity, or salt concentrations. Eelgrass, being a plant, requires light to photosynthesize, as well as a certain salt concentration. The dam may have also changed the temperature of the water.

Short, along with his postdoctoral research associate Dr. Dante Torio, and Anderson (the Short Lab) are not entirely sure that eelgrass decline is associated

with these factors. They have been working in James Bay since 2016, spending summers there determining the association of eelgrass decline with these factors, and exactly how, quantitatively, the dam has changed the water.

Up in James Bay, the Short Lab doesn’t study the water alone. They partner with the Cree land users, from youth to the tallymen, in every aspect of the work. Historically, western science, and government systems, have long ignored the traditional knowledge, or prior knowledge the Cree people have, considering it, as Short said, “hearsay,” like the court systems around James Bay. Except, this traditional knowledge is incredibly valuable: “Truly they are the experts; they have been living in James Bay for centuries, and they have been observing environmental change and ecology…they know more about what’s going on.” Anderson said. Regarding western science and traditional knowledge, “One is not better than the other.”

But, to pinpoint what is happening, “they need some western science to help them understand.”

Using this traditional knowledge, the Cree and the Short Lab take motorized canoes to visit sites of interest around James Bay. The Cree indicate which sites they want to study, based on their knowledge of eelgrass in its current state versus historically. At each site, the Short Lab, dressed in safety suits (see photo below), and the Cree sample the water for salinity and tempera-

ture.

As they work, the Short Lab teaches the Cree how to sample the water and study eelgrass. One tool they teach is a pole in the water, which has GoPro Cameras and a white plastic disc attached.

“They take the pole and set it at a meter and they hold it over the side, and it takes pictures or video of what the bottom looks like, and you can drift across the eelgrass bed and it takes continuous video,” showing the status of the eelgrass, Short explained.

“This allows them to collect scientific [quantitative] data.”

Land management, conservation and legal decisions, such as decisions about land use and management upstream, require quantitative data. The Cree can bring this data to people making these decisions “and say these are the numbers that support what we’ve been telling you.” Short said. With this data, the Cree can better influence land use decisions, reducing the risk of future impact like that of the hydroelectric dam.

Back in New Hampshire, the Short Lab builds on the knowledge they gather from James Bay. They work at the Jackson Estuarine Lab in Durham, part of the University of New Hampshire. There, they monitor and experiment on eelgrass in Great Bay. They study the impact of changes in its environment, such as temperature changes—what it can tolerate, what helps it, what harms it. These results help explain data from James Bay. The Great Bay data and the James Bay are also uploaded to

SeagrassNet, a “global network of seagrass monitoring,” Torio said. SeagrassNet is a database, collecting data on changes in seagrass population across its global range.

Once the Short Lab finishes collecting all this data, they are not done with their work. They run conferences and town hall presentations, presenting to the Cree trappers, all members of the community, and the tallymen.”

Anderson said. The tallymen “spread the knowledge to the community.” The Short Lab also partners with Chisasibi Eeyou Resource and Research Institute, a recently established organization “by the Cree for education for…particularly getting young people involved and aware.”

When the Short Lab returns to New Hampshire, they make sure the Cree can still monitor the eelgrass that attracts the geese and fish. Anderson is developing “a program that when we’re done [with the James Bay project] … these are the methods we can hand over to them and use to continue to monitor eelgrass.

We’re developing methods based on the scientific method that they can use in conjunction with their traditional knowledge of coastal James Bay.” If this work interests you, the Short Lab is hiring for a field technician for this summer with the James Bay Seagrass Project.

They are also looking for help for the remainder of this semester in their laboratory at the Jackson Estuarine Lab. Contact Dr. Short at fred.short@unh.edu.

Dante Torio, left, in a safety suit, the husband of a Cree National Government employee, right, and Cree trappers sample water quality in James Bay, northern Quebec. Courtesy of Nick Anderson.

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‘Il Cinema Ritrovato’ revives the films of yesteryear

By Sophia Kurzius STAFF WRITER The University of New Hampshire (UNH), in collaboration with Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, brought the touring festival of rare and restored films “Il Cinema Ritrovato,” to the Durham campus and The Music Hall in Portsmouth.

With a total of eight screenings shown from Tuesday, March 19 to Sunday, March 24, the festival attracted about 750 students and community members alike to join in a shared appreciation for the art of film.

The Music Hall in Portsmouth, alongside the UNH College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Office, UNH Center for the Humanities, UNH Italian Studies program, UNH Department of Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies, UNH Global Education Center and the UNH Confucius Institute collaborated with Cineteca di Bologna in order to bring the festival overseas.

Cineteca di Bologna, located in Via Riva di Reno Bologna, Italy is a multifaceted international institution comprised of archives, libraries, exhibitions, workshops, cinemas and offices which work to recover films from the past and discover their connections with the present.

Il Cinema Ritrovato is a celebration of film presented by Cineteca di Bologna where more than 500 titles are presented in Bologna, providing an opportunity to travel in time with the presentation of restored films, early silent cinema and director portraits from films all around the world. Last year’s festival featured guest of honor in American director Martin Scorsese, a strong supporter of film restoration and world cinema heritage.

Amy Boylan, associate professor of Italian Studies, and Nicole Gercke, a lecturer in Italian Studies in the Department of Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies both had the unique opportunity to travel to Bologna and attend the festival last June, an experience that culti-

vated the creative collaboration between UNH and Guy Borlée, the coordinator of the Cinema Ritrovato.

“We wanted to include a range of time periods, from silent films made at the very beginning of the 20th century to films from the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s; a range of genres, including comedies, horror, melodrama and suspense; and a mix of both restored classics and lesser-known ‘rediscovered’ films, as the title of the festival suggests,” Gercke said. “We were also committed to featuring not only Italian films, but also films from other countries - in this edition, from Mexico, China and Senegal - in keeping with the spirit of the Cinema Ritrovato, which showcases films from around the world.”

With world-renowned films, including the dark comedy and winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay “Divorzio All’Italiana” (Divorce Italian Style), and the winner of the 1971 Academy Award for best Foreign Language Film, “Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto” (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion), the festival provided a distinct view into the world of cinema.

“It felt like the whole theater was riveted by the emotion on screen,” Boylan said. “A lot of students told us that they had never seen a silent film before.”

