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Basketball Faculty Duel: College of Business v. Henry C. Lee College

By KAREN GRAVADIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS

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Volume 94, Issue 16 | February 20, 2013

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CAMPUS

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The Hazell Nut Café has reopened in Maxcy Hall with new features, including a pizza oven, expanded bakery section and an updated menu.

SPORTS

The university recently launched its first student-run re-cord label company, Purebred Records run by UNH students. And the company has already signed two artists!

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ENTERTAINMENT

Do the names Wesley Keith Schultz, Jeremiah Caleb Fraites, and Neyla Pekarek ring a bell? Probably not. Catch up with The Lumineers!

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OPINION

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Retired Justice Barry Schaller of the Connecticut Supreme Court, author of a new book about veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), will speak on campus on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. The talk will take place in the Alumni Lounge in Bartels Hall, the campus center. It is co-sponsored by the Legal So-ciety, a student group, and the UNH Legal Studies Program. Schaller’s newest book, “Veterans on Trial: The Com-ing Court Battles Over PTSD,” was released in September. “People ask frequently whether our society is ready to address the problems arising from PTSD in our returning veterans. My response is to ask: ‘Who bears the primary responsibility?’ Schaller said. “When veterans appear in court, it is, in a real sense, too late – too late to provide them with a smooth, successful transition to civilian life. They need, and will receive, help at that point even though it is not right to take it for granted that these problems can sim-ply be left to the courts to fix. In assessing our readiness, we cannot ignore the fact that these problems will remain with us for years – decades – to come.” Schaller was asked to speak by the UNH Legal Studies Program, which is exploring additional ways to provide services to veterans, said Donna Decker Morris, associ-ate professor and director of the program. “We regularly invite speakers on legal sub-jects of current interest,” said Morris. “PTSD is a serious problem facing many veterans, the criminal justice system and society.” Schaller is the author of two other books, “A Vision of American Law: Judging Law, Literature, and the Stories We Tell,” published in 1997 and the winner of the 1997 Quinnipiac Law School Book Award for excellence, and “Understanding Bioethics and the Law: The Promises and Perils of the Brave New World of Biotechnology,” published in 2007. Schaller received his B.A. degree from Yale College and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He practiced law in New Ha-ven from 1963 to 1974.

After being ranked 25th in the nation, and expected to place fifth overall, the University of New Haven women’s track and field team proved them wrong with a fourth place finish at Saturday’s 2013 Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Have to take city transit somewhere this week? Learn from the profession-als! Two-time bus rider Elissa Sanci offers up some tips!

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What a way to kick off the month of February. Tip off be-tween the College of Business and the Henry C. Lee College was at noon on Friday, Feb. 1. Armando Rodriguez and Tracy Tamborra organized this event which took place in the Becker-man Recreation Center. They were also the captains of each team. According to Rodriguez, the idea for the game started when Tamborra was trash talking him and the College of Busi-ness. Rodriguez responded by challenging her to a duel of her choosing. Tamborra choose to have her and the rest of the Lee College play in a basketball game against the College of Business. The game consisted of two 20-minute halves. The Henry C. Lee College faculty roster consisted of James Cassidy, Maria Tcherni,

Vesna Markovic, Mike Clark, Mike Jenkins, Bill Tafoya, Alicia Hannan, Judith Dicine and Jibbey Asthappan. This team was led by the fearless and aggressive Tracy Tamborra. For the College of Business, Armando Rodriguez was not able to play due to an injury, so he coached on the sidelines. His roster consisted of College of Business faculty, including David Dauwalder, Demissew Ejara, Kamal Upadhyaya, Cindy Jevarjian and Mike Wnek. Unfortunately, they could not get enough faculty members to field a whole team, so they used some students including Josh, Austin, and Tyler. The Lee College was not happy about the College of Business using students to play for them. Many saw this as an unethical practice. Tamborra released a quote saying, “It is interesting that the college that stands for justice played by the rules, but the business college resorted to Wall Street-like de-

By TYLER D’AMORESPORTS EDITOR

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Happy Birthday, Beckerman Rec!

regulations.” Bill Tafoya also said that it was sad that the COB could not field a team of faculty and had to use ringers. Other than that, the game was very fun for all participants and spectators. Linda Carlone from the Busi-ness Department was having a blast on the sideline, getting fans excited and even started a “Let’s Go, C-O-B chant!” It was a very evenly matched game and the outcome shows that. The Henry C. Lee College outscored the College of Busi-ness for a final score of 26-24. Both teams had a blast playing and there were talks of a re-match after the game. Talking to Rodriguez and Tamborra a couple days later, the feud is far from over and both are ready for a rematch. Rodriguez also suggested possibly getting the other two colleges involved and having a tournament.

By CAMERON HINESFILM EDITOR

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It was 5 years ago on Feb. 11 that the Beckerman Recreation-al Center finally opened to the campus community. Students have been using the center for health and wellness, and for one day, they were fed healthy birthday cake by the same place they had been using to burn the calories from said cake. The Rec Center’s 5th birth-day party was supposed to take place Monday, Feb. 11, with a series of events for the whole week, but due to clean-up ef-

forts after the blizzard and the campus being closed, it was moved to Friday, Feb. 15. But that did not stop students from showing up to enjoy the many opportunities the Rec Center had to offer. As soon as students came in, they were greeted by decora-tions and Beckerman Rec Cen-ter Swag Bags, which included key chains, pens and a celebra-tory T-shirt to commemorate the event. But that was not all the Rec Center was giving away. The basketball court had a buf-fet loaded with delicious food, and there was a birthday cake to cap it off.

Besides food and prizes, the Rec Center offered what it’s best at: recreational activities. There were many opportuni-ties for students (and faculty) to pass the time, including a 3-point contest, a Faculty/Staff v. Student Volleyball Game, group fitness on the court and many backyard informal games, including Cornhole and Kanjan. The event was not only for students; donors were encour-aged to come and enjoy the benefits of their contribution. So, Happy Birthday Beckerman Rec Center. Let’s celebrate it for many years to come.

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USGA Meetings this semester will be held on Wednesdays at 1:45PM in the Alumni Lounge.

Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth R. FieldAssistant Editor Liana Teixeira

Staff Writers Ana Abraham, Allesandra Coronel, Lesha Daley, Tyler D’amore, Sara J. Dufort, Lynn Jenkins, Ashley Jones, Isaak Kifle, Katherine Lavoie, Shannon Livewell, Samantha Mathewson, Patricia Oprea, Jessica Pena, Amy Reidy, Crystal Reyes, Elissa Sanci, Samantha Shinn, Katerina Sperl, Ross Weiner, Dante Vittone, Kerri Zboula

Entertainment Editors: Cameron Hines and Katerina Sperl

Opinion Editor: Nadine Northway

Sports Editor: Tyler D’Amore

Sports Writers Brandon Caron, Amanda D’Alberto, Taylor Huack, Sean Malone, Samantha Mathewson, Mike Nicolini

Copyeditors: Samantha Mathewson, Isaak Kifle, and Nadine Northway

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Hello everyone,

I trust you all enjoyed the weekend after a nice shortened week. Congratulations to our Greek organizations on their new classes of potential new members, and good luck to those individuals who are joining.

As spring edges closer and closer, more and more events are being planned. There is always something go-ing on. Be sure to check out Charger Connection for updated flyers for the events here on campus. Finally, I would like to congratulate Men’s Club Hockey on their wins this weekend as they have taken the conference title by force. Great job guys.

Enjoy your week and Go Chargers!

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Crime Corner

By KATERINA SPERLMUSIC EDITOR

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Profiling By David Owen

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This book includes manila folder-looking pages and tons of pictures, so the readers feel like they are looking through police files. This may be the coolest textbook-like read ever. While some classics like Jack the Ripper and Jeffrey Dah-mer are covered, there were also hundreds of murderers I had never heard of. Also, plenty of women were included! Profiling is guaranteed to take even the quickest readers a while to thumb through. While it is very interesting, there is a ton of con-tent. The killers are divided into categories by their signatures: organized v. disor-ganized, commuters v. marauders, power, anger and retaliation. The 11 chapters, not including an introduction, explain what profilers do and how profiling works. It is worth the time to sift through the entire thing. Everyone can certainly learn a lot of information from this book.

Recommended For: Psychology majors (forensics and others), anyone that is interested in crime solving.

Scope it Out!by Stephanie Kane

This week’s events consist of SCOPE’s Film Week! The events this week are:

Wednesday, Feb. 20: -Game Night at 8 p.m. in the Student Dining Room.

Thursday, Feb. 21:-Day’s Fun Fest, including Balloon Artist and Frisbee Spin Art from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Programming Space.-Film Contest Showing at 7:45 p.m. in the Moulton Lounge. Come sup-port your fellow students!

Friday, Feb. 22:- Movie showing of Skyfall at 9 p.m. in Bartels.

Saturday, Feb. 23:-Murder Mystery Dinner at 5 p.m. in the Moulton Lounge. Signups will be on Chargerconnection.-Disney Throwback at 9 p.m. in Bartels. This will include showings of The Lion King and Toy Story.

Sunday, Feb. 24:-Roller Rink on campus! This will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Ger-man Club.-Oscar Party showing in the Alumni Lounge at 7 p.m. (There will be food and contests to win prizes!)

Tuesday, Feb. 26:-Female O at 8:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge.-Rise of the Guardians Showing at 9 p.m. in Dodds 205.

* Make sure to come to the Film Week Events for a chance to win free giveaways and food!


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Planning to Visit UNH? There’s an App for That

If you are interested in attending or are planning to visit UNH, you might want to download the app EXPLORE UNH first.

The app, available through iTunes and Google Play, allows prospective students, their families, friends, returning alumni, and visitors to the main campus to have access to an electronic map, driving directions, walking tour, admissions information, restaurant and hotel infor-mation, and information about life at UNH.

