Volume 96, Issue 25 | April 29, 2015 | West Haven, Conn. The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938. CHARGER BULLETIN ChargerBulletin See LAST COMIC page 3 www.ChargerBulletin.com @ChargerBulletin ChargerBulletin FILM thechargerbulletin Download The Charger Bulletin App! OPINION CAMPUS The Sound of Music celebrates its 50th anniversary P. 9 THE Text us! 270.UNH.NEWS (864.6397) 25 years ago, Hank and his wife Nancy Bartels began the Bartels Fellowship Program which has brought esteemed lecturers to the University of New Haven through the Bartels Lec- ture Series. On April 23, three months after Bartels’ death, UNH honored his memory with a memorial and celebration service in Bucknall Theater, followed by a lecture from Dr. Henry C. Lee, chaired professor of Forensic Science and often considered the foremost and most famous forensic scientists in the world. UNH honors Henry E. “Hank” Bartels’ memory Bucknall Theater was near capacity the morning of Thursday, April 23 as students, faculty, staff, alumni and esteemed guests came together to honor the late Henry E. “Hank” Bartels. Bartels, a gener- ous patron of the University of New Haven, passed at the age of 92 on Jan. 19. “Today, we remember the man who perfected the art of living,” Martin J. O’Connor, campus minister and associate professor, said of Bartels as he opened the ceremony. O’Connor spoke of the deep affection and profound grati- tude that he, along with the rest of the UNH campus community, has for Bartels. “The measure of a life well lived is how well we give that life to others,” O’Connor said, and Bar- tels did just that. For over four de- cades, Bartels gave to the univer- sity in numerous different ways, including scholarships, community service fellowship opportunities, lecture series and student centers on campus, all with the intent to encourage and facilitate opportuni- ties for furthering education. President Steven Kaplan remem- By ELISSA SANCI ASSISTANT EDITOR [email protected]––––––––––––––––––––––––– Think Outside the Dumpster UNH’s Black Student Union held a discussion on natural beauty P.3 MUSIC Yellowcard along with The Downtown Fiction and Finch played at Toad’s Place P. 7 Students thank Henry E. “Hank” Bartels’ for his many contributions to the UNH community (Photo by Heather Hummel Marketing and Enrollment Communications) Opinion editor and staff writer share their opinions on the current rec center sign in system P.4 On Tuesday April 21, eight University of New Haven students had the courage to get up on a small stage in the front of the Alumni Lounge and have their chance to be a stand-up comic. There was a lot on the line; the room was packed with friends and other competitors, strangers and supporters of the opponents, but they were all there to impress the three judges with their ability to make the entire crowd laugh. Each comic had a maximum of 15 minutes on stage and were being judged in four categories: originality, use of time, stage pres- ence and overall performance. If they succeeded in impressing the judges they would win the chance to be the opening act for come- dian Dave Coulier during Spring Weekend. First to take the stage was re- cently elected 2015-2016 USGA President James Kielar. He got the crowd laughing pretty fast with his example of how much power a person holds when they have a microphone in their hand and ended his performance by using that power as a Public Service Announcement to have everyone who thinks they are a bad driver raise their hand so others could take note. Winner Brian Read had the crowd laughing almost the full 15 minutes. He shared personal sto- ries about his time pet sitting his uncle’s dog and nights he’s spent with his friends. He interacted with the audience and made no at- tempt to hide his “cheat sheet” of jokes he had to keep him on track. He was honest and his personality came through in his performance so the audience really connected with him as a student on the same level as they are. Second place went to Antonio Bonano, who shared personal stories that were all so funny that the audience never stopped laugh- ing. He shared his view on nurs- ery rhymes and Humpty Dumpty in relation to his life experience See UNH HONORS page 3 Last Comic Standing The University of New Ha- ven Green Team founded Think Outside the Dump- ster last year and plans to hold it during move out day again this year. Think Out- side the Dumpster generat- ed almost 5,900 pounds of recyclables. Photographed are some of the many items that were collected, which would have otherwise been thrown out. Read more P.2 By SAMANTHA HIGGINS & ASHLEY WEMMELL STAFF WRITERS [email protected]–––––––––––––––––––––––––
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Volume 96, Issue 25 | April 29, 2015 | West Haven, Conn.The official student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938.
