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Students, faculty march against sexual harrassment By Benjamin Strawbridge NEWS EDITOR University of New Hampshire (UNH) students, faculty and community members united against sexual harassment, assault, and violence, as well as to promote greater awareness and conversations surrounding sexual misconduct, as they took part in the 9th annual Anti-Violence Rally and Walk on Thursday, April 11 hosted by UNH’s Sexual Harassment & Rape Prevention Program (SHARPP). Described by WildcatLink as a “social movement,” a 20-minute march across campus featuring nearly 300 participants from a variety of studies, grades, organizations and experiences highlighted the hour-and-a-half-long rally. The trek took participants across much of campus, starting off on the Great Lawn in front of Thompson Hall and onto College

Road before making their way onto Academic Way. From there, the long line of students, community activists, and Wild E. Cat himself - armed with cowbells and custom-made signs and banners reading phrases such as “Step out Against Violence,” “TKE [Tau Kappa Epsilon] Walks With You,” and “No More Silence, End the Violence” – turned onto Mill Road, where they were greeted with supportive bus and car horns echoing the cowbells and chants like “2,4,6,8; no more violence, no more hate” and “we believe survivors.” The congregation finally moved back to Main Street before returning to the Great Lawn to turn in their cowbells. Students from across various studies and colleges, like firstyear biology and education major Chloe Smith, stated their support for those negatively affected by SHARPP continued on page 3

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Remembering Henry Wong

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By Douglas Rodoski CONTRIBUTING WRITER The University of New Hampshire (UNH) community is mourning the loss of Henry Wong, a senior chemistry student who died over the weekend of April 6, 2019. Wong, a six-year Navy veteran, had previously served on the U.S.S. Nimitz while on active duty. He began classes in Durham this spring as a transfer student from UMass Lowell. The staff of UNH Military and Veteran Services spoke to Wong’s character. “In the short time he was here, Henry shared our space at Hood House frequently,” Military and Veteran Service (MVS) Director Karen Gilbert said. “He liked to use the kitchen and other common areas to relax.” “He was a hard worker, who also liked to help other students with informal tutoring,” Military Benefits Specialist Jessica Willis said. “And he loved his chemistry major.” “Henry was very much focused,” Penny Watson of MVS said. “He was here to do the work of a student.” “I first met Henry at our spring orientation activities in January,” Elizabeth Kipp of the

MVS office said. “I stayed with him when he had to wait in line at the ID office; he seemed very pleased by this. We had a nice conversation; he was really a genuine person.” Kipp spoke to Wong’s strong family ties. “Henry spoke highly of his mother; he also provided care for his brother, who is handicapped. Henry had a great enthusiasm for learning new things; not just chemistry but languages as well.” Kipp noticed how Wong was difficult to draw out, but once he connected with people he had a voracious joy for knowledge and getting to know others. “And he loved to use room G04 in the Veteran’s Lounge to take breaks,” Kipp said. “I would check in with him to see if he needed anything.” “Henry was deeply involved in the veteran community,” his friend Zack Smalley said. “He enjoyed going to shooting ranges, the Japanese culture (he taught himself Japanese), loved chemistry, and would take care of his family emotionally and financially.” During this time of loss, students are encouraged to use the many resources here on campus. UNH Psychological and CounRemembrance continued on page 3

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By Bryce Newsham CONTRIBUTING WRITER Krystal Hicks, the longtime corporate recruitment manager at Lindt & Sprungli, knows the inner workings of the recruiting process better than most. On Wednesday night, Hicks came to the Memorial Union Building (MUB) to give students an insight on the employer’s side of the exchange. Hicks, a journalism major at the University of New Hampshire who graduated in 2007, currently runs her own career consulting company, JobTalkLLC. Hicks made her way into the field through connections, something that she stressed the importance of over the course of the event. “I sort of fell back into it; I was really lucky,” Hicks said. Her finding her way into a job that, at the time, had no major or any type of schooling, brought up some questions about how people would be able to find those jobs. She explained her solution to The New Hampshire shortly after the presentation ended. “It’s impossible for every job in every sector to have a class or a major attached to it, but I think that’s why it’s impor-

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tant for people to go to the info sessions and go to events like tonight, because that’s where they’re going to hear about things for the first time,” she said. The main method she suggested for making connections was the professional social media platform, LinkedIn, which allows students to generate and grow connections beyond the limits of face to face interactions. “The future of job hunting is about driving traffic to your LinkedIn,” Hicks said as she gave advice for those attempting to leverage their profile, with the underlying idea being to get as many eyes on your profile, and make sure those eyes are seeing plenty of recommendations. Hicks said she believes in the LinkedIn recommendations for two main reasons. Firstly, they don’t go away, removing the fear of a reference disappearing from your resume due to a simple number change. The other deals with the weight companies put on a good recommendation, which according to Hicks, is quite a bit. “I know you’re going to tell me that you’re great, but I need to hear other people tell me you’re great” she said. Hicks’s case also provided a

valuable look into what employers look for in job candidates. One of the most important qualities to look for when finding the right fit for a position is having a personality that melds well with the company’s personlity. She explained the importance of this over the more numerical traits. “I have never made a final hiring decision based off GPA,” she said. Civil engineering major Rez Ali expressed his regret at not having this information earlier. “After listening to her, I wish I had come to this presentation before I started my job search process because I would have a much better understanding of what the recruiters were looking for,” he said.

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THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Warren continued from page 1 domestic violence and survivors of sexual assault, as well as for more conversation on the issue of sexual misconduct, as their motivations for participating. “[It isn’t] talked about enough on campus,” Smith, joined by her Ultimate Frisbee teammates, told The New Hampshire during the march, adding that “events like this are a good way to get that going.” “…I really support the message and I think it’s important that other people know how common it is for people to be sexually assaulted,” junior psychology major Celine Rousseau said amidst clanging cowbells and student cheers. “They are such an important organization to our campus,” senior communications and political science major Kyle Sharp, who said this was his third time participating in the Anti-Violence Rally, said about SHARPP during the march. “They provide support to people who need it, and they are advocates, and are just vital to the UNH community and they’ve done so much incredible work and they’re going to continue to do it.” Sharp also called events like Thursday’s rally “empowering” and “passionate.” On top of the march, the rally served as a platform for several headlining guest speakers beforehand, especially for employees and students from and representing SHARPP. Rememberance continued from page 1 seling Services (PACS) provides help and guidance to the UNH community Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in-person in Smith Hall. PACS can be reached by phone at (603) 862-2090. In addition, the Employee Assistance Program is available to faculty and staff at (800) 424-1749. During any crisis, do not hesitate to call 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-TALK.

“…the goal [of the rally] is to bring awareness to the fact that we here want to reduce violence here in our campus of all forms, whether that’s sexual violence; whether that’s relationship abuse; whether that is homophobia, transphobia, racism; we’re trying to reduce that violence to the best of our ability,” SHARPP Outreach & Training Coordinator Erica Vazza, who organizes events like the Anti-Violence Rally, told The New Hampshire prior to the guest speakers. SHARPP Director Amy Culp kicked off both the speeches and the event itself. During her speech, Culp shared her personal experiences and how they influenced her views on sexual misconduct, adding that she aimed to “represent the many different faces and voices of our office.” The SHARPP director said that this year’s speech was more “tough” than in previous years, suggesting that world events, as well as events surrounding sexual misconduct and violence, are becoming “weightier” and “edgier.” Culp said the difficulties also started days before as she was trying to decide whether to wear the shirt she ultimately wore to the event, which read, “embrace your voice.” As she settled on the shirt, she recalled asking herself what the shirt truly meant to her and why she chose to wear that shirt this year, partially inspired by events from her childhood, stories she said she wasn’t sure whether to tell at the rally. “Do I share the family his-

tory that often gets shared about me that I was the loudest baby in the nursery, and the family joke is that I came out screaming and have never shut up,” Culp said. “…Do I tell the story where I was five years old and I was challenged by my male cousin for a sexist comment and I was quickly called a ‘Communist pinko?’… Or do I share the story about how my biggest childhood dream was to be the first female NFL coach, but I was told that it would be difficult for me because they, in quotes, ‘wouldn’t accept me?’ Or do I share the story where I was told here at UNH to be careful and watch what I say because I don’t want them, in quotes, ‘to see me as,’ in quotes, ‘one of those women?’ “For my life, as I imagine for many of yours, I have been taught to be afraid of, quote-endquote, ‘them,’ and to watch out for ‘them’ because I ultimately was not ‘one of them,’” Culp continued. “But then I asked myself whether I should share the story about how I walked into a room full of 50-plus men as the only woman to attend a mandatory coaches’ meeting for my son’s sports teams. Do I tell you all how I sat alone in a corner, assessing the room for safety and listening to such comments about how ‘moms love the work at the concession stand’ or how every team should really just have a ‘team mom;’ because…women love these tasks, right? I then wonder if this story is relevant now, and I remind myself that it is, because

Thursday, April 18, 2019 this story happened last night.” Culp also officially thanked SHARPP’s staff, with each name, regardless of position, receiving enthusiastic applause from the crowd and their cowbells. In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the director also read a yearly proclamation denouncing acts of sexual misconduct and violence and stressing the university’s and community’s commitment, through “public and private efforts,” to spread awareness of such acts, hold proven perpetrators of sexual misconduct accountable, and how to help survivors receive deserved services and support. Activist Sage Carson from advocacy group Know Your IX – which was founded in 2013 and aims to “empower students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools” and inform students about Title IX policies, per its website – also spoke at the event, describing the organization’s purpose and reflecting on her previous experiences being assaulted during her freshman year and taking part in events on campus like “Take Back the Night” six years ago where she had the opportunity to open up about her past and receive support from her peers. “I resembled more of a shell of a human than I am now,” Carson said as she recalled the aftermath of being assaulted. “…I saw myself kind of curl into myself. I became quiet, I rarely left my room; but in April of my freshman year, I attended our ‘Take Back the Night’ event for the first time,

and for that first time, I could also put words to the experience that had left me with shame and pushed me into isolation. I had no idea what to call what I had experienced, I had never heard someone talk about the same things that I had experienced and I never felt community before.” Carson also led a chant of “we believe survivors” with the crowd, saying she last performed it during the Kavanaugh hearings. SHARPP Direct Services Assistant Miranda Weaver and Outreach Assistant Shannon Bryan, both UNH students, also spoke at the event, where they thanked the various departments and organizations involved with organizing the rally, explained their roles at SHARPP, recalled how they joined the program and how they were encourage to become activists against sexual violence and for SHARPP’s mission. Weaver and Bryan led the crowd during the march. Prior to both the march and speakers, attendees could visit tables run by organizations and local businesses supporting the day’s activities, offering foods, games and chances to learn about their organization and why they participated. “I think that this is really great, maybe even more people than last year,” Vazza said about the event’s turnout as she stressed SHARPP’s intolerance to sexual and other types of violence. “So, we are really impressed and happy that everybody could make it.”