“Downloading the app is an excellent way to pre-pare for a campus visit,” says Kevin Phillips, as-sociate vice president for enrollment management. “We want to make it as easy as possible to help our visitors, particularly our prospective students and their families, get the most out of their time on cam-pus. This app puts all of the information you might need at your fingertips in a very accessible format.”

Admissions informa-tion, a self-guided walk-ing tour and UNH wall-paper backgrounds are three of the app’s features.

Published on UNH’s behalf by Smart College

Visit Inc., the free app pro-vides a navigational and travel planning guide to campus including turn-by-turn directions to nearly every building on campus, parking lots, athletic fa-cilities and residence halls.

Smart College Visit is a Blacksburg, Virgin-ia-based higher educa-tion marketing and col-lege visit planning portal. More information can be found at http://SmartCol-legeVisit.com or by email. Smart College Visit is on Twitter at @collegevisit.

The Spring 2013 Majors Fair

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To UNH UG Students, The Office of the Provost is pleased to an-nounce the 2013 student Summer Undergradu-ate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. Objectives: To engage students in the experience of applied research under the direct tutelage of a faculty mem-ber. The full process will involve crafting a research proposal, conducting a research project, and will require preparation and presentation of results in written and oral-presenta-tion form at a research fair to be held early in the fall term. Fellows will also be expected to write a short summary of their work for publication by UNH. The program will support mentoring, engagement, experiential learning and persistence. This program is now in its seventh year at UNH. The 2013 program is designed to build on the successful experiences of previous years.

Process and Parameters:•Although the student and faculty member are expected to co-submit their proposal, it is ex-pected that the student will write it. Up to two students may work with one faculty member. Written proposals must be submitted to the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Research and Faculty Development (205 Maxcy Hall) in five (5 copies),

c/o Janice Sanderson, and must include an appropri-ate cover sheet identify-ing the faculty member and student(s) [including the student’s ID number and major]; it must also contain a brief narrative that presents background theory and research re-view, research objectives and methods, and implica-tions of possible scenar-ios of results. (Faculty/student co-submission ensures faculty oversight and commitment if the proposal is accepted. Fac-ulty members may team with student majors from colleges other than their own.)

•The proposals will be re-viewed and awards made by a faculty committee chaired by the Associ-ate Provost for Graduate Studies and one faculty scholar from each college, each appointed by the dean of that college. •The proposal deadline is Wednesday, March 6th; decisions will be announced on or before April 5th.

•Projects will not be eligible simultaneously for honors theses or senior projects or other academic credit. However students may continue the research initiated under SURF in preparation for subsequent credit-bearing activity such as Honors courses, subject to relevant policy.

•Students must be in good

academic and conduct standing as of the review period.

•Projects involving human subjects must be vetted in a timely way by the university’s IRB.

•The student fellowship award includes these ele-ments:1. A $2,500 stipend for each student and an award certificate upon successful completion of the pro-gram.2. Special mention on the co-curricular transcript as “Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow.”3. A $1,500 stipend for each faculty member for each student supervised.4. No fee student hous-ing in the UNH residence halls for the summer pe-riod, June 3 – August 9.5. An allowance for research supplies and li-brary resources, budgeted at $700 per student.6. Required participation in a Fall 2013 “Research Day” event, which will in-clude poster displays and demonstrations or descrip-tions as appropriate.7. A summary written report which will be pub-lished by UNH.8. Participation in at least one Admissions event during the 2013-14 aca-demic year, to be sched-uled by the Dean’s Office of the college in which the student is enrolled.

By ISAAK KIFLECOPY EDITOR

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A message from the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies

One of the most impor-tant decisions a student makes coming into col-lege, or soon after, is what to major in. Yet nationally, around half of college stu-dents change their major. UNH alone offers close to 100 different undergradu-ate programs among all of its colleges, including different concentrations in many majors. In addition, 13 certificate programs and close to 50 minors of-fer students the chance to complement their academ-ic program or gain skills and expertise outside of their major(s). However, many students may be unaware of the full extent of options UNH provides. To help address this problem, the Career De-

velopment Center and the First-Year Success Center brought a Majors Fair to campus. On Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14, faculty and student repre-sentatives from a number of departments on cam-pus came to the Alumni Lounge. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., students had the op-portunity to come in and speak to the representa-tives about the major and minor options available, experiential opportunities provided and different ca-reer options one has after graduation. Refreshments were also provided. In total, close to 50 programs and departments at UNH were represented at the Majors Fair, coming from four of the colleges. This included everything from criminal justice and psychology to five of the engineering programs, art,

music, business and more. Exit surveys filled out by the students who attended indicated that the event was helpful and informa-tive. Some expressed interest in adding a new major or minor to their program, while others may be con-sidering a change in their major. If you missed the event, but are consider-ing changing your aca-demic program in some way, stop by the Career Development Center in the Bartels Student Activ-ity Center, the First-Year Success Center in Maxcy Hall 106 or your academic department.

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Don’t Be Late!THE FEDS

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DON’T FORGET THESE IMPORTANT DEADLINES:BEING LATE COULD COST YOU! The Spring Semester has begun, which means that important financial aid deadlines are quickly approaching! It is neces-sary for all students to keep track of the dates that specific documents are due, especially the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAF-SA). The FAFSA must be completed electroni-cally via the Department of Education’s website: www.FAFSA.gov. The deadline for completion of the FAFSA is March 1st, 2013. FAFSA applications filed after this date will be considered late, and could have a significant effect on the amount of finan-cial aid that you receive. So take a little stress out of your life and file the FAFSA on time- maybe even early! Not only is the FAFSA deadline fast approach-ing, but the deadline for all other necessary docu-ments is coming up too. The Financial Aid Office may require several addi-tional documents in order to process each student’s financial aid package, such as the 2013-2014 Independent/Dependent Verification Worksheet or the Student/Parent IRS Tax Return Transcript. The deadline for all other required documents to be submitted to the Financial Aid Office is May 1st, 2013. Descriptions of these documents can be found in the Financial Aid

on line system which can be accessed by clicking on the “Matrix: Students” link under the “Quick Links” tab located above the search bar on the UNH website. DO NOT LOG INTO MATRIX!!! On the left side of the page, below the login sec-tion, there will be an icon or picture as seen below. Clicking on this icon will bring you to the Financial Aid online access site. You will need your Stu-dent ID number, which is the nine digit number on the front of your Student ID card.• If you have al-ready logged in to Net-Partner, and you re-member your PIN, enter the information and hit submit.• If you have al-ready logged in but have forgotten your PIN, click “Forgot PIN” and follow the instructions.• If you have never created an account, click “First Time User” and fol-low the instructions Once you have logged into your Financial Aid site, you will be able to view all of the informa-tion concerning your financial aid. Familiarize yourself with the website, and check under the tab labeled “Documents” to see if you are missing any documents. This website is available 24/7 and is a way for students (and parents if you share your log in information with them!) to check the status of their financial aid, even when the office is closed. Along with the FAFSA and other important docu-ments, the applications for many outside scholarships are due during the Spring Semester. Outside scholar-

ships can be very helpful to students in need of fi-nancial help, and they are often overlooked as a way to pay for college. Outside scholarships are differ-ent from those given out by the University. They are provided by outside organizations such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, pro-fessional organizations, community organizations, and more. It is important to remember the deadlines for outside scholarships. Many scholarships have a deadline between Febru-ary 1st and April 30th of each year so be sure to send the applications in on time. Don’t forget to take advantage of the outside scholarship board located in the lobby of the Finan-cial Aid Office, and be sure to mark the deadlines on your calendar! The final significant deadline that UNH stu-dents should be concerned about is the deadlines for class registration for the Fall 2013 Semester. Late registration may result in a reduced financial aid award due to limited fund-ing. Look for the e-mail from the Registrar’s Of-fice that lists the dates and times for each grade level to register, and be sure to register on time or ASAP after your date! Remember: the FAFSA is due March 1st, 2013; all other documents are due May 1st, 2013; the dead-lines for many outside scholarships are quickly approaching; and register for Fall 2013 on time! If you write down and remember all of these im-portant dates, you won’t have to stress out about your financial aid. So….Don’t Be Late!!

Postcards from Prato

SHANNON LIVEWELLSTAFF WRITER

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Musica Jazz Presso il Teatro (Jazz Music at The Theater) Here in Prato, we spend almost every night at our favorite restaurant, Café Al’Teatro (mentioned in my last Postcards from Prato). The people at Al’Teatro make eating there feel like we are in our own kitchen, person-alizing the menu for us and making sure we are always full and happy. The other night as we were finishing up our soy cappuccinos, we were told that we were able to attend the Jazz show across the street at Teatro Metastasio. This is one of the most beautiful and classically-designed the-aters I have ever seen. The architecture seemed brand new, yet untouched from the day that it was first constructed. When we were told that it would be a night of Jazz, I was beyond ex-cited. I heard some Patsy Cline instrumentals play-ing from behind the large oak doors and thought this would be an incredible experience. When the usher saw that we were really enjoying what we heard, he asked if we wanted to sit and watch the entire show. We eagerly agreed and he brought us down a few levels to a box seat in the back of the theater. After the peaceful

instrumentals ended, however, things got a little odd. In classic American Jazz and Blues there is a technique known as ‘scatting,’ where impro-visations of wordless vocals are used as fillers for spaces of instrumental melodies in a song. Italy has shown itself notorious for adapting American music into their own by changing them slightly to fit the society and culture in which they live. It seems that they did the same when it came to Jazz ‘scatting.’ As a man (who resem-bled what I picture Albert Einstein to have looked like) stood in the corner and imitated seizure-like motions while screaming, whistling and blowing raspberries into the micro-phone (commonly known as horse lips for vocal-ists), we were actually a bit scared. This all came in the middle of a commonly known Jazz piece, “Hong

Kong Blues.” However, during this version, the band picked up to a chaotic pace with spastic solos and no real harmo-nization what so ever. The inconsistency definitely made listening a bit more difficult, as each sound bounced off the wall and into another. I have learned a few things that are important to know in Italy... If you are a vegetarian that eats fish and you sit down and order scallops, you will get three giant pieces of steak in lemon sauce. When you order fruit as a side dish, expect to get a large pear or apple as is off the tree, placed into a bowl and served to you. Lastly, the Jazz music that you may know and love in America is only a base line for the Jazz music they so eagerly exude in Italy, and it would help to take two Tylenol before attending a full show. So don’t be fooled.