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OPINION
CAMPUS
The Sound of Music celebrates its 50th anniversary P. 9
THE Text us! 270.UNH.NEWS (864.6397)
25 years ago, Hank and his wife Nancy Bartels began the Bartels Fellowship Program which has brought esteemed lecturers to the University of New Haven through the Bartels Lec-
ture Series. On April 23, three months after Bartels’ death, UNH honored his memory with a memorial and celebration service in Bucknall Theater, followed by a lecture from Dr. Henry C. Lee, chaired professor of Forensic Science and often considered the foremost and most
famous forensic scientists in the world.
UNH honors Henry E. “Hank” Bartels’ memory
Bucknall Theater was near capacity the morning of Thursday, April 23 as students, faculty, staff, alumni and esteemed guests came together to honor the late Henry E. “Hank” Bartels. Bartels, a gener-
ous patron of the University of New Haven, passed at the age of 92 on Jan. 19. “Today, we remember the man who perfected the art of living,” Martin J. O’Connor, campus minister and associate professor, said of Bartels as he opened the ceremony. O’Connor spoke of the deep affection and profound grati-tude that he, along with the rest of the UNH campus community, has for Bartels. “The measure of a life well lived
is how well we give that life to others,” O’Connor said, and Bar-tels did just that. For over four de-cades, Bartels gave to the univer-sity in numerous different ways, including scholarships, community service fellowship opportunities, lecture series and student centers on campus, all with the intent to encourage and facilitate opportuni-ties for furthering education. President Steven Kaplan remem-
UNH’s Black Student Union held a discussion on natural beauty P.3
MUSIC
Yellowcard along with The Downtown Fiction and Finch played at Toad’s Place P. 7
Students thank Henry E. “Hank” Bartels’ for his many contributions to the UNH community (Photo by Heather Hummel Marketing and Enrollment Communications)
Opinion editor and staff writer share their opinions on the current rec center sign in system P.4
On Tuesday April 21, eight University of New Haven students had the courage to get up on a small stage in the front of the Alumni Lounge and have their chance to be a stand-up comic. There was a lot on the line; the room was packed with friends and other competitors, strangers and supporters of the opponents, but they were all there to impress the three judges with their ability to make the entire crowd laugh. Each comic had a maximum of 15 minutes on stage and were being judged in four categories: originality, use of time, stage pres-ence and overall performance. If they succeeded in impressing the judges they would win the chance to be the opening act for come-dian Dave Coulier during Spring Weekend. First to take the stage was re-cently elected 2015-2016 USGA President James Kielar. He got the crowd laughing pretty fast with his example of how much power a person holds when they have a microphone in their hand and ended his performance by using that power as a Public Service Announcement to have everyone who thinks they are a bad driver raise their hand so others could take note. Winner Brian Read had the crowd laughing almost the full 15 minutes. He shared personal sto-ries about his time pet sitting his uncle’s dog and nights he’s spent with his friends. He interacted with the audience and made no at-tempt to hide his “cheat sheet” of jokes he had to keep him on track. He was honest and his personality came through in his performance so the audience really connected with him as a student on the same level as they are. Second place went to Antonio Bonano, who shared personal stories that were all so funny that the audience never stopped laugh-ing. He shared his view on nurs-ery rhymes and Humpty Dumpty in relation to his life experience
See UNH HONORS page 3
Last Comic
Standing
The University of New Ha-ven Green Team founded Think Outside the Dump-ster last year and plans to hold it during move out day again this year. Think Out-side the Dumpster generat-ed almost 5,900 pounds of recyclables. Photographed are some of the many items that were collected, which would have otherwise been thrown out. Read more P.2
