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Two frats fall

Tau Kappa Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega lose recognition from university

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TKE no longer bears letters, and its rush sign has since been removed as well.

JULIE FORTIN/STAFF

The UNH chapter of ATO had its recognition suspended for five years by the university.

Incident involving marijuana, firearm ATO suspended after violating leads to TKE’s loss of charter university’s underage drinking policies

By ADAM J. BABINAT STAFF WRITER

Last month, Tau Kappa Epsilon, known simply as TKE, was reported to have had its charter suspended by international headquarters, after an incident where $2,000, a gun, and marijuana were allegedly stolen from the fraternity’s house.

TKE is one of two fraternities to lose recognition in the last few weeks after nearly four years without a fraternity being suspend-

ed. Alpha Tau Omega was the other UNH fraternity suspended recently.

“TKE had a pending hearing scheduled then in the middle of September,” said Adam McCready, the former coordinator of Greek Life UNH who left for a similar position at MIT at the end of September. “There was another incident and the international organization elected to take action and temporarily suspended the fraternity.”

TKE continued on page 3

By SUSAN DOUCET STAFF WRITER

Alpha Tau Omega is no longer a recognized fraternity at the University of New Hampshire after the university decided to suspend recognition from the fraternity for five years because of an incident involving underage drinking at the fraternity’s house on Aug. 28.

ATO was previously on probation for past offenses, including hazing and disorderly

conduct, according to Anne Lawing, dean of students. The recent incident involved an underage girl requiring medical attention because of alcohol that she consumed at the fraternity’s house.

There had also been evidence that members of ATO had solicited freshmen at the dining hall to party at ATO, according to Lawing.

The decision to take away recognition from ATO for five years was made by the

ATO continued on page 3

Mama Mac’s to serve up mac ‘n cheese downtown Restaurant will occupy former JP’s location

By RYAN CHIAVETTA STAFF WRITER

Mama Mac’s is the new restaurant that has moved into downtown Durham next to the Durham House of Pizza. The new establishment took over the space after the departure of JP’s Eatery earlier this school year.

As the name might suggest, the restaurant will be serving macaroni and cheese.

The dishes will have various toppings and customers will be able to create their own combinations.

Mac and cheese won’t be the only item on the menu when the store opens. Mama Mac’s will also serve hoagies, salads, and baked goods, including cupcakes, brownies and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Nancy Bolduc, the owner of Mama Mac’s, is excited for the different options that she has on her menu, and to be able to

serve the hungry students of UNH. Bolduc came to UNH after doing research on various colleges around New Hampshire. She looked at Plymouth and Keene before landing in downtown Durham.

“My restaurant theme has to do with college kids and comfort food,” Bolduc said. “I picked Durham because there were over 10,000 children.”

The opportunity arose after the sudden departure of JP’s Eatery.

MAMA MAC continued on page 3

JULIE FORTIN/STAFF

Mama Mac & More will soon open adjacent to DHOP, where JP’s was formerly located.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Contents

UNH Dining’s new policies

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New Hampshire Film Festival

6 UNH Dining recently implemented a five dollar minimum for all credit card purchases at any dining retail location.

UNH’s EOS receives grant

9 Among the 80 films shown at this weekend’s festival in Portsmouth, a few stood out as frontrunners.

Hockey looking for first win

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13 UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space was recently awarded five million dollars for a “Sun to Ice” study.

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• Field Hockey vs. Maine, Memorial Field, 3 p.m.

• Yoga Class for Students, MUB WIldcat Den, 12 p.m. - 1p.m.

• Cornucopia Food Pantry, Waysmeet Center, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

• Fall into Fitness, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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After starting the season 0-3, the UNH men’s hockey team has a two-game series against St. Cloud State University on the road this weekend.

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This week in Durham Oct. 22 Oct. 23

• Colonial Class II: UNH vs.

UMASS, Gillette Stadium, 3:30 p.m.

• Sawmill Lumber Sales, UNH Sawmill, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

• Men’s Soccer vs.Vermont, Lewis Field, 7 p.m.

• UNH Ski and Skate Sale, Field House, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• Rec Sports Open Stick, Whittemore Center, 5:45 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Oct. 24

• Fall into Fitness, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Passport to Food Citizenship/ Food Day 2011, UNH Durham campus, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Rec Sports Open Skate, Whittemore Center, 10:30 a.m. 12 p.m.

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TKE

continued from page 1 This stance has been confirmed

by UNH, which unrecognized UNH’s local chapter of TKE upon hearing that the fraternity was no longer recognized by its headquarters. However, TKE has a long way to go before returning to some state of normalcy. According to Mary Anne Lustgraaf, director of the MUB, the organization will have to start over completely.

“They [TKE] are eligible to come back as a colony in the future if they meet student organization and Greek Life recognition requirements,” Lustgraaf said in an email.

“They will be starting over as a new student organization and eventually as a new Greek organization not rerecognized as a continuing student organization.”

The response from the TKE regional staff echoes something very similar. They released the current situation with TKE at UNH, and look to improve it as best they can.

The organization, in an emailed release, has announced that they are working with UNH to return TKE to a colony status.

“We worked with the university to develop a plan that would bring our chapter to colony status,” Pete Dawson, northeast regional director of TKE, said.

Another aspect of TKE’s revitalization effort here at UNH is to

MAMA MAC

continued from page 1 Joanne Deming, a senior who now works at the Durham House of Pizza, worked at JP’s Eatery for two years. Deming moved over to her next-door neighbors’ when rumors of the sale were floating around the restaurant.

Deming worked at both restaurants before the sale was made official, and found that her last day at the restaurant was surreal.

“It was weird to actually go in on that last day that it was around,” Deming said. “It was like, wow this place is actually closing.”

Alahnna Sandefur, a junior who worked at JP’s, said that she only found out about the sale of the restaurant mere days before it happened.

Sandefur said that she and her co-workers felt that they were in a tough bind after being given such short notice about the sale of the restaurant.

Chris Soucy, the former owner of JP’s, could not be reached to comment.

Sandefur and her co-workers have applied to Mama Mac’s in hopes of continuing employment.

Her reaction to meeting Bolduc was nothing but positive.

“She’s really nice and she definitely has a clear view on what she wants to do with the place,” Sandefur said. “She’s been working a long time to get where she is now.”

Sandefur is one of the 50 applicants that Bolduc has received since she started inquiring for employees.

Bolduc is thrilled about the volume of applicants she has received, and is looking forward to creating a team that will help her first venture into the restaurant business be successful.

bring on new members and staff who look to change the perception of TKE here on campus. This involves allowing members who do not wish to be a part of this effort to move on.

“Members of the chapter who chose not to be a part of the new direction of TKE were granted inactive status until graduation,” Dawson said. “Upon graduation they will be alumni members of Tau Kappa Epsilon.”

Yet another important aspect regarding the revitalization effort proposed by national TKE is in regards to the property TKE has rented at 35 Madbury Rd. After much debate, the organization has decided to no longer identify the property as a TKE house. The students currently residing in it will be allowed to stay until June, but they will no longer be able to hold TKE meetings within the property. This was due to TKE coming to the consensus that the house had become more of a liability for the group.

As both UNH and TKE’s regional staff continue to work on resolving the issue in order to seek the best for both parties, it remains clear that TKE is looking to put this issue behind them and look towards rebuilding themselves as a fraternity at UNH. “TKE at UNH will be based on the values of the fraternity rather than being based at a physical house,” Dawson said.

“I am just so excited that so many kids are so interested in what we are doing,” Bolduc said.

Along with student interest, Bolduc said that the local businesses have visited to meet their new neighbor.

Bolduc said she has talked to the employees of the Durham House Of Pizza, and is very happy to be coexisting with her new neighbors.

“You couldn’t ask for better people,” Bolduc said. “They are awesome.”

Before Mama Mac’s can open for business, Bolduc will focus on making sure that her restaurant will be completely prepared, which includes clean-ups, getting permits, and fixing anything that needs to be fixed.

The renovations include a complete aesthetic overhaul from the look of JP’s.

“They are taking everything apart,” Deming said. “They’ve totally redone the countertops and just remodeled everything.”

Since she worked there when it was JP’s, Deming is eager to see the restaurant when it finally opens.

“They changed so much and have done so much work over there so I’m intrigued to see what it’s actually going to look like when it’s all set up and done,” Deming said.

When the restaurant opens, Bolduc will give the first 100 customers who walk through her doors a free cupcake. Along with that, Mama Mac’s will hold a raffle with the prize being a 10-speed bike that was given to Bolduc by Pepsi.

“A challenge I am looking forward to is filling this restaurant every lunch and evening and putting out a really good product,” Bolduc said. “To make sure it is yummy and that people want to keep coming back.”

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UNH yet to issue official statements on TKE, ATO punishments

By SUSAN DOUCET staff writer

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The UNH chapters of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Tau Omega (above) both lost recognition within weeks of each other.

ATO

continued from page 1 university.

Complaints were brought to the former coordinator of Greek life, Adam McCready, by Residential Life. McCready has since left the university for a position at MIT. “I was the individual who filed the complaint for ATO,” McCready said. “I think the thing that was probably the largest factor was that on opening weekend, an individual was in need of medical attention who had stated that they were at the fraternity house, and there was enough evidence to move forward.

The key information we had came through individuals who were involved.”

The university then followed up on these complaints and conducted an investigation and a hearing.

The hearing board was composed of faculty, staff, and students, said MaryAnne Lustgraaf, the director of the Memorial Union Building and student activities.

At the hearing, ATO was found responsible for violating multiple rules cited in the Student Rights Rules and Responsibilities, said Erika Mantz, the director of media relations, in an email.

The policies that were violated were threatening or endangering the health or safety of any persons; use of alcohol by individual under legal age; possession of alcohol by individual under legal age; excessive consumption of alcohol; providing underage people with alcohol; hosting a gathering where prohibited drinking has occurred/common sources; and violation of other published policies, Mantz said.

The lost recognition means that ATO cannot use the university’s name, is banned from using the university’s facilities and the support of the university, is ineligible for SAFO funding, and cannot participate in university events or intramural activities.

The hearing officer decided that the five-year suspension will begin from the date the Delta Delta (UNH) Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity ceases active operations and disbands.

“The reason for the five years … is that it allows this chapter time

to graduate all of its members so if the organization returns to the university, it can renew all of its members,” Lawing said. “We are looking for a culture change in that house.”

Attorney Mark R. Ryder, from the Law Offices of Justin P. Nadeau, PA is representing ATO. “The Members of Alpha Tau Omega, both past and present, are incredibly disappointed with the recent decision handed down by the university,” he said.

Shortly after ATO was placed on interim suspension by the hearing board, McCready received a letter from the law offices of Justin Nadeau.

“During my last week at UNH, I got a letter from a law firm stipulating that the chapter disagreed with the terms of their interim suspension after Anne Lawing stipulated an intern suspension and part of the suspension was that they weren’t able to recruit,” McCready said. “I talked to that lawyer in person and he apologized to me for that letter. At that point in time, the firm wasn’t aware of the suspension and the head of the firm did apologize.”

The hearing and investigation process took from the time of the incident until last week to reach a decision because the university conducted a thorough investigation and ATO had an opportunity to appeal the decision, Lustgraaf said.

“The individual members of Alpha Tau Omega as well as the organization as a whole have always denied the allegations that an underage woman consumed alcohol on or around its premises on the evening in question,” Ryder said.

“In fact, Alpha Tau Omega is very much proud of the way in which its brothers responded and maturely dealt with a very serious situation through their actions to protect the woman in question.”

The chapter president, Samuel Riga, of Alpha Tau Omega did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the situation.

After five years, Alpha Tau Omega will have the opportunity to reorganize at UNH. “Although ATO’s status with the university has temporarily changed, its mission remains the same,” Ryder said. “The Alpha Tau Omega local chapter at UNH and its national organization are presently exploring all of their options.”

When the semester began in August, there were 12 fraternities recognized by UNH. Eight weeks later, that number has been reduced to 10.

Alpha Tau Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon are both now unrecognized by UNH, but the university has yet to release press releases informing students about these incidents.

The UNH Greek Life website does not provide much information either – both ATO and TKE are listed under “Unrecognized Groups,” and under the fraternity it reads, “TBD.” Anne Lawing, dean of students, did not know why the university had not yet issued any press releases.

“It certainly wasn’t a secret,” she said of the decisions to suspend the recognition of the two fraternities. “We will look at that process [of issuing press releases].”

The department responsible for press releases is the news media department, Lawing said.

An announcement was made to the Greek community about the decisions regarding these fraternities, said Mary Anne Lustgraaf, the director of the Memorial Union Building and student activities.

Press releases come from the fraternity’s headquarters and from the university, she said.

Adam McCready, the former coordinator of Greek life said, “Unfortunately, both [fraternities] had repeated violations during that term. At one point, they were put on probation to the point where any additional incident would result in suspension. And, unfortunately, they had another incident. UNH determined a loss of recognition was necessary.”

Because press releases come from the national organization and ATO was suspended by the university and not its headquarters, a press release has not been issued about ATO, Lustgraaf said.

However, according to Lustgraaf, there will be a press release regarding TKE. The university does not issue press releases on student discipline, but since TKE’s recognition was pulled by its headquarters, the university may release a statement.

“Because they are no longer recognized by their headquarters, they are no longer recognized by UNH,” said Erica Mantz, director of media relations.

A fraternity at UNH has not been suspended since September 2008 when Sigma Beta was suspended after nine of its members were arrested; Phi Mu Delta was also suspended that fall.

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WUNH unaffected by nationwide college radio budget woes

By KERRY FELTNER Staff Writer

In light of nationwide budget cuts, college radio stations across the country are being reevaluated, some even terminated as some universities look to aid their fiscal concerns.

WUNH, UNH’s radio station, has been in operation since 1971.

Its mission is described on its website: “We are a service organization, providing the University and surrounding communities with non-commercial, alternative radio.

We strive for diversity in programming, playing artists and entire genres of music underrepresented in mainstream media.”

According to an article in USA Today, over 350 college radio stations are actively speaking out against a small trend of universities across the nation who have had to sell their FM licenses to non-student organizations due to fiscal trouble.

WUNH’s main funding comes from students.

“As far as the budget cuts are concerned, they should not have too great an effect on WUNH,” said WUNH business manager Scott Higgins. “Our funding from the school actually comes from the Student Activity Fee, which is completely funded by students.”