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All photos courtesy Il Cinema Ritrovato First photo Rapsodia Satanica (Satan’s Rhapsody) Second photo Divorzio All’Italiana (Divorce Italian Style) Third photo Touki Bouki (The Journey of the Hyena)

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‘Island time’: Dominican Republic meets Switzerland

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Students piled into the Memorial Union Building’s (MUB) Entertainment Center on Friday, March 22 to enjoy a Swiss and Dominican snack and to hear junior zoology major Ellen Gonzalez talk about the two very different places she calls home. Many students who came were from Alpha Phi Omega, the fraternity that Gonzalez is part of, as well as other international students who have given previous presentations.

As students walked in they were directed towards a snack and coffee table that had Dominican treats, such as pilones (lollipops), sweet and salty plantain chips, palitos de coco (coconut candy), Alto Dominican Coffee and Swiss treats such as Nestle hot chocolate and Lindt chocolate truffles.

Gonzalez has lived in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for her whole life. She grew up with a Dominican father and a Swiss mother, and she often summered in Switzerland to see her maternal grandparents. Growing up with two different cultures, Gonzalez can speak five languages: Spanish, English, Swiss-German, German and French.

There are two definitions of “island time.” Gonzalez went into how the Dominican Republic defines island time as relaxed and laid back.

“People don’t even wear a watch, and no one is ever on time,” she said.

While growing up in Punta Cana, Gonzalez became close to her classmates and neighbors since the island was so small. Her graduating class was 13 people, including herself, and at the end of the year, the class had a barbecue with their teachers.

“We were like a little family,” Gonzalez said as she pointed to a picture of her graduating class standing in bright blue gowns. As an only child, Gonzalez explained that her friends and her pets became like her siblings.

Gonzalez touched on poverty in the Dominican Republic, and explained that the people who live there are “optimistic and humble.” Growing up in these surroundings made Gonzalez realize she should never take anything for granted and that she is lucky to be where she is.

While Switzerland is not technically an island, Gonzalez explained that “Switzerland likes to do things on their own. They have their own currency, they are not part of the EU, they are neutral.” Instead

of creating a relaxing atmosphere, like the Dominican Republic, Switzerland is a place that “cleanses and refreshes the soul.”

“If you’ve ever been to Switzerland then you know it’s the cleanest, most mountainous, most spectacular place you’ve ever seen,” Gonzalez said as she pointed to pictures she took of colorful houses near her grandparents’ home and the Matterhorn.

Unlike the Dominican Republic, Switzerland is a rich country “in every sense of the word.” The Dominican Republic gets most of its income through tourism and its beaches, whereas Switzerland gets most of its tourism through skiing and snowboarding.

“Fun fact, a lot of rich Dominicans go skiing and snowboarding in Switzerland,” Gonzalez said, “and lots of rich Swiss folks that recently retired like to spend their retirement money and re-find love in the Dominican Republic.”

Family gatherings are also very different between the two countries, according to Gonzalez. While Swiss family gatherings are relaxed but short and intimate, Dominican family gatherings can include people who aren’t blood-related and lots of games of dominos that can go late into the night.

Gonzalez went on two explain the dietary differences between the two countries, showing that in the Dominican Republic she eats lots of rice, beans, meat and fruits, including plantains and “real” avocado. In Switzerland, Gonzalez says that her diet consists more of potatoes, sausages, cheese and cream. Given this

variety of diets, Gonzalez said that she has “high food standards” but will “try anything once.”

While there are many differences between the Dominican Republic and Switzerland, Gonzalez explained that some things are universal, such as grandmothers feeding you too much. Both of Gonzalez’s grandmothers “cook really well, are very stubborn and whatever they say goes.”

Gonzalez also explains the connection the two countries have with chocolate. Cacao beans are grown in the Dominican Republic and then exported to Switzerland to go into Swiss chocolates.

“When people ask me who I am, I just say I’m Swiss-Dominican,” Gonzalez said as she ended her lecture, “But we’ll figure it out; I still don’t know who I am, and you guys probably don’t either.”

“I never would have thought about these connections between the DR and Switzerland,” junior zoology major Emily Dunlop said. “I love how she talked about being in America and how that is another factor into her Swiss-Dominican identity.”

“I learned so much about the Dominican Republic and Switzerland,” said Amy Flaherty, another junior zoology major, “and I think Ellen gave an amazing presentation.”

The next Cultural Connections will be on Indian Etiquette and Hospitality with Vatsal Kheni on Friday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. in the Entertainment Center.

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Courtesy Il Cinema Ritrovato; Indagine su un Cittadino al di Sopra di Ogni Sospetto (Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion)

Alongside the film showings, two public lectures were also offered as an opportunity to learn more. “Discovering the Cinema Ritrovato Festival”

by Borleé gave an insider’s look into the business of organizing the Cinema Ritrovato Festival, while NYU’s Dr. Joseph Perna, who specialized in Italian Studies, presented “Antonioni’s Pocket Cinema,” on the popular medium of “fotoromanzi,” a type of comic book that use photographs of actors to tell stories.

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members who appreciated the chance to see rare and restored international films of this caliber and to engage with the visiting scholars,” Boylan said. “We even had a few people (community members/faculty/students) who attended all 10 of the events.”

As the festival came to a close, the reverberating effects remained on the UNH campus, as faculty and students alike hope the festival returns.

“The follow up discussions we’ve had with our students to hear what they have to say about the films, what they found new, surprising or engaging have been really interesting,” said Gercke.

“They’ve given us some really great and insightful feedback and it seems like all of them had a different favorite film!”

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By Valeriia Kholmanskikh STAFF WRITER Many film directors suffer from the “second movie syndrome:” when a director’s first film blows up the box office, but the next picture turns out to be a complete flop.

Jordan Peele, however, turned out to be immune.

After winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his first movie “Get Out” (2017), Peele has written and directed “Us,” a horror film that grossed $71,117,625 at the box office on the opening weekend, which many horror fans deem the salvation of the genre.

It would seem impossible for Peele to top “Get Out,” a suspenseful horror

By Douglas Rodoski CONTRIBUTING WRITER As a fan of the 1982 film “Blade Runner” featuring Harrison Ford, I was pleased to see the release of the sequel, “Blade Runner 2049.” I viewed it first at a local movie theater, then for a second time at the Memorial Union Building (MUB) theaters in 2018. I frequently revisit scenes and clips on YouTube.

The genesis of the original story was the 1968 novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” by Phillip K. Dick.