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April 14, 2019: Meeting 22 of Session 40 Calls for greater recognition of non-Christian religious holidays, lessening academic pressures during spring break, and a constitutional redefining of a major senatorial committee all served as just a sample of the Student Senate’s wide-ranging agenda for its 22nd and penultimate meeting of Session XL. The first of the night’s two resolutions – R.40.28, entitled “On Academic Recognition of Religious and Cultural Holidays,” originally introduced by Academic Affairs Chair Audrey Getman and Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC) Chair Joshua Velez – urged UNH to update its academic calendar to officially include “religious and cultural holidays and/or holy days” for nonChristian students, as well as to create new academic policies that would allow students observing such holidays to make up coursework “of equal rigor and not exceeding the original difficulty” of missed assignments. The motion argued that students of other religions aside from Christianity find themselves “often unable to celebrate their holidays” and currently risk missing classes and on-campus activities if they were to observe them, adding that the university’s academic calendar bases its holidays and off-days on those recognized by the federal government, including some holidays based on Christianity such as Christmas. The motion also stated that, in the past, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has scheduled its annual Homecoming Weekend or Family Weekend events during non-Christian holidays like the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, forcing students who celebrate them to choose between participating in campus events and observing their religious beliefs, despite UNH’s stated commitment to representing “the full spectrum of racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities,” according to the President’s Statement on Diversity quoted from UNH’s “Inclusive Excellence” webpage. R.40.28 comes months after the Faculty Senate passed its own resolution – motion XXIII-M10, entitled “On Acknowledging Major Holidays and Observances”

– regarding increased recognition of non-Christian holidays back in January. Student Body Vice President Jake Adams – who spoke of the bill on behalf of Chairs Getman and Velez, both of which were absent from Sunday’s meeting - said that he attended the Faculty Senate meeting that passed motion XXIII-M10 and called it “straightforward” while highlighting its “unanimous” support from within that body. When asked by Sen. Logan Stevens (Peterson 1, Co-1) about how “in depth” R.40.28 would go in calling for increased recognition of non-Christian holidays and defining which ones would receive a full day off from classes as opposed to a simple acknowledgement from UNH, Adams replied that holidays that had the potential to impact “large minorities of students” would be considered for a day off from classes, dependent on changes in UNH’s demographics over time. Adams did not specify which “large minorities of students” would be immediately impacted by the updated calendar upon its passing. The vice president’s response led to follow-up concerns from Sen. Cameron Horack (Non-Res). Horack called the process “perpetual maintenance” for UNH administration concerning what defines a “large minority” and what holidays represent larger minority populations in the student body at any one moment in time. Horack ultimately asked Adams whether such concerns were ones to address upon the motion’s passing or down the road in future discussions about updating the calendar. “I don’t think it really needs to be addressed in the resolution because I know it was kind of addressed in more detail in the Faculty [Senate],” Adams responded while advising against going too “narrow” with defining which holidays get which treatment, “and in the administration that will actually be implementing this, this is pretty much our kind-of ‘go ahead’ if we choose to vote on this saying that those efforts and how they’re initiated are worthwhile to look into, and that the exact implementation should be done in a…not overly-complicated and sort of labyrinthian manner.”

R.40.28 ultimately passed the Senate unanimously. Sunday’s other resolution – R.40.29, entitled “On Reinforcing Spring Break” and brought to the floor by Health & Wellness Council Chair Jennifer Hargenrader, Academic Affairs Council Chair Getman and Sens. Stevens, Maria Koch (Sawyer, Co-2), Annah Santarosa (Stoke 1), Yuri Makar (Peterson 1, Co-2), Chris Garcia (Woodsides), and Luke O’Connell (Congreve 1) – sought to urge the Faculty Senate to encourage professors to not assign coursework due during UNH’s yearly spring break week off. The motion argued that the university, through programs like the UNH-Alternative Break Challenge (UNH-ABC), encourages students to use their spring break to either take part in alternative experiences to benefit their studies or take the week off for leisure - more often than not involving out-of-state trips – and that many destinations students may choose to travel to during the week may leave them “unable to submit assignments” during that time. The resolution added that UNH currently has no policy prohibiting professors from assigning coursework to be due during spring break, arguing that the week’s “intent” becomes “nullified by professors’ ability to assign work” during break. UNH also, per the motion, requires many students to depart from their housing on the Friday prior to spring break, with only a limited number of residence halls allowing residence during that week and alternative vacation housing available for additional cost for students needing to reside on campus over break, housing that the motion stated is “not guaranteed” for students not living in residence halls permitting spring break residency. Judicial Affairs Council Chair Work, in stating the motion’s intent and rationale to the body, described an experience in which she had a paper assigned near the end of the week before spring break and due during her spring break trip to countries like Greece and Israel, all while facing problems completing many of the assignments on time due to difficulties finding an internet con-

nection. “And I thought, ‘that can’t be allowed,’” she said. “I texted Jenny [Hargenrader], ‘Jenny, can you believe this? This has never happened to me.’ And she said, ‘oh, every single spring break I’ve had four to five assignments that were due every single day of spring break.’ And this is just…I laid out a lot of what the university is doing in trying to push students to have options to go elsewhere, because the university really can’t have it both ways in saying, ‘look, we really want you to spend your spring break volunteering down in Haiti if you can; we want to send you to other places to just have more experience and contribute to the world and get a better cultural perspective,’ and also say, ‘we are going to allow teachers to expect you to submit assignments electronically while you’re away.’” Several members of Senate supported the motion, with Student Trustee Christian Merheb responding that the resolution would not entail “pointing our fingers at the professors” but encouraging them to “take a little bit more care in their planning process” to prevent unwanted burdens on students during break; Adams, meanwhile, backed the motion due to its potential ability to institute a “gradual decline” in spring break assignments. The motion ultimately passed the body unanimously. Senate Speaker Nicholas LaCourse, during his communications, stated that bills overseeing the approval of the FY20 Student Activity Fee (SAF) Budget Amendments and Student Activity Fee itself had been delayed until the body’s next meeting; a definitive reason for the delay was not given by LaCourse due to it being, per the speaker, “personal in nature.” Sunday also featured Dr. Stacey Hall, interim leader of the Memorial Union Building and director of Campus Recreation, as the week’s guest speaker. Hall discussed with the body the MUB staff’s recent progress on selfassessment tests issued through the Council for Advancement of Standards (CAS) to “benchmark” how the university’s programs fare against similar real-world experiences. The assessment, per

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Hall, asks participants about all aspects of university life, ranging from “Fraternity and Sorority Life to commuter programs to the building itself.” The tests also encourage recommendations from the staff on how to improve those aspects. The director added that, due to the “condensed timeline we have with CAS, there is not a lot of opportunity for input from folks” other than MUB staff. “So part of what my role is to take that information and come up with a game plan, organizationally, to help the MUB move into the future,” Hall said soon after she encouraged members of the Senate to jot down recommendations of their own for how to improve the overall MUB experience. In other senatorial business, the Senate went into a private executive session during which they determined new officers for Session XLI. The final approved officers for next session are Parliamentarian David Cerullo, Executive Officer Annah Santarosa, Director of Public Relations Jonathan Goldberg, Business Manager Jonathan Merheb, Historian Nicholas Crosby and SAF Chair Financial Officers Ethan McClanahan (1) and Delilah DiMambro (2). The approval of the new officers spanned two bills, with the former approval of non-SAF officers passing with one nay and three abstentions, and the latter SAF-centered bill passing with one abstention. Additionally, the body announced a constitutional amendment changing the designation of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs from a committee to a council, with the position of a Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Liaison, an “ex-officio non-voting” member of the Senate, being discontinued due to the creation of the new council. The Senate also welcomed a new member Sunday with the unanimous approval of Sen. Alyssa Jameson (Non-Res 10). Following the constitutional amendment announcement, the Senate adjourned at 7:48 p.m. There is no Senate meeting next Sunday in observance of Easter. The body’s final meeting of Session XL will be held on April 28 in its normal time and location.