Other sources of funding are locally attained. “We have funding from cell phone companies using our tower as well as a marathon each year from which we receive donations,” Higgins said. “To ballpark it, our funding for this year is about 50 percent from tower revenue, 20 percent from marathon donations and 30 percent from a SAF subsidy.”

“Concerning how much it

costs to operate the station, the station’s budget is about $70,000,” Higgins said. “This amount covers almost all costs related to running the station, except for some equipment purchases which are funded separately by the SAF.” The $70,000 budget covers many aspects of the station that are not directly related to operations, such as marathon premiums and shipping costs and student travel to events, according to Higgins.

“As far as the bud-

get cuts are concerned, they should not have too great an effect on WUNH. Our funding from the school actually comes from the Student Activity Fee, which is completely funded by students.”

Scott Higgins

WUNH business manager One of the reasons college radio stations have faltered is due to poor organization.

“The college stations that have been sold off were on campuses where the radio station had been allowed to fall into poor management and disarray which led to apathy, “said Ken Barrows, assistant director for operations of the MUB, a member of the WUNH Board of Governors and WUNH staff advisor.” Due to the

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WUNH, UNH’s student-run radio station, remains unthreatened despite nationwide budget cuts to university FM stations. grandfathered nature of FCC licenses, these colleges will never again have a radio station. WUNH is also very lucky in that its tower height and location near Route 4 are highly desirable for cell phone companies and it currently hosts Verizon, Sprint, and MetroPCS, whose combined rent to UNH is over $50,000 a year.”

Many college stations have been acquired by a National Public Radio affiliate or religious broadcasters, according to USA Today.

UNH does not own the FCC license to broadcast, Barrows said. The FCC license to broadcast is owned by the University System so UNH could never unilaterally decide to sell the license and even if it was sold only a portion of

those proceeds would come back to UNH. One of the main reasons for WUNH’s success is student interest and support.

“The current state of WUNH is very good,” Barrows said. “Last year they won ‘Student Organization of the Year.’ They have a large group of very committed students and community members who keep the station on the air almost 24 hours of every day.”

While the budget cuts do weigh heavily on universities, here at UNH, the tradition of WUNH remains constant.

“We are indeed in tough times and every asset should be evaluated,” Barrows said. “I do believe that when WUNH is evalu-

ated people will see that it would be very shortsighted to obtain a one-time financial proceed at the cost of a very successful student organization and a technology that could never again be part of UNH.”

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INDIANAPOLIS - Planned Parenthood of Indiana can end a dispute over a law that would cut some of its public funding if it became two separate entities, with one offering abortion services and the other offering general health services, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Thursday.

Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said during oral arguments before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago that Indiana’s new law is aimed at keeping taxpayer dollars “from indirectly subsidizing abortions.”

He told the appeals court that Planned Parenthood of Indiana could ensure that wouldn’t happen by separating its operations into two entities.

“Only by separating the two can we be sure that there’s no cross-subsidy,” Fisher said.

Planned Parenthood’s attorney, Ken Falk of the American Civil Liberties Union, told the appeals court during the 45-minute hearing that Indiana’s own Medicaid agency warned state lawmak-

ers while they were weighing the legislation that it would violate Medicaid recipients’ “freedom of choice” by targeting the abortion provider.

“The state Medicaid agency said, and I’m quoting, ‘Federal law permits states to define a qualified provider but requires that this definition is related to a provider’s ability to perform a service - and not what services are provided,’” Falk said.

The state asked the threejudge panel to lift a temporary injunction put in place in June that bars the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions.

The law, which was signed into law in May by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, made Indiana the first state to deny the organization Medicaid funds for general health services, including cancer screenings.

Planned Parenthood said the law would affect about 9,300 women who rely on Planned Parenthood for their health care. State officials have said that scores of health centers across the state would readily accept Medicaid pa-

tients and offer reproductive and sexual health services.

Indiana officials argue that federal law bars Medicaid from covering abortions in most circumstances, and they say the dispute should be handled as an administrative appeal with Medicaid officials. The state suggested in a brief filed in August that Planned Parenthood should just separate its services to ensure no public money goes toward abortion.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana has said it would consider separating the services, as the group’s chapters in Missouri and Texas have done. But advocates for the group say that even after splitting the services, the Missouri and Texas chapters were targeted by efforts to cut their funding for non-abortion services.

The appeals court took the case under advisement after Thursday’s hearing. There was no indication of when it might rule.

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Heavy rains help Students urged to take precaution produce bounty of following recent vehicle break-ins mushrooms in NE

By JULIA MILLER Staff Writer

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine - The tropical storms that drenched the Northeast this year left an unexpected bounty: Thousands of mushrooms have sprung up on some lawns, and foragers have filled bags with wild ones plucked from the earth, stumps and logs.

“It was like a scene from ‘Alice and Wonderland,’” said David Fischer, who wrote “Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America.”

The mushrooms are providing good meals for people like Margaret Primack of Newton, Mass., who collected 60 to 70 pounds this summer. But because some mushrooms are poisonous, they also present a danger for people who can’t tell the difference between the tasty and the toxic.

The Northern New England Poison Center has seen an increase in mushroom poisoning cases in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, with 97 in August and September, nearly double the figure from the same time last year.

“People need to have respect for mushrooms,” said Karen Simone, the poison center’s director.

“They don’t understand that this can be dangerous.”

Different mushrooms types can look similar, and it takes a trained eye to tell the difference between those that are safe and those that are deadly. Mushroom and health experts discourage people from eating wild mushrooms unless they’re absolutely sure they’re safe.

The mushrooms are providing good meals for people like Margaret Primack of Newton, Mass., who collected 60 to 70 pounds this summer.

But because some mushrooms are poisonous, they also present a danger for people who can’t tell the difference between the tasty and the toxic.

“If somebody eats the wrong thing, they could be dead, and it’s not a fun way to go,” said Fischer, who also runs a website dedicated to wild mushrooms from his home in Syracuse, N.Y. Consumers who are worried about safety can buy mushrooms from the nation’s commercial growers, who produce the white button mushrooms commonly used

on salads and pizzas, along with shiitake, Portobello and oyster mushrooms.

Commercial mushroom production also is up, topping $1 billion for the first time in the 2010-11 growing season, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

That’s an 8 percent increase from the previous year. Pennsylvania is the leading mushroom state, producing more than half of the nation’s commercial crop.

Mushrooms thrive in wet weather and there’s been no shortage in the Northeast. Most of the region had more rain than usual in August and September, with cities like Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia setting two-month records. Almost 30 inches of rain were recorded in New York’s Central Park during that time.

The downpour didn’t help spring mushrooms like morels, but it boosted other species like black trumpets, chanterelles and hen-ofthe-woods, which can weigh 20 to 30 pounds each. Hundreds of common mushrooms, and sometimes more, appeared on lawns and golf courses.

“This has been a special year.

Some people say it’s the best that they’ve ever seen,” said Cynthia Kowal, a senior research administrator at Boston University, member of the Boston Mycological Society and amateur forager who collects mushrooms in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Mycology is the study of fungi. Both amateur and professional mycologists tend to be a passionate group, photographing and documenting mushrooms, sharing and identifying them and discussing them in online forums.

This year, the volume and variety of mushrooms has given them plenty to talk about. There are lobster mushrooms, so-called because of their red color; shaggy manes, an edible lawn mushroom; stinkhorn mushrooms, which emit an unpleasant odor; and chanterelles, prized among epicureans.

Candice Heydon, a mushroom grower and broker in Maine, said she has had to turn away amateur pickers and foragers who’ve shown up at her door with bags of mushrooms, hoping to make some extra money.

Even some professional foragers have been overwhelmed.

“They’re looking for one kind they’re going to get paid for. When they see so many, they’re distracted,” said Heydon, who owns Oyster Creek Mushroom Co. in Damariscotta.

David Spahr, who collects and studies mushrooms, said the volume of black trumpets is the biggest he’s seen in 40 years of foraging.

“That gets people excited because black trumpets are the besttasting mushrooms in the woods,” he said from his home in Washington, Maine.

Imagine you are a broke UNH student, or according to recent crime trends, you’re not a UNH student, and you’re walking through the Gables parking lot around midnight and you notice a collection of CDs and a nice leather wallet in a car. No one is around, and the doors are unlocked. What would you do?

The majority of the thefts occurred overnight between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. in Alot and the Gables. A variety of items were stolen, including money and CDs.

of value,” Dean said. UNH parking lots are targets of opportunity for thieves.

Most would agree that is common sense but since the beginning of the semester in late August, nine vehicles have been broken into and stolen from. One vehicle itself was even stolen, but has since been recovered.

Currently these cases are under active investigation and because of this, the UNH Police Department cannot comment.

Most of the vehicles that have been broken into were unlocked.

The majority of the thefts occurred overnight between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. in A-lot and the Gables. A variety of items were stolen, including money and CDs. According to Dean there has been no increase in thefts from vehicles this semester in compari-

son to previous years. He does not consider break-ins on campus to be a usual occurrence.

According to the Clery Act report, motor vehicle thefts have decreased from 2008, when eight thefts were recorded. On the contrary, burglary has increased each year since 2008. Dean suggested that the poor economy might be playing a role in these break-ins.

In the past, the UNHPD has been successful in prosecuting those who were caught breaking into cars, but said that they cannot currently comment any further.

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If you’re like most people on campus, you’d question how the car owner got into college in the first place and keep on walking, but if you’re what Deputy Chief of Police Paul Dean calls a “wouldbe thief” you might see it as an opportunity.

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UNH Dining institutes new five dollar minimum for credit card use

By ELLA NILSEN

Contributing Writer

Among changes in UNH’s Dining Services policies this year is one mandating that customers pay a $5 minimum in order to use credit cards at any dining retail location.

While the move comes at a time when the university faces the deepest budget cuts in its history, Dining Retail Area Manager Andrew Porter says that the credit card minimum was not wholly due to the budget crisis.

use their credit or debit cards for small purchases such as buying a cup of coffee. However, the hidden fees that these small purchases incur add up quickly.

According to Porter, there is a flat fee of 10 to 15 cents for every charge on a credit card. This flat rate then has a percentage added onto it. How much is added depends on various factors.

“There’s no common number,” said Porter. “A percentage varies based on the credit card that you use, whether it be a credit card or

“People are usually angry because it makes them buy more. It definitely increases sales, but it definitely makes people mad.”

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Zeke’s employee

“Every year, we look at our lines and look where we can save money and reduce costs,” Porter said. “It was really just a way for us to try and control costs.”

According to Porter, Dining paid $65,000 extra last year simply in credit card fees.

“It’s one of the things that we pay a lot for, but students don’t get a service for it,” Porter said. “It’s just $65,000 we spend away.”

Many college students rarely carry cash on them and primarily

debit card, whether it be a card that collects points, or just a straight credit card.”

The percentage rare also varies depending on the user of the card.

“If someone has a great credit rating, it’s a lower percentage we pay,” said Porter. “If they have a horrible credit rating, it’s a higher percentage rate.”

Porter said that Dining introduced the $5 credit card minimum as an alternative to other measures, which could have added extra fees

to students’ bills or taken away certain products or services. Porter said he hoped the minimum would be an option to allow students the freedom to choose whether or not to purchase more without adding costs.

Both Porter and Zeke’s employees pointed out that there are still numerous ways for students to pay for their food and beverages, which include cash, Dining Dollars, or Cat’s Cache. They also mentioned that if students really want to use their credit cards, they could simply buy more add-on items.

These suggested solutions have angered students, many of whom primarily pay with credit cards. Many feel like the policy has inconvenienced them, and is simply another way to get them to spend more at dining locations.

“People are usually angry because it makes them buy more,” said Zeke’s employee Lindsay Jeffries. “It definitely increases sales, but it definitely makes people mad.” Jeffries says that the reactions that she’s seen at the cash register have been mostly negative.

“Some people are fine without their credit cards,” Jeffries said, “but a bunch of people have been complaining, or getting mad, or just walking away.”

Many students say that while

they understand why Dining implemented the measure, they still find it inconvenient. “It’s annoying,” junior Nina Lary said. “Once you get to the register and realize it’s the five dollar thing, you think, ‘Okay, I’ll just buy extra.’”

“It makes me eat a lot more,” said student Jennifer Venti. “If you pay the $5, you end up getting more food.”

Even though the policy is frustrating, Venti said that independent town restaurants such as the Bagelry and Durham House of Pizza have $5 minimum policies as well, so Dining’s move isn’t a huge surprise.

Some angry students have gone so far as to question the legality of the policy. Said Porter, “We’ve gotten a couple of more formal requests asking the legality of it. There was legislation that changed the policy over the summer that does make it legal for us to require a minimum purchase for Visa and Mastercard.”

UNH students will soon have relief at one campus location. The new UNH branch of Dunkin’ Donuts in the MUB will not follow the university’s policies and, Porter believes, will not impose the credit card limit.

“We have nothing to do with Dunkin’ Donuts,” said Porter.

“They’ll have their own policies and procedures.”

Some stores freezing out Ben & Jerry’s new flavor

By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. - Ben & Jerry’s Schweddy Balls ice cream is too hot to handle for some supermarket chains.

While the new limited-edition flavor has brought chuckles from fans of the “Saturday Night Live” skit on which it’s based, some supermarket chains aren’t laughing and have been giving it a cold shoulder.

The flavor featuring fudgecovered rum balls has been absent from some grocery freezers since it was unveiled. The title was inspired by an innuendo-laced 1998 skit featuring Alec Baldwin as baker Pete Schweddy, who promises, “No one can resist my Schweddy balls.”

But apparently some grocery store chains can, and so can supporters and members of the One Million Moms group.

That Mississippi-based moms organization has been putting the heat on retailers to keep Schweddy Balls out of their freezers and encouraging parents to ask the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s to stop production of the item, saying the name is nothing but locker room humor that’s not appropriate for young children.

Store chains that have decided not to carry the flavor are not saying whether their decisions were influenced by the One Million Moms group, their own reservations about the name or other factors.

Suzi Robinson, a spokeswoman for the Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop chain, said that for proprietary reasons, the company does not disclose the reasons behind decisions about what the stores do and don’t carry. She said they have a very strong relationship with Ben & Jerry’s, though, and its products are generally strong sellers.