The University of New Haven Green Team has found a cleaner way for students to dispose of their “trash” on move-out day through a student-led waste reduction program called Think Outside the Dump-ster. Think Outside the Dump-ster began in 2014 and the UNH Green Team plans to hold it again this year, during move-out May 10 through the 17. The items collected during this time will then be recycled, donated or re-sold during their campus living sale August 20-23, for students to purchase items they need during move-in. “We made just over $3,700 at the sale in 2014 (first year) and that money goes toward sustaining the program. So it pays for our volunteer t-shirts, the tent we use during the sale, the movers we use to transport our inventory from storage to the sale, and all the little things such as advertising, banners, cleaning supplies, gifts for our volunteers, etc.,” said UNH Green Team President, Christiane Cerillo. “We hope in future years we will earn even more and be able to start other sustainability projects on campus with our profits.” Items that are collected during move-out include reusable items such as clothing, dorm furniture, or books that students don’t want anymore and would
otherwise throw away. “We hope to reduce the amount of items that are dis-posed of at UNH each year while providing students easy and affordable access to commonly sought-after dorm room items,” said UNH Green Team. Items that can be do-nated include: electronics (Including broken items), clothing/ shoes, plastic drawers, shelves, organiz-ers, etc., shower caddies and toiletry items, laundry detergent, school supplies, cleaning supplies, post-ers and decorations, area rugs, non-perishable food, lamps, kitchen supplies and dishware, mirrors, furni-ture, books, fans, and much more! “Our student leaders have worked hard with the help of the Department of Facilities, Res. Life, and PLAN (Post-Landfill Action Network) to make donating unwanted, gently-used items just as easy as it would be to throw them away,” said Cerillo. “In this way we are making it simple for students to help the campus become more sustainable while also promoting the health of the environment. This is huge for the reputa-tion of the university in the surrounding community and on a broader scale. My hope is that students will see this program and become more involved with making the University of New Haven a leader in sustainability and perhaps start programs of their own.” Last year, about 5,900 pounds of recyclable, reus-able, or donate-able materi-als were diverted from UNH dumpsters, along with 305 pounds of food, which was donated to the CT Food
Bank to provide about 250 meals for those in need in West Haven. Unsold house-wares, clothes, and blankets were also donated to the West Haven Homeless Vet-erans program According to a study done by a former UNH graduate student, Think Outside the Dumpster reduced UNH’s waste related greenhouse gas emissions by about 5%, which is comparable to removing the emissions associated with the use of almost 13 cars for one year. “But this was not the only impact of the program,” said Cerillo. “The great thing about TOD is that it’s good for the environment and the student body. Judging by the total income we made and the price reduction of inventory to about one-fifth the retail price, we saved students about $18,800 on school supplies, furniture, books, room accessories, and tons of other great items. Students can volunteer for Think Outside the Dumpster and come with Incentives, including prizes, Honor’s Program Co-Curricular Event credit, and being al-lowed to move in early this fall to help with the sale if they volunteer 14 hours during Collections (about 2 hours a day). Recognized Student Orga-nizations can also promote themselves and table at their sale in August. To do this, each RSO needs three mem-bers to each volunteer six hours between May 13 and May 15. This is on a first come, first serve basis and limited number of tables are available, so if you are inter-ested, contact UNH Green
Clothing sold during UNH Green Team’s Campus Living Sale in August 2014
(Photo provided by UNH Green Team)
Engineering students take initiative to create an LLC that lasts beyond Freshman year
When Sophia Oselador, an electrical engineering major living in the Living Learning Community on the second floor of Westside Hall, real-ized that she wouldn’t be given the option to live in another LLC her sophomore year, she decided that some-thing had to be done. Oselador, along with mul-tiple other freshman students utilizing the University of New Haven’s LLC living option, feels that living among peers with similar majors and interests is cru-cial to a successful academic career. “I’ve made so many friends and networking connections just by living here,” Oselador said about her LLC living arrangement. “I feel like we’re one big team; we think alike, we have the same passions, and it’s an academic motivation to do homework and stay involved.” The office of Residential Life offers these Living Learning Communities to first year students to “pro-mote an atmosphere that