Shannon Livewell is spending a semester abroad at UNH’s Prato, Italy satellite campus. Follow her adventures this semester!

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Donation Establishes Scholarship for Chemical

Engineers at UNHUNH TODAY

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UNH has received a $15,500 gift from the Fairfield County Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) to establish the Southern Connecti-cut Chemical Engineers Scholarship Fund at the University. “Chemical engineers are important to the industrial base of Southern Con-necticut to provide energy systems, fuels, special purpose chemicals, plastic products, environmental improvements and con-sulting services,” said Ray Goodell, chair of the Fair-field County Section of the AIChE. “We hope this scholarship will encour-

age the continued devel-opment of the chemical engineering community in Southern Connecticut.” Ron Harichandran, dean of the Tagliatela Col-lege of Engineering, said the new scholarship will benefit current and future generations of students. “I am grateful for the support of the Fairfield County Section of the AIChE for their generous contribution to establish this scholarship,” he said. “Our students are much sought after by employers because of the blend of theoretical knowledge and real-world problem solv-ing experience they gain. Developing relationships with influential profes-sional organizations such as AIChE provides our students transformational

opportunities to interact with thought leaders in the field and prepare for rewarding careers in engi-neering.” Last fall, the Tagliatela College of Engineering was ranked in the top tier of undergraduate engineering programs nationwide by U.S. News & World Report for the second consecutive year. UNH also is working with the cities of West Haven and New Haven to finalize plans to build a new state-of-the-art facility near its campus for the Engineer-ing and Science Uni-versity Magnet School. Additionally, the Univer-sity was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to help boost engineering student retention rates.


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Drake Group Given ‘In Residence’ Status at UNH


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The Drake Group, a national organization of faculty and staff who seek to defend academic integ-rity in college sports, is now “in residence” at the University of New Haven. Since its founding in 1999, the Drake Group has significantly influ-enced public discourse on current issues and con-troversies in sports and higher education. The UNH College of Business is home to a sports management pro-gram ranked among the best in the world. “We are pleased to offer the Drake Group a per-manent home since the mission of the group is something UNH is proud to support,” said UNH President Steve Kaplan. “Having the group in resi-dence is an excellent fit with our nationally recog-nized sports management department.” “We are dedicated to academic integrity in sports,” said Allen Sack, UNH professor of sports management and presi-dent of the Drake Group. “In some cases, the pres-sure of commercial col-lege sports leads universi-ties to give greater priority to keeping athletes eli-gible than to providing a quality education.” The Drake Group was founded when a distin-guished group of college faculty, authors and activ-ists were invited to Drake University for a meet-ing about ways to end academic corruption in college sports. Included in the initial conference were members of faculty sen-ates, journalists, athletic directors and members of organizations such as the NCAA and the Knight Foundation Commission on Collegiate Sport. Donna Lopiano, presi-dent and founder of Sport Management Resources and former chief execu-tive officer of the Wom-en’s Sports Foundation, is a member of the Drake Group advisory council. She shares the Drake Group’s position that ulti-mately college faculty are responsible for protecting the academic integrity of

the educational institution. “When the power or oversight of the faculty is usurped by administrative decisions such as admis-sions standards excep-tions, improper conduct such as tutors doing the work of athletes or unethi-cal intervention such as placement of athletes in courses demonstrated to require less effort or high-er than normal grading, voices must be raised to object,” she said. “Such voices become catalysts for change when institu-tions, fearful of public embarrassment, are forced to act to protect their pub-lic reputations.” Lopiano said over the last four decades, athlet-ics governance systems have become increasingly fragmented by competi-tive division, by weighted voting, by structural changes that increase the power of smaller deci-sion-making groups, and by executive powers that have moved the NCAA from governance by a large and diverse delibera-tive assembly to decision-making by smaller more homogeneous groups that increasingly include fewer faculty and independent voices. “These changes should ring a bell of caution,” she said. “It is easier to get off track if we are not con-stantly challenged by dif-ferent views, especially by the collective conscience of the majority but also the clear expression of academic integrity by the faculty. A good measure of moral certainty will be the ability of athletics to answer its faculty critics. That’s what The Drake Group is all about.” A key component of the Drake Group’s strategy is to anchor the intercol-legiate athletic experience within the context and mission of higher educa-tion, said Billy Hawkins, associate professor of

kinesiology at the Uni-versity of Georgia and a member of the Drake Group advisory council. “The Drake Group has been active in keeping issues of athletic reform at the forefront of the dis-cussion on intercollegiate athletics,” Hawkins said. “The academic reputation of the University of New Haven and the legacy and scholarship of Allen Sack provides the Drake group with a reputable residence and resources to continue its notable work.” The Drake Group co-sponsored the College Athletes Right to Know Act in Connecticut, spon-sored conferences focused on major policy issues in collegiate sport, and met with Ralph Nader’s League of Fans to discuss changes in athletic schol-arship policies. Last fall, the NCAA adopted one of the Drake Group’s most controversial proposals when it revived multi-year scholarships for college athletes. “The Drake Group is an independent watchdog that has provided invalu-able perspective, hard analysis and important data on the problems with intercollegiate athletics,” said Andrew Zimbalist, The Robert A. Woods Professor of Econom-ics at Smith College and a member of the Drake Group advisory council. “One of the benefits of having the group based at UNH is that Allen Sack has been a leading and influential critic of inter-collegiate athletics. His leadership has been cen-tral to the Drake Group’s success.” Since its inception in 1999, the Drake Group has had no home base and has held meetings in cities throughout the United States. The group plans to hold meetings and other events on the UNH cam-pus in years to come.

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The Newest Purebred in Town

By JESSICA PENASTAFF WRITER

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From the hills of the University of New Haven, you can hear the sound of music coming from the lower level of Dodds Hall. The university launched its first student-run record label company, Purebred Records. And the com-pany has already signed two artists. Started as a commit-tee in the Music and Entertainment Industry Students Association (MEISA), it spread out to become its own entity within the Music Depart-ment. Doug Foley, the founder of Purebred Records, has come a long way in three years. Foley, a junior, brought this idea to the table as a freshman and said that the process was pretty long. “It took several people to make this work,” said Foley. One of them was Shaun Sintic. Progress was initially not easy to come by. Sin-tic, a senior and Foley’s partner in crime, said that in order to get this off the ground, he was doing research on other student-run label companies to see what they can do to start. Sintic even emailed stu-dents from other colleges to see how they went about starting a record label. “It’s a lot of work,” Sintic said. However, Sintic did mention how rewarding this experience has been. He said that he has made a connection with the art-ists, and created networks across the board. “This is the prime example of experiential education,” he says. The University of New Hav-en’s main focus for educa-tion is experiencing it, to do the hands-on work.

Foley agreed and said that this experience was truly realistic to the real life job, as he and Sintic hold immense responsibil-ity over their shoulders. The two students are also in charge of creating a class schedule and class meetings for the record company, with UNH pro-fessor Murray Krugman as their advisor and guide. Krugman, who has 10 gold and platinum albums under his belt and listed in the Top 500 Producers in Rock History by Billboard Published Book, said to the New Haven Register that the idea for a student-run record label company has been floating around for years. According to the article, Krugman said, “Students are going to have to bring bands in and determine that they want to sign them, what kind of a deal they want: licensing, recording, a single, an EP, a multi-record single album.” Not only do Foley, Sintic and other students deal with the legal aspect of the company, but with the creative and business sides to it as well. Sintic admits that marketing is not as simple as it seems. He tells that you are basically selling music to people that they may not actually like, so it is all about reaching different

audiences. The company has signed two different artists to the label: Lansky Aloi, a hip-hop artist and a University of New Haven graduate student, and Hannah & Maggie, a folk duo from New York. Sintic, who works with Lansky closely, said that he is amazing, while Foley could not agree more towards the label’s female duo, Hannah & Maggie. Foley first en-countered the duo at the Connecticut Folk Fest in 2012, with fellow students Tyrus Watson and Chris-tina Constantinopoulos. Foley said after they won, they went up to them and explained who they were, exchanged some numbers, and the rest is history. Foley and Sintic hope that after they leave UNH and pursue their careers that Purebred Records will continue to produce music for amazing artists, such as Lanksy and Hannah & Maggie. They both also hope that label will be profitable, and dream that the program will grow and become a well-known col-lege record label. For more information on Purebred Records, you can follow them on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Purebre-dRecords.

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By JENNIFER HARRINGTONSTAFF WRITER

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The Hazell Nut Café has reopened in Maxcy Hall with new features, includ-ing a pizza oven, expand-ed bakery section and an updated menu. The Café is run by stu-dents from the Hospital-ity and Tourism program as part the university’s School of Business. It was named in honor of UNH Alum Jeffery Hazell, who supports the café as well as Jeffery’s Fusion Res-taurant in Harugari Hall. Dr. Juline Mills is the department chair for Hospitality and Tourism. Under her guidance, the students carry out every-day business practices in the café. Students hold managerial positions as well as fill staff positions. The students take part in staffing, selecting menu items, ordering, promo-tion and management. They are taking advan-

tage of the university’s experiential education by gaining real world experi-ence they can use in their future careers. Sarah Pethybridge, sophomore at UNH, is the Hazell Nut Café Training Manager, and has been working since before spring semester started to ensure that the reopen-ing of the Café would run smoothly. Along with Sarah was a manage-ment team of nine other students and Dr. Mills. The Charger Bulletin sat down with Pethybridge to discuss the reopening. Charger Bulletin: What has been the most rewarding part of working with the café? Sarah Pethybridge: I don’t know any other schools with a student run café on campus. It’s a good learning experience. CB: What has been the most challenging part of your position? SP: Making sure ev-eryone knows everything

about the café and making sure everyone is on the same page. CB: How many students are staffed by the Café? SP: There are about 12 people working in any given day. Management staff includes about eight people who are paid. Other staffers work in the café as part of their class grade and credit require-ment. They are required to work eight hours per week in two separate four-hour shifts. CB: What has changed in the café since it re-opened? SP: We’re still improv-ing, but there is more variety to the café. The Café is located in Maxcy Hall, right inside the main entrance. You can stop by to try some of their new food options during the week using Charger Cash. The Bakery opens at 8 a.m., and pizza is up and running by 11 a.m.