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Students weigh expectations before Lil Baby concert By Zach Lewis STAFF WRITER

Lights, beats and hip hop echoed through the Whittemore Center Arena last Friday night as students and Durham community members united for UNH’s annual spring concert hosted by the Student Committee on Popular Entertainment (SCOPE), headlined by rapper Lil Baby and opener J.I.D. As hundreds lined around Memorial Field waiting for the concert, the Hamel Recreation Center turned away concert goers that tried to use the restroom there. Some pretended to exercise, but their jeans and tube tops gave them away to the staff at the gym. In front of Memorial Field, Delta Xi Phi was fundraising for multi-cultural awareness by selling grilled cheese sandwiches for $1. As the doors opened and attendants were let inside, every concert-goer was extensively patted down. There were police from all over the state, from Laconia to Newmarket, that helped provide security for the event. Stacey Hall, the director of Campus Recreation, mentioned that

the police department looks at how security is handled at other venues where the artists have performed to help gauge the resources they will need for the evening. She stressed that it was the typical amount of security for a concert. The crowd grew as well as the excitement. “I really wanted to see Lil Baby because he’s like a top 50 artist right now. Plus, J.I.D. is real cool and I want to see what he’s like,” sophomore zoology major Josh Lockwood said. His friend, Mike Mickewicz, a home healthcare provider and recent UNH graduate, expressed greater interest in seeing the opening act. “I just came to see J.I.D. mostly. He’s one of the up-andcoming rappers. I think he has a lot of potential,” Mickewicz said. “He’s super dope.” Sophomore animal science major Teagan Rhoades held a similar sentiment. “I like J.I.D; I kind of like Lil Baby, but I’m here to see J.I.D.,” Rhoades said. A DJ started off the night at 8 p.m. to pump up the crowd for the two rappers. Intense bass

rumbled throughout the arena. During the first hour, several concert-goers were shuttled out of the floor pit for various reasons, while paramedics and police on the scene worked to detain those seen as a disturbance in the eyes of the law. The first hour also saw a barricade on the front left side of the floor break open, causing various security team members, police, SCOPE, and Whittemore Center employees to rig a cinch strap to two added pieces of barricade to hold the crowd inside. After the DJ set, chants for J.I.D. filled the arena. He came on-stage and performed to loud cheers and applause. After his first song he addressed the crowd. “Alright, check this out,” the opener told concert-goers. “Hey y’all on my right side, right side over here, make some m*****f****** noise! People make m*****f****** noise! What’s up?” Thundering applause responded to his inquiry as he added, “We’ve got some good vibes here. I know it’s cool to be together. This next song is for all the underdogs.”

J.I.D. performed his hits, tried out a new song that he was working on, and even performed “Off Da Zoinkys,” a single off his new album Dicaprio 2, that involved a video with the star of the movie Baby Driver, Ansel Elgort. J.I.D. also disposed life advice for his fans and attendees. “This s*** is all about activation. If you in school, if you taking care of your job and s***; make sure you take care of that s***. Just get some m*****f****** money. That’s all I ask y’all. Just know that I support y’all to get some money,” J.I.D. proclaimed to loud cheers. “Just take care of responsibilities, bro. It’s 2019, it’s the year of activation. So, let’s do that s***, right, I’m trying to do that s*** for myself so make sure y’all do it for yourselves. Cause all of y’all got like super-star, genius level talent. I can tell, I can see some of your faces, like, you really look cool and you’re really smart and s***.” J.I.D had an energetic performance, and during the brief intermission, most people tried to find water to cool off. People were excited for Lil Baby to

come to the stage and concertgoers talked about their favorite Lil Baby songs. “It’s obviously the most played one, but either ‘Drip Too Hard’ or ‘Ride My Wave,” Kimmy Cooper-Henry, a sophomore majoring in pre-law and political science told The New Hampshire. Despite arriving nearly 10 minutes following the start of his set, Lil Baby appeared to ardent applause and performed his latest and greatest hits while seamlessly segueing between each number. Those sitting alongside and in the bowl cheered, danced, and sung along with the rap artist. While Lil Baby did not say much to the crowd himself, he let his music do the talking for him. When the concert finally ended close to 11:30 p.m., it took around student workers, including first-year mechanical engineering major Noah Phillips, three hours to shut everything down after all the attendees left. Phillips added that they’d most likely finish around 2:30 a.m. SCOPE puts on a concert in the fall and spring semester every year at UNH.

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Diplomat inspired to initiate scholarship fund By Adrienne Perron STAFF WRITER State Department security officer Mark Lenzi was medevacked last June from Guangzhou, China, where he had been working in the U.S. Consulate. Lenzi said he and his family had been experiencing classic postconcussion symptoms such as headaches, short term memory loss, irritability and bloody noses for several months before evacuating their apartment. Lenzi is one of approximately 40 other U.S. diplomats who had been stationed in China or Cuba who experienced these concussion symptoms that, according to Lenzi, are most likely due to hostile actions taken by a third-party country using unidentified weaponry to impair these diplomats. Despite frustration that Lenzi said he has faced in recovering from his injury and in coming to terms with the lengths to which the State Department went to cover it up, he said he has begun to see his situation in a positive light. He said his recovery process, thanks to University of New Hampshire (UNH) Sports Psychologist Tim Churchard, has

taught him about the importance of open mindedness, dealing with adversity and confronting challenges. According to Lenzi, counseling sessions between him and Churchard, paired with other services given to him by the university, have allowed him to open his mind to treatments for his injury that he was initially unaccepting of. They have also inspired him to take action and give back to UNH in repayment for all it has done for him during his recovery process, including giving him the mental strength to go on the record and appear on 60 Minutes. Lenzi also credits the university’s athletic department and his former track and field coach Jim Boulanger, who still coaches for the team, for their efforts in aiding his recovery. Lenzi’s plan is to start a scholarship fund at UNH that will allow students studying engineering or other sciences to dual-major in a subject that falls under the realm of the College of Liberal Arts. According to Lenzi, the foundation would allow for several students to receive scholarships giving them a fifth year of education for free so that they may complete both majors. Lenzi said that, in hindsight,

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he wishes he could have paired his engineering degree from UNH with a liberal arts major, even though he believes he might have laughed at the idea as a college student. He added that there are significant benefits that a liberal arts degree can have on one’s career. “We need more well-rounded people,” Lenzi said. “Hopefully this scholarship [will] have a tremendous impact. Speaking as a U.S. diplomat, [well-rounded people could] make structures in the U.S. stronger.” Churchard, who has been meeting with Lenzi once a week for one hour in his office in UNH’s Field House, has been helping him to regain trust in the system, to keep an open mind and to decide what things he must let go of. Churchard teaches Women’s Studies 403, Gender Issues in College Sports, a class in which he teaches students to see issues from all perspectives and understand concepts of racism, sexism, violence and white male privilege. His value of openmindedness is something that he has learned from his parents and from a martial arts teacher he once had. Lenzi said that Churchard is an inspiration for and has played a large role in the idea to start the

scholarship. “With sciences and athletics, it’s easy to get swallowed up in it if that’s the only thing in your life,” Churchard said. “I try to dodge closed minds. There is so much to learn from people… I like being open with people and I like to be confronted.” Lenzi said that he has never met anyone like Churchard. As a college student, Lenzi was unable to comprehend the concept of white male privilege, but Churchard, an older, white male who used to play both football and hockey at the university when he attended it nearly 50 years ago, has helped him to understand. “To be able to have a conversation with Tim is invaluable,” Lenzi said about Churchard. “It will make you a better you.” Lenzi, who has served with the Peace Corps and supported presidential candidates like John McCain and Hillary Clinton for their national service plans, and Churchard, who believes “the more we are given, the more we owe,” are both passionate about giving back to the UNH community, which they said has given a lot to them. Lenzi said he believes that the scholarship fund he hopes to start will be an effective means of doing this.

UNH, per Lenzi, prepared him academically for his future, but was not as prepared in terms of properly working with minorities and foreign cultures. Lenzi said that although this is hard to teach, teachers like Churchard and classes like the women’s studies class that he teaches, could be beneficial in guiding students to more effectively work with others who are unlike themselves. The scholarship fund could allow students who might not otherwise do so to take classes like this and learn life skills like open-mindedness. Still working to pledge support, Lenzi encourages those interested in contributing to the fund to reach out to him directly at MLenzi@alumni.unh.edu via email. Lenzi added that he hopes the foundation will be completed within the next year as long as UNH “provides the room” for it. With support already received from U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and other high-level politicians nationwide, Lenzi said that the rest of the process will soon be underway. “It will happen,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time.”

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UNH junior receives prestigious Truman Scholarship ByValeriiaKholmanskikh STAFF WRITER When University of New Hampshire (UNH) Provost Wayne Jones handed junior analytical economics and political science major Nooran Alhamdan the Truman Scholarship last week in front of her class, she started crying. “I really was crying because my family has gone through so much,” Alhamdan said. “To know that my dad came from a refugee camp, and my mom came from a war-torn country, and that I was able to get an award like this just made me feel immensely proud of who my parents are, and who I am, and what our story is.” Alhamdan received the Truman Scholarship last week, becoming one of 62 students selected from across the United States and the first awarded to a UNH student since 2011. According to Alhamdan, the Truman Scholarship is granted to students pursuing careers in public service. “They’re looking for students who not only want to make public service a career in their future, but who have a lot of potential to be changemakers in public policy,” she said. The Truman Scholarship offers support for graduate studies. The scholars’ commitment is to serve in a public service for three to seven years. Alhamdan was inspired to apply for the scholarship after making a speech at South Church

Courtesy U of NH Twitter in Portsmouth on racial injustice, and receiving an email from Jeanne Sokolowski, the director of the UNH Office of National Fellowships. Alhamdan wrote a total of 14 essays as a part of her application, which she has been putting together since November. After submitting the application, she had to go through a 20-minute interview. For Alhamdan, the interest in public service stems from her own experience as the first-generation American in a family of refugees. “The focus of my application was work I would want to do for Palestinian refugee population,” Alhamdan said. “I kind of had an international aid focus, but also the narrative focus of how we talk

about refugees in the U.S., and how we can work to better humanize and tell their stories in our discourse.” Alhamdan’s resume of public service work on campus is extensive. “I’m president of Middle Eastern Cultural Association, I am a staff member of OMSA [Office of Multicultural Students Affairs], I am an associate chaplain at Waysmeet Center,” she said. “And then, in my own free time, I’ve done a lot of fundraising, advocacy and activism for Palestinian refugees.” Alhamdan is still torn on what the subject of her graduate studies will be. She is interested in international development, in-

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ternational affairs, Middle Eastern studies, public policy, and international policy. Career-wise, Alhamdan is interested in working for the United Nations, with whom she interned with last summer, but also in potentially doing research or being a part of a grassroots organization. Currently undecided, Alhamdan only knows that she wants to work in international policy while staying close to home. Alhamdan said that none of her public service work was something that she planned. “It all just kind of happened. I think a lot of stuff is something I wouldn’t consider work; it’s a lot of stuff that just came and happened naturally for me,” Al-

hamdan said. “I think along the way the names and the official positions just happened to come along.” Although proud to be the recipient of the award, Alhamdan hopes to continue her public service efforts. “I’m always going to be doing this work, and if I wouldn’t have gotten this award, I would still be doing this work,” she said. “I guess my advice would be, if you’re really passionate about something, just go ahead and take the risk… If you take that risk, you’d be surprised by the impact you could have if it’s for a cause that you care about.”