aids in enhancing the first year residential experience while supporting academic success,” according to the university’s website. Because of the importance Oselador placed on LLCs, she, with the help of help of civil engineering professor Jean Nocito-Gobel, Com-puter Science major Rob Schmicker and Civil Engi-neering major Dan Delgado, created an online survey that she distributed to freshman students. Oselador surveyed over 100 students; 87 percent of participants agreed that they’d want their LLCs to continue past freshman year. “I started to get involved with the engineering depart-ment and I realized that, as a girl engineer, I was making friends with a whole bunch of guys and couldn’t room with them,” Oselador said. Soon after she realized that living in close proximity to her friends and fellow engineering majors, she had the idea to petition for the continuation of the living learning communities past freshman year. “I worked with the Dean of Engineering’s Assistant Paula Hackenjos [for class assignments], and that’s when I met Dan Delgado and a few other people who tutor within the LLC,” Oselador
said. “I started asking them about my idea and they said ‘yes, they would have loved to do it’, and when I realized that upper classmen that had already moved out of the LLC that have previously lived in it would still want to be in it up to their senior year, I was like ‘isn’t this something to consider?’” Delgado, sophomore student coordinator with the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network at the university, took interest in Oselador’s project when she first approached him about it. Delgado lived in an Engi-neering LLC his first year on campus, and loved the atmosphere. As student coordinator for the KEEN program, Del-gado utilizes his free time by visiting students in the Westside Engineering LLC to tutor as well as interest and discuss with any KEEN related objective or goal. The KEEN program was founded to foster an entrepreneurial mindset within engineering students, and the program facilitates activities and coor-dinates events centered on this mindset to enhance that within students. “Sophia and Rob would, without fail, every Tuesday
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Hank Bartels and Henry C. Lee (University of New Haven photo)
Black Student Union: A welcoming haven
for diversity
On April 22, the Black Student Union held a discussion on natural beauty from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge. There were 23 people in attendance, some of them being organization members. Many topics were brought up and analyzed under the main question, “What is natural beauty?” The topics included debates on use of makeup, shaving, dyeing of hair, clas-sification of pointed nails, use of weaves and drawing on eyebrows. Tons of opinions were tossed around, including the determination of where to wear the trend, how it is judged in our society and if it makes someone natural or not.
The initial conclusion of the discussion was that the utilization of extravagant cosmetics and accessories are socially acceptable when used in a non-professional environment and that so many people have their own definition of natural beauty. Students in the discussion felt comfortable expressing their opinions. Students walking in during the dis-cussion were able to jump right into the conversation. Jeanny Francis, the Execu-tive Assistant of the BSU, says that the group is a home away from home. The BSU executive board also has a Historian, Taylor Stewart, to moderate the so-cial media accounts, create event flyers and archive past events. One of the social media outputs they use is Snapchat in order to post videos of an event without over-posting elsewhere. The BSU wants to interact with their mem-bers even when they cannot attend the events. “You can only post so
much on Instagram,” said Stewart. Past events include a discussion of black families portrayed on TV and the Black and Latino Alumni weekend, a show-and-tell for past organization mem-bers to see how much their clubs have grown. February is a huge month for BSU because of Black History Month. The group holds several events throughout February to cel-ebrate black history. “If you don’t know where you’re from, where are you gonna go?” Francis said. The organization is also dedicated to community service and spreading aware-ness of many issues, such as breast cancer. On April 29, BSU will put on a Gospel Fest with Cru, a Christian group at UNH, as a co-sponsor. The BSU welcomes and encourages students of all races to attend their meet-ings, discussions, and events.