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that the city will not be able to provide the ad-equate amount of services for all New Haven appli-cants. The CPAT is going to have many who either agree or disagree with it, but Rev Boise Kimber, pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church, stated an alternative option, “no one is afraid of the CPAT, but allow the CPAT to be done during the train-ing academy after people have been hired.” Kimber, against the CPAT, said “this is an old trick; you change the game when it appears that a large numbers of blacks are applying.” As times change and new standards are set, there are going to be more prerequisites necessary. Citizens who have com-mented on the issue have stated, “the most effective workforce is one that is educated, able, competent, and diverse, which is what this will test, and ques-tion how a ability test is viewed as racists.” A comment on the New Haven Register ar-ticle concerning the topic stated, “In my opinion it is to easy. We replaced our physical agility test with the CPAT many years ago. Since then, the failure rate in in our recruit academy has jumped to almost 30%. I have served as a training officer, and I can definitely say, that we have hired candidates only to release them due to a lack of physical strength.”

The University of New Haven’s fire sci-ence program provides an advanced technical background for students, but are they not preparing them enough? Although the city says it has no plan on fol-lowing through with a new measure that would require potential employ-ees to pass a Candidate Physical Ability Test, the New Haven Fore Union, Local 825, supports the proposal. “The CPAT is an agility test that measures ones ability to perform the es-sential job functions of a firefighter.” Other organizations say it is a racist tactic used to deny city residents oppor-tunities, especially com-munities of color. The test is recognized by the Justice Department as job related, but not everyone agrees. Victor A. Bolden, the city cor-poration counselor, said, “From the outset, the City’s Fire Department intended to ensure that candidates for the entry-level firefighter positions had sufficient physical agility skills to do the job, but not by using Candi-date Physical Ability Test (CPAT).” The CPAT is viewed as a “racial controversy” after the union agreed to support a measure intro-duced by the Fire Com-mission to require a CPAT as a perquisite at time of application, and it is now being debated on whether to use or not based on the promise of equality among all applicants. “This test will deny many New Haven resi-dents the opportunity to

be firefighters, especially women and communi-ties of color,” said Lt. Gary Tinney, who is first assistant director of the black professional fire-fighters. Tinney believes in a diverse workforce and advocated that this career has gotten inner city youth off the streets, reduc-ing both crime and gun violence. After ensuring that the union would make sure a potential applicant was not discriminated against based on their economic status, they made a unani-mous vote at last months meeting in favor of the CPAT. They also voted to send a letter to the mayor recommending that all new employees of the city be required to take it. Union officials sup-port their claim by stat-ing, “We can’t find any documented case where a candidate failed out of any training academy in the nation for lack of physical fitness once they passed CPAT and that the appli-cant after passing should be confident that they can meet the physical fitness level necessary to com-plete the academy.” In addition to ensuring that no discrimination will take place, Frank Ricci, union vice-president said the union is “providing preparation classes and transportation to take the practice and final tests,” and the costs of the ap-plication process will be covered. This is an at-tempt to settle citizen’s claims of “hardship.” The rebuttal for his argument, made by Mike Neal, president of the New Haven Fire Birds Association, is that the city cannot afford such costs. The test costs $150 per person. It is not state mandated, and Neal thinks

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“How Do I Write For Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…”

An Opinion on OpinionsBy ELIZABETH FIELDEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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The Charger Bulletin has been a hallmark of student life at UNH since our establishment in 1938. More recently, the Char-ger Bulletin has become more notorious for stirring up a little trouble and it’s almost always because of this very page. I feel like a broken tape repeating the same thing over and over regarding the nature of our opinion page, but it’s necessary. I promise this will be the last time. The Charger Bulletin aims to create a platform for intelligent and stimulating student discussion. Every member of the UNH community is encouraged (begged?) to submit articles to be pub-lished. The most common submission we receive are OP-EDs to be featured on our opinion page. The staff of the Charger Bul-letin does not agree with every opinion we publish and we don’t expect that you will always, or pos-sibly ever, agree with the ideas expressed on this page. We have received a lot of feedback on Facebook recently regarding a re-cent opinion piece “Gosh Darn Country Music.” While the writer may have embellished some com-ments for the sake of (un-successful) humor, every belief deserves courtesy and respect. Coming from a person who has had some recent experience in this field, it takes a lot of courage to speak against popular opinion and it takes a lot of courage to endure through the hate-ful comments that follow. Every person has the right

to an opinion just as every person has the right to dis-agree with that opinion. While many have request-ed that we cease to pub-lish opinion pieces, I am happy to announce that this will not happen. I re-fuse to be the person that stifles the student voice. And since these opinions are written by students, despite you not agreeing with them, yes, it is still an accurate depiction of the UNH community. If you don’t like it, write about it and you may see it on this very page. In my many roles on campus from student to Editor, I am so proud to be a part of the vibrant university community. UNH is a wonderful place to study, work, and live and opens the door to so many opportunities for all of us. However, the campus is not without problems and challenges. A university paper should create a discussion forum for students to address these issues. I am respect-fully requesting for every-one to be tolerant to your peers and their views no matter how impactful or silly. When it really comes

down to it, who cares if someone doesn’t like the same music as you? Frankly, if a little con-troversy causes people to pick up the newspaper then it is worth it for the important information in each issue. Whether you came here to mock an ar-ticle about country music, the Pledge of Allegiance, or the 2nd Amendment, if you turn the page and read about Sigma Chi’s recent charitable blanket drive “Wrap Up America” or see a flyer for BSU’s Black History Month events, then the staff of the Charger Bulletin has been successful. The ability to declare what you like, what you hate, and what you believe is essential in a proper de-mocracy. We will continue to offer this opportunity to all members of our uni-versity community. Free expression of ideas and opinions is not something that will be censored in this newspaper.

By LIANA TEIXEIRAASSISTANT EDITOR

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Roommate Problems

Having to wash their sheets for them. Without them knowing.

Never getting the dishes washed

The amount of times RA’s have told you to clean your room…ew

Collected on twitter by @roommate_pr0bs

Hello readers! I don’t know about you, but spring semester is fly-ing by, and it’s a bit difficult to believe this is only the second edito-rial I have written since classes began. I’m not going to lie—I’m pretty rusty. And busy, for that matter (which is why I find myself writing my weekly editorial merely hours before the newspa-per must be sent to print. Not fun.) However, I want to take this time to discuss The Charger Bulletin itself. Writing for the Bulletin as a freshman was probably one of the most rewarding experi-ences I’ve had during my time at UNH, and part of me is disappointed that more students don’t get involved with the student newspaper. That’s why I encourage all students to get involved with the medias on campus; it’s an excellent way of sharing your thoughts or follow-ing your passions. Now, I’m not saying you have to live and breathe the Bulletin to be involved. There are tons of ways you and your suitemates, friends and colleagues can contribute to us. Enjoy writing news stories? Perfect! We send out a weekly article list with the many events on campus to choose from. Our Entertainment and Sports Editors also have separate staffs, so

if newswriting isn’t your thing, try another genre for size. Not the best writer, but love taking pictures? We could always use more photographers. Have a strong opinion on an issue? The Char-ger Bulletin accepts any and all opinion/editorial submissions by students, given that they are free of obscenities or harmful language. Aside from writing and photography, the Bul-letin offers additional opportunities within our staff. We have Entertain-ment, Sports and Opinion Editors, and open posi-tions for Advertising and Marketing Managers. Students can also sign up to be on our distribution list and help deliver the newspaper to the various buildings on campus (did I mention you get to ride in a golf cart?). Have an exceptional eye for detail? Copy editing might be right for you. Before each issue gets sent to print, you would help locate any misspellings or typos we might have missed. For

those who tech-savvy and interested in broadcast-ing, the Bulletin operates a Podcast, where you can report on what’s going on around campus and sum-marize some of the week’s top stories. One of the most com-mon misconceptions is that newspapers are all about writing. But in reality, it’s so much more than that. Working with the Charger Bulletin means sharing your ideas, expanding your social network and working with a group of superb indi-viduals. Each March, applica-tions for the positions of Editor-in-Chief and Assistant Editor are made available through Charger connection, so stay tuned! Until then, if you have any questions or want to get involved with Charger Bulletin, contact me at [email protected] or the Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Field, at [email protected].