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Warren shares life story at Waysmeet rally By Benjamin Strawbridge NEWS EDITOR Sen. Elizabeth Warren (DMA) put both her presidential promises and personal stories on display for a packed house of over 100 students and community members during an April 12 rally at the Waysmeet Center in Durham. “Here we are on a Friday afternoon college campus. There are a million things you could be doing, but you’re here,” Warren said. “This is a perilous time for our country, and the next steps we take will come straight through New Hampshire, and so I’m grateful to you for all the time you put into this and the energy you put into it. It’s important.” The senator delved into her background, starting with her family facing financial strain when she was a child, to wanting a job in education from a young age, to running for president with hopes of educating the public on her views and policy proposals should she win the White House in 2020. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Warren recalled growing up with three older brothers, Don, John and David – whom she called “the boys” – all joined the military in various capacities, while Warren’s father held multiple jobs selling paint, furniture, fencing, housewares and other commodities. While Warren was in middle school and her brothers were away on duty, her dad suffered a severe heart attack. He survived, but, per Warren, was unable to work “for a long time”

after that. The presidential candidate explained that from second grade on, she initially yearned to be a public-school teacher, though she faced a long road toward that goal, especially following graduation from college. “By the time I graduated from college, we had no money for that - we never had money for a college application – and I have a kind of twisty story; not everybody lives their lives in a straight line,” Warren said. “So mine is I got [a] scholarship, I go off to school, I fall in love, I get married, I drop out of school, I got a job answering phones; and I think that’s going to be the rest of my life.” “And then I found a commuter college, cost $50 a semester, I make it back to school, I get my diploma and I became a special needs teacher,” she said. “I have lived my dream. I love this work.” Growing up, however, she also learned about the outside world from home in unconventional ways. “…at night when I’d go to bed, my momma would tuck me in, and then I’d hear them talk. And that’s where I learned words like ‘mortgage’ and ‘foreclosure,’’ she said. “Hard words for a kid.” The latter term especially loomed over her family as they struggled to pay their monthly bills, leading to Warren one day finding her mother crying in her bedroom near a special dress – which Warren said was reserved for weddings, funerals and graduation – as she tried to devise a way to save the house and her family. “…she starts pacing, and she keeps saying, ‘we will not lose this

house, we will not lose this house, we will not lose this house.’ She was 50 years old, she had never worked outside the home, and she was terrified,” Warren said. “And finally, she puts the dress on, puts on her high heels, blows her nose and walks to the Sears to get a minimum wage job, and that minimum wage job saved our house and it saved our family.” Her mother’s efforts on that day – the day she said she “grew up” - had a clear impact on the senator’s campaign, as she championed at the rally for increasing the minimum wage to fight nationwide poverty and help people like her mother live without the threat of financial insecurity. Warren claimed that the wage, set by the federal government, is not keeping up with current inflation despite being originally based on the needs of a family of three, and is instead currently based on mitigating deductions from corporate bottom-lines. “…the day my mother walked to the Sears to get a minimum wage job, a minimum wage job in America would support a family of three, it would pay a mortgage, it would cover utilities and it would put groceries on the table. Today, a minimum wage job in America – full-time – will not keep a momma and a baby out of poverty,” she told the crowd. “That is wrong, and that is why I am in this fight.” Beyond wage reform, Warren argued that current national politics and “decisions made in Washington” only provide tangible or noticeable benefits for large businesses at the expense of the middle class, those with medical needs and the environment, all the

while urging for “big, systemic change” and “rewriting simple rules” to give the general public a “level playing field.” “When government works great for those at the top and not for everyone else, that is corruption pure and simple, and we need to call it out,” the senator said. “So, here’s how I think of this: everything that we care about, everything that brings you here today, whatever is your specific issue that gets you in the front door…whether it’s student loan debt, whether it’s climate change, whether it’s gun safety, every one of those decisions that’s made in Washington runs right through this issue about corruption, about the influence of money and connections on how all of those decisions are made.” Warren also called for an end to congressional lobbying to reduce corporate influence in politics, the “revolving door” between Washington and Wall Street, enforcing “basic rules of ethics” on the Supreme Court and for requiring all candidates for federal office to release their tax returns online. Following her speech, the senator led a Q&A with attendees, where topics ranged from dealing with rising student debt to concerns over the direction of the Department of Education under Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Warren was also questioned on her stances on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, to which she responded that she would protect the free speech of supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement that opposes Israel’s reported oppression of Palestinians and viola-

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tions of international law (per the official BDS website) and restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “I think we start with a statement of our values,” the presidential candidate replied when asked whether she would hold Israel accountable for its reported human rights violations and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “different direction” in terms of policy. “Israel is entitled to security, and the Palestinians are entitled to dignity and self-determination. I believe the way we get there is a two-state solution…I believe that, as a good ally to everyone in the region, that we should be pushing hard back toward a twostate solution and toward insisting on both parts” of the previouslymentioned statement. Following the rally, students lined up for a chance to obtain a photo with Warren and her dog, Bailey, with many like sophomore political science major Michael Roderick expressing positive reactions to the event. “Turnout was well above what was expected,” the co-president for UNH College Democrats, the organization that hosted the rally, told The New Hampshire. “I mean, any time a candidate comes to campus, we are participating in the democracy that we are so grateful to be in; you can hear what the candidate’s views are on issues, how they’re going to help the community you are in on both at state level, local level and federal level, and then you can really ask the questions that you care about.”

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UNH herbarium goes digital By Jenna O’del STAFF WRITER

Plants, seaweed, and numerous other specimens in the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Albion Hodgdon Herbarium are transcending their roots. Because these days, they’re on the internet. The Hodgdon Herbarium is currently housed in Spaulding Hall as part of the Department of Biological Sciences (DBS) and the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture (COLSA). Some specimens have belonged to UNH for many years: 1,500 of them moved with the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts – the precursor to UNH - when they moved from Hanover to Durham in 1892. The herbarium traces its name to Albion Hodgdon, a botanist and faculty member at UNH who established the 1,500 specimens as an herbarium—a collection of plants, like trees, shrubs, and seaweeds; and related organisms, such as photosynthesizing bacteria. Fungi and lichen, although not plants, are also included in herbarium collections, as Dr. Chris Neefus, herbarium director and professor in DBS, pointed out. UNH’s herbarium also holds the Sumner Pike Library of botanical books and references, dedicated to botanist Sumner Pike. Today, the herbarium houses over 200,000 specimens, having

grown from the efforts of UNH researchers and faculty, volunteers from the New England Botanical Club, and from inheriting the collections of other institutions. The specimens are mainly vascular plants: ferns, cattails, pine trees, although the collection includes many other organisms, mainly seaweed, but also lichens and mosses. These specimens are stored in large folders, akin to manila folders, in rows of cabinets that stretch towards the ceiling. The rows can be pushed against each other, allowing the herbarium to store as many specimens as possible. Each specimen is glued to a piece of herbarium paper, which looks like cardstock. After a specimen is freshly collected, it goes through a preparation process. First, the specimen is put into what looks like a giant book, but is made up of straps, cardboard and paper. This book is called a plant press. With the exact process depending on the type of organism, specimens are laid in the press, where they flatten as they dry. Drying takes from a couple days for some grasses, to up to a week for specimens with fruit. The specimen and its associated metadata are then glued onto a piece of herbarium paper. Once the glue dries, the specimen is ready for storage. Storage is key, as the herbarium is at full capacity, but set

to gain 30 percent more storage when the herbarium is moved to the first floor during Spaulding Hall’s renovation. The herbarium will sit opposite the Insect and Other Arthropods Collection, sharing a glass-walled workroom. Seven years ago, the herbarium began putting some specimens online: digitizing. Digitizing involves uploading a photo of a specimen, along with information on its label--its metadata--what species it is, and where and who it came from. This creates a unique record, or webpage, for each specimen, which can be accessed in online portals dedicated to herbaria collections. The herbarium has been digitizing its collection in stages, and still not all specimens are digitized. The herbarium’s first digitization foray was coordinated by Yale University. Yale developed the Consortium of Northeastern Herbaria, an online portal of vascular plants from the northeastern United States and Canada, using collections located in the same region. “As part of that project, we were able to digitize most of our collection, because most of it is from the northeast,” Neefus said, noting that the herbarium has specimens from Central America, South America and Europe. “After doing that for a bit, we decided we really wanted to get our macroalgae [seaweed] digitized because we have actually the fifth largest