Last Comic Standing
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UNH honors Henry E. “Hank” Bartels’ Memory
bers Bartels as a great friend to both himself and the uni-versity. “He did something in his life that we all inspire to do: to make a differ-ence,” he said. He noted that Bartels was an extremely modest man; Bartels drove a 15-year-old station wagon; when Kaplan questioned this, Bartels told him, “I could drive a different color Rolls-Royce every day of the week but that doesn’t interest me; what interests me is helping others.” Speakers included O’Connor, campus minister; President Kaplan, president of UNH; Asia Gillespie, senior psychology major and 2014 President’s Public Servant Fellow; Richard Rotella, USGA president; and Philip H. Bartels, son of Hank Bartels and chair on the UNH Board of Gover-nors. Rotella awarded the Bartels family, includ-ing Hank’s wife, sons and granddaughter, with a Proc-lamation of Appreciation which thanked the family for everything they do for the university and contribute to UNH. “Because of Mr. Bartels, many people are able to call UNH home.” Rotella said. To further honor Bartels and his legacy left at UNH, Dr. Henry C. Lee, world-
renowned forensic scientist as well as chaired professor of Forensic Science at the university, gave a lecture as the Spring 2015 Bartels Fellow. Much like Bartels, Lee also worked his way to success; Lee, along with his 12 siblings, was raised in a single-parent household in China after his father passed when Lee was only five years old. Lee and his wife moved to America in 1965, speaking no English and with only $50. Now, 50 years later, “We still don’t speak English, but we sure do have a lot of money!” Lee said as the crowd laughed at his humor and extreme modesty. Lee spoke about the impact Bartels had on his life; throughout his 40 years
with UNH, Lee spent a lot of time with Bartels and learned that to be success-ful, you have to have knowl-edge, leadership abilities, and a vision. Most impor-tantly, Bartels taught Lee that to succeed, you must work hard. “It is not important who you are,” Lee said. “It is im-portant who you are with.”Lee also told his life story, highlighting the journey he took to become as success-ful as he is and detailing some of the many cases he’s worked on through the years. After the lecture, Lee dined with University student leaders and Honors Program members, where he was able to answer ques-tions in a more intimate setting.
as an ending joke that left the audience in stitches. He won a $50 Amazon gift card for his performance. Other participants were highly energized: some were first timers on stage, others who participated in stand-up comedy for fun regularly. Students of all different years and majors took part. Each participant had the audience laughing about something. Jokes were made about school, dating, dorm life, history, childhood, friends, doctors’ offices, bathrooms and a lot of stories were shared.
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Winner Brian Read had the entire crowd laughing (Photo by Samantha Higgins and Ashley Wemmell/
Charger Bulletin photo)
Think Outside the Dumpster
Team at [email protected]. Think Outside the Dump-ster reduces the waste that UNH produces and helps protect the local environ-ment and community. “This year now that a lot
more students know about us we are hoping that we get an even better turn out,” said Cerillo. “We have been working with Residential Life to reach out to RA’s and incoming freshman as well as USGA to recruit volunteers and to let clubs
know about the event.” More information re-garding Think Outside the Dumpster can be found at http://www.newhaven.edu/sustainability/Think-Outside-Dumpster/ or https://www.facebook.com/unhtotd.