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Safe Haven: Movie v. BookBy SAMANTHA MATHEWSONCOPY EDITOR

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It’s expected that when a movie is made based on the book, it is just that: based off of— not cookie-cutter. But there is a difference between altera-tions and changes. Safe Haven came to theaters on Valentine’s Day. It was the perfect Valentine’s Day movie because it gave the audi-ence a sense of security to let their hearts lay easy in their chests, knowing that love is still possible and out there somewhere. However, in many differ-ent forms, I still think the book was better. Movies have to appeal to a broader demographic, and the action that takes place has to be condensed; but a sense of the true sto-ry was lost at the expense of maybe five minutes or an extra line. There were two stories in one; a sad horrible story about an abusive husband and his wife trying escape to a better life. But what really brought it around was the happy story of her falling in love again with a widower, and not only her being saved but her saving someone else in the process. For those who read the book, however, you saw the changes right away, and the details that devel-oped the attachment you had to Katie and her strug-gle for safety slip away. In the book, she did it alone, which made it so more inspiring that she made it out. She didn’t rely on her neighbor for her help; in fact, she was decep-tive toward her neighbor because the possibility of forming any relationships and leaking any informa-tion on her new where-abouts could blow her cover and lead Kevin to her, which is exactly what happened. I can understand taking out the religious elements that were present in the book for the movie, but I thought that it gave the story a certain depth and psychotic twist that made Kevin seem so much more deviant than he appeared to be in the movie. Kevin’s character referenced the Bible in the book, which propelled him to search for Katie since she was committing adultery and she should burn in hell for that since the Bible says so. This led

Kevin to setting the store on fire. Speaking of the fire, that’s another element that was changed. It lessened the connection between Katie, the kids and the devilishness of Kevin that Nicholas Sparks had cre-ated in the book. In the book, Katie pro-tected the kids with all her heart in the face of danger when Kevin lit the house on fire with Katie and the kids inside. But in the movie, it was only Lexi in the building and Katie was fighting Kevin out-side while Josh was safe farther from the house. Kevin also didn’t even set the house on fire in the movie, he only put the gasoline down and a spark from the fireworks hit the deck covered in gasoline. So whose fault is it then? The Dad’s since he was the one setting them off? The Dad was also the one to save Lexi in the movie instead of Katie. While that may create a macho appeal, it takes away from Katie’s relationship with Lexi. Katie was always the one protecting Lexi, and it was Katie’s fault because Kevin had come looking for her, and was out to hurt her for how much she hurt him. Another thing that was different in the movie was that the relationship between Alex and Ka-tie was more open. This may create a sex appeal for the movie, but I think that the relationship was developed better in the book since it was impor-tant to not make the kids feel as though their mom didn’t matter. Going slow showed how careful Katie was with Alex’s kids, and how responsible of a dad Alex is. Little did Katie know she had landed in a place that would keep her safer than she thought possible. After running away from the life she led before, she found a guardian angel she didn’t even know she had. The essence of Jo, the deceased mom, was nec-essary as it guided Alex and Katie together and helped them both open their hearts to the possi-bility of starting over and letting themselves love again—that, for once, the pain could be eased and ended. Jo was also essential be-cause it was her last wish that someone would take care of her family when

she no longer could, so she needed to have a say in who would take on that role. One key scene that tied Jo to being the spirit of the mom, was when she came to Katie in her dream and warned her that Kevin was here and they weren’t safe. At that point in the book, I was still unsure if Jo was the mom, or still just her friend that had coincidently been every-where she was needed and only ever seen talking to Katie. But when Katie made the connection that Jo had been a figment of her imagination, that was more real than an ordinary imaginary friend. She realized how important Alex’s family’s safety and her involvement in their lives were to her. I think the movie portrayed Jo perfectly and reflected what the book had done so well. The relationships that are established in both movies and books are what drives the plot and draws the audience in to follow. While movie crit-ics were right when they said that the chemistry be-tween Josh Duhamel, who plays Alex, and Julianne Hough, who plays Katie, was igniting, there were other relationships to look at: Alex and his kids as he struggles to play mom and dad, Katie and Alex, and Katie and her husband who she is running from. Katie came into Alex’s family’s life unexpect-edly and took on a role that hadn’t been filled in a long time. Katie took on that role with confidence as though they were her own kids. In the movie, Lexi grew attached to Katie and loved having around her while Josh was hesitant to let Katie in at the expense of forgetting his mom. However, Katie got to know the fam-ily with such grace that proved to Jo that Katie could be trusted with tak-ing care of her family. In the book, Josh wasn’t as shut off and let Katie in easier, which strength-ened their bond. I thought it had a deeper meaning than the movie. I want to reiterate I know that the plot had to be condensed and, therefore, altered. I just think that certain things could have be retained and shortened without being tossed away and changed entirely.

The Beginners Guide to Taking the City Bus: Written by a Girl Who’s Only Done it Twice Before

By ELISSA SANCISTAFF WRITER

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I have to admit, I’m not a fan of taking the city bus—but then again, who is? Who actually likes to sit on a crowded bus, pressed up against strang-ers who sometimes smell, worrying about missing your stop because you can’t see past the man with the giant pom-pom on top of his hat? The only thing that can make the situation worse is if, God forbid, there aren’t any seats and you have to stand, your only support the cold metal bar that you can barely reach. I’ve yet to find a single per-son who actually enjoys the city bus; however, although it may not be enjoyable, the bus is a very convenient form of transportation and it’s just a part of life that everyone has to deal with at some point. Anyway, here’s my step-by-step beginners guide to taking the bus, Connecti-cut edition. Step 1: Realize the evitable. Your mom’s car broke down on her way home from work yester-day, and today, she’s taken your car while hers is in the shop. You wake up to

a note on the table and a stack of quarters. Step 2: Panic and call every single friend you have, begging for a ride to work. That’s a bust. Contemplate calling in sick for the day—also a bust, you really need the money. Step 3: Come to terms with your means of trans-portation and begin to plan out excessively. Look up the bus schedule, time your walk to the bus stop, add in extra time just in case the bus is late, and factor in the time to walk from the bus stop to your destination. Agree on a time to leave for the bus. Step 4: Actually leave 20 minutes before the time you planned because you were nervous. Step 5: Panic and expe-rience that horrifying mo-ment you always have as you walk towards the bus stop, worrying that the bus will show up early, even though you’re still a block and a half away. Think of what you’d do if that actu-ally happened—do you start running, waving your arms, hoping that the bus driver will see you? Or do you let it pass, accepting your fate? Step 6: Sit at the bus stop for 20 minutes like an idiot because you’re

way too early. Step 7: You’ve been waiting for the bus for so long now that you ques-tion whether or not it’s even coming. Start to think of all the different scenarios as to how your day will progress if this bus doesn’t show up. Step 8: The bus is here, thank God. Get on the bus and look for a comfort-able spot. Oh, no seats? Awesome. Grab on to the railing, enviably sticking your armpit in the face of an old lady sitting with her dozens of grocery bags. Step 9: Concentrate on keeping your balance to keep from crushing the aforementioned old wom-an, while also keeping a look out for your stop. Step 10: Jump the gun and pull the line for the wrong stop. Look down and pretend it wasn’t you. Step 11: Actually pull the line for your stop and fight your way through the bodies to the front of the bus. Step 12: Feel accom-plished as you cross the street to get to where you’ve got to go, because you took the bus success-fully, and you think you’re on top of the world.

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The campus still has a nice little blanket of snow left; enjoy it while you have the chance.

The Military Veterans of UNH (MVUNH) organization put on a great formal ball that reminded me how much of an impact veteran students make here at UNH. There are over 200 on campus, so get to know a few.

NegativesPositivesCensorship, enough said. Actually no, read the Battery Charge.

I once heard that some people come into your life as blessings and others as lessons. I think there are some people that come as viruses, because I’m coughing up a storm!

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Regardless of whether you agree with an opinion published in the Bulletin, asking the editors to censor what gets published is not the answer. This newspaper exists to allow the student voice to be heard, and if you disagree with something that is pub-lished please feel free to submit a response. The ability to express even unpopular opinions is what makes our newspaper such

a great thing to have on campus, so keep that in mind! ( What he said. - Editor)

The Battery Charge

Zani’s Rules of OrderRule #7: Finish typing your essay, then double-space it.

We all have to deal with long essays that feel like forever to complete, but if you type as much as you can

without double spacing and then double space it at the end, you will be amazed with how much more you have

written. It’s an awesome feeling when you finally reach the minimum page requirement for your paper. But the

most important thing to remember when writing your essays is to start way before they are due, not the day they

are due.“Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators.

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Chargers Cruise Past Le Moyne, 95-52

WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Aquillin Hayes (Harlem, N.Y./Wings Academy) neared a triple-double and Anh-Dao Tran (Webster, Mass./Holy Name) net-ted 23 points to lead the University of New Haven women’s basketball team to a 95-52 win over visit-ing Le Moyne. The Char-gers’ 95-point showing was the program’s best since a 103-81 win over Mercy on Dec. 1, 2007. New Haven (11-12, 10-9 NE-10) also posted its largest margin of vic-tory since a 79-28 win over Concordia on Jan. 26, 2008. Both the Char-gers’ margin of victory and point total are the program’s most-ever in a Northeast-10 contest. Hayes posted 12 points, 21 rebounds and eight blocked shots in 27 minutes of action. Her 21 boards mark the most by a Charger since Charger Hall of Famer Joy Jeter grabbed 23 rebounds against Keene State on Jan. 23, 1988. Tran, who shot 9-for-17 from the field and 3-for-6 from three-point range, posted her fourth-straight 20-point outing with her game-high 23 tallies. The

junior sharpshooter went over 900 points for her ca-reer, upping her three-year total to 919 points. Collectively, the Char-gers set season highs in points, field goals made (38), rebounds (60), as-sists (19) and blocked shots (8). New Haven shot 32-for-68 (47.1 percent) from the field – its sec-ond-most efficient scoring game of 2012-13. New Haven’s 60-42 rebounding margin is also a season high for the Chargers. Bria Moore (West Haven, Conn./Hill Re-gional Career) also scored in double figures with 11 points in addition to seven rebounds and a game-high four assists. Briana Brad-ford (Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross) and Rykema Stone (Bronx, N.Y./Wings Academy) rounded out the production from the starting unit with eight points apiece. Led by nine points each from Ayana Dun-canson (Elmont, N.Y./Francis Lewis) and Nikita Reddy (Germantown, Md./Germantown), the Chargers’ bench outscored the Dolphins’ reserves, 33-5. Elizabeth Cruso (Westerly, R.I./Westerly) notched a season-best seven points, Ashley LeBlanc (Methuen, Mass./Methuen) scored five and Lauren Hebert (North

Reading, Mass./North Reading) added three. Additionally, Amber Martinez (Seymour, Conn./Seymour) grabbed a career-best two re-bounds in five minutes of action in her first appear-ance of the season. LaTan-za Britts (Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle / Iowa Wesleyan) stepped on the court for the first time as a Charger and hauled in one board. An early 13-0 run broke the game open as New Haven claimed a 29-8 ad-vantage midway through the opening half. The Chargers later went on to net the final 11 points of period and headed to the locker room comfortably on top, 46-19. New Haven began the second period on a 10-2 spurt – continuing the previous stretch to 21-2 in total – and poured in 49 points after the intermis-sion to run away with a 95-52 triumph. Tessa Pucello scored a team-high 16 points for the Dolphins (5-18, 3-16 NE-10). The Chargers return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at American International. New Haven and the Yellow Jackets are currently tied in the NE-10 standings. Tip-off from Springfield, Mass. is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

The men’s basketball team, winner of 13 of its last 15 games, takes on Northeast-10 rival As-sumption tonight at Char-ger Gymnasium. Tipoff is at 5:30. The men sit fourth in the conference at 11-6, three games back of Saint An-selm (14-3) and two back of Assumption (13-4). “We’ve had really good performances by several guys,” said UNH third-year head coach Ted Hotaling. “Justin Exum has been one of, if not the, best shooters in the country over the last 14 games.”