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macroalgal collection in the United States.” This led to the Macroalgal Herbarium Consortium Portal and coordinating the digitization of all one million macroalgae specimens in United States collections. The resulting portal contains a record for each specimen, as well as specially built geographic software that can create, among other products, “an invasion map,” Neefus said. When each specimen is digitized, the location of where it was collected is uploaded to the portal. The portal displays these locations when a researcher searches for all the specimens in an area of interest, which also brings up the years each specimen was collected. With these locations and years, the researcher can track the spread of a species over time. Digitization, Neefus said, “allows you to do research, biogeographical research, that would be almost impossible to do if you had to actually go in and physically examine specimens,” based on the time investment of creating, for example, invasion maps. Yet, as efficient digitization makes some research, science still needs the physical collection. “There’s certain things you can’t do with a digitized specimen,” Neefus stressed. Examples include DNA projects that require a sample of the specimen for extracting DNA, projects looking at internal structures of a plant, or

loaning out a specimen like checking out a library book. To find specimens of interest, researchers can use the online portals. “That’s a very convenient cataloging system for people to use to find out where there are specimens they might be interested in.” Neefus said. Some specimens are particularly unique. “We’ve got about a hundred specimens that are what are termed nomenclatural type specimens,” Neefus said. “Meaning, that was the actual specimen that was used to name a new species. These species were all described, or identified, by previous faculty and researchers. Fellow researchers can compare specimens of their own to the nomenclatural type, or nomenclatural holotype, and determine the species they have: a type specimen ‘becomes the standard for that [species].’” As much of an influence faculty and associated researchers have had on the herbarium, students have been essential to the digitization projects. Thirty undergraduates and two graduate students have imaged specimens or transcribed metadata. A few different classes actively use the herbarium, visiting the collection or the portals. Interested students can visit the herbarium by appointment.

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What is prom all about, anyway? By Valeriia Kholmanskikh STAFF WRITER The University of New Hampshire’s GirlUp UNH, an organization that works with the United Nations (UN) Foundation to fund programs for girls in developing nations, invited students to partake in Prom 2.0 in the Memorial Union Building (MUB) Strafford Room on Friday, April 12. All the money raised through selling $3 tickets went to the UN. I have never had a prom. Due to a series of coincidences, I have never officially graduated from either of the two high schools I went to. Having been raised in Europe, I am only familiar with the concept of a prom from American movies and TV shows, so I had virtually no expectations for the event. Because who bases their life expectations on American media? If I had, however, believed everything that is on TV, I would have expected a number of certain things. Prom is a dance at the end of a school year where everyone dresses fancy, that much makes sense. You have to “prompose” to someone. Somebody spikes the punch. Someone deals drugs. Even though the alcohol is not allowed, everyone is drunk. The prom king and queen - the boy from a sports team and “the popular girl” - are chosen, and it always goes terribly wrong. Some sort of public humiliation is involved. It finishes with a girl, crying outside, probably barefoot.

Some of these things turned out to be pretty close to the truth (sounds like a lot of bad happened). I was jokingly promposed to by a friend. Being always in for an adventure, I said yes. Besides, I will take any opportunity to wear a suit, so check on dressing fancy. On the night, myself, my prom date and four of our friends showed up dressed in suits and dresses to find a shockingly small number of people in the Strafford Room. That must be because we were there on time, because about half an hour later, it became hard to dance without accidentally pushing people. No punch was involved--just soda, an assortment of candy and Domino’s and Subway takeout (donated to the organization). There was no usual party atmosphere of drunkenness, just people dancing and trying to talk over loud pop music. The most impressive part, probably, was people coordinating to dance to “Cotton Eye Joe.” In my opinion, this is one of the best parts of American culture. Out of all the stereotypes, the only remaining one was barefoot girls. No crying, though, just people having fun unburdened by the nightmare that are high heels. For good or for bad, Prom 2.0 did not live up to the media stereotypes. In the end, it was a fun event to spend a Friday evening at with a group of friends - and a great excuse to wear something fancy, and raise money for the UN.

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Too Many Zooz electrifies Portsmouth audience at 3S Artspace By Adrienne Perron STAFF WRITER “When I say ‘Too Many,’ you say ‘Zooz,’” Leo Pellegrino, saxophonist of brasshouse trio Too Many Zooz (TMZ) commanded the audience of the band’s show at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth this past Tuesday night. “Too Many…” “ZOOZ!” “Too Many…” “ZOOZ!” 3S Artspace’s compact dance floor was filled practically from the back doors of the performance area up to the stage with fans of the band. From 8-year-old children to graying adults, the diverse fans of TMZ danced (and sweated) together all night. The trio - made up of Pellegrino on saxophone, Matt “Doe” Muirhead on trumpet, and King of Sludge on bass drum - began their show at 8 p.m. on the dot and played with no breaks for an hour-and-a-half. With expectations in the crowd set high, TMZ came through with a high-energy and exciting show, which marked the first of their current tour. One woman in the crowd, originally from Hampton, New Hampshire, first saw TMZ six years ago in

the subway system in New York City, one year after the band officially formed and before they achieved greater popularity as artists. She said that she has been following the band on YouTube ever since.

With every solo line he played on his sax, he would swivel or thrust his hips in rhythm with the music, eliciting applause and laughter from the audience. “I left Leo my number that day, but he didn’t call me,” she said, referring to a piece of paper she had left in one of the band member’s instrument cases with the money they had collected. “I don’t blame him. I

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could have been a creepy old man serial killer for all he knew.” Pellegrino’s energy was contagious during the performance. His dance moves, which he claims have been stolen by the game Fortnite, were promiscuous for an all-ages event. With every solo line he played on his sax, he would swivel or thrust his hips in rhythm with the music, eliciting applause and laughter from the audience. King of Sludge, who dressed up as President Donald Trump, kept the rhythm throughout the night. Focused on the music and feeding off of the energy of the night, his eyes would roll back into his head every so often, exposing the whites of his eyes. Muirhead’s calm and collected energy was refreshing. His trumpet-playing chops were strong, as he hit innumerable high notes throughout the night. As an avid fan of Too Many Zooz, this show exceeded my expectations. The energy that the band portrays in their music videos is exactly the energy that they put out on stage. I have been waiting a year and a half to see this band, and I was not disappointed. They are as talented in person as they are online; I highly recommend seeing them live.

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Bless this mess: Seeing Dance Gavin Dance live By Katherine Lesnyk CONTENT EDITOR

It was 10 p.m. on Sunday, and the lights in the Worcester Palladium were dim. Some rap music I didn’t recognize was playing over the speakers and the sold-out crowd watched the guitar and drum techs as they prepared the stage for Dance Gavin Dance (DGD), a post-hardcore band from Sacramento, California, who were headlining the Artificial Selection Tour. My hands gripped the two items of DGD merch I bought between opening acts. The rest of the crowd was getting antsy too. Before long, though, the overhead lights flicked off, the stage lights came on and the members of the band I’ve been listening to religiously for several months

began to take their places on the small stage. My heart swelled, and the mental countdown to this moment that I’d had going for two months ended. The Worcester Palladium opened in 1928 as the Plymouth Theater, according to The Pulse Magazine - a lifestyle and entertainment magazine that covers central Massachusetts - and was built by American architect Arland Johnson. The Plymouth Theater seated 2,200 people (the capacity is similar today) and hosted films and vaudeville acts. After a series of renovations and changes to the types of events held there over the years, the now-renamed Palladium is best known as a venue for hard rock and metal shows, but the Palladium’s website states that it has also hosted acts as varied as Bob Dylan, Skrillex, Kanye West, and even The Three Stooges, in the past. There are two spaces within the Palladium where shows can be held—the larger room downstairs, and a smaller space upstairs. Additionally, some small music festivals are held outside the venue, aptly named “The Palladium Outdoors.” I was struck as I settled into a first-row balcony seat around 6:30 p.m. by the juxtaposition of the intricately sculpted cherubs above the stage and the music the venue hosts. The first supporting band, Covet, a trio of friends, seemed to fit best in the Palladium - the echoing of the lyric-less set was mesmerizing and reminiscent of the earlier days of the Palladium’s history. Meanwhile, Hail the Sun, the second supporting band, surprised those who were unfamiliar with the band by having vocalist Donovan Melero hop on the drum set and energetically sing and drum simultaneously. Before he settled at the drum set, he could be seen notably hitting the cymbals with the palm of his hand. Don Broco, a British rock band who followed Hail the Sun, got the crowd moving with “Everybody,” “Pretty,” and other songs that have increased the band’s popularity in the United States over the past few years. Anyone who had been dragged to the Artificial Selection Tour would be entertained by vocalist Rob Damiani and his aerobics instructor-like dance moves. The last of the supporting bands, Periphery,

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a prog-metal group, probably was more enjoyable to watch for those on the floor than those on the balcony. The group’s sound is extremely conducive to moshing - or at the very least, jumping around a little - but not so much for sitting. I was impressed by the performance during DGD’s first song, “Son of Robot,” the opening track from DGD’s newest studio album, “Artificial Selection,” but it wasn’t until “Count Bassy,” about halfway through the set, that I realized the sound quality on “Son of Robot” was not a fluke. Maybe it had to do with the acoustics of the theater, or maybe DGD is truly that talented, but my jaw dropped as the set continued and the clarity and tone remained constant. DGD’s set primarily featured songs from their two most recent albums. While the setlist was varied and satisfying musically for the audience, they only played one song, “Uneasy Hearts Weigh the Most,” from the eras prior to the arrival of current clean vocalist Tilian Pearson. The lack of representation of DGD hits from 2005 to 2012 may be due to Pearson’s vocal range differing from former vocalists Jonny Craig and Kurt Travis, or maybe the band just wants to “rebrand” in a way, but it was a little disappointing to not hear classics like “Lemon Meringue Tie” or “Tree Village.” Nonetheless, ending the show with “Evaporate,” the final track on “Artificial Selection,” was memorable, powerful and gave the audience a taste of DGD’s sonic evolution - the last minute of the song is an elegantlycomposed mashup of several songs from every album DGD has released, and it was heartwarming to hear tiny blasts from the past. It was drizzling when the show ended around 11 p.m. The mass of happy concert-goers emitted a low roar of excited conversations as we all crossed the street to the parking lot, and as I watched all the people with whom I shared five musical hours, my thoughts went directly to the words of DGD unclean vocalist Jon Mess in the band’s newest single “Head Hunter”: “Bless this mess.”