“We haven’t received any complaints that we’re not carrying that flavor. However, if we do get feedback from customers that they want it, we’ll certainly revisit the decision,” she said.

Messages were left Thursday for spokespeople from the Roche Bros. and Big Y grocery chains, both based in Massachusetts; and Publix, which has scores of locations in the southeastern U.S., about whether they had decided to stock the flavor.

Even with limited availability, though, Ben & Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood said Thursday that Schweddy Balls has quickly become the most popular limited-edition flavor the company has produced.

Greenwood said about onethird of the retailers that carry its other products are offering Schweddy Balls, about the same as any other specialty flavor it has produced - though this one has outpaced those in sales at the stores and the company’s “Scoop Shops.”

“We’ve heard from lots of folks who are fans of the flavor,” he said.

“Yes, some supermarket chains decided not to carry Schweddy Balls.

That is true, possibly because they

found the name too irreverent. We respect their decision.”

Ben & Jerry’s, a division of consumer products giant Unilever, has toyed with language in some other products, too, such as its widely stocked Karamel Sutra ice cream and the peanut butter-laden What a Cluster, formerly known as Clusterfluff.

But it was Schweddy Balls that raised the ire of the conservative One Million Moms group.

Monica Cole, director of the Tupelo, Miss.-based organization, said Thursday they hesitated to call out Ben & Jerry’s publicly about the name because they did not want to give it publicity.

She said they felt obligated, though, especially given that they did not step forward with their concerns about its “Hubby Hubby” flavor, a play on its “Chubby Hubby” flavor and created to recognize same-sex marriages.

“We don’t want the envelope to continue to be pushed,” Cole said of the Schweddy Balls name. “I realize it could be a lot worse, but are they going to progressively get worse if we don’t say something? Maybe they’ll think twice before they come up with another inappropriate name for ice cream.”

The organization’s website encourages members and supporters to warn the company they will stop buying its products if more Schweddy Balls or other products with offense names are produced.

“The vulgar new flavor has

turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive. Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket,” the organization’s website says.

But some are - including Gina Ragusa’s 14-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter, whose mother said Thursday they all eagerly await the day when they can find Schweddy Balls in a supermarket near their home in Davie, Fla. Ragusa, 44, said they find the name and the skit itself to be just harmless humor, and she checks for the item almost every time she stops at her nearby Publix store.

“I get it, I know ‘Saturday Night Live’ isn’t geared toward a 10-year-old, but they know when Justin Timberlake is on,” said Ragusa, whose family has the “Schweddy balls” skit on a DVD of Baldwin’s greatest SNL appearances.

“We just think it’s funny, that’s all,” she said of the ice cream name, “and honestly we all really want to try it.”

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NH Briefs New NH group to remodel homes for disabled Marines LONDONDERRY, N.H. - A new group has formed to help New Hampshire Marine veterans who have lost some aspect of their mobility.

The nonprofit group is called “Building Dreams for Marines.” It provides no-cost home modifications such as ramps and remodeled kitchens, baths, hallways and other living spaces for Marines.

Organization president Brian Hooper says the goal is to give something back to Marines who have sacrificed themselves defending our country and our way of life.

He says the group has a network of volunteers and building contractors ready to help with renovations.

The organization is accepting applications for home improvements in New Hampshire for Marines who were honorably discharged with a physically-limiting condition. Applications can be viewed online at www.buildingdreamsformarines.com.

NH unions want to intervene in major insurance case CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire unions are arguing that they should be part of a lawsuit seeking the return of $100 million from a nonprofit group that manages health insurance for state workers and retirees.

Attorneys representing the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire, the New England Police Benevolent Association and others said at a hearing Tuesday that their clients should be included because of the amount of money they have paid to the Local Government Center.

A center attorney says the state Bureau of Securities Regulation, which brought the lawsuit, has sole authority to investigate and enforce the law. He says if the unions are allowed to be part of the case, then any member of the public could file to join.

Hearing officer Don Mitchell did not make a decision Tuesday.

New VA outreach clinic opening in Keene, NH KEENE, N.H. - New Hampshire’s Monadnock region is getting its first health care facility for veterans.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is attending a grand opening ceremony Friday for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ outreach clinic in Keene.

Also Friday, she will host a medal ceremony in Gilford for Donald Frost, a 20-year veteran of the Navy who participated in the search for John F. Kennedy’s sunken boat during World War II.

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Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi killed in hometown battle

By CHRISTOPHER GILLETTE Associated Press

SIRTE, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi, Libya’s dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.

The 69-year-old Gadhafi is the first leader to be killed in the Arab Spring wave of popular uprisings that swept the Middle East, demanding the end of autocratic rulers and the establishment of greater democracy.

“We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,” Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in the capital of Tripoli.

There were conflicting accounts about Gadhafi’s final hours, with the interim government saying he was captured unharmed and later mortally wounded in the crossfire from both sides. A second account described how he was already wounded in the chest when he was seized and later sustained the other wounds.

struggle against them, stumbling and shouting as the fighters push him onto the hood of a pickup truck.

He was driven around lying on the hood of a truck, according to the video. One fighter is seen holding him down, pressing on his thigh with a pair of shoes in a show of contempt.

“We want him alive. We want him alive,” one man shouted before Gadhafi is dragged away, some fighters pulling his hair, toward an ambulance.

Most accounts agreed Gadhafi had been holed up with heavily armed supporters in the last few buildings held by regime loyalists in the Mediterranean coastal town, where revolutionary fighters have been trying prevail for more than a month.

At one point, a convoy tried to flee and was hit by NATO airstrikes, carried out by French warplanes.

France’s Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said the 80-vehicle convoy was carrying Gadhafi and was trying to escape the city. The strikes stopped the convoy but did not destroy it, and then revolutionary fighters moved in on Gadhafi.

One fighter who said he was at the battle told AP Television News that the final fight took place at an opulent compound. Adel Busamir

Gadhafi’s death decisively ends a regime that had turned Libya into an international pariah and ran the oil-rich nation by the whim and brutality of its notoriously eccentric leader.

Interim government officials said one of Gadhafi’s sons, his former national security adviser Muatassim, also was killed in Sirte, and another, one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam, was wounded and captured.

Gadhafi’s death decisively ends a regime that had turned Libya into an international pariah and ran the oil-rich nation by the whim and brutality of its notoriously eccentric leader.

Libya stands on the cusp of a new era, but its turmoil may not be over. The former rebels who now rule are disorganized and face rebuilding a country virtually without institutions by Gadhafi’s design.

They have already shown signs of infighting, with divisions between geographical areas and Islamist and more secular ideologies.

President Barack Obama told the Libyan people: “You have won your revolution.”

Although the U.S. briefly led the NATO bombing campaign in Libya that sealed Gadhafi’s fate, Washington later took a secondary role to its allies. Britain and France said they hoped that his death would lead to a more democratic Libya.

Arab broadcasters showed graphic images of the balding, goateed Gadhafi - wounded, with a bloodied face and shirt - but alive.

Later video showed fighters rolling Gadhafi’s lifeless body over on the pavement, stripped to the waist and a pool of blood under his head.

Standing, he was shoved along a Sirte road by fighters who chanted “God is great.” Gadhafi appears to

said the convoy tried to break out but after being hit, it turned back and re-entered the compound. Sev-

eral hundred fighters attacked.

“We found him there,” Busamir said of Gadhafi. “We saw them beating him (Gadhafi) and someone shot him with a 9mm pistol ... then they took him away.”

Military spokesman Col. Ahmed Bani in Tripoli told AlJazeera TV that a wounded Gadhafi “tried to resist (revolutionary forces) so they took him down.”

Fathi Bashaga, spokesman for the Misrata military council, whose forces were involved in the battle, said fighters encircled the convoy and exchanged fire. In one vehicle, they found Gadhafi, wounded in the neck, and took him to an ambulance. “What do you want?” Gadhafi asked the approaching revolutionaries, Bashaga said, citing witnesses.

Gadhafi bled to death from his wounds a half-hour later, he said.

Fighters said he died in the ambulance en route to Misrata, 120 miles from Sirte.

Abdel-Jalil Abdel-Aziz, a doctor who accompanied the body in the ambulance and examined it, said Gadhafi died from two bullet wounds - to the head and chest.

“You can’t imagine my happiness today. I can’t describe my happiness,” he told The Associated Press. “The tyranny is gone. Now the Libyan people can rest.”

The account given by Jibril after a coroner’s investigation said Gadhafi was seized unharmed from a drainage pipe but was then shot in the hand and put in a pickup truck. In ensuing crossfire, Gadhafi was shot in the head, the government account said.

According to an account from Hassan Doua, a commander whose fighters found Gadhafi, the former leader already was wounded in the chest when he was seized near a

large drainage pipe, and then was put in the ambulance.

Amnesty International urged the revolutionary fighters to report the full facts of how Gadhafi died, saying all members of the former regime should be treated humanely. The London-based rights group

“You can’t imagine

my happiness today. I can’t describe my happiness... The tyranny is gone. Now the Libyan people can rest.”

Abdel-Jalil Abdel-Aziz Doctor

said it was essential to conduct “a full, independent and impartial inquiry to establish the circumstances of Col. Gadhafi’s death.”

After his death, Gadhafi’s body was paraded through the streets of Misrata on top of a vehicle surrounded by a large crowd chanting, “The blood of the martyrs will not go in vain,” according to footage aired on Al-Arabiya television. The fighters who killed Gadhafi are believed to have come from Misrata, a city that suffered a brutal weeks-long siege by Gadhafi’s forces during the eightmonth civil war.

Celebratory gunfire and cries of “God is great” rang out across Tripoli. Motorists honked and people hugged each other. In Sirte, the ecstatic former rebels cel-

ebrated the city’s fall after weeks of fighting by firing endless rounds into the sky, pumping their guns, knives and even a meat cleaver in the air and singing the national anthem.

“We would have wanted him alive for trial. But personally, I think it is better he died,” Bashaga said.

The capture of Sirte, the death of Gadhafi, and the death and capture of his two most powerful sons, gives the transitional leaders confidence to declare the entire country “liberated.”

It rules out a scenario some had feared - that Gadhafi might flee deep into Libya’s southern deserts and lead a resistance campaign.

Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam told AP that Muatassim Gadhafi was killed in Sirte. Abdel-Aziz, the doctor who accompanied Gadhafi’s body in the ambulance, said Muatassim was shot in the chest.

The justice minister said Gadhafi’s son and one-time heir apparent, Seif al-Islam, had been wounded in the leg and was being held in a hospital in the city of Zlitan, northwest of Sirte. Shammam said Seif was captured in Sirte.

Following the fall of Tripoli on Aug. 21, Gadhafi loyalists mounted fierce resistance in several areas, including Sirte, preventing Libya’s new leaders from declaring full victory. Earlier this week, revolutionary fighters gained control of one stronghold, Bani Walid.

By Tuesday, fighters said they had squeezed Gadhafi’s forces in Sirte into a residential area of about 700 square yards but were still coming under heavy fire from surrounding buildings.

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After low-key start, Romney talks of winning Iowa

By KASIE HUNT Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Mitt Romney hadn’t been to Iowa in two months. But Thursday he was back - and suddenly talking about winning it.

Sensing an opening, the former Massachusetts governor is ramping up his efforts here little more than 10 weeks before the state’s presidential caucuses lead off the 2012 Republican nominating contests.

“I will be here again and again, campaigning here. I’d love to win Iowa. Any of us would,” Romney said, answering a voter’s question at a campaign event at Morningside College in Sioux City.

At his next stop, in rural Treynor, east of Council Bluffs, Romney sounded confident when he told his audience: “There’s a good shot I might become the next president of the United States. It’s not a sure thing, but it’s a good shot.”

His daylong trip through the most conservative part of the state came as polls show him at the top of the GOP field in the wake of a series of strong debate performances. His campaign is taking a more aggressive approach to Iowa in hopes that an outright victory will propel him into the New Hampshire primary and states beyond.

Until now, Romney has had a relatively low-key presence in Iowa.

He lost here in 2008 when he tried to convince voters he was a strong cultural conservative. But he couldn’t sway influential evangelical conservatives - they are concentrated heavily in the western part of the state and play an important role in the GOP caucuses - to overlook their skepticism of his Mormon faith and his reversals on abortion and gay rights.

This time, Romney has been talking almost exclusively to business leaders about the economy in hopes of picking up support across the GOP’s ideological spectrum.

He’s counting on his rivals, seen as more conservative, to divide the support of pastors, Christian homeschool activists and evangelicals

in general. They have not rallied around any one of his opponents as they did Mike Huckabee four years ago.

No single alternative to Romney has emerged here. Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann are making big plays for the state but, so far, haven’t been able to get evangelicals to coalesce. Among other candidates in the field fighting for their support are former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, businessman Herman Cain and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

With the Jan. 3 caucuses coming into focus, Romney has decided to dig into a still wide-open race.

Most state lawmakers remain on the sidelines, along with top GOP officials. Sen. Chuck Grassley, for instance, said Wednesday he plans not to endorse a candidate before the caucuses.

There are risks. Should the former Massachusetts governor play hard in Iowa only to lose again, he’ll be weakened.

In recent weeks, Romney’s staff has started growing, though it remains lean by 2008 standards, when he blanketed the state’s 99 counties with staffers, spent $10 million on TV and made dozens of visits.

This year, his handful of caucus organizers has been in close touch with his past supporters and birddogged county party organizations. They are building niche support groups with small business owners and the state’s thriving agribusiness sector.

He’s spent most of this year campaigning elsewhere and trying to lower any expectations that he will win in Iowa. He’s spent no money on advertising in the state, and he made only his third trip this year on Thursday.

It came a week after a Perry supporter called Romney’s religion a cult and just days after Perry and Romney tangled over illegal immigration, with the Texas governor recalling a 5-year-old episode in which illegal immigrations had been working on Romney’s lawn.

But such issues - as well as

In Brief Wall Street firms affirm NH’s high credit rating CONCORD, N.H. - Three Wall Street bond rating agencies have affirmed New Hampshire’s high credit rating as the state seeks to borrow $100 million for public works projects Thursday.

Moody’s Investors Service, Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s all maintained the state’s high rating. A high rating saves taxpayers money when the state borrows money.

Gov. John Lynch said Wednesday that New Hampshire’s rating reflects the state’s strong fiscal management and smart investments which guided New Hampshire through the recession.