The Chargers will not only be seeking to gain ground in the conference, but will also be looking to avenge a heartbreaking 57-56 loss to the Grey-hounds back in Novem-ber. Assumption closed that game with an 11-0 run to shock UNH in the final seconds. That setback, and anoth-er at LeMoyne a few days later, left the Chargers with a 1-5 record. Hotal-ing says the team – which played four of its first five league games on the road – was doing all the right things, but just wasn’t ex-ecuting down the stretch to close games out. “I think sometimes losing does help your team refocus a little bit to where you start to focus

on the right things again,” Hotaling said. “Defense, rebounding, taking care of the ball definitely improved quite a bit after those first few games.” In three seasons, Ho-taling has taken a pro-gram mired in a bit of a downswing and worked diligently to instill a sense of pride and confidence among his players. He says a big part of the transformation is setting standards and getting his players to understand those standards. “I think as we’ve gotten into year three our players are speaking our language and I think we’re all on the same page,” Hotaling said. “We have one voice, one vision, one goal for the program.”

But Hotaling, not one to rest on his laurels, knows the team and the program can get even better. “We’re not where we want to get to yet, but I do think we’ve made really good strides,” he said.

“When you have good players and guys who allow you to coach them, guys who get along and who are unselfish, it’s a pretty good formula and I think that’s why we’ve had a lot of our success.”

The women’s team, rid-ing a four-game winning streak, takes on Assump-tion at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Chargers are 9-8 in the NE-10 and three games behind fourth-place As-sumption.

NE-10 Indoor Track and Field Conference Championships

After being ranked 25th in the nation, and expect-ed to place fifth overall, the University of New Haven women’s track and field team proved them wrong with a fourth place finish at Saturday’s 2013 Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. For seniors, this was their last Indoor Confer-ence Championship meet and they showed up to compete, leaving every-thing on the track and run-ning with their hearts. Junior Ada Udaya was named NE-10 Athlete of the Year, and won two events on the track. Udaya won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.50 seconds. She also won the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.41. Finally, Udaya was a member of the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay team along-side sophomore Ivy Watts, freshman Marsha’e Holt and junior Monica Yanez. The team ran a time of 4:01.51. Watts also scored individually with an eighth-place time of 57.91 seconds in the 400-meter dash. In the field events, sophomore Briana Cony-ers won the triple jump and posted the best mark

in NE-10 Championship history with a leap of 12.06 meters. Sophomore Tiara Mitch-ell added a third-place and NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 11.55 meters, and senior Alissa Howell’s 11.00 meters earned her sixth place. The Chargers also scored in the long jump, as Mitchell placed third with 5.32m, Conyers landed in fifth with a jump of 5.31m, and Howell fin-ished in eighth place with 5.19m. Senior Shraya Man-ick claimed a victory in the weight throw with an NCAA provisional qualifying throw of 16.02 meters, and placed fourth in the shot put with a mark of 11.40 meters. Junior Brittney Bussiere also scored in the weight throw, with a toss of 12.55 meters, earning sixth-place. Freshman Victoria Ro-zumek topped her per-sonal-best with a second-place finish in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.62 meters. Rachel Purtorti matched her own UNH record in the pole vault with a height of 3.05 meters and a fourth place finish overall. For the distance races, the Chargers placed fourth in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:22.95. The team consisted of sophomore Samantha Mathewson, se-niors Meredith O’Connor

and Bridget Faria, and sophomore Danielle Sor-rentino. The 4x800-meter relay team of Faria, fresh-man Olivia Tangney, Sor-rentino, and Mathewson finished sixth with a time of 10:21.76. The Chargers finished in fourth place with 96 points, just five behind third-place Stonehill. Massachusetts Lowell won the meet handily with 216 points. American In-ternational placed second with 123 points. On the men’s side, David Thomas was named the Athlete of the Meet af-ter winning the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.89 seconds, the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.66 seconds and placing sec-ond in the long jump with a leap of 7.23 meters. The 4x400-meter relay team comprised of sopho-more Nazim Roberts-Smith, freshman Jamaal James, Thomas, and fresh-man Taylor DenBleyker. The relay placed third with a time of 3:22.19. Freshman Devin Rose also scored for the Char-gers in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:08.16. The men placed seventh in the 11-team field with 37 points. New Haven will move on to the New England Track and Champion-ships on Feb. 22 and 23 at Boston University. The NCAA Division II Cham-pionships will be held in Birmingham, Ala. on March 8 and 9.

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Men’s Basketball Rolls to Huge Win Over Dolphins, 73-38

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven men’s basketball team held Le Moyne Col-lege to the fewest points allowed in the shot clock era en route to a 73-38 victory at Charger Gym-nasium. Eric Anderson (Newark, N.J./Newark Tech) scored a game-high 18 points, while Jeffery Adkins (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) added 17 to lead the Chargers. The Charger defense’s outstanding performance was also the fewest al-lowed since Feb. 13, 1985 when the Chargers held Bridgeport to 34 points, in a UNH loss. The win also marked the Chargers larg-est margin of victory since Jan. 31, 2004 when they defeated South Hampton College 101-65. New Haven improved to 16-7 overall and 13-6 in the Northeast-10 Confer-ence, while the Dolphins dropped to 11-12 overall and 8-11 in conference play. The win puts the Chargers into fourth place in the NE-10 standings heading into the final two weeks of conference play.

In the first 10 minutes, New Haven raced out to a 19-point, 27-8, lead after Cyrus James (Manchester, Conn./Howell Cheney Tech) connected on a pair of free throws. The Char-gers continued to press on the defensive end and connected on the offen-sive end to hold a lead as large as 32 points. UNH scored 11 of the final 13 points and led 49-17 at halftime. The chargers shot a remarkable 70.8 percent from the floor and 77.8 percent from three-point range in the first stanza. Adkins scored a half-best 14 points, while Anderson added 10. New Haven continued to lead by a large margin throughout the second half. An Anderson dunk at the 13:38 mark gave the Chargers their largest lead of the game at 39 points, 58-19. UNH’s bench then got into the game with Kevin McLaughlin (Pittsfield, Mass./Taconic) scoring his first collegiate points and Mark Palm-ieri (West Haven, Conn./West Haven) scoring a career-high five points. Le Moyne scored the game’s final basket with 48 sec-onds remaining, cutting the final score to 73-38.

As a whole, the Char-gers shot 49.1 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point range. UNH held a 33-29 advantage on the boards and an 11-0 advantage in steals. The Chargers also led in points off turnovers (19-5), second chance points (12-4), fast break points (10-0) and points in the paint (32-22). Along with allowing the fewest points in the shot clock era, the Char-gers tied a season-best with just five offensive turnovers and grabbed a season-best 18 turnovers from Le Moyne. Anderson added a team-high seven rebounds and three steals. Adkins grabbed four boards, two assists and two steals, while Williams contrib-uted 10 points, six assists and four rebounds. The Chargers return to action at American International College on Wednesday, Feb. 20 in Springfield, Mass. Game time with the Yellow Jackets is set for 7:30 p.m. UNH also travels to Southern Connecticut State on Saturday, Feb. 23 before hosting Saint Rose at Charger Gymnasium on Tuesday, Feb. 26 for Senior Night.

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Ray’s Last Ride

On the verge of the 2012-2013 NFL playoffs, Ray Lewis made news that shocked the football world. Ray Lewis, one of the greatest linebackers to ever play, announced his decision that he would re-tire at the end of the year. Ray is known as be-ing one of the greatest leaders and motivational speakers in sports. Lewis was attempting to beat all the odds by coming back from a torn triceps injury in time to play what would be his last home game in the wild card round of the playoffs ver-sus the Indianapolis Colts. As expected, the atmo-sphere for this game was astonishing, as the 71 thousand fans roared from their seats. It was almost as if the viewers knew the Ravens were going to win the game as soon as Ray Lewis walked out of the Ravens tunnel for the last time and did his signature dance as his name was introduced. Baltimore went on to

win the game by a score of 24-9 and move on to the divisional round versus the heavily-favored Denver Broncos. How-ever, going against all odds, Ray Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens walked into Mile High Stadium in Denver and won one of the most exciting games in recent history. The ex-citement and thrill of the final drive led by quarter-back Joe Flacco to bring the game into overtime cannot be matched. With this miraculous win, the Ravens were set to face the New England Patriots, led by superstar quarterback Tom Brady. The Ravens, being the heavy underdogs once again, rolled over New England, shocking every-body with a final score of 28-13. It was at this point where every football fan took a step to acknowl-edge and appreciate the great run Ray Lewis was putting together in his final games. Now, the stage was set for Super Bowl Sunday. The Baltimore Ravens faced the San Francisco 49ers in Ray Lewis’ last

game ever. There was one thing for certain on game day, which was that Ray Lewis would give one of the most motivational and emotional speeches in his career before kickoff to get his team ready for battle. After an exciting grid-iron battle, the Baltimore Ravens finished their magical run and edged out the 49ers in an excit-ing 34-31 ballgame. No one could have written the script any better for Ray Lewis. He beat all the odds by coming back from an injury, quieted all the doubters who said he was too old and too slow, and finished his career on top of the world as a champion. Teammates of Lewis said his speech after the game left them all in tears, which sums up how much he meant to his city. The Ravens brought the Lombardi trophy home to Baltimore in their celebra-tory parade, which was bittersweet to fans know-ing they have seen the last of the irreplaceable linebacker, number 52, Ray Lewis.