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‘World War Z’ by Max Brooks By Madailein Hart STAFF WRITER World War Z by Max Brooks is the oral history of a fictional “Zombie War.” I listened to the audiobook whenever I drove for more than an hour. This book was voiced by a full cast, including Mark Hamill and Nathan Fillion, and the recording is just over 12 hours long. This audiobook has almost a podcastlike quality to it, with the narrator (Max Brooks) asking questions as a journalist would. The entire novel starts with Brooks talking about these interviews he’s collected for the United Nations from all over the world in order to get more information on what happened during the Zombie War. The UN only wants the numbers and statistics that these interviews provide, but give

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Brooks full permission to publish the interviews as they are. The chapters go over everything from how the war started, to how people survived the zombies, to the government’s response, right down to the role that dogs played in the war. The people that are interviewed are from places like China; Syria; Japan; Brazil; Yonkers, New York; Mexico; South Africa; Burlington, Vermont; Germany; Israel; Russia; a nuclear submarine; and even the International Space Station. The people interviewed all have different occupations and experiences with the war; some are fighting on the front lines, spying on other countries, creating zombie vaccines (even if they’re a scam), setting up new towns and safe havens or trying to escape in any way they could. Brooks takes you through the most pivotal moments in the war, starting by

interviewing the doctor who saw patient zero. As people start to panic and the plague begins to spread, a group of men introduce Phalanx, a placebo vaccine that created a false sense of security. Then, when it is revealed that Phalanx does nothing, the entire world goes into “The Great Panic.” One event that Brooks refers to several times is “The Battle of Yonkers,” which was exciting for me since I live just a town over from where this takes place. During this battle, people realize that modern army weapons don’t work against the zombies, which sends the world into an even deeper panic. The audiobook is broken up into eight parts, with at least five chapters per part. Only a handful of characters showed up twice which meant that each chapter was extremely different than the last. The voice work is stunning and I’m not sure I would have liked the book as

much if it didn’t have a different voice for each person. If there was one quote to sum up the entire book, it would be “I’m not going to say the war was a good thing. I’m not that much of a sick f***, but you’ve got to admit that it did bring people together.” World War Z holds your attention from beginning to end and I honestly never knew where it was going next, or who else the narrator could possibly interview. Some of my favorite interviews were with the soldier from Yonkers, the Russian spy and the girl who was young when this all started and had to grow up with zombies in her backyard. I’d recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of zombies, alternate histories or just needs a good audiobook to listen to.

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Freedom Fest: Good vibes for a better cause By Rose Correll STAFF WRITER WUNH-FM gears up for another year of Freedom Fest - a music festival that’s sponsored by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) college radio station, WUNH, and hosted at the Freedom Cafe, showcasing the local talent Durham and its surrounding towns have to offer. Coming April 27 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., there is a suggested price of $5 at the door and all the proceeds go to the Freedom Cafe’s mission to end human trafficking. “When you’re under 21 at a university like UNH, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and isolated from genuine

local culture,” WUNH Event Coordinator Rachael Moss said. “With this event, we’re hoping to expose the beautiful community (to everything) that the Freedom Cafe has to offer with some of the hottest local student bands.” Performing acts at the festival will include Marvel Prone, Clandestine, the Woolly Mammoths and other student musicians and groups. There will also be an iced tea special for $1 alongside other fair-trade beverages the Cafe offers. The Freedom Cafe, located on Mill Road in Durham, features products that are all fair-trade and come from certified non-exploitative companies. The Cafe’s goal is to help end human trafficking and exploitation of workers by

educating each person who comes into the cafe as they walk in. They offer a “pay what you want” system, where all the proceeds go to the various organizations the cafe partners with; the cafe is 100 percent non-profit. Freedom Fest will be held indoors at the Freedom Cafe, and will also offer open doors and outside seating. The event aims to expose local musical acts across Durham while also raising awareness to human trafficking. The festival also hopes to bring the UNH community together in an environment where attendees can listen to music, drink coffee, tea or other beverages, and dance.

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Smash burgers give me life By Caleb Jagoda ARTS EDITOR We walked through the bustling walkways of Holloway Commons as hungry as three student newspaper editors have ever been (probably). It was 6 p.m., so that meant wafting scents of steaming pasta, greasy Philly cheesesteak subs and curious-looking dining hall fish that I wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. Disappointment washed over my face as I surveyed the evening’s harvest - that is, before The New Hampshire Sports Editors Sam Eggert and Mike Mawson said something that would forever change my life: “I think they have smash burgers tonight - that’s definitely the move.” “Smash burgers?” I asked them. Sam shook his head in utter disgust at my ignorance. “Come on, I’ll show you,” he said. They led me through the commotion of the dining hall, two seasoned veterans about to teach a newly-minted trainee the dark arts of the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) hidden dining hall gems. Holloway Commons, UNH’s central dining hall, can have some dinner options that leave many wondering myself included - why we even wasted the time perusing the unfortunate available meals. For some, like Eggert and Mawson, this means learning to scour the place for every diamond in the rough available. One of these delicious surprises, the so-called “smash burger,” which is just a small hamburger served with a medley of toppings grilled right in front of you, is served infrequently at the usual stir fry line and normally draws a long line of eager students. I apprehensively stepped into line to

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order my first-ever two smash burgers. Excitement coursed through my veins as Sam and Mike - two smash burger Yodas - guided each of my selections, from pepper jack cheese for a little spice of life to thousand island dressing for an indigenous touch. My stomach growled as they tossed my two sizzling sliders onto the grill, the taste already almost palpable as the grilling patties’ crisp and warm smell entered my nasal cavity. I about sprinted to my seat to dig into the steaming burgers. As I demolished almost half of the slider with my first bite, my taste buds danced a capering jig of satisfaction and pure euphoria. The cheese, the fresh hamburger patty, the added sauce, the ragbag of other amazing ingredients; they all came together to form the perfect union of dining hall matrimony. Thus, I consumed the best meal I’ve ever eaten at Holloway Commons. HoCo has its moments, it does - and sometimes, it really doesn’t - but none have ever topped the smash burger, and I doubt any ever will. Every Wednesday night when we take a break from production nights (which consist of laboring in our little windowless newspaper cave) and venture out into the public to get some nutrition, I hope and pray that the HoCo gods have blessed us with the one dining hall delicacy that hits a little different. If not, at least there’s the London broil, and I get the chance to test my meat-eating chops against the best of the best in my quest to take the belt from the reigning dining-hall-meat-eating champion, Ian Lenahan. Until then, I’ll be fueling up on smash burgers. Hopefully.

Funniest Person on Campus seeks best UNH jokesters By Madailein Hart STAFF WRITER The University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Campus Activities Board (CAB) is hosting the Funniest Person on Campus, a standup comedy showcase of UNH students, on April 25. But before the event, students have to try out in front of a board of CAB members, which includes Caroline Truesdell, live entertainment chair Donovan Lofaro, director Emma Barresi and business manager Connor Slade. While these were the people who judge auditions, the people judging the event are yet to be determined. CAB rates performances based on stage presence, comedic timing, connection to the audience, offensiveness and funniness. Since funniness depends on whoever is judging, and is a very arbitrary decision, CAB believes it is important to have the other factors that make up a comedian as well. When looking at offensiveness the judges make sure the comedian doesn’t

bring up sensitive topics such as things like race, minorities, sexual harassment or tragedies like the Holocaust. Luckily, no one who auditioned even mentioned these topics. Comedians talked about relatable college student activities such as going to the bars, studying abroad, classes and their significant others. There will be an audience during the show, but during auditions, the comedian just has to make jokes to the judges and whoever else is sitting in the room, providing only a small crowd to work with. Lofaro said that it was easier to gauge a person’s act in front of a crowd because sometimes people feed off the audience well, but don’t show that with a small group. This is something CAB takes into consideration when looking at who will be able to perform at the event. “The hardest part about it for me was that the audition was in a small room and we had to perform our set with no microphone,” Luke Doverspike said about the auditioning process. “I feel extremely naked with no microphone.

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To me, a mic is like a shield.” Luckily, Doverspike had his Improv Anonymous friends to help cheer him on. “That was really awesome for me to see some of my friends do a quick stand-up set, as I’ve never seen them perform stand up before,” Doverspike said. The show itself will be about two hours, starting at 9 p.m. in the Straf-

ford Room. The opener this year will be Justin Rupple, who played Tuffnut in “How To Train Your Dragon 3” and was on the show “First Impressions” with Dana Carvey. Rupple will be starting and ending the show with 15 minute sets, with the comedians who made it through auditions getting 10 to 15 minute acts in between.