There are seven different versions of the original film directed by Ridley Scott; these include the workprint, the U.S. theatrical cut, the international cut, the director’s cut and the final cut. Here at the Durham campus of UNH there have been classes offered that are built around this cult film, and its literary genesis.

As an intermittent fan of science fiction, what first drew me to the 1982 film was the hardboiled detective theme of the main character. Set in dystopian 2019 Los Angeles, synthetic humans known as replicants are bio-engineered by a powerful corporation to work on off-world colonies. When a fugitive group of Nexus-6 replicants escapes back to Earth, detective Rick Deckard

about a young black man trapped in a white family’s mansion for reasons, to put it spoiler-free, truly horrifying. The good thing is that Peele was not trying to make a film better than “Get Out”; he was making a completely different movie.

While “Get Out” later was criticized for genre ambiguity - it’s actually closer to a thriller than a traditional horror with obvious social commentary sprinkled on top - “Us,” undoubtedly, is a horror film, with everything that makes the horror genre scary.

Suspense? Check.

Blood? Check.

The inexplicable? Check.

A mind-blowing twist in the end?

Double check.

“Get Out” can only be called horror

(Ford) is assigned to hunt them down.

Deckard has a romantic interest in one of the replicants, named Rachael. This ends up being pertinent to the new film.

“Blade Runner 2049,” directed

by Denis Villeneuve, stars both Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford. The story takes place 30 years after the first film.

Gosling plays K, a Nexus-9 replicant “blade runner.”

As the story opens, K lands at a protein farm, where he confronts and kills a rogue replicant. In the process, he discovers a mysterious box buried near a tree. The box contains the remains of a woman who died during childbirth.

Forensic inspection of the remains reveals that the mother was a replicant.

This is threatening to the world’s power structure, because it demonstrates that replicants can reproduce sexually, which everyone believed could not happen. K’s law enforcement supervisor, Lt. Joshi (Robin Wright), is concerned that this could lead to a war between humans and replicants. K receives orders to destroy the replicant child to hide the truth.

K aches to be human, and he begins to foster ideas that the child in question - a hybrid human and replicant - might be himself. He approaches Dr. Ana Stelline (Carla Juri), who lives in a sterile

due to its incredibly well-crafted everpresent suspense; the audience, just like the main character, never knows what is actually happening. In “Us,” Peele abstains from hiding the obvious in favor of the aforementioned mind-blowing twist.

The narrative, seasoned with outstanding acting and small details one is bound to miss on the first viewing, seems simplistic – but Peele makes sure it has enough layers to peel back for days after watching it.

As a little girl, Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o) wanders away from her parents in an amusement park. As she is exploring the beach, she enters a maze of mirrors, and, to her terror, discovers that one of her reflections is facing away from her. She escapes

the maze, traumatized, unable to speak and suffering from PTSD. Years later, Adelaide returns to the area for a summer vacation with her husband Gabe (Winston Duke), their teenage daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and their son Jason (Evan Alex). Although the heroine is filled with anxiety, everything goes well… until a family, looking exactly like Adelaide’s family, shows up in their driveway, dressed in red bodysuits and carrying brass scissors.

“This is us!” Jason announces in terror, and so the fight against the doppelgängers begins.

The ultimate fear “Us” employs is the fear of the self and the duality of man. To put it in simpler horror movie terms, the real monsters are people.

The monster was coming from within yourself - until Peele subverts the genre conventions, and now the monster, which is (metaphorically) yourself is on the outside, armed with brass scissors and ready to take your place.

Although the social commentary and the moral of the narrative are more concealed than in “Get Out,” the film still raises many deep themes, subtexts and dilemmas. What is humane, and what is human? What makes oneself a self? Where do the boundaries of individuality lie? These, and many more questions, most left unanswered, Peele raises in “Us.” Regardless of how you feel about horror as a genre, “Us” is definitely worth watching. Yes, it will make you flinch and jump. But more importantly, it will provide food for thought and discussion for days.

Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures environment (for reasons revealed later in the film). Dr. Stelline is charged with creating lifelike dreams that are inserted in to replicants. In a moving scene, she ends up showing K the truth about himself, There is a thoughtful depiction throughout the film of K’s romantic relationship with a virtual female partner.

In effect, they both ache to be flesh and blood. There is action aplenty in this film, interspersed with underlying references to social issues. These include human rights issues, and accountability of children born out of wedlock.

Tension continues to mount as K goes in search of Deckard (Ford reprises his original role here). He discovers him hiding in post-apocalyptic Las Vegas.

Gosling and Ford play off of each other very well. Ford’s role in the film is no cameo; his previous relationship with Rachael factors into the final outcome of the movie.

I recommend this film to students of fiction and science fiction classes at UNH, and fans of the original film. The character of K is intriguing in that he balances his need for violence with the more humane aspects of his soul.

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Purim brings celebration and Jewish culture to Durham

By Douglas Rodoski CONTRIBUTING WRITER Purim, celebrated annually on March 20 and 21, remembers the salvation of Jewish people in fourth century Persia.

According to the commemorated story, Haman, the appointed prime-minister of the Persian Empire of the time, convinced the king to exterminate all Jews.

After the king’s new queen reveals her nationality to be of Jewish stock, the king has Haman hanged and stops the killing of the Jews, granting them the right to defend themselves against those who wish to do harm against them.

This day of deliverance is now a day of feasting and rejoicing in the Jewish community.

Rabbi Berel Slavaticki and Rochy Slavaticki welcomed the UNH community to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim at the UNH & Seacoast Chabad Jewish Center on Main Street in Durham on Thursday, March 21.

At the celebration last Thursday, Rabbi Berel read from the Megillah, which is the scroll of Esther. The festive meal was punctuated by lively vocal interactions and the exchange of food and gifts. Purim emphasizes the importance of Jewish unity and friendship.

In attendance were members of the UNH community as well as the seacoast. One of the students in attendance was senior political science major Lauren Winer.

“I am Jewish and actually on the

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board of UNH’s Hillel,” Winer said.

“Hillel and Chabad put on this event for Purim this year. Purim is one of the less serious of the Jewish holidays, it is meant for fun and celebration, which I think was exemplified in the event. It was fun! Chabad always does a great job at bringing in the Jewish community of Durham together to celebrate the holidays. The Jewish community at UNH and in Durham is quite small, but we always are seeing new faces pop up at events of people who want to support the community.”