In maintaining New Hampshire’s AA+ rating, Fitch noted the state maintains a balanced budget, maintains low debt levels and has shown “economic strength and resiliency.”

NH closing Adams Point Road and boat access DURHAM, N.H. - New Hampshire is closing Adams Point Road and boat access in Durham on Saturday due to construction at the site.

Work is expected to be finished in mid-November. Fish and Game officials said additional short-term closures are expected besides Saturday.

Except for specific days when the area is closed, the road, boat ramp and Adams Point Wildlife Management Area will be open for public use. Officials caution that the road is narrow and construction delays are likely. They also advise that parking is limited and against using trailers on the road.

other hot-button cultural issues like gay marriage and abortion - were all but absent at his events Thursday.

In Sioux City, Romney faced a friendly audience that questioned him primarily on jobs and economic issues.

Drawing a contrast to Perry at one point, Romney noted that he vetoed, as governor of Massachusetts, legislation like that which Perry signed in Texas allowing children of illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition. And he alluded to the attack he used against Perry in the debate, when he claimed that many of the jobs created in Texas went to illegal immigrants. His answers drew applause.

In Treynor, Romney bantered about the price of corn and types of cattle with a carefully assembled group of local business and community leaders. The discussion covered farming, education, clean coal, Israel and, of course, ethanol, critical to the local economy.

“I’m a friend of ethanol and at the same time I don’t want to say that I’m going to be proposing new legislation to provide new subsidies,” Romney said, walking a careful line of fiscal responsibility in front of an audience that’s heavily invested in the ethanol industry.

Perhaps to avoid having to wade into cultural issues, Romney typically holds his Iowa events in places of business where the focus is on the economy.

The business roundtable was at a local bank; in Council Bluffs he’s stopping at the local Chamber of Commerce. And while Romney is among seven GOP candidates for president visiting Iowa in the coming days, he will miss a multicandidate event in Des Moines on Saturday, hosted by the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition.

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Five medical amnesty petitions filed this fall

By KERRY FELTNER Staff Writer

In its second year running, the UNH medical amnesty program has already received the same number of cases this semester as it did for all of last year.

A total of five cases were filed in the first year, with four approved, and one withdrawn by the student.

This year, there have been four approved cases.

“I anticipate cases to keep coming in; it seems that there are more this year because people are more aware of the program,” said Esther Tardy-Wolfe, director of the UNH Office of Conduct and Mediation. “I think it is working well. It is being used for the right reasons.”

The idea for medical amnesty policies at colleges has grown from the “Good Samaritan” laws designed to promote helping strangers without worry for personal repercussions. While some campuses have adopted a policy, others have waited to do so, with possible reservations about the issue including interpreting the policy as supporting high-risk behaviors, according

to the article, “Medical Amnesty-Effective or Not?” in Catalyst.

“College is a period of growth and there is some self-centeredness there which contributes to the idea of not wanting to get the other person in trouble,” Tardy-Wolfe said.

Once a case is filed, the decision on whether or not to grant amnesty will be made by a trained hearing officer in the Office of Conduct and Mediation. Students will be notified within 48 hours after the decision, according to its website.

“At this point it seems like it is working sparsely, but appropriately,” Tardy-Wolfe said. “We are taking the policy completion slowly so that we can get it right.”

Students who wish to apply for medical amnesty must do so within two business days after meeting with the complainant and they must have proof that professional help was requested.

There have been no repeat offenders of medical amnesty to date.

“We will continue to watch it but it looks like it has been constructive,” said Tardy-Wolfe. “My goals is to keep our campus safe and for people to get the help they need.”

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Meeting the man behind everyone’s favorite red monster

Being Elmo takes the film festival circuit by storm; ends its reign at the N.H. Film Festival

By SAMANTHA PEARSON ARTS EDITOR

Last weekend, the 11th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival took over Market Square in Portsmouth, N.H. Over the course of four days, eighty films played in venues from the Music Hall to the Loft to the Sheraton. There were short films, documentaries, dramas, and comedies; the festival offered something for everyone. Additionally, there were workshops, question and answer sessions, and social events to fill the spaces between screenings, all within walking distance of Market Square.

One of the most popular showings of the weekend was the documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, which aired on Saturday afternoon at the Music Hall, followed by a Q+A with film creator Philip Shane, with an encore showing on Sunday afternoon at the Loft.

The film is primarily a biography of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind the creation of one of Sesame Street’s most beloved characters: a tiny, huggable red monster named Elmo.

Through interviews with Clash, his friends, family, and coworkers, Being Elmo tells the story of a young man from Baltimore who becomes obsessed with puppetry, fascinated by Jim Henson’s creations.

“When I was nine years old, it was just a dream that I had,” Clash said in the film. “Wow, I wish that I could work with the Muppets.”

As a kid, Clash begins building his own puppets, a skill he hones to perfection throughout his life.

His talent and determination allow him to slowly but surely work his way into Henson’s inner circle. After much trial and error and some setbacks, Clash eventually earns the opportunity to work fulltime on Sesame Street. Not long after, he is given the chance to make a character out of a puppet that not even the most seasoned puppeteers can seem to find a niche for.

“I got it,” Clash said. “I knew that Elmo should represent love.”

His focus with the puppet was

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Kevin Clash and Elmo greet one of many young fans at a Q+A following one of the documentary’s several festival screenings.

Being Elmo is well worth the hype

By SAMANTHA PEARSON ARTS EDITOR

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Puppeteer Kevin Clash takes center stage in Being Elmo, the story of everyone’s favorite monster and the man who gives him so much life. to create a character that loved everyone, and wanted to give hugs and kisses to every person he met.

This love is something that everyone yearns for, especially children.

Clash’s idea worked. Since he got hold of the puppet, Elmo’s popularity has exploded. He has become one of the biggest characters on the show. More than that, Elmo has become a pop culture figurehead. Nowhere was this more apparent than the consumer insanity over “Tickle Me Elmo” in the 1990s.

Clash said in the film that he realized how important and influential the character had become the first time a child asked to spend time with Elmo through an opportunity with the Make a Wish Foundation.

According to filmmaker Philip Shane, Being Elmo took six and a half years to complete. The idea for the documentary came from a discussion with Shane’s wife, director Constance Marks, wherein she asked about the guy behind the puppet. Shane and Clash (as Elmo) filmed a video together looking through Shane and Marks’ baby brag book, which thrilled Marks and got her creative juices flowing.

Shane and Marks did not just want to create a biography, he said.

They wanted to create a complete story, which they managed with the

introduction of another young puppeteer who Clash takes under his wing at the end of the film.

“We didn’t want to create a biography,” Shane said. “We wanted to create a storyline of handing off the legacy.”

The film includes extensive footage of a young Clash making his way to New York City to meet with puppeteers in Henson’s company, footage which was taken from a show called The Big Blue Marble that featured up-and-coming kids with interesting passions. It was popular around the same time as The Muppet Show.

More footage of young Clash was provided by anyone who had access to it. New footage shot specifically for the documentary was shot as Shane and the Being Elmo production team traveled the world with Clash and Elmo. He said that anywhere Clash went, Shane and Marks had permission to work.

“The Henson family has opened their arms to us,” Shane said. “Everybody. Kevin has been amazing. He’s been helping all these people with their philanthropic efforts by bringing Elmo to the stage for them. Kevin bends over backwards to help everyone.”

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Touted as “the one film that really stole my heart at Sundance” by the Film Stage and “inspiring and joyous” by the New York Post, it is no wonder that Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey inspires such rapturous feelings.

In my experience at the New Hampshire Film Festival this weekend, no film stuck with me more than Being Elmo.

It was impossible to watch Kevin Clash’s journey and not feel inspired. It was just as impossible to watch him act out one of my very favorite characters of all time – Elmo – and not want to just hug the entire movie screen.

Clash’s story is brilliant and fascinating to see. Many of his coworkers claim throughout the film that Clash is most comfortable when he is acting as Elmo, and that is clear in Clash’s demeanor. He comes alive when he takes on the puppet’s voice and performs. The structure of the documentary allowed me to come alive along with him.

It was beautiful to see how deeply a puppet could affect chil-

dren all over the world, of all ages and backgrounds. The suspension of disbelief that this tiny red monster is real, even when the man behind his existence is fully visible in a room full of kids, is really heartwarming.

Elmo is the one who loves everyone, who wants to give you hugs and kisses and make you feel good because he thinks that you are beautiful. In a world where negative reinforcement is absolutely everywhere, it is so refreshing to have a pop culture figurehead who just wants to cuddle and laugh with people.

There isn’t much to say about this film other than: it is amazing, and beautiful, and heartwarming, and fantastic. It will make you laugh and cry and give you a slightly different perspective on a character who defined many of our childhoods and continues to define the childhoods of children all over the world.

Being Elmo will be released in theaters starting this weekend.

I highly recommend that you see it. Drag your friends, go with your family, take your younger siblings or the kids you babysit. Just see it.

You’ll see what I mean.

Cargo is a fictional take on a truly harsh reality

By HALEY KING CONTRIBUTING WRITER

This year’s New Hampshire Film Festival offered Seacoast residents a fantastic cinematic experience. The four-day event offered a true feast for audience goers, be they cinephile purists or simply people looking to watch films that were a little more off the beaten path than usual.

One particularly jarring expe-

rience from this weekend’s New Hampshire Film Festival was the film Cargo, directed by Yan Vizinberg and starring two relatively unknown actors, Natasha Rinis and Sayed Badreva. Rinis is a newcomer, with only Cargo and another title listed on her IMDB profile. Badreva, however, may be more recognizable as a minor villain from 2008’s Iron Man. CARGO continued on page 10

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Snowboard film soars to new heights

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Breathtaking landscapes costar with insane tricks

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Cargo does not shy away in its representation of human trafficking.

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The Art of Flight premiere had the crowd going crazy over local snowboarders when they were announced at the event and when they appeared in the film several times.

By IAN FERGUSON staff writer

Two New Hampshire snowboarders were able to showcase their talents and display their art to family and friends Wednesday night at the New England premiere of The Art of Flight, a groundbreaking snowboard film.

Held at the Portsmouth Music Hall, the premiere was hosted by Travis Rice, Pat Moore, and Scotty Lago. Pat Moore and Scotty Lago are N.H. natives appearing in the film, and Travis Rice, the star of the film, is often called the world’s best snowboarder.

The Art of Flight is groundbreaking for several reasons. The cinematography in the film rivals that of Planet Earth, and even uses some of the same technology: the Cineflex camera, which captures spectacular aerial shots from below a helicopter. The budget for the movie, believed to be somewhere around $2 million, was astronomical for a snowboard film.

Rather than featuring a constant barrage of tricks like most snowboard films, Flight is as much about stunning landscapes as crazy stunts. Thus, more than any other snowboarding film, Flight seeks to bridge the gap between core snowboarders and the mainstream.

Flight is director Curt Morgan’s first film since releasing That’s It, That’s All in 2008. The 2008 release was iTunes’ highest selling action sports film of all time, but Rice said he believes Flight will top it.

“Granted, I was psyched with how [That’s It, That’s All] came out,” Rice said, “but I kinda consider that movie the beta version of The Art of Flight. They each have their own character, but I really feel this one is better.”

The N.H. riders received a raucous and enthusiastic homecoming.

Audience members, filling the hall to its 900-seat capacity, cheered not

only when Moore and Lago came out on stage to introduce the film, but also every time they appeared in the film.

“It’s cool to be here in New Hampshire because my family’s coming down tonight and it’s good to see everybody,” Moore said in an interview before the premiere.

While introducing the film, Moore and Lago both made shoutouts to family members in the audience. Lago hails from Seabrook, N.H., and has two X-Games silver medals along with a bronze medal from the 2010 Winter Olympics for snowboarding. Moore, from Holderness, grew up riding at Waterville Valley and is sponsored by Forum Snowboards.

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Cargo focuses on the journey of two people, a Russian woman and an Egyptian man, who are both caught up in a global organization that neither of them can escape. Natasha (Rinis) is introduced in the opening scenes, landing in Mexico, and from the very start the audience is thrown into the sickening emotional and physical journey that she endures as she reluctantly comes to realize that she has allowed herself to be captured by traffickers looking to prostitute her for their own profit. Sayed (Badreva), the quiet man hired to drive her to New York from the Southwest, emerges as a far different character at the violent prodding of Natasha. She continually seeks to either escape on her own wits, or by initiating an emotional bond with the sole man in charge of her fate for several days.

The director quietly allows their relationship to grow from one of facilitator and package to one of a dual identity of frustration at being trapped in a system that they would never have wanted to participate in willingly. Natasha is trapped for the obvious point that she is now purchased property, while Sayed’s helplessness only emerges after Natasha continually tests his limits.

Audience members should be aware going into this film that it isn’t polite or suggestive of the topic of human trafficking. It is incredibly blatant and rough to endure.

Sayed isn’t a bad man with a secret heart of gold, and Natasha isn’t an innocent either. Both characters are willing to do whatever

they need to survive, and in both cases that involves one of them hurting and even severely injuring the other in the name of saving their own skins. Their redeeming factors come from their eventual honesty with one another, and the blatant understanding that all arguments aside, the business they’re both involved in now is downright evil at its core.

Vizinberg’s film isn’t waiting for a happy ending, and the director consciously attempts to force the audience to see these encounters for the reality of human trafficking that they represent.

Natasha and Sayed may be actors, but as Vizinberg reminds us at the end of the film with a U.S. State Department Statistic, 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States every year, and thousands of women and children do not get to escape that reality when the director says “cut.”

The demands of the job are absurd, as shown in the film and discussed by Shane in the Q+A. Clash insists on being the only American puppeteer to play Elmo, though.

There are other Elmos around the world who play the character in various languages, but Clash is the only English-speaking Elmo.

“He wants to do it and he’s going to continue doing it,” Shane said.

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey was an official selection at at the Full Frame Film Festival, the Silverdocs Film Festival, the Dallas International Film Festival, the Independent Film Festival of Boston, and the SXSW Film Festival.

The film was awarded Best of the Seattle International Film Festival, winner of the Audience Award at the Nantucket Film Festival, winner of the Audience Award at the Traverse City Film Festival, and it was a top ten Audience Favorite at the Hot Docs Film Festival.

Most notably, Being Elmo was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

The New Hampshire Film Festival marked the end of the film’s festival circuit, but the production team recently released the trailer on YouTube and the video has over 200,000 views. Beginning this weekend, the film will start being released in theaters.