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Liberals must stop the progressive left The regressive far-left is hijacking the Democratic Party. This wing, which often conveniently labels itself as ‘progressive,’ dominates the party’s discourse as the leadership continues to pander to it. The New York Times (NYT) recently published an intriguing article about this rift that is forming on the left. I encourage searching ‘The Democratic Electorate on Twitter Is Not the Actual Democratic Electorate’ on NYT as their graphics and statistics will help make this perspective understood. The Democratic leadership is pandering to an artificially boosted group of regressives because they base their impressions of the constituency off of social media activity, rather than the real world. I propose that if the leadership doesn’t revert course promptly, the party will fall as more and more of the moderate middle of the country will give up on them. As controversial events continue to unfold in our public sphere, it seems that our national discourse continues to spiral into discord, rather than fruitful conversations about solutions. Our political climate of smearcampaigning seems to have been intensified by the divisive and hateful tribalism of social media circles. These internet communities serve as sites of discourse

domination by the radical fringe of the left-wing, rather than a public square where we can all come together and solve disputes. Despite this overrepresented vocal fringe, the majority of the Democratic constituency isn’t vocal and their values don’t align with the far-left politics that the group pushes for. Individuals, who both consider themselves Democrats and aren’t posting political content on social media sites, are much more likely to consider themselves moderate/ conservative and are much more likely to consider political correctness to be a problem. The majority of the country supports free speech, even if it is difficult and bumpy. Despite the worldviews which give rise to these issues in politics, the world is much more than a college campus. It is becoming commonplace for the party to embrace extreme positions that the majority of the country doesn’t support, such as nationalized healthcare and on-demand/restriction-free abortions. The more that this far-left faction of the party elevates into a central focal point of the party, the more that it becomes likely for the party to disintegrate. The more that the party embraces nonsensical fetishes for socialism and other irrational positions, the more that people are going to sim-

ply exit the party. The Democratic Party claims to be the party of liberalism and of treating people like individuals. However, it continues to embrace identity politics as a central strategy towards accomplishing its agenda. This is causing a reactionary embracement of identity politics on the right. Why should authority come from our merits if instead we could just map authority to identity? Aren’t we supposed to treat each other based on the contents of our character, rather than the color of our skin? For the far-left, ideas can’t be criticized on their own ground. For them, only particular individuals who check the correct boxes of identity are allowed to speak. The only way to stop this reverting to tribalism, is to revert to individualism. Treat others the way you want to be treated. This isn’t an intangible political hypothesis. Examples of this dynamic take place in front of our eyes, if we could only cultivate the skills to see it. It exists with members like Ilhan Omar, where her political guardians fling accusations of racism, sexism and claims of incitement of violence, as a shield against reasonable criticism. She continues to show her character as an anti-Semite, yet the party can’t condemn her comments as anyone who criticizes

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her must be a bigot. Any decent American should be able to stand up against hateful claims such as ‘Israel has hypnotized the world.’ This ‘criticism of Israeli policy’ sounds a lot more like Nazi Germany than it does a rational political disagreement. If the leadership of the party doesn’t muster the courage to stand up to these irrational members of their party, then liberalism will die within it as it will find a new home. The vast majority of the country is not behind this behavior of the left. Therefore, they will continue to trickle out into a place rationality, tolerance, and political inclusion. Because the regressive left continues to pull the Overton window into realms of ‘if you disagree with us on policy, then that is an attack on my existence,’ it is no surprise that the majority of the country isn’t supportive of political correctness. Politically incorrect conversations are the interesting ones to have, as they solve the difficult problems that need addressing. Speaking freely is the process of thinking and thinking is how we solve problems. This is exactly why our constitution guarantees this right. These activists who police speech, and therefore thinking, don’t stand for the principles of this country. It has taken thousands of years for our ancestors to produce

something like what we have today - where we strive to treat each other as individuals - but it can be destroyed in the blink of an eye. If we don’t stop the intolerant left from taking over the politics of our country, then only destruction and violence will ensue. Some of our outraged peers-of-youth have little appreciation for the struggles of our ancestors. Let us not forget the sacrifices of those before us who created what we often take for granted. Whether or not we agree with the politics of the Reagan-types, we can appreciate what he articulated in that ‘Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.’ It is time for us to make a choice about this fractionation. We can either stand up and stop it, or let it take hold and wait for the destruction of democracy to ensue.

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What are we doing, guys Debates on whether the Red Sox are amidst a World Series hangover have concluded, and the results are in: Oh yeah, they are. Residing in last place and 7.5 games behind the Tampa Bay Rays for top spot in the American League East, Boston has won just six games in their first 18. They’re hitting .229 from the plate, which ranks 10th among the American League’s 15 teams. By comparison, the Rays have posted a collective .262 batting average. That’s fourth in the AL. To date the only serviceable Boston starters have been David Price and Eduardo Nunez, who have similar pitching styles and seem to remember that they’re good. They keep off-speed pitches down and have some inkling of how to command the strike zone, which is more than anyone else in the rotation can stake their claim on. Others like Chris Sale and Nathan Eovaldi have yet to showcase even half the dominance they had during the 2018 postseason, which the former believes “is flat-out embarrassing, just as bad as it gets.” I think it could get worse than an 8.50 ERA through 4 starts and 18 innings, but hey, Chris, you should hold yourself to a high standard. Keep chugging away! We Sox fans have very little reason to complain about being fresh off a record-setting season

and this century’s fourth WS ring, but it’s the same team . . . How are they mishandling this year so? Is it that they’ve nothing left to prove? It shouldn’t be – people are still talking trash, still discounting the best team of the 21st century. Nothing’s changed. There’s more than a playoff berth at stake if things continue and the Sox sink further below the .500 line. I’m talking about Mookie Betts – the MVP, WS winner, Gold Glover, 25-year-old Mookie Betts – and how hilariously confident Dombrowski is regarding contract renewal next offseason. The Boston general manager has gone to arbitration twice with his superstar, both times resulting in a massive pay cut at the right fielder’s expense. Why would Betts want to negotiate anything with Dombrowski, the guy who’s squeezed him for cash throughout his professional career? You can tell he doesn’t when saying things like “I’m happy for him” about Blake Swihart, who was designated for assignment Monday afternoon. “I’m happy for him” in other words means “I’m happy he finally made it out of this unappreciative pit.” Perhaps the worst of it, Dombrowski’s negligence won’t circle back to him directly. It’s now on Alex Cora to convince Betts that staying in Boston will earn him the long money in the midst of

a garbage season. Responsibility overload. If you don’t believe this contract scenario is a distraction in the club house, take a look at Betts’ recent statements about the team and compare them to how he felt heading into last season. World of difference. I think the players are mad about Kimbrel, too. Granted they haven’t been within striking distance in the ninth inning of many games this year that would necessitate a closer, but they might get that extra jolt of offensive power if they could trust a single guy to shut things down from the bullpen. “No,” the third-richest franchise in baseball says, “we can’t afford three years to one of the best closers of all time.” Give me a break. I’m not saying poor pitching isn’t the cause. It’s part of the problem, but there’s a reason behind their last-place 6.08 staff ERA. We’ve seen clubhouse issues boil over recently in Boston, most of which trace back to John Farrell. Now I’m thinking there might be some angry rumblings about the head honcho, the stingy mister David Dombrowski. Because I can’t think of a single other reason they’re this bad. It’s starting to stink.

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UNH Women’s Lacrosse Schedule HOME Stony Brook

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UNH Women’s Lacrosse Results HOME UMBC

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Gymnastics season ends at regionals By Zach Schneeloch SPORTS WRITER

The University of New Hampshire Wildcats Gymnastics team wrapped up their historic season two weeks ago in Athens, Georgia. In the NCAA regional qualifiers, the Wildcats were finally defeated by opponent NC State, who they had gotten the best of in their two prior meets. Seniors Danielle Mulligan

and Nicole O’ Leary went on to compete in the NCAA Regional meet the next day in the all-around and vault portions respectively. In the first session of the day, O’Leary would put up a score of 9.775 to place 21st on the vault overall. In the second session, after a fall on the uneven bars, Mulligan was still able to rally back and place eighth overall in the all-around competition. Both these seniors represented the team well and wrapped up their amazing careers. Mulligan

especially was a great leader for this team, winning 7 EAGL gymnasts awards through her amazing season. Including Mulligan and O’Leary, this team will certainly miss its six graduating seniors next year, who all played huge roles in the team’s performance. Many of the seniors like Courtney Bondanza and Erin Carroll had huge roles through different parts of the season to anchor the ‘Cats and help them achieve their goals. While their season ending

in the regional competition is unfortunate, looking back at what this team has done this year is remarkable. Starting out the year, the team had the motto of “Unfinished business” as they looked to avenge their previous second place finishes in the EAGL in recent years. They did so this year on their home court as they took down all other EAGL competitors in dramatic fashion on the floor of the Whittemore Center. Through a season that had its highs and lows, the team pulled it all together for

that match and fought hard for a huge victory to accomplish their season goal. The senior members of the squad who are graduating will leave a void to fill. On the bright side for the ‘Cats, many of the crucial pieces of this team are underclassmen. The Wildcats will certainly have the opportunity of success to look forward to in the coming seasons.

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Senior Danielle Mulligan performs during the NCAA Regionals. Mulligan concluded her strong season by placing first for the 12th time in the uneven bars.

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Leonard lifts Wildcats past UMBC By Bailey Schott

SPORTS WRITER The Wildcats defeated the University of Maryland Baltimore County 15-10 Saturday on the back of junior midfielder Rylee Leonard, who recorded a careerhigh seven points in the victory. Leonard scored four goals and assisted three others, matching career highs in both categories. Senior attackers Catherine Sexton and Mickenzie Larivee also made their offensive presence known combining for eight points, four goals and four assists. Sophomore midfielder Julia Neyland also found the back of the net three times, a season high for the second year player. With the home victory, the ‘Cats advance to 9-5 overall and 4-1 in America East conference play. The Retrievers jumped on a 2-0 lead over New Hampshire less than a minute into the game. The goals were scored by Payton Van Kirk and Catherine Sims just 14 seconds apart. Van Kirk earned a free-position shot at 26:47 and found the back of the net to push the lead to three. But the Wildcats were far from discouraged and rattled off five consecutive goals to seize their first lead of the game, 5-3 at 15:10.