According to the leadership of the Chabad Jewish Center, it is a home where everyone is welcome, regardless of affiliation, level of knowledge or observance. The warm and welcoming environment was evident Thursday night as all age groups attended, from senior citizens to UNH students to families with small children. Many of the costumes were reminiscent of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.

The Chabad Jewish Center, located at 72-1 Main Street in Durham (behind Subway), offers holiday programs, special needs assistance, adult education, Kiddush sponsorship, bar/bat mitzvah classes and a host of other services.

Rabbi Berel Slavaticki is originally from Belgium, and has spent several years volunteering to aid the development of Jewish communities across the world. Rochy Slavaticki is from Brooklyn, NY and has a degree in special education.

Book review: Sarcasm and sincerity ring true for Scaachi Koul

By Madailein Hart STAFF WRITER In her debut novel “One Day We’ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter,” Scaachi Koul shows the reader a series of personal essays touching on subjects ranging from casual racism to body dysmorphia. A senior writer at Buzzfeed, Koul has written articles such as “2018 Wore Me The Hell Out,” “I Went To A Conference Full Of Conservatives Who Hated My Guts - And Told Me So” and “Are You Ready For Sex Robots? Too Bad, They’re Already Here.”

Koul takes her journalistic and humor skills that she learned from Buzzfeed and uses it to talk about her life. Even the first line, “Only idiots aren’t afraid of flying,” immediately shows what kind of narration Koul will provide for the rest of the book. She has this sarcastic take on almost everything, and she is so honest with her experiences that I never got the feeling she was holding back for the sake of being more relatable.

At the end of all the chapters, Koul added email threads between herself and her family, especially her father, showing us what kinds of people she grew up with instead of just telling us.

This gives more life to the people that she is describing, and sometimes these email threads are the funniest part of the book.

Not every chapter is laugh-out-loud funny though. Koul is not shy about discussing racism, sexism, shadism, classism, xenophobia and body issues.

One of my favorite chapters talks about a wedding she went to in India, and how she questioned the gender norms through the whole thing and felt out of place despite being Indian herself.

She starts this chapter off by talking about her young niece, who is only half Indian. Koul’s family was unhappy that her niece started showing signs of more Indian facial features. Koul talks about the microaggressions that she had to put up with in school because of her facial features, such as being called a “shark” because of her dark brown eyes.

In another chapter, “Size Me Up,”

Koul talks about her journey through body dysmorphia and the constant battle of gaining and losing weight, shaving parts of her body and hating all the clothes in her closet for not fitting her right. Koul remembers at age 11 saying, “I wanted to dress like a girl, and not just a pretty girl but a hot girl, that poor definition of whatever makes a woman worth looking at, worth touching.”

Koul writes a whole chapter, titled “Hunting Season,” on rape culture and having to stick by her friends at bars to avoid unwanted contact. Even though all of these essays are personal accounts from Koul, many of her experiences can be relatable, especially to women.

Readers who enjoy authors like Roxane Gay and Lindy West will definitely love this book, although Koul’s writing may not be as refined as some readers might prefer in memoirs. If you wanted to just read an essay instead of the whole book I would recommend the chapters “Size Me Up,” “Hunting Season” and “Fair and Lovely.”

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Absurdity and love rule the night at Sketched Out Comedy’s March on the MUB

By Jenna O’del STAFF WRITER A bank robber, patrons on a delayed Southwest Airlines flight and a “boat joker” took over the Memorial Union Building’s (MUB) Entertainment Center on Wednesday night. They were all part of Sketched Out Comedy’s monthly show.

The show was called “March on the MUB,” which head writer Evan Kelly, a senior political science major, explained: “We wanted to have a protest sketch, and part of it is classic word association,” with ‘march’ for the month of March.

The show consisted of six skits, each a few minutes long, full of parody, absurdity and continuous laughter from the modest crowd of friends and fellow students. Each skit featured a mainstay of current life, and turned mundane moments, like airplane delays, into hilarity.

The show opened with environmental activists who wished to reduce their impact on the planet - to the point of one character saying she was breathing once a minute, as she didn’t want to breathe out too much carbon dioxide.

Kelly’s character, Craig, attempted to

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photosynthesize, arms and legs churning through the air as if he was swimming, but trying to catch light. When a fellow character noted he was photosynthesizing in a basement, Craig replied, “My spirit fungus is nocturnal.”

and relationships, forgetting the robbery even as the police led him away.

Afterwards, two college students - one identifying as a “Pool Major” - waited on a Southwest Airlines plane, which was delayed. The plane eventually got

Absurdity continued in the next few skits. A bank robbery went terribly wrong when one of two robbers, each outfitted with a costume-store fake mustache, sung his demands to the bank teller. He then realized a bank customer was his high school classmate, whom with he proceeded to discuss love

canceled after needing “homemade” jet fuel and having lost and found the pilot.

Sketched Out Comedy even broke the fourth wall. In one skit, a “boat joker,” or a person who “tell[s] jokes about boats,” in presenting at a career fair with his daughter, answered a question from the audience and told them a

boat joke.

Sketched Out Comedy concluded their show with two skits that were part of one story. Two adult daughters, brought together by their fathers’ podcast, sat in a shipping container that happened to be an active crime scene and discussed one daughter’s theory that their fathers were in love. One father ran in and proved the theory, saying he and the other father were marrying that night.

That father returned in the last skit to find a note from his future husband.

“You’re the lox to my bagel, you’re the feather to my pigeon,” the note read, telling him that he had to come to the baseball field, where his fiancé was playing, to get married. He ran off the stage.

If the near-constant laughter was not evident enough of the audience’s love of the show, Carly Larochelle and Sarah Drake, both junior occupational therapy majors, felt that “it was great,” as Drake said. Larochelle and Drake had come to support Evan, their friend. The show, they felt, was “college SNL [Saturday Night Live].”

Sketched Out Comedy will put on another show during April.

Newsroom Noise What would your Red Sox walk-up song be?

“The Boys Are Back in Town” by Thin Lizzie Ian

“Take it All” by The Outfield - Ben “Amazing Relaxing Piano Music With Rain” by Destress Relaxing Piano Music School - Kevin

“Da Graveyard” by Big L - Sam

“Won’t Back Down”

by Eminem - Jake “Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad” by blessthefall - Katie

“Pea ” by Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bret

“One Love” by Bob Marley - Mike “877 Cash Now” by JG Wentworth - Caleb

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Stop the Trump madness: The Mueller report After a tumultuous 22 months of divisive speculation about the facts of the 2016 election, ungrounded theorizing is no longer needed. Because of the intense anticipation that has accrued, many in the country are discussing it, while some are even demanding that it be released in full, despite protocols of vetting sensitive information. Like with any significant event that we are a part of, we must all take a deep breath. This is a momentous political event that will take more time than our instant-gratification culture would like in order to fully process.