MUSO Presents….

Movies for the Week of October 21-27 Crazy stupid lOve

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Friday, October 21 Saturday, October 22 Sunday, October 23

7:15 PM 9:30 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM

starts next thursday (10/27): Friends with Benefits Captain America: The First Avenger

6:45 PM 9:00 PM 7:15 PM 9:30 PM

Special UNH Film Underground Screening Thursday, October 27 7:00 PM

for more details go to:

www.unhmub.com/movies

tickets are $2 for students with id and $4 for others.

Movies sponsored by Film Underground are FREE. Tickets go on sale 1 hour before show time.

Cat’s Cache and Cash are the Only forms of payment accepted.

For more info contact: MUB Ticket Office - University of New Hampshire (603) 862-2290 - Email: MUB.tickets@unh.edu 83 Main St, Durham, NH 03824

ARTS

The New Hampshire

Friday, October 21, 2011

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The Kitchenette

Chocolate chip cookies can be guilt-free, too!

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Street 360 offers tasty, affordable cuisine from all around the world.

Take a global food trip without leaving NH

By ELLEN STUART news editor

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Worried about cookie calories? Try substituting for a healthier version of your favorite guilty pleasure!

By ERICA SIVER staff

Ever want to eat an entire batch of cookies but then your conscience kicks in and says maybe you should stick to one? Well maybe you shouldn’t eat a whole batch, but I’ve got a solution so you can eat more than one.

Some people say that baking is a science and you have to follow a recipe exactly. While baking is a science, I think this means that there’s room for experimentation.

This goes for anything you are craving. Maple syrup can be substituted for sugar, whole-wheat pastry flour can be substituted for flour, egg whites can be substituted for whole eggs. It’s all about trial and error.

Luckily, I’ve taken the error out of the process for you.

In my opinion there’s just one thing you can’t mess with, and that’s butter. Butter is crucial to the crumble. Every cookie is better when its crumbly and butterytasting. You just can’t beat it. Butter has specific scientific properties that react with the flour to create the perfect cookie texture. So we’ll leave the butter and clean up the recipe in other areas.

This recipe uses all wholewheat flour. If you’re worried about the cookies being dense, you can sift the flour or buy pastry flour. Pastry flour has lower gluten content. Gluten is what gives bread its doughy

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The riders have been touring extensively for weeks to promote the film.

“I just got back from Europe, and that was intense,” Moore said.

“Eating gas station food and traveling to different cities every night … yeah, this stretch of the tour has been easier.”

Moore, Rice, Lago, and several other riders shred slopes from Chile

texture, which you don’t want in a delicious cookie.

This recipe also uses oatmeal.

Oatmeal and whole-wheat flour are high in fiber. Fiber slows digestion and helps regulate blood sugar. The more fiber in the cookies, the less effect the sugar will have on your blood sugar. In simple terms, it’s better for you.

In cookies, it’s better to use real sugar instead of substituting in a liquid like honey or maple syrup.

It is crucial to the crumble that you cream the butter and sugar together.

This incorporates air into the butter, which makes sure your cookie is crumbly rather than dense and chewy.

Another way to make this recipe healthier is to use dark baker’s chocolate and chop that up to substitute for semisweet chips. Dark chocolate is lower in sugar and fat and has lots of antioxidants that are good for your heart.

Finally, this recipe calls for walnuts. You can certainly omit them if you want, but they are so healthy for you! Walnuts have omega 3 fatty acids, which decrease cellular inflammation, and lower cholesterol. This is good stuff.

Now you just have to eat that cookie. It’s good for you! Bake up a batch this weekend and don’t feel one bit guilty when you lick the bowl clean!

and Patagonia to Alaska and British Columbia in Flight. The landscapes are beautiful and diverse – mammoth scale and whiteness in Alaska, volcanic ash and jungles in Chile, moon-like glaciers in Patagonia – and the cinematography gives each environment its due.

The acrobatics of the riders also utilize the landscapes to full effect. Whether gracefully arcing down a near-vertical spine of powder snow, back-flipping into a dead tree and snapping off branches with snowboards, or threading fingery avenues of snow through canyons

Healthier Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients 1 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 tablespoon milk 1 cup rolled oats As much chocolate as you want, dark chocolate or semisweet 1/2 cup walnuts Directions 1. First, mix the brown sugar and granulated sugar together. Next, cream the sugar with the softened butter. Add in the egg, vanilla and milk and mix until smooth.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the whole-wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

3. Mix the dry mixture into the wet until blended well. Once smooth, stir in the oats chocolate, and walnuts.

4. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12-15 minutes

There are plenty of great spots to eat in Portsmouth, many of them downtown in the picturesque Market Square area—but if you get off the beaten path a little you’ll find something awesome. Awesome that is deep-fried and smothered in curry mayo.

Street 360 on Islington Street is tucked away in the back of a nondescript plaza, and easy to miss. It’s worth seeking out for its creative, affordable and delicious selection of street foods from all over the world. For an appetizer we tried the curry fries—super fresh French fries drizzled with an incredible curry mayonnaise, which were a guilty-but-worth-it pleasure. For dinner we got a banh mi, a Vietnamese sandwich of pork, pickled vegetables and spicy sauce, and pho, a sink-sized bowl of noodle soup with thinly-shaved beef, laid on top of the hot broth while still raw (it’s so thin that the heat from the broth cooks it in no time).

We were thrilled to find out that Street has Moat Mountain beers on tap—something you can find very few places besides the Moat Mountain brewery in North Conway. (On the night we went they even had my favorite Hefeweizen, Moat Weiss, on draft—I was a happy camper).

They also have a cool selection of cocktails—some classics and some from around the world. Next time, I’m looking forward to trying their take on the Dark n’ Stormy, a drink I just recently discovered—

ginger beer and dark rum (with a twist, please).

Not surprisingly, we didn’t have a lot of room left for dessert—that will have to wait for another trip—but the dessert selection sounded delicious, and based on our meals I’d feel safe betting that they are. Street also serves brunch on weekends—something else I’m looking forward to trying.

The atmosphere at Street was incredibly fun—there were people of all ages there on the Friday night that we went: retired couples, big families with little kids and twentysomethings hanging out at the bar.

The service was wonderful—our waitress was helpful and attentive, and even went back to the kitchen to grab us some Wet Wipes for our curry fries without being asked.

The prices are very reasonable—almost everything on the menu costs between seven and 15 dollars—and our total tab for the night, including three craft beers, was around $40. That might be a bit of a treat for most college students, but the food and atmosphere make Street worth a try. (Great spot for a date, too! It’s fun and a little eclectic, plus loud and social enough that you’ll avoid the dreaded awkward pause. Just order carefully, there’s some serious mess potential here— delicious, delicious mess).

Street 360 is located at 801 Islington St. in Portsmouth. If you want to take the bus, take the Portsmouth line, pull the chord for the CVS on Islington and just walk across the street.

Bring this flyer for

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(with valid UNH ID)

$5 Margaritas & our

of rock, each rider showcases his artistry and ability to make use of natural features in every shot.

“That’s what made it so good,” Ali Harris, from Conway, said. “It was just more beautiful than any other snowboard movie I’ve seen.”

Funded and produced by Red Bull Media House, Quicksilver, and Brain Farm Digital Cinema, this film is considered by many to be the pinnacle of freeride snowboarding.

With two N.H. riders playing major roles, the N.H. snowboarding community has reason to be proud.

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NEWS

The New Hampshire

NH protestors to regroup after Manchester arrests

By LYNNE TUOHY ASSOCIATED PRESS

CONCORD, N.H. - Occupy New Hampshire protesters are planning to regroup - and possibly relocate - after a smattering of arrests in Manchester for criminal trespass.

The protesters plan to gather at midday Saturday in Manchester’s Veterans Park, the site of Wednesday night’s arrests, to plot a course of action.

Eighteen protesters were issued citations by Manchester police for violating a city ordinance prohibiting people from being in the city’s parks from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., Manchester police said.

The 18 range in age from 19 to 56. Most are from Manchester.

Thirteen of the protestors left Veterans Park with their citations, which carry a fine of $50. But five who refused to leave were arrested and charged with criminal trespass.

That is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

None of those cited or arrested

Wednesday night have appeared in court, according to Manchester attorney Larry Vogelman, who has volunteered to represent the protesters.

Vogelman said he plans to challenge enforcement of the curfew.

“There are pretty strong free speech issues that trump curfews,” Vogelman said Thursday.

Vogelman said he will ask staff at Manchester District Court to schedule all the cases on the same day. He said he has yet to file court documents in the cases because they still hadn’t been docketed.

Occupy New Hampshire is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement that began Sept. 17 in Manhattan’s Financial District.

The first Occupy New Hampshire meeting -or general assembly, as the group calls them - was held in Concord’s White Park on Oct. 9.

It was at that gathering that participants decided to base the protest in Manchester.

“They may be looking to

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UNH sophomore Charlene Higgins was issued a court summons and a $50 fine Wednesday in Manchester.

She was one of 19 individuals cited after refusing to leave the park as part of Occupy New Hampshire. move to private property some of the local churches have offered,” Vogelman said of Saturday’s meet-

ing.

Arnie Alpert, program coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee, was among three dozen people at the park at 11 p.m., but opted to leave when asked.

“I decided I didn’t need to do that,” Alpert said of entanglements with the law. He did commend the police for their courteous treatment of the protesters, from the advance warnings given to the actual issuing of citations and criminal complaints.

Protesters returned the consideration, actually lining up so police didn’t have to round them up, Alpert said.

The decision on where Occupy New Hampshire will stage future

protests will be made at Saturday’s assembly, Alpert said.

New Hampshire’s version of Occupy Wall Street, Alpert said, is distinguishable from those in other states because of the varying causes the protestors espouse.

“We’ve have a very active presence of people who are involved in the free state movement and people with a libertarian outlook, which leads to a different mix of issues and concerns,” Alpert said.

Occupy Wall Street and similar demonstrations in more than 100 cities across the country protest corporate influence on government and the concentration of wealth in a small percent of the population.

In Brief Neighbors think NH boy slipped in unlocked door HAMPSTEAD, N.H. - Neighbors in the home where a missing 9-year-old New Hampshire boy was found believe he had slipped in an unlocked door or open garage on the day he disappeared.

Claire Gill of Hampstead tells WMUR-TV she found Devin Frenette under her bed asleep on Tuesday, a day after he was reported missing. She had noticed when she came home that there was some

opened food like applesauce, a candy wrapper and misplaced spoons.

Her husband, Jeff Gill, asked Devin if he was hungry. He said no - then Gill noticed there was ice cream under the bed.

Frenette had last been seen playing in the yard of his home Monday afternoon. His disappearance prompted a massive search by hundreds of volunteers and officers, dogs and a state police helicopter.

NH holding session on Connecticut Lakes plan CONCORD, N.H. - The state parks division is holding a public outreach meeting on the management plan for the land around the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire.

The session will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

in Concord. Participants will be asked a series of questions on the current and future management of the region. The state is gathering information to amend the 2007 public access and recreation and road management plans for the headwaters of the Connecticut Lakes.

NH hiker found during overnight search CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire authorities say a water bottle found near a trailhead helped locate an Ossipee woman who didn’t return home after her usual walk.

Fifty-seven-year-old Marjorie Mason had left her home about

12:30 p.m. Tuesday for a walk in Pine River State Forest in Ossipee.

When she did not return by 5 p.m., her family began searching for her.

They found her water bottle near a trailhead she frequented and called police for assistance.

NEWS

The New Hampshire

Friday, October 21, 2011

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UNH’s EOS Institute receives five million dollar grant

By LILY O’GARA Contributing Writer

Throughout history, scientists have been fascinated by the sun and the impressive magnitude of its solar power. This interest is definitely present at the University of New Hampshire’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), and has recently been encouraged by a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) new Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics (FESD) program.

The multi-institution project, for which UNH will serve as the lead institution, was only one of seven awarded by the FESD program. Partner institutions include the National Center for Atmospheric Research, the University of Colorado, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the University of Arizona, Predictive Sciences, Inc., and the Southwest Research Institute.

The “Sun to Ice” study will be conducted by a diverse group

of EOS scientists, including space physicist Nathan Schwadron, astrophysicist Terry Forbes, environmental chemist Jack Dibb, and biochemist Ruth Varner, as well as principal investigator and director of EOS, Harlan Spence. It will be conducted over the course of five years, although the results of major milestones will be made public

from many different disciplines to tackle a question of growing importance to our society: What are the extremes of solar activity that produce powerful space weather effects for Earth, which pose risks to society? Decades of research have prepared us to undertake this study.”

Such risks include negative

“The program is ambitious, yet feasible, as

we seek to make important breakthroughs in diverse, complex, and interlinked systems that cross the boundaries of space.”

Harlan Spence EOS Director

periodically and presented at conferences and in scientific journals.

Spence summed up the project by saying that it “explores extreme events generated by our Sun and their effects on the Earth. The project draws together scientists

impacts on the ozone layer, damage to satellite systems, and radiation health risks for astronauts and airline passengers.

Spence said that research in this field is not a new phenom-

enon. While recent studies and scientists have established a solid foundation in the discipline, the evidence of the glaciochemists and other scientists was inconclusive because it was incomplete. The “Sun to Ice” study is attempting to fit the pieces together to reveal a more complete picture.

To conduct the study, scientists will examine evidence of extreme solar activity in ice near the poles and, if a link is validated between these ice cores and activity, then deep ice cores will be used throughout the project to uncover the historical connections. The controversy within the scientific community, however, is whether or not the nitrate “signatures” in the ice samples are indicative of or linked to solar activity. In previous cases, the chain of events that thread together rapid nitrate deposition and ice incorporation could not be fully developed or tested.

Still, the project’s scientists are optimistic, and if they are able

to find solid evidence to prove this linkage, it would provide high scientific payoff. In addition, they will discover how to combat the solar risks that are becoming prominent in society today.

“The program is ambitious, yet feasible as we seek to make important breakthroughs in diverse, complex, and interlinked systems that cross the boundaries between space physics, atmospheric, and ice core science. Our studies will yield deep insights into the genesis of extreme events and their impact on Earth,” Spence said.

Students will be given the chance to become involved with the project. Both undergraduate and graduate students will be assisting in the conduction of the scientific study in a hands-on manner. In addition, graduate students will be participating in outreach work with middle and high school teachers through the UNH Center for Excellence in Geosciences Education.