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Led by the 14th double-double of the season for Eric Anderson (Newark, N.J./Newark Tech), the University of New Haven men’s basketball team claimed a 70-64 overtime victory on Wednesday against visiting North-east-10 foe Assumption. The Chargers clinched an NE-10 postseason berth with the win. Anderson netted a team-high 19 points and led all players with 13 rebounds to compile a double-double. The Char-gers (15-7, 12-6 NE-10) also got 18 tallies from Justin Exum (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xaverian), while Jef-fery Adkins (Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway) added 15 points and Jeremy Wil-liams (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) poured in 14. Off the bench, Mark Palmieri (West Ha-ven, Conn./West Ha-ven) knocked down a

three-pointer, and Joshua Guddemi (Nottingham, England/Derby) sank a free throw to round out the scoring. Adkins and Cyrus James (Manchester, Conn./Howell Cheney Tech) grabbed seven re-bounds apiece in addition to Anderson’s 13 boards as the Chargers battled Assumption – the North-east-10 leader with a +5.1 rebounding margin – to a 42-42 dead heat on the glass. Kevin Donahue led all players with 21 points for Assumption (16-6, 13-5 NE-10). The Chargers overcame a 27-22 halftime deficit – their second win of the year when trailing at the intermission – and held a 59-55 lead after a pair of Adkins’ free throws with eight seconds to play in regulation. However, Assumption’s Tim Be-niert sank a quick layup and, after the Gryehounds forced a turnover on the inbounds pass, converted a tip-in as time expired to knot the game at 59-59 and cause the extra ses-


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sion. After two empty trips each way to begin the overtime, the Chargers struck first on two free throws from Williams. The lead grew on an Exum three-pointer and was extended to 66-60 on an Adkins’ layup with 39 seconds to go as the Greyhounds missed their first five field goals and converted only one of their first six free throws of the period. The lead was never within one pos-session again, and New Haven hit its last four foul shots to ice a 70-64 win. Anderson and Williams each scored 14 points af-ter halftime, while Exum netted five in overtime and 11 after the inter-mission in total. Adkins scored four points in the extra session and eight in all following the first 20 minutes. The Chargers’ win splits the home-and-home series with their NE-10 Southwest Division foe.

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The Hobbit: A Long Expected Movie

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After years of being away from Middle-Earth, Peter Jackson has returned to it with the dense anthology to The Lord of the Rings with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey; both works written by geek-god J.R.R. Tolkien. After so many years of waiting for this film because of di-rector changes (Guillermo del Toro was originally supposed to direct), it has finally arrived, and it was well worth the wait. The film, just like The Lord of the Rings, follows a hobbit who may have bitten off more than he can chew. However, this time the movie follows Frodo’s uncle Bilbo, as we see the adventures he had in his youth that are merely teased at in the Lord of the Rings movies. Another similarity is that this hobbit is joined by a band of traveling compan-ions, this time made up exclusively of 12 dwarves and the wizard Gandalf, played once again by Ian McKellen. McKel-len brings back the same gravitas, nobility and abil-ity to get his friends out of tight situations. He also brings back his patented strategy of survival: run-ning away.

The movie follows the beginning of the party’s quest to take back their former kingdom of Erebor from the dragon Smaug. The dwarves are enter-taining enough, but the real star is Richard Armit-age who plays Thorin, the rightful king of Erebor. But the actor who shines through the most is Martin Freeman playing Bilbo Baggins. Freeman brings humor, vulnerability, and sensibility that liven up the movie, as he not only makes the character enjoyable to watch, but relatable as he is supposed to represent ourselves. The script is penned once again by Jackson and his writing partner/wife Fran Walsh, and they have delivered a rich nar-rative that goes beyond the story of The Hobbit. After writing Lord of the Rings, Tolkien went back and added footnotes to The Hobbit to tie both books together better, and these notes are found at the end of the Return of the King novel. Jackson and Walsh have integrated these notes into the plot so as to beef up the story and give Lord of the Rings fans many winks and nods to the trilogy. Another returning champion to the franchise is Howard Shore composing the original score, and Shore delivers

once again with an ad-venturous and bombastic score. Andy Serkis once again steals the movie, though he is only in it for a short time, as Gollum. Where the movie went wrong was with its over-zealous use of computer animation. In the Lord of the Rings, a lot of this technology wasn’t available yet, so instead Jackson was forced to use practical sets, actors and miniatures for giant cities. In The Hobbit, Jackson has done away with these practical sets, and it really gives the movie less hu-man feeling, as at times it feels more like you’re watching a video game than a movie. Be warned, this movie isn’t too similar to the Lord of the Rings. Instead of the grandiose, epic na-ture of the original trilogy, this movie is much more adventurous and light. But that’s how Tolkien wrote the novel originally, and that tone is translated perfectly in the film. The Hobbit delivers with many of the amazing things that made Jackson’s first trip to Middle-Earth so memo-rable, and I’m thrilled that he’s taken us back there again.

I guess I should have seen this one coming: after being bored to death by director Steven Soder-bergh’s last film (Magic Mike), I was feeling a bit more optimistic about his newest film Side Effects. Unfortunately, it misses the mark and ultimately leaves you wanting more. The film offers an interesting premise: Emily Taylor (played by Rooney Mara) suffers from depression and is prescribed medication by her psychiatrist, played by Jude Law. At first, the medication does its job, and soon she has restored her relationship with her husband (Channing Tatum) and has gotten her

life back on track. Mara and Tatum have likeable chemistry, as he tries to do right by her after he was incarcerated. As she continues taking the medication, she soon experiences sleepwalking, and then spousal stab-bing. This incident leads to a series of scandals and investigations where you never truly know who is the culprit and who is the victim. Catherine Zeta Jones also stars as a former psychiatrist of Mara’s, who reveals that she has a seamy past. It sounds like a good idea, and there are so many twists and turns, but it’s muddled by a rather flat script by Scott Z. Burns. The plot itself could be interesting, but it never gives the characters any room to do anything

interesting. The most redeem-able part of this movie is Law’s performance, as he continues to investigate the event that he is now being blamed for long af-ter the authorities. He isn’t a perfect character though, as he contains flaws and imperfections, something not typical in most thrill-ers. He’s not the only one though; many of the characters presented have an ambiguity that further keeps you from predicting the ending. It’s not that Side Effects is a horrible movie; it’s just a very bland one. It’s full of some great actors, but they’re thrown away because the movie is never thrilling, something thrillers tend to be.

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For those of you who are fans of Nicholas Sparks like I am, you have probably been awaiting the latest movie based on one of his books, Safe Haven. The film was released on Valentine’s Day in hopes of attracting the couples who like to celebrate the holiday by going out to see the latest chick-flick. Safe Haven has continued to rake in viewers this weekend, remaining in the top ranks of the box office since its release, second only to the newest Die Hard installment. The movie starts off in Boston, Mass., with a young girl, Katie, hur-riedly boarding a bus to Atlanta, seemingly trying to escape a police offi-cer. When the bus makes a short stop in North Carolina, Katie decides to stay instead of continu-ing her trip to Atlanta. For those of you familiar with Sparks’ work, you are probably not at all surprised that the story

would at some point end up in North Carolina. Sparks is notorious for basing all of his stories in his home state. In order to keep low-key, Katie rents a small house in the woods in walking distance to the small town of Southport. It is here that she gets a job as a waitress. Al-though she tries to keep to herself, she makes friends with a local woman named Jo, and begins to date Alex, a widower and father of two young kids. It is with the help of her new friends that Katie slowly begins to forget what happened in her past, and is able to start fresh. Towards the end of the film, the audience learns that the cop that Katie was running from in the beginning is actually her abusive husband. Dur-ing a promotional inter-view before the release, Julianne Hough (Katie) admitted that one of the reasons she was so drawn to this film was because as a young girl, she too was abused both mentally and physically. In the scene in the film when Katie

finally reveals the details of her past to Alex, most of that footage is actually Julianne telling her story to Josh Duhamel (Alex). With over two hours of footage of the two talking, Julianne said it was deep-est she had ever gone into her past, and that it was the most therapeutic thing she’d ever experienced. The truth behind Ju-lianne’s story made her portrayal of a battered woman all that more real. Although the movie didn’t reach the expectations I had after reading the book, I believe Julianne’s performance took the movie to another level (and as usually happens with Sparks’ stories, had me crying by the end). I recommend this film to all lovers of chick-flicks, especially those of the Nicholas Sparks kind. And for the first time ever, I recommend not reading the book before seeing the film. This way, you will be able to appreciate the film as a totally separate entity…but definitely go read the book after because it’s re-ally good!