Robert Mueller’s probe is over, as the report was handed off to the DOJ last Friday. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein quickly sifted through the facts over the weekend and compiled a concise initial summary of the report’s principal conclusions. This ‘Barr Letter’ divided the investigation into two components: a) Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and b) Obstruction of Justice.

The first section described the investigation’s findings with respect to the core allegation. This allegation, espoused by many partisan politicians, media members and individuals over the past two years, put forth the charge of collusion/conspiracy. It was prophesized that Trump was a ‘puppet’, per se, of the Russian government. This assertion, which was the backbone of claiming illegitimacy towards the presidency, was invalidated by Barr in refer-

encing the report directly: “[T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” This irrefutably vindicates Trump of guilt regarding conspiracy or collusion with the Russians.

Arguably, the most thorough investigation in U.S. history, which was intensely comprehensive by any metric, did not find sufficient evidence supporting the charges. This is a sobering day for a large fraction of our country which has continuously been conspiracy-theorizing about this political fiasco. This ‘political hangover’ ensues amongst much of the media and politicians who have made lots of money and/or standing on attempting to sell this narrative to us, although many are attempting to keep the party going. This conspiracy has been destroyed, despite attempts to not let it go. Unfortunately, cognitive dissonance runs rampant.

However, this investigation demonstrates that the Russians were (and are) purposefully attempting to meddle with our democracy. This interference manifested in their multiple offers to work with the Trump campaign (which they refused), hacking and public release through WikiLeaks of DNC information, and social media influence intended to sow seeds of division amongst ourselves which seems to be working. The Russian government is an oppressive totalitarian authority which would relish over our demise. They want us to be torn

apart domestically so that we pass a blind eye towards their dangerous geopolitical strategies. They are by no means friendly towards our aspirations of freedom and liberalism. Their interference must be looked at rigorously and taken seriously.

All of that being said, the Trump administration is not a foreign agent, thankfully. This should come as good news to Americans of sound character, regardless of political difference.

Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, there are many who are either outright refusing the reality on the ground, or are at least distressed by the results. If you find yourself holding this attitude, reflect on what you’re exactly wishing for. You should find this information to be a relief.

There are still questions that lay unanswered. The other half of the summary related to obstruction of justice. Given what we currently know, the Mueller investigation took the liberty to withhold judgement on the evidence found into this matter, as investigators aren’t in the business of prosecutorial determination. Specifically, it stated: “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

This point has been the new focal point of political pundits, as their original claim has been shattered.

It seems odd to latch onto obstruction charges involving a nonexistent crime. These commentators are undeniably shifting their rhetoric in order to avoid shame for their actions. Instead of apolo-

gizing for their mistakes, they are scrambling to find a new push.

That being said, I support healthy skepticism and going forward we must uphold our principal of innocent until proven guilty on this matter.

As a reserved spectator who observed all of this pandemonium unfold over the past couple of years, this political landslide coherently presents to me some of the problems in our society. There are many amongst us who find themselves distraught about these findings, leaving aside the ones who will never accept reality.

While this poses a problem, as its sentiment comes from a yearning for defeat rather than success, it is only an expression of the psychosis that has taken center-stage in our discourse.

Despite humble lessons to be learned here, many carry on attempting with all of their might to confirm their narrative. This is evident, as the narrative backpedaling ensues. Many are ‘glossing over’ the key finding which vindicates collusion, and are instead trying to find something of substance in obstruction. It truly does seem bizarre that the crosshairs shift away from the core accusation in an attempt to run away from past rhetoric. ‘Journalists’ and politicians have promoted a conspiracy theory as truth in pursuit of their political agenda to resist and destroy, instead of compromise and create.

The media has held a markedly low position of trust by the general public in recent years for their countless examples of politi-

cal agenda over reality, and manipulation over objectivity. I’m afraid this event will mark a significant inflection point towards an even farther downward realm of distrust. If these media outlets actually want to regain support, then now is the time where they must look into the mirror humbly.

They must cease hiring emotionally crazed activists who pretend to be objective journalists, and turn back to their ethical principles which make the concept of the free press an insightful advent of modernity. I’m afraid though that their egos appear to be getting in the way of apologies and regrets.

We, as average citizens, don’t have to sit by idly and hope that this will all change for the better. We have the power to vote for, engage with and support those who act principally. If it is apparent that someone would rather put party over country, or fiction over fact, then simply don’t support this behavior. When enough of us attempt to drive our country back to a state of rationality, decency and normalcy, this will certainly be the result. It starts with each and every one of us.

By Patrick Hampson CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Sometimes, you know . . .

Steven King is known for developing characters and narrative in a way that’s unsettling, independent of the supernatural forces at play in his novels. Take his first major publication, “Carrie,” in which the main character’s relationship with her mother lacks anything especially creepy but still manages to stir the reader’s nerves. It’s this kind of strategy employed by so few contemporary horror novelists that makes stories convincing; it makes you think something that terrible might just be possible.

King often tackles interpersonal disconnect head-on, sometimes personifying isolation and fear of oneself in a visually disturbing image. See: “Misery.”

Otherwise, when he’s at his best, King doesn’t manifest these qualities in something you can see or hear. In “The Shining,” it’s Jack Torrence’s alcoholism which a malevolent force exploits to attack his family and – when it’s done with them, it’s implied – himself. “The Shining” is about a family unraveling slowly as the father’s substance abuse takes control. That’s terrifying in itself.

“It” is one of King’s few books that has an entirely physical evil despite its ties to the main characters’ greatest fears. You could argue that Pennywise is similar in nature to the hotel in “The Shining” except the clown acts on its own, unrelated to its

victims’ vices. In other words, Pennywise is an independent and tangible reflection of fear while the Overlook Hotel relies on weak-willed surrogates to carry out its will.

I finished the “Dark Tower” series a few years ago and knew as soon as I set it down that any film adaptation would be a steaming pile of trash. Of course it was.

There were plenty of red flags: 95-minute runtime, screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman (notorious for botching good stories) and the mysterious ignorance to casting key main characters. “The Dark Tower” flopped in the box office and failed to capture that King factor.