Paul drops $2M in new Small earthquake jolts San Francisco Bay area TV ads to criticize rivals

By TERRY COLLINS Associated Press

By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is opening his wallet for $2 million of television ads that criticize rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Herman Cain for supporting federal spending while touting his own proposal for drastically shrinking Washington’s bottom line.

Paul on Thursday unveiled a 60-second ad that cast the White House hopefuls as spend-happy politicians who are not true conservatives. A second ad, also set to run for two weeks in the early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, promotes Paul’s plan to cut $1 trillion from the budget, eliminate five Cabinet-level agencies and stop spending U.S. tax dollars abroad on wars or aid.

Further seeking to criticize his rivals, Paul’s campaign has been mailing voters saying Romney, Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota are beholden to unions.

“The sad truth is, Dr. Paul’s opponents have records that leave much to be desired,” the campaign said in an anti-labor mailing in South Carolina.

Paul, a physician who previous sought the Libertarian and Republican nominations for the White House, has tapped his fervent supporters’ imaginations and wallets as he attempts to claw his way to the top of the GOP contest.

His latest fundraising push brought in more than $2.3 million in recent days. His campaign earlier had announced that he had raised $8 million during the last three months and had banked $3.5 million for the fundraising quarter that started Oct. 1.

That leaves Paul in a position to shape the Republican debate, even if the 76-year-old Air Force veteran seems unlikely to win the

nomination. Four years ago, he sought the GOP nomination while talking about economic policy, liberty and the Federal Reserve. Since then, the tea party has risen and seized on those issues, and some regard Paul as one of the movement’s godfathers.

His international policy positions - he opposes all foreign aid, even to U.S. ally Israel, and is indifferent toward Iran - puts him outside the mainstream of GOP thinking. His antagonism toward the Federal Reserve has made some nervous, and his opposition to a federal ban on same-sex marriages riles social conservatives.

Yet the figure once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment is energizing the party’s libertarian wing, which is looking with disdain at the other candidates’ previous support for the Wall Street bailout of 2008 and Democrats’ economic stimulus plan of 2009.

Paul is none too pleased with his rivals. He doesn’t appear to be staging his criticism as a proxy for a favorite candidate and has shown no willingness to spare any of his rivals for the nomination, including Cain, the former pizza executive who has risen to the top tier of some polls.

“If he’s the flavor of the month,” said Gary Howard, Paul’s spokesman, “he still deserves to be talked about.”

In one letter, the campaign said Republicans could not nominate Perry, “the governor of Texas, who gave in-state tuition benefits to illegal immigrants.”

Paul’s son, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, another tea party favorite, signed the message.

“Supporting more of the status quo’s defenders - whether they are Democrats or Republicans - will surely deepen our debt crisis and permanently cripple our economy,” Rand Paul wrote.

OAKLAND, Calif. - A small earthquake hit the San Francisco area on Thursday afternoon, causing a sharp jolt on the same day Califor-

nians took part in an annual earthquake preparedness drill.

The quake, with a preliminary 4.0 magnitude, struck at 2:31 p.m. and was centered across the bay from San Francisco, about two miles

southeast of Berkeley.

Jack Boatwright, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, described it as a “sharp little earthquake” that had a “very nice impulsive character.”

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Friday, October 21, 2011

The New Hampshire

World looks warily to Libya’s future post-Gadhafi

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press

LONDON - European leaders hailed it as a victory, Libyan exiles celebrated in the streets and the mother of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s many victims said she was treating herself to an expensive bottle of champagne.

But jubilation over the demise of Libya’s long-serving ruler is being tempered by concerns over the circumstances of his death - and lingering doubts about Libya’s future.

There were chants and tears of joy outside the Libyan Embassy in London, where one demonstrator stomped a sheet bearing the fallen leader’s image.

“I was crying, I was shouting, I was smiling,” said Najwa Creui, a 40-year-old teacher who has lived in Britain for the past 16 years. “It’s the day Libyans have been waiting for as long as I have been alive.”

But 37-year-old Amani Deghayes said that while she shared in the celebration, the anarchic bloodshed that followed the toppling of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein left her fearing for “what happens next.”

“I hope there will be real democracy, not another crazy regime,” she said.

In Europe, leaders sounded an optimistic note.

“Finally the way is free for a political rebirth for peace,” Ger-

man Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday, pronouncing herself “relieved and very happy” at the news.

Britain and France, the powers that played a leading role in the military campaign that sealed Gadhafi’s fate, said they hoped that his death would open a new and more democratic - chapter in Libya’s history.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Gadhafi’s death a milestone in the Libyan people’s battle “to free themselves from the dictatorial and violent regime that was imposed on them for more than 40 years,” a message echoed

by British leader David Cameron and other NATO allies.

The Vatican, which said it now considers Libya’s interim government the legitimate rulers of the country, described Gadhafi’s death as the end to a “long and tragic” fight to crush an oppressive regime. And U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke for many

“Finally the way is free for a political rebirth for peace.”

Angela Merkel German Chancellor

when he said that “this is only the end of the beginning.”

“The road ahead for Libya

and its people will be difficult and full of challenges,” he said. “This is a time for healing and rebuilding, for generosity of spirit, not for revenge.”

buy an expensive bottle of champagne to celebrate,” said Susan Cohen, whose 20-year-old daughter was blown out of the sky in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, an

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Gadhafi’s death a milestone in the Libyan people’s battle “to free themselves from the dictatorial and violent regime that was imposed on them for more than 40 years,” a message echoed by British leader David Cameron and other NATO allies.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an ally and friend of Gadhafi, called his death deplorable.

“They murdered him,” Chavez was quoted as saying by the Caracas-based television network Telesur, calling it “one more attack on life.”

“We will remember (him) all our lives as a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr,” Chavez said during a visit to the Venezuelan town of La Grita, according to a statement from Telesur.

“That history in Libya is just beginning now,” Chavez said.

“The Yankee empire... will not be able to dominate this world.”

Gadhafi’s victims - he accumulated many over his four decades in power - had mixed reactions.

“I’m just going to go out and

atrocity allegedly carried out at Gadhafi’s behest.

Zdravko Georgiev, one of several medics detained by Libyan authorities and tortured into confessing to an improbable plot to infect hundreds of children with HIV, said the dictator’s death didn’t cheer him.

“Why should I be satisfied?” he said. “No one will give me back the years spent in prison or undo the tortures sustained.”

There was also concern about the confusion over how Gadhafi died. Libyan revolutionaries had pledged to bring Gadhafi to court to face atrocity charges, and Arab satellite TV stations have since broadcast a video showing Moammar Gadhafi taken alive by his opponents.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said his country would have rather Gadhafi been “captured alive so that he could be brought to justice.”

The sentiment was echoed by London-based rights group Amnesty International, which said it was essential to conduct “a full, independent and impartial inquiry to establish the circumstances of Col. Gadhafi’s death.”

But some suggested that, on balance, Gadhafi’s death might have worked to greater effect than his capture.

Shashank Joshi, an associate fellow at London’s Royal United Services Institute, said that while the revolutionaries may have wanted him alive, “a trial would have been an opportunity for him to grandstand. So in some ways, his death is more cathartic.”

Britain’s foreign secretary acknowledged concerns over Gadhafi’s death in a series of broadcast interviews.

NH Briefs Guard member allowed to bring gay partner CONCORD, N.H. - A National Guard member will be allowed to bring her same-sex partner to a family Guard event in North Conway, N.H. Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan of Rye, N.H., had been told that her civil union partner could not attend the “yellow ribbon reintegration” program this weekend.

But Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said Wednesday that the Department of Defense had clarified regulations saying that gay and lesbian service members may take advantage of a regulation that allows service members to designate any one person, regardless of relationship, to join them at a yellow ribbon event.

Shaheen sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta Tuesday urging him to end what she called a discriminatory policy that bans same-sex spouses of returning Guard members from participating in National Guard family events.

NH’s Ayotte, Bass, Guinta back Nevada boycott

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. - Republican members of New Hampshire’s congressional delegation are joining the chorus in urging Nevada officials to reschedule their caucuses.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Reps.

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The band’s old uniforms were tatty, and there weren’t enough of them to go around anyway. Nor was there money for new ones, at least not this season.

Hence the band’s 2011 look: Tshirts, knit caps and jeans.

“For 12 years, nothing has been replaced,” band Director Amber Mareski shouted over the noise of a Friday night home football game.

“Every item is more than a decade old.”

Most of the band’s yearly budget is spent on travel, buying music and the occasional bill for repairing instruments - some are approaching 30 years old.

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A reform needed

Greek Life needs to make some major changes

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ntering this year, no fraternity at the University of New Hampshire had been suspended or lost recognition since 2008.

Then, within weeks of each other, two lost recognition.

More than anything, this says something about the way Greek Life is run. And it’s not a positive message.

It’s not limited to the recent incidents – the system is flawed, and it goes both ways. The Office of Greek Life needs to improve and chapters need to stand up for their own rights.

Specifically, the judicial system of Greek Life needs an internal review.

We understand why Alpha Tau Omega was suspended. They were on probation after violating several policies, then proceeded to violate additional policies.

But some of the “evidence” UNH used against ATO was questionable at best.

Dean of Students Anne Lawing said that there had been evidence of ATO members soliciting parties to freshmen at a dining hall.

Compared to the other charges, why even bring that up? They’re being suspended in part because they told people to come to their house at a dining hall?

We fully understand the seriousness of underage drinking and ATO’s actions, especially after already being placed on probation. Quite frankly, we don’t disagree with Greek Life’s suspension of ATO. But the way the matter was handled seems questionable.

No press release was issued,

which is different from the way suspensions were handled in 2008.

Instead, Durham town officials announced the suspension. That’s a questionable move from UNH and makes it seem like they were trying to bury the news.

That wouldn’t be anything new.

At Interfraternity Council meetings, members are often told by the university not to speak with the press, according to multiple sources involved with Greek Life. How is that supposed to look to the rest of the community? Rather than shunning the media, Greek Life needs to embrace this and show the community how beneficial they can be.

The school isn’t doing Greek Life much of a service either, though.

Not only should medical amnesty be implemented, but it should apply to student organizations as well. What if ATO used medical amnesty the night that an underage student needed to be removed from their house after overconsumption of alcohol?

It likely wouldn’t have affected ATO’s fate, but it would have gotten a young lady the medical attention she needed sooner.

But the blame is not all on the way Greek Life is run. There is no excuse for keeping marijuana and a gun in your house at any time the way that TKE did. There is no excuse for repeatedly ignoring policies the way ATO did.

The actions of certain fraternities affect the way all fraternities are seen. These fraternities who are actually helping serve the community need to step up and show that the role of a fraternity is not to serve

as a place for underage students to consume alcohol.

We understand the good that a solid Greek Life system can do for a university. And we understand the good that several recognized fraternities and sororities are doing.

It’s not secret that UNH doesn’t have to the best history with Greek Life.

Two fraternities have lost recognition permanently. Only four recognized fraternities have houses.

In order for Greek Life to improve, major changes to need to be made. Recently, the director of Greek Life, Adam McCready, left the university for a similar position at MIT. His position is still open.

And with the current budget freeze, could be open indefinitely. If UNH is serious about making a change for the better, they’ll need to hire someone who is open to rethinking and recreating the way Greek Life is run.

Before McCready left, he delivered an evaluation of the state of the interfraternity council. In it, he wrote that the council had a difficulty filling committees and getting attendance for council sponsored program.

“The only issue that routinley engages delegates ... typically revolves around social activities and alcohol.”

As McCready continued, he wrote that the IFC “does not have a long-term vision or direction.”

Meetings need to change and the judicial system needs amending. The new director needs to encourage interacting with the community – both in good times and bad – not shun it.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

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Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan best suited for the price of pizza

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erman Cain’s 9-9-9 economic plan and his comments aimed at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) are more signs Republican Presidential candidates are out of touch with many Americans, and frankly, reality.

The former Godfather Pizza CEO said of OWS, “Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks. If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself!”

The comments are irresponsible given the dire lack of economic opportunity for many Americans.

It is to be expected that those struggling would channel frustrations onto Wall Street, an industry that tanked the economy before receiving a $700 billion federal bailout. The bailout came in the midst of massive job losses and homes being foreclosed on by those bailed-out banks.

Three years later, unemployment remains high, wages are stagnant and homes are still being foreclosed on, while Wall Street and Corporate America have rebounded sharply. Each are sitting on record profits and continuing to shell out millions in bonuses to CEOs and high ranking employees. In 2010, Wall Street bonuses totaled $20 billion for an average bonus of $128,530 per employee. It is clear the financial rules heavily favor Wall Street and not ordinary Americans.

Protesters should be more concerned with polls showing Cain as a front-runner for the Republican nomination. In a time of growing income inequality and shrinking economic opportunity, Cain’s plan would exacerbate income inequality that already stands at record levels. Currently, CEOs are paid over 400 times more than the average worker. Morevoer, CEO pay has increased by 300 percent over the last 20 years and workers’ wages are at an all-time low compared to GDP.

Protesters should be more concerned with polls showing Cain as a front-runner. In a time of growing income, Cain’s plan would exacerbate income inequality.

While some protesters have been treated to donated pizza, Cain wants to serve up another piece of the economic pie to Wall Street.

His plan drastically decreases taxes on the wealthy and corporations, while drastically increasing taxes on poor Americans. It also elimi-

A Truman’s Take Brooks Payette nates capital gains taxes, ensuring hedge fund managers pay less in taxes than minimum wage earners.

The nine-percent sales tax forces the poorest to spend more on food and other necessities. In combination with state sales taxes, total sales would exceed 15 percent in many states.

This means UNH students, who benefit from no sales tax, would have to pay more for books, food, clothes, school supplies and even beer. Moreover, Cain’s tax structure includes no payroll taxes and eventually eliminates Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. All told, estimates show Cain’s plan would raise taxes on 84 percent of Americans. It falls short hurting all of those in the “99 percent,” but clearly benefits the wealthiest Americans.

To some extent, Cain has a point. If someone pursues public service as police officer or teacher,

they won’t get rich. However, it is not their fault if they are laid off due to budget cutbacks by state governments in a down economy.

These public servants didn’t stop “working hard,” and didn’t nearly bankrupt America, but they continue to suffer from the consequences of the financial industry.