Neyland got the attack going for New Hampshire scoring just outside the crease on a pass from Sexton. Sexton followed that possession with another nice feed to Larivee who snuck the ball in down low. With 22:23 in the half graduate midfielder Devan Miller scored her 50th career goal to even the score 3-3. The ensuing possession, Leonard cut down the middle and ripped a low shot to put the ‘Cats ahead and extend her point streak to 13 games. Neyland ended the run for the Wildcats with her second goal of the game on a free-position shot. Sims ended the 15-minute scoring drought for UMBC with a free position goal at 11:40, her second score of the game. The score cut the ‘Cats lead to 5-4. Leonard reestablished the two-goal lead on a rifled shot from eight meters out, assisted by Sexton, 6-4 Wildcat lead. Three minutes later Larivee extended the lead to three capitalizing on an odd-man rush. Junior midfielder Caroline Hernon and Leonard each found the back of the net within two minutes of Larivee, capturing a 9-4 lead with 5:40 remaining in the half. Zoe Pekins scored one more goal of the half for UMBC at 4:16, but the ‘Cats close the half with a 9-5 lead.

UMBC came out firing in the second half ripping off six consecutive goals in nine minutes to regain a 10-9 lead over the Wildcats. Unfortunately for the Retrievers, these would be the last goals they score. Larivee picked off a pass at midfield and completed a give and go with Leonard to score here third goal of the game and tie things up at 10-10 with 16:49 in the half. Sexton earned a free position shot and chose to pass it to Neyland down low, who snuck one in under the crossbar to give the ‘Cats the lead. With 12:51 remaining, Leonard increased the lead to two, 1210 Wildcats. In the final two minutes of play, Larivee scored from the middle of the fan, where she received a pass from Leonard and extended the lead to three goals. With under one minute left in the game, Hernon and Miller each netted a goal to take a 15-10 lead and secure the win for the Wildcats. The Wildcats continue regular season play on April 20 at the University of Vermont. The ‘Cats don’t return home until their Senior Day regular season finale against Stony Brook on April 28 at Wildcat Stadium.

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Wildcats celebrate on the sidelines after a goal during their match on Saturday versus UMBC. The Wildcats were led by junior midfielder Rylee Leonard with seven points.

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Feliciano ready to lead UNH volleyball By Sam Eggert

SPORTS EDITOR A new chapter of women’s volleyball has arrived at the University of New Hampshire, as Christopher Feliciano has been hired as the seventh head coach in the history of the program. Feliciano takes over for former UNH Head Coach Jill Hirschinger, who retired this past November following 40 seasons, 781 wins and seven league championships during her tenure. Feliciano has spent the last eight years coaching at Rider University, where he turned around a struggling program, eventually becoming the winningest coach in Rider history with 117 wins. Before he arrived, Rider was ranked second to last in the country in terms of RPI (rating percentage index). Originally starting off as a basketball player, he gives his mother credit for introducing him to the sport. “My mom kept on hinting to me, ‘why don’t you try volleyball?’, and I was like ‘no I don’t want to try volleyball,’ but my mom kept going at it and finally I decided to go to a practice with her, and it came to me naturally.” The first instance of Felicia-

no getting the natural feel for the game came when he hit a slide for the first time. “If you take a layup, it’s a slide approach, so I was able to do that right away when I was 14 and I gave up basketball to play volleyball.” Volleyball clicked with Feliciano from the beginning, to say the least. A graduate of New Jersey City University, Feliciano was quickly hired as the school’s women’s volleyball coach upon his graduation in May 2003. Feliciano got into coaching from an early age. In high school, he had a strong relationship with a teacher by the name of Mrs. Brooks who headed the school’s volleyball club. “She knew that I played volleyball, so she would come to me every once in a while, asking about certain parts of the game. One day, she was supposed to cover an open gym for the volleyball team, but she couldn’t go so she asked me if I could go and cover for her. I went, and instead of covering I actually ran a little practice. The high school coach saw me run the practice, so she asked me to become the JV coach, so I became the JV coach the following year.” Feliciano coached at Union

High School in New Jersey for three years and won a county championship as varsity coach. Before becoming head coach at Rider, Feliciano was an assistant at Fordham University where the Rams won 17 games in his lone season in the Bronx. In his third season at Rider, Feliciano led the Broncs to their most wins in a decade while improving their win total for the third year in a row. Feliciano attributes part of his success at Rider to his resilient nature. “We were of the mindset that we could win no matter what the obstacle was. I’m not a guy that quits. I’m someone that will find a way to get it done.” The success would continue, as the Broncs finished each of the following seasons with at least 16 wins. In addition, Feliciano spoke on his strategy to attract strong athletes to his program. With a positive mindset, Feliciano has been able to find constructive building blocks as he crafted his team. “It’s just a vision… even in the worst seasons, you can find a ton of positives in terms of experience and student welfare,” he said. “We made sure that we hit home with a lot of these things as we created this really positive cul-

ture within the program.” Nowadays, student athletes seem to be trending towards programs with a positive environment instead of playing for the traditional put your head down and go to work style of team. Feliciano plans on bringing the same progressive mindset to the UNH program, and the returning players are already on the same page as they try to improve upon last season. The Wildcats finished 1215 overall last season, including an early exit in the America East Tournament. Feliciano seems eager to improve the program. “We’re going to be creative with what we’re trying to do. We have seven outstanding young ladies in the gym who I’ve become very fond of because of their work ethic and their determination to be great.” The team is still in the process of adding new talent, as they look to have a full roster come fall. Feliciano spoke on his expectations from the team. “You’re going to see a team that will work hard every day, a team that’s together, a team that’s respectful, and a team that is grateful to be playing the sport that they love.” Of course, the overarching

goal is to bring the Wildcats back to title contention. Feliciano emphasizes that there is a process in becoming a champion, and his players “need to re-fall in love with the work.” Junior outside hitter Kennedi Smith is grateful for the work Feliciano has put in for the team early on. “He’s working really hard on learning each personality and what helps us to be great individually as a team,” Smith said. Fans can look forward to watching a scrappy team that will fight for each point until they reach their goal of bringing an America East title back to Durham.

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UNH volleyball will have their first new coach in over 40 years after long time Head Coach Jill Hirschinger retired. Christopher Feliciano will be the program’s seventh head coach.

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Wildcats sweep weekend once again

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The UNH Men’s and Women’s Track teams had another strong outing in their home meet this weekend. Both teams placed first for the second consecutive weekend.

By Cameron Beall

SPORTS WRITER New Hampshire Track and Field was back home once again this past weekend for the UNH Wildcat Invitational. Both the men’s and the women’s teams took care of business, taking home first place for the second straight week. The men finished in first with 157 points, followed by Maine in second place, and Bates in third; each finishing with 118 points, and 89 points respectively. Junior thrower Zachary Astle has become a staple at the top of the shot-put standings each week. Astle took home first once again this weekend when he threw 54’ 1”. Finishing right behind Astle was senior Hani Traboulsi, who threw 50’ 1.75”. Traboulsi also won the discus throw, throwing

144’ 5”. A pair of first-year athletes, Nate Hobbs and Emmanuel Nkounkou, dominated at the weekend event. The two tied for first place in the high jump; each of them topping out at 6’ 2.75”. The Wildcat teammates found themselves atop the leaderboard in the long jump as well; Hobbs took first, jumping 23’ 0.5”, and Nkounkou finished in second at 21’ 6” – a new personal best. New Hampshire saw a pair of athletes finish in the top two of the triple jump as well; sophomore Jordan Buckmire won with a jump of 48’ 6.25”. Once again Nate Hobbs landed up near the top of the standings, as he finished second, and reset his personal best to 45’ 1”. First-year William Shepard won the pole vault, adding to the list of first place finishes for the Wildcats with a personal best distance of 14’ 1.25”.

On the track, the ‘Cats also saw a few new personal bests for their runners. Sophomore Aidan Sullivan broke his record when he won the 1500-meter in 3:58.46. Junior Joseph Hook broke two of his previous bests in the 100-meter, and the 200-meter. Hook won the 100-meter in 11.4 seconds and was the runner up in the 200-meter in 22.88 seconds. Fifth-year runner Timothy Kennefick won the 3000-meter race, finishing in 8:49.83. Taking a look at the women’s events from Saturday, New Hampshire ended the day in first place with 156 points, followed by Maine with 122, and the Bates with 87. Leading the way for UNH was junior thrower Alyssa Colbert. Colbert came out on top in both the hammer throw and the discus – throwing 149’ 3” and 137’ 6” respectively. First-year athlete Sara Wil-

liams finished right behind her teammate in the discus, with a throw of 124’ 2”. Williams also won the shot-put after throwing 41’ 5.25”. Junior Natalie Howes also got in on the action when she won the javelin throw. The junior won with a throw of 125’ 6”. Another first-year athlete, Saige TuDisco, shined for the ‘Cats. TuDisco showed her versatility over the weekend as she won the high jump and the 100-meter hurdles. She capped out at 5’ 3” in the high jump and ran the 100-meter hurdles in 15.13 seconds. Another first place finish for New Hampshire came from junior Madeline Quigley, who led the pack, and finished the 1500-meter in 4:51.42. The Wildcat 4x400 relay team of senior Emileigh Glode, first-years Kelly Hamlin and freshman Zakiya Scott and junior

Brianne Moss won their race as well on Saturday. The relay team finished their run in 4:02.56. On Friday, the ‘Cats will head to Princeton for the Larry Ellis Invitational where they look to extend their streak of first place finishes.

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