Part of the issue with his films is screenwriters trying to cram too much into a suitable Hollywood runtime. King explores themes that don’t – can’t – translate to film. He’s not the only one with this syndrome, as many other great novelists suffer from it, but why does every one of King’s movies reek of low budgets and greed?

Simple answer: You just can’t ‘do’ unseen evil without once-in-a-lifetime talent behind the writers’ desk and in the director’s seat. “The Shining” had Stanley Kubrick in both positions which is why it succeeded commercially (later on). Kubrick knew how to convey psychological terror. Since then, the only

King movies that have drawn above mid-range admiration are “Pet Sematary” (1989) and “It” (2017). Both have that ‘real’ and present threat, therefore no need for subtlety.

I was hoping for an HBO series on “The Dark Tower” because they’re the only studio trustworthy of doing intense source material justice. King’s magnum opus deserves depth that a single film can’t deliver, from the (albeit slow) character development to story flow. “Under the Dome” had it going for a while but couldn’t drum up the viewership its studio required to renew another season.

I think Roland and friends would do just fine in that regard – those books have a massive following.

I’m a bit more hopeful for the “Pet Sematary” remake because they’re building off a solid foundation – both from the original text and that ‘80s version you probably saw once or twice. This could be good but only because it’s doable. Sometimes movie and television studios should realize they can’t do a King book justice.

Sometimes they’re better off killing adaptations in the drawing room.

Sometimes . . . dead is bettah.

Bret Belden Executive Editor

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First-year midfielder Blanding leads ‘Cats in victory

By Bailey Schott

SPORTS WRITER The UNH women’s lacrosse bested Binghamton University on Saturday on the back of first-year midfielder Elizabeth Blanding, who recorded a career-high four points to lead the ‘Cats to the 1210 victory.

New Hampshire’s junior midfielder Rylee Leonard, graduate attacker Teagan Northrup and senior attacker Catherine Sexton all contributed with multiplepoint games, as the trio combined for five goals and two assists.

New Hampshire native and junior midfielder Caroline Hernon contributed on the defensive end

with a team and career-high seven ground balls.

The ‘Cats improve to 6-3 overall after the back-and-forth match, and 1-0 in America East conference play.

Leonard put the Wildcats on the board first early in the game on a free-position shot, gaining the 1-0 lead.

Binghamton tied the game at one with 23:09 in the half, however, the ‘Cats went back-to-back with goals from sophomore midfielder Julia Neyland and Blanding, regaining the 3-1 lead.

The Bearcats cut the lead to one on a free-position goal and tied it shortly after on a back-door pass with 13:36 remaining in the half, shifting the momentum.

Less than two minutes later UNH graduate midfielder Devan Miller scored on a great crosscrease move to give the Wildcats the 4-3 lead.

Binghamton answered with another two goals to capture a 5-4 lead with under 10 to play in the half.

The ‘Cats took little time to strike back as Leonard sniped the top left corner of the goal for her second of the game and evening the score.

Following the score by Leanord, New Hampshire first-year goaltender Issy Torres made a great save to keep the game tied, which led to a loose ball for Blanding giving the ‘Cats the 6-5 advantage.

The Bearcats evened things up at six with 30.6 seconds on the clock on another free-position goal, but UNH was able to answer with 5.6 seconds left and take the lead going into half off another Blanding goal.

UNH led Binghamton 7-6 after the first half.

The ‘Cats jumped on the board first, again, in the second half with a goal from senior attacker Mickenzie Larivee who got inside the crease with a crafty spin-move and netted the ball, giving the ‘Cats an 8-6 lead.

The Bearcats came back with force, rattling off three unanswered goals in two minutes to climb on top 9-8 with over 20 minutes of play remaining.

Sexton responded with a flashy around the back shot that found its way to the back of the net, tying the game, and then again two minutes later on a goal

by Northrup to regain the lead, 10-9.

Binghamton scored another free-position goal with 14:25 left in the game to tie it at 10.

The ‘Cats closed the game with another goal from Northrup to take the lead, and an insurance goal from Hernon to take the game 12-10.

New Hampshire ends its three-game homestand Saturday March 30, as they host the University of Hartford at Wildcat Stadium at 1:00 p.m.

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The 2019 Red Sox season preview

COURTESY OF USA TODAY SPORTS Red Sox ace Chris Sale looks to start the first year of his new contract off on the right foot. The lefty signed a five year extension to stay in Boston.

By Cameron Beall

SPORTS WRITER “It’s over! The Red Sox have won the World Championship!”

It’s been five months since Red Sox Nation heard these words from Joe Castiglione, and not much has changed since then, as the Red Sox will send a nearly identical roster out to defend their title in 2019 – with just a few changes.

The Red Sox, who were led by their offense in 2018, have brought back every one of their offensive starters from last season; not to mention the return of 2008 American League MVP Dustin Pedroia, who played only three games in 2018 due to a lingering knee injury. The 2018 Red Sox led the league in runs, hits, doubles, total bases, RBI, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. Despite their high-powered offense, Boston has made it a point of emphasis to improve on their two worst offensive positions from last season. In 2018 the Red Sox ranked last in OPS for catchers and 26th for second basemen.

Within the past week, the team has placed catcher Sandy Leon on waivers, and he now has the choice to either be sent down to AAA Pawtucket, or bet on himself and turn to free agency.

If Leon returns to the organization he will earn $2.75 million.

This is a decision that seems long overdue to many, as the Red Sox carried three different catchers on their roster for most of the 2018 campaign – something that isn’t seen too often in baseball.

As for Pedroia, who underwent an operation in his left knee following the 2017 postseason, the 35-year-old played three games in 2018 before reaggravating the injury. Looking ahead to 2019, head of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski made it clear that he still thinks Pedroia can be close to an everyday player. “We’re hopeful that he’s a 125-game player at this point,” said Dombrowski.

Red Sox Nation will simply have to wait and see how strong the legs are on Dombrowski’s claim seeing as Pedroia has only played more than 125 games twice in the last five seasons.

This winter the Red Sox were able to keep together their starting rotation with a move that

Red Sox Pitching Rotation

LHP Chris Sale RHP Nathan Eovaldi LHP Eduardo Rodriguez RHP Rick Porcello RHP David Price LHP Brian Johnson

2.11 ERA 3.33 ERA 3.82 ERA 4.28 ERA 3.58 ERA 4.17 ERA

could make or break what was considered to be a slow offseason for the team. Nathan Eovaldi and the team agreed to a four-year, $67.5 million contract according to Mark Feinsand of MLB.com, paying Eovaldi roughly $17 million per year.