Moreover, the belief that hard work guarantees a high-paying job and those without jobs are lazy is entirely false. There are millions who work hard every day – certainly much harder than top executives in the financial industry – that will never get rich. The truth is that if everyone’s goal was to be “rich,” America wouldn’t be the world’s best place to live. I believe OWS protesters are simply asking for an opportunity; the same type of opportunities afforded to Americans before Wall Street helped tank the economy.

The OWS movement has drawn comparison to Tea Party.

However, the participation and shear number of people participating in OWS has clearly trumped the Tea Party. Still, even though I disagree fundamentally with the Tea Party, the attention it brought to America’s long-term debt problem could produce positive results if politicians address long-term debt reduction responsibly. Part of the problem is the inclination for people to peg a movement as soon

as possible.

Cain immediately chastising OWS was as irresponsible as Fox News calling OWS “anarchists” and praising Tea Party protesters as patriotic. By definition anarchists consider government to be unnecessary or harmful, which is a better characterization of the Tea Party protestors.

Paraphrasing the late Martin Luther King Jr., protests will not change anything, but they can bring the problem to the attention of the people who can change things.

The Tea Party successful did so in relation to the national debt. As the message behind the OWS becomes clear, my hope is politicians take notice and make positive changes to the system.

In this case, it is economic opportunity for middle and low income Americans. One thing is for sure, Cain’s 9-9-9 economic plan is not the solution to America’s economic problems even though Wall Street would love to swallow more of the economic pie Cain hopes to serve up.

situation? If you have why didn’t you call? Was it because you were scared to get in trouble or you didn’t know how severe the situation was?

Also, not mentioned in the article or editorial are the areas that we feel would benefit students even more, but which are not currently in the pilot program. For example, if granted medical amnesty, students would not receive a sanction on their record, but a note that medical amnesty was granted. The issue with this is that the note can still be a potential barrier to your ability to study abroad. We feel that a good amnesty policy would include protection of study abroad opportunities.

Also, no student organizations are protected under medical amnesty – it can only be granted to individuals. It leaves a gap on how student organizations will react and whether they will seek medical help since they fear punishment as an organization.

Although a year may seem like a long time, it is still a very new program. For example, Cornell University which was on the forefront of adopting a medical amnesty program, allows students more than one strike, incorporates Greek life, and offers the alcohol course free of charge. I’m not saying UNH’s program will adopt the entire list above, but the point is a lot can be improved upon.

A program that has so much potential and that can be very beneficial should not be rushed.

We want to see this program be as thorough as possible, which gives

it the best chance to be effective in protecting students. To have a more comprehensive program, medical amnesty needs more than a year to grow.

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Brooks Payette is a non-traditional student, senior political science major and a 2011 National Truman Scholar Award Recipient.

His goal is to see past typical Conservative and Liberal rhetoric and pose alternative questions and solutions aimed at addressing challenges in American society.

n Letters to the editor Columnist responds to Tuesday letter I was amused by Mr. Alex Freid’s response to my column.

It doesn’t get much more ironic than being called a hypocrite by the co-founder of a group that uses “the establishment’s” money to fight “the establishment.” If I am a “hypocrite” in Mr. Freid’s worldview, Mr. Fried is only illogical and barely relevant in mine. Here’s some brief feedback.

Mr. Freid cites a report by Reuters entitled “Soros: Not a funder of the Wall Street protests,” and claims that my assertion that Soros is funding the Wall Street protests is “factually inaccurate.” Apparently being a primary funder of an organization which funds the group that initiated Occupy Wall Street does not qualify as “funding the Wall Street Protest,” my mistake.

Mr. Freid goes on to make the fallacious accusation that I stated that the Wall Street vagrants hate America. He then poses the question “where is the factual claim to back that up?” He then answers his own ridiculous question by inferring that my logical reasoning behind this is the fact that OWS has committed “acts of civil disobedience.” What I actually said was that, “American liberals [are] drawn to any group of foreigners who hate America…” This seems to be true based on the fact that this whole OWS mob was organized by a Canadian group that harbors anti-American sentiments,

Adbusters.

As for his bombastic accusation that I somehow believe that civil disobedience is un-American, this is absolutely untrue. As evidence of this, I offer up to him my admiration for and work with Young Americans for Liberty (the true voice of dissent on this campus, as far as I am concerned) as well as my love for the writings of Henry David Thoreau. I just don’t buy into the lie that protesters who defecate on the American flag and trespass on private property are the spiritual successors of Dr. King.

Mr. Freid then spends a paragraph lecturing me on how the government has given trillions of dollars in handouts to corporations. On this matter he seems to have a good handle on the issue, except for the fact that he draws the most illogical conclusion possible.

Rather than protesting against the state that created the problems Mr. Fried is concerned with, Mr. Fried is part of a “movement” protesting the free market system that the state has corrupted.

Mr. Freid ends his harangue by stating that he believes the Occupy Wall Street Movement to be “the true conservative movement because all they want is the restoration of the rule of law and a government that represents them in a true democratic fashion.” I, on the other hand, would call the Occupy Wall Street Movement a true statist movement in that they seem to believe that the remedy for a series of problems created by the state can be solved by the state with the use of force.

I’d like to end this letter by commending Mr. Freid on successfully bringing the Occupy movement to UNH and making it a force to be reckoned with on this campus. Keep up the good work!

Sincerely yours, Nick Mignanelli TNH Columnist

More to amnesty than editorial displayed Although I am very excited to see the medical amnesty issue being addressed, a few key points were missed and there was a lack of understanding about the complexity of this issue.

Although the article brought Medical Amnesty back to the students, it did little to discuss where we were, where we are, and where we are trying to go. While I am extremely happy TNH sees Medical Amnesty as a benefit, and I hope all students do, the issue is more complicated than just implementing policy.

Once a policy is implemented, it is concrete and there is little that can be changed. Why has it been continued as a pilot program? First, having four or five students use the pilot is great, but it has not provided enough data to analyze Medical Amnesty’s impact. We are in the process of developing a survey that will go deeper into the questions of: As a student have you been in this

Jessica Fruchtman Student Body Vice President

Wondering what the OWS motto will be Occupy Wall Street has been chided for not coming up with a convenient sound bite or motto.

After all, the movement is a whole month old, critics say.

This is a populist movement, a social justice movement, a movement of the people by the people and for the people. Like other revolutions, a clear picture will evolve over time, and only after reflection.

For example, although the motto “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” has a long association with the French Revolution, it did not spring into being with the good people of France waking up one morning with the three words coursing through their brains.

It was one of several mottoes during that revolution and was only institutionalized in the 19th century.

I hope I will live long enough to know what motto arises from the Occupy Wall Street movement. I am certain it will be a good one.

Patricia Frisella Farmington

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Why occupy UNH?

ecently I’ve been wondering why we haven’t “occupied” the University of New Hampshire yet? As the Occupy Wall Street movement has been spreading to more than 100 U.S. cities over the past month and 1,500 cities globally, I can’t help but wonder how it has missed us.

Last night I ran into a friend who told me he was on his way to New York City for the weekend so I playfully asked him if he was going to Occupy Wall Street. He responded in a way that shocked me: “Occupy? What do you mean?

My friend doesn’t live near Wall Street.”

I tell you this not to make fun of a student, but because it made me realize that not everyone knows about OWS. Occupy Wall Street began as a protest in Manhattan last month but transcended into a national and then global movement aiming to expose that the “one percent” of our population, including major banks and multinational corporations, are writing the nation’s economic agenda yet they are not held accountable.

In fact, the idea is that government allows corporations to rule the country, rather than democracy.

The movement holds Wall Street, as well as banks and corporations, accountable for creating the economic collapse that has caused the recession we are in today.

UNH students should know and care about this because, whether or not they have realized it, the Occupy movement directly affects students. The movement brings awareness to the policies that are not necessarily vested in the interests of our generation and the long-term health of our economy.

Julia’s Journal Julia Miller The very issues that people are protesting all over the world will affect your ability to get student loans, to pay for your education and to get a job once you graduate.

In Boston last weekend, there

Where does UNH stand on the Occupy movement? I think we should take a stand and jump in. was a protest and huge processions that shut down streets, as students ‘occupied’ Boston. They held signs boycotting student debt as they questioned the economy. As UNH Peace and Justice League member Alex Freid put it, “Is the current economic system setup to benefit students, or to keep us in financial slavery?”

The students had slogans such as, “Don’t piss on us and call it a trickle down economy,” or “People not profit.”

While back in New Hampshire, students up north have begun to Occupy Dartmouth as a protest against corporate greed that is raising democratic consciousness on campus, The Dartmouth reported.

This brings me back to my initial question, where does UNH stand on the Occupy movement?

I think we should take a stand and jump in. I believe that it is our job to tell the state and the university that we want change.

We can start with putting pressure on the state about budget

cuts. The state of New Hampshire is last in the nation when it comes to public school funding. Last year, the University System of New Hampshire had 50 percent of its budget cut. In her August 2011, book editor Jeannette Hopkins referred to New Hampshire as an “anti-education state.”

We can do something about this. We have to suit up and address this issue. As university students, we represent one of the most powerful forces of change in our society and as UNH students, we represent the largest university and therefore voice in the state. Right now is the time to tell the government of New Hampshire that they need to change their ways.

At Georgetown University in 1999 just 100 students gathered together with a unified purpose and an ability to see the light and darkness in corporations, globalization, International Monetary Fund and the World Trade organization. They occupied the president’s office and would not budge until the university and its apparent suppliers agreed to address the alleged “sweatshop” conditions under which Georgetown apparel was produced.

They, along with other university students who joined in were able to completely change the way that the global apparel company operates and helped to completely rewrite the rules of how some of the world’s largest companies do business, according to Pietra Rivoli in her book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy.

There is nothing that separates the students at Georgetown from the students at UNH other than they were confident that they could use their moral agendas and student status to create change. We can too.

An expensive college education may not be for everyone

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By Ben Miller

Washington Square News

o borrow Elizabeth Warren’s phrasing, our generation is being “chipped at, hacked at, squeezed and hammered.” Youth unemployment is at a record high, as is college tuition.

We’re paying money we don’t have for an education that guarantees less and less in terms of future success because it feels like the only option on the table.

I don’t believe that college educations should be valued only in terms of salary increase nor do I think the solution is to tell smart, talented kids not to go to college.

The rates of unemployment and underemployment, even when factoring in student loan debt, are worse for those only with high school diplomas.

What I find fascinating is that many students are giving so much — mortgaging their future — for

the education they’re getting at NYU when they clearly don’t want to be here.

This isn’t an issue of judgment, or how-dare-kids-thesedays-be-on-Facebook-duringlecture-Andy-Rooneyism. It just fascinates me: People look at each class they’re taking as a slog to get through and are ecstatic every time they can close their books and pursue whatever else they do.

I’m not naïve. There are long days and classes I wish I didn’t have to take. But for the most part, I’m overjoyed. I’m in New York. I’m taking interesting classes (mostly) with tough, demanding, brilliant professors (mostly). I know what I want to study.

But too many NYU students are here because it was the next logical step. They were smart kids, did well in high school, are here at college because it’s the “thing you do” and then, who knows?

What raises this from a my-

that’s-interesting observation to an issue worth writing about are the economic issues I raised above — it’s simply too easy to be convinced in this culture that it’s worth it to while away $200,000, lots of it in loans, on an education that you don’t even want with any passion or zest. It’s too easy to walk out of NYU with a diploma worth little in an economy like ours, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and very little to show for it.

If you don’t want to be here, don’t be. No judgment. Go work for a while. Figure out what you want to do. It might not require any more extraordinarily expensive semesters.

It might very well require many more pricey semesters. But at the end, there will be something for all that. We need to make that an option for people who feel like the crushing debt of student loans is the only choice they have for their future.

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Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Thumbs up to the Colonial Clash this weekend!

Thumbs down $5 minimum on UNH Dining retailers. Boo. We are poor.

Thumbs up to not having your name featured in TNH’s police log when you DO get arrested at the Colonial Clash.

Thumbs down to dead exotic animals in Ohio.

Thumbs up to only one more weekend to Hallowcoming! Yes, another Thumbs Up to Hallowcoming.

Thumbs down to not having a Halloween costume yet. Better get to Savers.

Thumbs up to Gaddhafi’s/Qaddafi’s/ Khadaffy’s/Kad’afi’s death!

Thumbs down to migraines.

Thumbs up to “Later, Brah.”

Thumbs down to stealing money from small children, never OK. Thumbs up to Meathead film premier in Murkland.

Thumbs down to frat failures.

Thumbs up to chocolate fro-yo.

Thumbs down to getting arrested to prove a point.

Thumbs up to the buddy system.

Thumbs down to getting banned for life from Gillette. Cause that IS what will happen if you get arrested Saturday.

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

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Friday, October 21, 2011

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continued from page 20 “I knew I was going to Gillette, but I was thinking maybe it would be empty,” Decker said. “I think it was towards the middle of the first half, I was like, ‘Wow, the bottom tier really filled up. It’s getting pretty loud.’ Both sides were competing to see who was louder, and I thought that was pretty awesome. … I didn’t know we had that big of a fan base. It was pretty nice to see people come from all over the New England area.”

UNH won the first Gillette clash, 39-13, and saw a new CAA attendance record set at 32,848 people. This year, that number is only expected to rise.

McDonnell is disappointed to see the tradition of playing against the Minutemen go, with its implications to him first as a player, then as a coach.

“I would definitely say it’s a sad thing to see this [game] go,” McDonnell said. “I always look forward to playing these guys. A lot of my friends I went to school with look forward to it, guys that I played against in college, guys that I coached against, guys that coach at UMass. There’s been some great relationships and great competitive situations.

“I’ve been telling the kids, it’s been since 1897. Somehow, somewhere along the line we’ve played the University of Massachusetts. As a player for four years here, and as a coach since ’91, it’s a game you had marked on your schedule every year.

“Somebody asked me if it was like the last time we played UConn (which also moved up a division) and I think it’s a little bit different.

UConn-UNH was a Yankee Conference Game. UMass-UNH was a

Women’s hockey heads on road trip

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UNH won last year’s Colonial Clash, 39-13, and will be looking for a similar result in the second installment of the event this Saturday. street fight. It was an alley fight. It was a rivalry … and for all purposes it’s going away.”