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I have a high affin-ity for Dave Grohl, lead singer of rock band the Foo Fighters. He’s a man who is unbelievably dedi-cated and enthusiastic to what he loves. That enthu-siasm is transparent in his directorial debut Sound City, a film about a lone recording studio in the outskirts of Hollywood that produced more bands than Livestrong. Grohl aims to capture the personality and energy of the former recording studio named Sound City, which offered many musi-cal artists their big breaks in the music industry, including Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Nirvana, and Slipknot. The film captures the rise and nu-merous falls of the studio; all while being presented

by some huge names in the recording business. Along the way, artists like Trent Reznor, Riv-ers Cuomo, Lee Ving, Mick Fleetwood, Barry Manilow and Tom Petty chime in to share how Sound City shaped their musical careers. It’s a rock junkie’s Avengers to be quite honest, as all of these guys have come to-gether to share their feel-ings about Sound City and how it affected them. And, just like a geriatric version of the Avengers, Grohl assembles them together to all record a new album on what made Sound City infamous: its sound board. Grohl has taken the sound board, once only found in Sound City, into his recording studio Studio 606. Grohl has gone to show how the building and soundboard made Sound City so special; however,

what you discover 20 minutes in is that it was really the people at Sound City that gave it personal-ity and uniqueness. Grohl presents it in a raw, jubi-lant way that is reflective through his enthusiasm on screen; he is just in awe to be presenting the tale of Sound City to the public. The studio churned out fantastic albums during the 70s, 80s, and 90s until it was forced to close.Sound City wasn’t just a recording studio: it was an event, a monument, a place that brought musi-cians together and formed friendships with one another. It’s the story of Tom Petty and the Heart-breakers. It’s the story of how Nirvana changed alternative rock. And it’s the story of how a place as dumpy as Sound City was held together by the people who dedicated themselves to it.


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Do the names Wesley Keith Schultz, Jeremiah Caleb Fraites, and Neyla Pekarek ring a bell? Probably not. Do you recognize the song titled, “Ho Hey?” Perhaps. Do you know the lyrics: “I belong with you, you be-long with me, you’re my sweetheart?” Now I have caught your attention. The Lumineers’ self-titled and self-written first album came out in April 2012, and while many people know their hit song, “Ho Hey,” not many people know the band that plays it. This CD is composed of songs that seem to be catching the attention of males and females alike. Underneath the catchy beat and awesome vibe are tales of every differ-ent kind of love. The first track, “Flowers In Your Hair,” is very hopeful. The message is classic wrapped up in a new tune: he realizes after the fact that he should have taken a chance with the girl he grew up with and is hop-ing that it is not too late for them to work things out. While I found the message quite overused, the spin that the band put on it made it fresh and new. “Dead Sea” is a com-pletely individual expres-sion of love. Very much a folk song, the lyrics show a man fixated on being told that he is like the Dead Sea. He explains that he is born to be like this, a metaphor that means unsinkable. The person that he is singing

about and he were born to be together. As long as they have each other, they will never metaphorically sink. “Stubborn Love” should be way more famous than it is, as the matter-of-fact tune is extremely relat-able. The girl “lies, steals, and cheats,” but he does not care; he still loves her. The lyrics argue that it is better to feel pain than nothing at all. Many can relate to loving someone when you know that you shouldn’t. Sometimes you just cannot help it. There is one song that strikes differently from the rest. It tells of emo-tions before the man is in over his head as opposed to after. In “Classy Girls,” he wants just that. He meets a traveled girl who will not kiss him because they are in a bar. She refuses him because she is “too classy” and it makes him respect her more. How refreshing! “Morning Song” closes the CD much like the end of a relationship. He is

obviously hurt as there are long spaces between syllables. He is trying to stay calm after she has left the country and found another man. This song is so powerful because of the high level of emotions running through it. This is a perfect example of why The Lumineers are destined to succeed. Sure, they have the catchy beats and cute lyrics. However, they also have a huge trait plenty of modern musi-cians lack in their music: pure emotion. With a sound similar to Mumford & Sons and Phillip Phillips, this newly-successful band is sure to have at least a few more hits on the radio, and the media is noticing. Within the last year, the band has been touring in-ternationally and appear-ing on David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan, Rolling Stone, VH1 and other major media sources. For lyrics, tour dates, mer-chandise and news, check out www.thelumineers.com.

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This past week, Bul-let for My Valentine put out their fourth studio album Temper, Temper to the excitement of their many fans. Between side projects, festival perfor-mances and such, Temper, Temper has been on the back burner for nearly three years. It was well worth the wait, however; the band brought back their heavy riffs and Guitar Hero-worthy solos from a writing session in Thailand for a solid album overall. For me, I think what I love so much about this album is that it’s one of those albums you can listen to straight through. There isn’t that one obvi-ous hit or that one obvious track that you will forget easily. Each track is lyri-cally powerful and full of energy. It’s those kinds of albums that stick with you. The track topics are also very diverse, which boosts the ability for fans to relate. From anxiety, to seduction, to the idea that we have to accept that

we aren’t perfect, each song brings a powerful message. I really recom-mend going on Spotify and listening to the track by track commentary, because it gives you a peek into their song writ-ing process and just how much fun Matthew Tuck and the guys had with the album. One song I will admit I wasn’t too keen on was “Tears Don’t Fall (Pt. 2),” because of the name. I’ve often found that artists who write second parts to songs are setting themselves up for failure. Why? Because once you get a fan in the mind set of an old favorite (in this case, one of their biggest hits as a band), then they will have that song stuck in their head and nothing else compares. You start looking for that memo-rable “Your tears don’t fall, they crash around me” hook and when you don’t hear it because it’s a different song, it’s a little bit of a letdown. I am not saying that I dislike the song; I just think I would have liked this song better if it was given a different title. I might just be in the minority with this one though, because this se-

quel was actually written because it was voted upon by Bullet fans through Facebook and various social media sites. If I absolutely had to pick a top three from this album, I would go with “P.O.W.” for its lyrical content, “Dead to the World” because it was co-written by Chris Jericho (of WWE/Fozzy fame), and “Breaking Point” because it is such a strong opening statement for the album. There are three bo-nus tracks as well on the deluxe release. The live at BBC Radio 1 version of “Scream Aim Fire” is probably my new favorite version for its sheer raw sound. While their debut album, The Poison, will always hold a special place in my head-banging heart, I think that Temper, Temper is one of their best as a complete work. Their very lax songwriting process this time around has brought out the best of them, and some of their heaviest tracks. Take note musicians; there is some magic found when you mix good beer and the Thailand tropics.

Conor Maynard’s ContrastBy ILEANA ALVAREZ-DIAZSTAFF WRITER

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Coming from the UK with help from Ne-Yo, Conor Maynard is an energetic burst of fresh air. His debut album Contrast, although quirky and different from today’s pop artists, hides his full potential behind boy band beats. A twenty-year-old singer and model from Brighton, UK, Maynard is Ne-Yo’s “protégé” to tackle on the billboards in the U.S. His song, “Vegas Girl,” is probably just what you imagined. It’s catchy and upbeat, but it’s not differ-ent from what most of us have heard already. But his song, “Another One,” is one that I recommend checking out. It’s one of those songs that you’d have playing in the back-ground as you eat froyo with your friends in the summer, then shopping and having a montage. Moreover, his song “Turn Around” featuring Ne-Yo, is one that I expect to be on a new Just Dance game

pretty soon. Check that one out too! He does have smooth songs on the album which show a different side of him, in comparison to his club-type songs. “Pic-tures,” which is written by Frank Ocean, contains falsettos that are both soothing and new for someone his age. His con-stant drift towards these simple beats, however, undermines the excep-tional quality of songs like “Pictures.” His record does high-light his vocal talent and it does paint him as a min-

iature Justin Timberlake, but it doesn’t shy away from the classic sing-about-girls-and-partying theme. Maynard is new, and there’s no question that he’s trying to come out from the shadows. Hopefully in the years to come, he uses more of what makes him different instead of trying to be a replica of well-known Pop and R&B artists.

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Jason Castro!?!By KATERINA SPERLMUSIC EDITOR

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I will swallow my pride and admit it. When I was in eighth grade, I may or may not have had Jason Castro’s face (and dreadlocks) plastered all over my binders. Jason appeared on the seventh season of the never-ending series American Idol that year. In case you have absolutely no idea who I am talking about, he won fourth place after great renditions of “What A Day For A Daydream” and “Hallelujah.” That was the year that David Cook won against David Archuletta. In 2010, he released his self-titled album that included the great single “Let’s Just Fall In Love Again.” The track is hap-py and optimistic. There is clapping in the back-ground as he serenades the listener about how cute the beginning stages of a relationship are. He conveys the emotion that nothing and nobody else in the world even matters. However, he then took an understandable pause from his career. He was married that year at the age of 22 and soon after had his daughter, Mad-eline. Fun fact: he mar-ried the girl in the “Let’s Just Fall In Love Again” music video whom he had met in high school. When I learned that Castro had some new work coming out on Janu-ary 15th, you cannot even imagine my level of ex-citement. However, when I bought “Only A Moun-

tain,” I found myself both unimpressed and very very very disappointed. The title track was clichéd and repetitive. Many of the songs had a nice mes-sage, but just bored even me to death with their repetitiveness. As far as “Safehouse” is concerned, I do not have a clue what is happening. The theme that tomorrow is too late is accompanied by chimes and back-ground vocals to make it cheery. When you add in the details about how the listener’s mom died, the whole song is changed. The lyrics and sad story do not in any way make sense with the mood that the instrumentals set. Only three songs man-aged to save me from tears. Both “Enough” and “Good Love” put me in a good mood regardless of the boring lyrics. His

romantic serenades get me every time and these times were no exception to the rule. This is the Jason Castro that I remember. “If It’s Love” was also a good one. Not only was it more interesting than the other tracks, but it also displayed his talents bet-ter. He holds out notes for longer than in other songs and shows off his vocal range a bit more. The slight changes in the beat throughout the song catch my attention. The lyrics “If it’s love then we’re worth saving” are more emotional and personal-sounding than the lyrics of the other songs. As I hang my head in disappointment, I hope that Castro will prove just how great of a musician he is with his next album.

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