The reason this money could be a gamble for Boston is the uncertainty of the seven-year veteran. Before last season, Eovaldi was a pitcher who saw a whole lot of ERAs above 4.00. In 2018, Eovaldi threw a 3.33 ERA during his time in Boston and is perhaps best known for pitching six dominant innings in relief into the 18th inning of game three of the World Series. It can be tough to guess which Eovaldi the Red Sox will be getting heading into 2019, but it can also be tough to worry about that when he’s surrounded by the likes of Chris Sale, David Price and Rick Porcello.

Speaking of Sale, the Red Sox reached a contract extension worth $145 million over five years. The lanky lefty is guaranteed $30 million per year over the first three years of the contract and will have the right to opt-out in the final two seasons.

One of the best pitchers on

the planet, Sale has finished in the top six for American League Cy Young voting each of the past seven years sporting a career ERA of 2.89.

The defending champs will be looking to improve upon a bullpen which ranked seventh in ERA among the ten playoff teams from 2018. This should be a difficult task having lost setup man Joe Kelly and closer Craig Kimbrel to free agency.

Kelly, who signed with the Dodgers, was not consistent during his time in Boston, but there aren’t many teams in the MLB who will say no to a pitcher who can throw above 100 mph. As for Kimbrel, he still remains unsigned, but the Red Sox front office has made it clear that he will not be returning to the team in 2019.

The remaining relief pitchers in Boston are highlighted by Matt Barnes and Ryan Brasier.

These two appear to be leading the pack to take Kimbrel’s spot as the closer – each hold their own set of baggage that will come with that responsibility however.

Barnes has had trouble throwing strikes, despite having above average velocity. In 2018 Barnes

saw his worst strike percentage through his five-year career at 60.2 percent.

Brasier is a 31-year-old who has only played 41 total games in the majors; although he shined last fall, the Red Sox appear to be appropriately cautious about handing the keys to the ninth inning over to a guy with limited experience.

The 2019 Red Sox will have some stiff competition atop the division as the Yankees added more depth to an already-strong pitching staff. Look for the rivals to jostle for position in the standings all season, with one of them likely winning the division and the other earning a wild card spot.

Red Sox Positional Players

C: Christian Vasquez 1B: Mitch Moreland 2B: Eduardo Nunez 3B: Rafael Devers SS: Xander Boegaerts Utility: Brock Holt

LF: Andrew Benintendi CF: Jackie Bradley Jr. RF: Mookie Betts DH: J.D. Martinez Backup Catcher: Blake Swihart Backup 1B: Sam Travis

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It’s everybody’s favorite time of the year. That’s right, the column showdown is back. Sam and I make our predictions on who we think deserves to win the NBA awards at the conclusion of this season. It’s been a competitive year in the association and a lot of the award races are tight. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sam hits on of a couple of his predictions and I do too. We are both confident Louis Williams of the Clippers will take home the Sixth Man of the Year award. One thing I’m fully confident on is Luka Doncic. He’s the man.

-Michael

It’s time to give D’Angelo Russell some respect

Sam Eggert SPORTS EDITOR We are nearing the end of the NBA regular season, therefore it is time to begin thinking about this year’s award.

MVP has been a three-man race between Paul George, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and frontrunner James Harden is running away with the award. I get frustrated every time I watch Harden

play. He has mastered the skill of drawing fouls which makes for unentertaining basketball, yet it has been effective for Harden.

The Rockets guard is leading the league with 36.2 points per game, not to mention a stellar 6.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists which is 11th in the league. After the Rockets rocky start, Harden has been on an all-time scoring run.

He is the first player ever to score 30 or more against every team in one season. His legendary season will be capped off with a second consecutive MVP award.

As for defensive player of the year, well, the conversation begins and ends with Marcus Smart. The Celtics have had a rough second half of the season, but that is mainly due to poor communication and intermittent injuries for Aron Baynes. Smart

has been an outlier. He is seventh in the league in steals per game, but his impact lies outside of the numbers. Smart is among the most selfless players in the league. He is amazing at drawing charges and making clutch plays.

I’m holding back with this since I have limited space, but I could easily write a 400-page book on Smart’s defensive impact. Add on his improved shooting and I’ll be at 650 pages.

Trae Young is my pick for rookie of the year. He is seventh in the league in assists per game with 7.9. To put that in perspective, Chris Paul is sixth in the league and Ben Simmons is eighth. Young has led a promising Hawks team to a better than anticipated season. His 40-plus point explosions this season put him over the top in my opinion.

Mike is going to compare Young’s stats to Luka Doncic. Doncic’s look better, but it needs to be mentioned that Young has averaged 24.5 points, 9.4 assists and 1.4 steals since the all-star break.

He’s also shooting 39.3 percent from three.

The Los Angeles Clippers have had the most improbable success of anyone in the NBA this year. They have hovered around the seven seed in the Western Conference all season, even after trading their leading scorer, Tobias Harris, to Philadelphia for Landry Shamet and some draft picks. Because of this, Doc Rivers is my choice for coach of the year. He has kept the Clippers in the playoff race despite a major roster turnover.

Continuing with the Clippers, Lou Williams is a sure shot

for sixth man of the year. Williams has been the perennial sixth man for the past decade and 2019 has been no different. His scoring is still elite, and he is a great locker room presence for the Clippers.

The only other player I considered for this award was Spencer Dinwiddie of the Nets, who deserves recognition for his strong play this season.

The most improved player is Dinwiddie’s teammate, D’Angelo Russell. Russell, who had been labeled a bust, is enjoying a career year highlighted by an all-star bid and a 44-point performance in an improbable comeback-win in Sacramento. Russell has redefined himself as an explosive scorer as he leads a Nets team that is on the rise.

Luka Doncic is the best rookie I’ve ever seen

Michael Mawson SPORTS EDITOR The Greek freak has shown that he’s deserving of being awarded as the most valuable player this season, the Bucks have four more wins than any other team in the association and Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 27.3, 12.6 boards and 6.0 assists per game. The big thing is that he’s shooting better than

58 percent from the field, while Harden’s at less than a 44 percent clip. Give that man the trophy.