McDonnell recognizes UMass is a very good team, with its only losses coming to Boston College and Old Dominion. The Minutemen are coming off a 21-10 away win against ninth-ranked Delaware.

“They’re back to being UMass; big on the offensive line, big at tight end, running the football physically,” McDonnell said.

UMass senior running back Jonathan Hernandez is a “forwardpad type of runner” that leads the CAA with 110.5 rushing yards per game, McDonnell said. He’s different, but “as effective, if not more effective” than Jonathan Grimes, the William & Mary rusher that torched the Wildcats last week for 169 yards rushing and 126 more receiving.

“Two years ago, singlehandedly, he beat us,” McDonnell said about Hernandez, referring to the 23-17 2009 loss.

Defensively, the coach praised senior linebacker Tyler Holmes as “about as active a linebacker as there is in the league” who is living

up to his recognition as a pre-season All-American. His counterpart in the interior of the UMass 3-4 defense, Perry McIntyre, was also identified.

UNH junior lineman Mickey DiLima is ruled out for the game because of Mono symptoms. Senior defensive back Kyle Flemings will be a game-time decision with leftover concussion symptoms.

If Fleming doesn’t play, Anthony Gorrell and Steven Thames stand to earn his time.

Despite all the additional storylines, the Wildcats are first and foremost looking for a win, no matter where the game is taking place.

“When we get to the game on Saturday, it’s 120 yards long and 53 wide and I expect to fly around like we did last year down there,” McDonnell said.

“I think in my career—I did the math yesterday—I’m 2-2 [against UMass] since I’ve been here,” Decker said. “So it’d be nice to go 3-2 against these guys before leaving.”

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continued from page 20 -mune to it, that I can tell you.”

Umile was forced to cycle players across lines during last Saturday’s 5-1 loss to Boston College after an early game misconduct on freshman Jay Camper left the Wildcats down a skater for more than two periods.

“After Camper went down with the major I just made up lines,” Umile said. “Guys were playing different positions and they played pretty well, so it doesn’t make any difference sometimes what the lines are, it’s a matter of playing well individually.”

The UNH defense has struggled as well this season, allowing 14 goals in three games, but Umile said he plans to keep his defensive pairings intact in front of senior goalie Matt Di Girolamo. Di Girolamo has been shaky thus far, and was pulled in favor of sophomore Jeff Wyer after allowing four goals to Northeastern last Friday night.

This weekend will mark UNH’s first meeting with St. Cloud since the days of Colin Hemingway – the ‘Cats downed the Huskies in the 2003 Northeast Regional semifinals – and it couldn’t come at a better time. Already in an 0-3 hole in Hockey East play, the Wildcats need to get back on the winning track before their season quickly

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After scoring just one goal in the first three games of the season, Stevie Moses and the UNH offense will try to get back on track against St. Cloud this weekend. spirals out of control.

“Absolutely we’re excited to get on the road,” junior Greg Burke said. “No one’s satisfied [with the first three games] and it’ll be nice to get out West and get out of Hockey East for a weekend.”

St. Cloud is stuck in a cold streak of its own, having dropped its last three contests. The Huskies were most recently swept in a twogame series by Northern Michigan last weekend, but possess some offensive firepower, led by senior forward Jared Festler (3 goals, 3 assists).

UNH will have to regain its

own offensive swagger, and put together a complete game, if they are to get back to their winning ways this weekend.

“Right now we have a combination of not scoring and giving up goals, whether it’s [off] bounces, turnovers,” Umile said. “It’s not a good recipe for winning hockey games.”

The Wildcats will look to change that recipe this weekend.

The puck drops at 7:37 p.m. on Friday night and 7:07 p.m. on Saturday (both times Central).

The University of New Hampshire women’s ice hockey team takes a 3-2-1 overall record into a weekend road trip to northern New York against St. Lawrence University (Oct. 21; 4 p.m.) and Clarkson University (Oct. 22; 2 p.m.).

UNH has a 28-10-4 lifetime record, including last year’s 5-3 win at the Whittemore Center, against St. Lawrence. The Wildcats have a 3-1-1 edge in the last five meetings overall, but they are 1-2-2 in their last five trips to Appleton Arena. In the most recent visit, the ‘Cats and Saints skated to a 3-3 tie in October 2009.

UNH has a 6-1-0 lifetime record, including last year’s 2-1 victory at the Whittemore Center, against Clarkson. These teams met four times spanning the 1979-82 seasons, then did not face off again until the ‘08 season when UNH prevailed 2-1 at the Whittemore Center. In the most recent meeting at Cheel Arena (October 2009), the Golden Knights were 6-2 victors.

Men’s basketball team announces captains University of New Hampshire men’s basketball head coach Bill Herrion and his staff announced Monday that seniors Alvin Abreu, Brian Benson, Ryan Herrion and junior Chandler Rhoads have been named captains for the upcoming 2011-12 season.

“I think when you look at leadership on this basketball team it starts with Alvin. He is now in his fifth year and has been in the program the longest,” said Bill Herrion. “The other two seniors are young men that have done everything we have asked them to do on and off the court. As a junior, Chandler has the experience and leadership qualities to be a captain with this group.”

The Wildcats officially kick off the season Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. when they play host to Suffolk University at Lundholm Gymnasium.

The ‘Cats will gear up for the season at the annual Basketball Season Tip-Off Event, which will be held at Lundholm Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 29 immediately following the UNH football game versus Rhode Island (12 p.m.) at Cowell Stadium. Fans will get a chance to meet the men’s and women’s basketball teams, win great prizes and purchase season tickets at a discounted rate. There will also be free pizza provided to fans and free t-shirts for students in attendance. Admission is free.

Women’s soccer ties in double-OT Senior midfielder Stephanie Gilkenson punched in her second goal of the season, as the University of New Hampshire women’s soccer team battled the University of Maryland Baltimore County to a 1-1 double overtime tie Thursday evening at UMBC Soccer Stadium.

With the tie UNH moves to 4-11-2 overall and 2-4-1 in America East play, while UMBC adjusts to 0-13-3 and 0-5-2 in conference action.

The Retrievers drew first blood in the contest when Rachel McKee punched in her seventh goal of the season. Sarah Purdum set the play in motion when she pushed the ball ahead and sent it to McKee and she beat her defender, blasting a shot into the inside right post at 22:11.

UMBC went into the second half with a 1-0 advantage, but New Hampshire quickly erased the deficit, knotting up the score in the 62nd minute on a tally from Gilkenson. She scored the goal when she tracked down a ball following a free kick, sending it into the back of the net from 30 yards away over UMBC goalkeeper Lauren Kadet’s hands to even the score at 1-1. Kelly Spencer was credited with an assist on the play.

New Hampshire had a strong showing in both overtimes, outshooting UMBC by a combined margin of 7-1, putting a pair of shots on goal, but both attempts were halted by Kadet.

Erica Correa was solid in net for the Wildcats, compiling six saves.

Kadet registered nine saves for the Retrievers.

The Wildcats are back in action when they return home for Senior Day to take on Maine Sunday, Oct. 23 (2 p.m.) at Lewis Fields.

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continued from page 20 loose ball at the top of the box and drilled it into the back of the net to even the score at 1-1.

New Hampshire nearly broke the deadlocked tie when Jeffrey Turner sent a ball into the box to Ugochukwu Uche, but his header missed left of the net with just over three minutes remaining in regulation.

Turner was in on another chance just two minutes into the second overtime when he sent a ball

to Bronner in the box on a corner kick. Turner’s service was right on target and Bronner was able to put a header on net, but Crusader goalkeeper Evan Polanik made a diving stop to prevent the score.

New Hampshire held the edge in both shots (14-11) and corner kicks (9-8) in the contest. Robert Palumbo led UNH with four shots, putting two attempts on goal.

The Wildcats are back in action when they take on the University of Vermont Saturday, Oct. 22 (7 p.m.) at Bremner Field.

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No. 13 UNH vs. No. 22 UMass Saturday at 3:30 p.m.; Gillette Stadium; TV- CSNNE UNH is 4-2 overall, 2-1 in CAA; UMass is 4-2 overall, 0-0 in CAA

Key match-up: UNH Rush Defense

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After William & Mary running back Jonathan Grimes ran over UNH for 323 all-purpose yards (169 rushing, 126 receiving yards) last week, the Wildcat defense faces yet another beast in the backfield this Saturday against UMass.

Senior Jonathan Hernandez leads the CAA with 110.5 rushing yards per game. His seven rushing touchdowns are third in the conference. Hernandez was a non-factor in last year’s Colonial Clash, though, rushing just 12 times for 46 yards.

UNH, which is last in the CAA in total defense, is also second-last in rush defense, as the team gives up an average of 174.5 yards per game.

Defensive ends James Jenkins and Brian McNally will have to hold the edge against Hernandez, while the defensive tackles will obviously be key in packing the middle. If UNH can hold Grimes below his season average, the Wildcats will have a good chance of winning the second Colonial Clash.

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Wide receiver R.J. Harris has been one of the best in the CAA all season. Harris is a dangerous deep threat and one of the reasons why UNH’s offense has been so explosive in 2011.

They said it:

might be the last time anyone has “ This bragging rights over the other team.”

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Quarterback Kevin Decker

UMass-UNH was a street fight. It was an alley fight. It was a rivalry ... and for all purposes it’s going away.”

Head coach Sean McDonnell

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X-factor: R.J. Harris

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When UNH runs the football

When UMass runs the football

The running backs struggled last week against the Tribe. Dontra Peters, Chris Setian and Nico Steriti combined for just 47 yards on the ground. All three will need to be better against UMass to give the Wildcats a complete offensive attack.

As detailed above, running back Jonathan Hernandez powers the UMass offense. He has already rushed for over 150 yards in a game twice this season and could have a field day against what has been a shaky UNH defense.

When UNH passes the football

When UMass passes the football

Quarterback Kevin Decker leads the CAA in total offense with 357.6 yards per game, but UNH managed just 10 points against the Tribe, the lowest output of the season.

The Wildcats will need Decker to spread the ball around to his receivers to put points on the boards against UMass.

Sophomore quarterback Kellen Pagel has been solid in his first season starting for the Minutemen. Pagel is averaging 209.6 yards per game passing. While the offense is centered around Hernandez, Pagel has provided solid leadership under center for the Minutemen.

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NBA labor talks broke down again this Thursday and no more talks are planned in the ongoing negotiations, meaning more NBA games and perhaps the entire season could be missed.

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FOOTBALL

Colonial Clash: End of a rivalry?

This year’s showdown at Gillette Stadium could be the last between UNH and UMass

By NICK B. REID Staff writer

In their final game as conference rivals, the 13th-ranked Wildcats (4-2, 2-1 CAA) face off against the 22nd-ranked University of Massachusetts (4-2) in Saturday’s Colonial Clash at a venue worthy of holding 114 years of bad blood.

Because the Minutemen are moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision by way of joining the Mid-American Conference, the 3:36 p.m. kickoff Saturday will start perhaps the last of the 74 games between the two schools, a rivalry that dates back to 1897.

“This might be the last time anyone has bragging rights over the other team,” quarterback Kevin Decker said.

If that isn’t enough, the players are certain to hold nothing back given the location of the game, the New England Patriots’ home, Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass.

Looking back to last year—the only other time the matchup was showcased at Gillette—players and coaches reminisced about the experience.

“Just warming up down there on Friday afternoon was unbelievable,” head coach Sean McDonnell

said. “Coming into the tunnel in the bus was unbelievable. It’s a great sense, a lot of fun.”

“It was an unbelievable experience,” junior linebacker Matt Evans said. “It was 30,000-plus fans, friends, family. Being at Gillette Stadium, it was awesome. It was everything you could ask for and more.”

Evans really did get more than he could ask for last year, as he was honored with the Bill Knight Trophy, given to the most valuable player of the contest. He was only the third defensive winner since its inception in 1986.

Decker was confined to the sidelines last year, playing behind then-quarterback R.J. Toman. This year he’ll be front and center.

“It’s awesome for all of us,” Decker said. “Especially for the Patriots fans that grew up around here, it’s pretty special for them to get to play in their favorite stadium. Just to be in an NFL atmosphere with 30-something thousand people, we don’t get to do that a lot so that’s going to be pretty nice.”

He was surprised by last year’s turnout.

“I knew I was going to Gillette,

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Just like last year’s Colonial Clash (pictured above), fans from UNH and UMass alike will pack the stands at Gillette Stadium to see the two teams square off this Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

WILDCAT GAMEDAY Go to page 19 for a complete preview of the clash between UNH and UMass, featuring key matchups, X-factors and predictions from the editorial staff.

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MEN’S HOCKEY

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After playing the role of backup in last season’s Clash, QB Kevin Decker will lead UNH this Saturday at Gillette Stadium.

MEN’S SOCCER

Wildcats still searching for first win UNH beats Crusaders in double-overtime victory

By ZACK COX managing editor

The UNH men’s hockey team has unloaded 102 shots on opposing goaltenders this season. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, only one of those shots found the back of the net, and at 0-3-0, the team is off to its worst start in over two decades.

Now, as the Wildcats head to Minnesota for a two-game set with St. Cloud State, head coach Dick Umile will be doing some serious line tinkering in hopes of creating some kind of offensive spark.

“There’s going to be changes,” Umile said. “You won’t see the same combinations, all the forwards for sure. … There was no line imM HOCKEY continued on page 18

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Goaltender Matt Di Girolamo and UNH have struggled early in the season, surrending 14 goals in three games, all losses.

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Josh Bronner punched in a game-winning goal with just over two minutes remaining in double overtime, leading the University of New Hampshire men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory against the College of the Holy Cross Tuesday evening at Bremner Field.

The win improves UNH to 6-71 overall, while Holy Cross drops its fourth straight game, falling to 1-10-2.

Brad Hilton set up the gamewinner immediately following a Holy Cross foul, as he took advantage of the situation and serviced

a ball into the box from about 30 yards out. Bronner was able to connect with the pass and headed it into the back of the net at 107:24 to give New Hampshire the win.

Ryan McNamara tallied the game’s first goal in the 17th minute of the first half, giving the home team the early 1-0 edge. David Schlatter set up the tally when he sent a pass from the right side to McNamara on the left and he fired a shot into the net at 16:20.

Holy Cross wouldn’t wait long to strike back, as Monty Sanders scored on an unassisted tally at 17:41. Sanders tracked down a M SOCCER continued on page 18

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