Lou Williams is winning sixth man of the year. Once he retires, this award should be named after him, no further comment.

Lou Will forever.

Rudy Gobert goes back-toback if this prediction pans out, as he won defensive player of the year in 2018. Gobert was snubbed as an all-star this season, and he’s been playing bully ball ever since. Gobert is the second-best rebounder in the game, only trailing Andre Drummond of the Pistons. He’s also arguably the best defender in the NBA today. You don’t get the nickname “the stifle tower” for nothing. The French big-man is averaging 2.23 blocks and just under one steal per game this season. He doesn’t get talked

Sam’s Picks MVP ROY DPOY

J. Harden Trae Young M. Smart

6th Man MIP

Doc Rivers L. Williams D. Russell

COY

about a lot because he plays in Utah, but he can lock down your favorite big man.

Alright, let’s play a little game for a second here. I’m going to show you the stat lines of two players during their rookie seasons.

Player 1: 20.9 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 5.9 APG, 41.7 FG percentage and 29.0 percent from deep Player 2: 21.1 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 5.9 APG, 42.6 FG percentage and 32.7 percent from deep The first stat line is LeBron’s rookie season stats in 2003, player two is Luka Doncic. You’ve heard of that guy LeBron before, right?

The “chosen one” and the one who some refer to as the “GOAT.” Yeah, Luka has had a better rookie season than that guy.

Luka is having the best rookie season I’ve ever seen in my 22

years of life, and is undoubtedly one of the best rookies in NBA history.

The Trae Young for ROY camp is one that confuses me.

Young has less points, rebounds, blocks and steals per game, while Luka’s shooting slightly better from the field in their rookie campaigns. That’s not to take away from the talented Hawks guard, it just goes to show how legit Luka is.

Most improved player was a tough call for me, Sam’s going with D’Angelo Russell, which is a good pick. I decided to go with Montrezl Harrell. That dude is the type of guy you want on your team, he’s going to give you his full effort night-in and night-out.

He’s had a breakout year with 16.6 PPG and nearly 7 RPG for one of the most surprising playoff-teams this season.

Mike Malone deserves to be coach of the year. The Nuggets are the most surprising team I’ve seen in a while. If you told me at the beginning of the season that with less than ten games to go in the regular season the Denver Nuggets would be tied for first in the Western Conference with the Warriors I would laugh in your face, but here we are. The team has battled injuries; Will Barton missed a bunch of games, Gary Harris has been in and out of the rotation all season and of course there’s the sad story of Isaiah Thomas being a shell of the player he once was as he’s battled his nagging hip injury. Despite all of this Denver is sitting pretty at 50-23, thanks largely to Malone’s coaching ability.

Michael’s Picks MVP ROY DPOY

Giannis L. Doncic R. Gobert

6th Man MIP

M. Malone L. Williams M. Harrell

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‘Cats claim third EAGL Championship

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The Wildcats celebrate after winning their third ever EAGL Championship on Saturday at the Whittemore Center. UNH posted a 195.950 score to secure the win.

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By Zach Schneeloch SPORTS WRITER

On Saturday, the UNH women’s gymnastics team marched onto the floor of the Whittemore Center with one goal in mind, to come out on top of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) competition with a win.

The slogan for their season has been “Unfinished Business” and on Saturday, they finally were

able to pursue their vengeance of last year’s second place finish. With all six EAGL schools in attendance, the stage was set for the Wildcats.

The ‘Cats would start the first rotation on the vault. Senior standout Danielle Mulligan went right to work as she gave the Wildcats a strong performance right off the bat with her score of 9.825. Following behind her was fellow senior Erin Carroll who also helped set the tone with

a score of 9.800. The ‘Cats were off to a good start, finishing the event with a score of 48.800.

After a quick break on the second rotation, they headed for the uneven bars on the third rotation. Junior Ava Watkins got the momentum going for the ‘Cats, scoring a 9.800 in the second spot. Then, first-year performer Hailey Lui was able to step up big and deliver a 9.825 on the bars to keep the squads momentum going. Junior Riley Freehling and sophomore Lauren Diggan were able to score matching 9.850’s on the event, pacing the ‘Cats for a high scoring event. In the anchor spot, Mulligan was able to shine bright, scoring a 9.950.

That score tied the record for the highest-score ever in EAGL championship history on the uneven bars. Her performance was one of the spotlights of the day, as many people in the building believed she deserved a perfect score of 10. The ‘Cats finished the event with a 49.275, leaving the bars with very few errors and putting them in a good position heading into the balance beams.

On the balance beams for the Wildcats, first-year Hannah Baddick and junior Emma Winer were able to start strong in the

first half of the performers as they scored matching 9.750’s in the two and three spots, respectively. After an uncharacteristic fall on the beam from their star, Mulligan, the ‘Cats seemed a little nervous as Lui approached the beam. In the last spot, however, Lui was able to shake off the nerves and deliver an incredible performance to get the ‘Cats right back on track, scoring a 9.825.

When asked about the team’s performance on this event Coach Goodspeed said, “We were a little shaky on beam today, our beam team is much better than they performed,” but further continued to complement the team stating “It’s different people who have made mistakes through the year, other people have steppedup to cover for them.”

After another bye in the fifth rotation, the ‘Cats headed for the floor exercise on the sixth and final rotation of the day. With the ‘Cats neck and neck in score with George Washington and N.C. State, they would need to perform their best to close out the win. Senior Nicole O’Leary started off for the ‘Cats with a strong score of 9.825. Next up was Lui who once again delivered, scoring a 9.850. With the match on

the line, the last two performers were able to come up clutch, Freehling scoring a 9.850 in the five spot, and Watkins leaving no doubt in the six spot, scoring a 9.900, tying the highest-score of the match. “This team is competitive when it counts, and steps up when they need to,” Goodspeed said of his squad.

The ‘Cats huddled up as a team waiting for the final results to be posted on the board. In dramatic fashion, the ‘Cats were able to top all other EAGL competitors and secure the championship win, finishing with a team score of 195.950. The celebration was sweet for the ‘Cats as all their hard work finally payed off on their home arena floor with Wildcats fans cheers raining down on them.

“It’s always good to be home,” Goodspeed said right after the match.

The ‘Cats finish their home season with a perfect 14-0 record. The team will head down to Atlanta next Friday, April 4 to compete against N.C State one last time in hopes of getting a birth into the Saturday regional championship quad meet.