Students purchasing a Easy-Bake oven at the Campus Living Sale last August (Photo provided by UNH Green Team)
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and Thursday, come see me for the hour or two that I was there, and in one way or another try to participate, in-teract and discuss any KEEN related objective or goal and that eventually kick-started the LLC project,” Delgado said. “It was a simple ques-tion. Sophia asked “Can I be in the LLC next year?” It started with a question and then we turned that question that had the answer no into a project that could turn it into a yes.” Delgado encouraged Os-elador with her project, but gave her free reign with it. “I wanted her to spearhead the project because it was her idea and I feel that she deserved most, if not all, of the credit for the idea and be-cause she’s very passionate about it, she would have the greatest lead in the project.” Delgado added that Schmicker, a freshman also living in the LLC with Os-elador, was as equally active and participative in the pro-cess; however, Delgado felt as though he and Schmicker “let her lead and [they] were there to support her and help her on the way.” Oselador and Schmicker met with Delgado twice weekly in the fall semes-ter to work on this project; once the survey was created, Nocito-Gobel looked over the questions before Osela-dor began surveying partici-pants. The surveys found that an overwhelming amount of students said that not only would they want to continue to live in an LLC past their freshman year, but that the LLC option also influenced their decision to attend UNH. However, Oselador’s proj-ect had not been approved by the Office of Residential Life or the university. “Anytime a survey goes out to students, it does have to be approved by the university,” Becca Kitchell, director of residential student
advocacy and educational partnerships, said. “That approval process is fairly lengthy and does require specific paper work as well as background information that ensures that the student’s health and safety is taken into consideration.” Kitchell met with Nocito-Gobel; Maria-Isabel Carnas-ciali, the current advisor to the engineering LLC; Caitlin Pereira, the area coordina-tor of Westside Hall; the two RAs who are currently working with the engineer-ing LLC; and Delgado, as the student coordinator of the KEEN program, and this is where she first heard of Oselador’s survey. “Dan established that the survey had been started as a class project, at which point our ears and interests perked up because we weren’t aware of such a thing,” Kitchell said. Kitchell and Nicole McGrath, Associate Dean for Residential Life & Housing, expressed that they didn’t want to put out the same survey twice and didn’t want to saturate students’ inboxes with repetitive questions; however, they did offer to put some of Oselador’s ques-tions on their yearly LLC survey that is sent out mid-semester. “[The question of whether or not to continue LLC’s on to sophomore year] was put out to students a few years back and most students said ‘yes we would want it,’” Kitchell said. “However they would not be interested in the buildings that would facilitate the LLCs. Students wanted apartment style and only want to be in LLCs in buildings like Celentano, but those buildings don’t promote engagement like the suite style set-up in Botwinik or Bethel.” Kitchell and McGrath re-ceived a similar request last year when the students in the Music LLC showed interest in continuing on living in an
LLC arrangement. However, once they were informed that the only option to house the LLC was, once again, in Botwinik, the music students no longer wanted to continue on with it. Kitchell and McGrath are not opposed to the extension of the LLC; however, there were a lot of unanswered questions that they had, es-pecially because they never received a formal request for the continuation of the LLC past freshman year from the engineering LLC faculty advisor. “Let’s make sure that if we’re going to do some-thing, we’re going to do this right,” Kitchell said. “In our experience, we found that if you put something out to the students and then aren’t able to accommodate, students become very disappointed.” They requested that an of-ficial request and application be filled out before this was revisited, but never heard anything about this again after that. “It’s not a matter of it can’t happen; it’s a matter of it needs to be done in the right way,” Kitchell said. “If it something that they want to be considered for next year, when the application rolls out in April, I think that we and the LLC Advisory Board are willing to read applica-tions.” The LLC Advisory board created the application pro-cess a few years back. This board discusses applications that are submitted by the faculty advisor. Applications are sent out with a two to three page guidelines. Questions that need to be answered within the application by the faculty advisor include what are the goals, who are the member-ship, how will this impact students, how will learning occur outside of the class-room and how will you facilitate that learning.
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I received a request from a fellow student to address an issue at UNH that I’m sure most of you have dealt with at least once. It may not seem like a big issue, but when it happens to you, it is the most frus-trating thing in the world. It is enough to ruin your day, and definitely your exercise regimen. So to whoever is in charge here, my fellow UNH students and myself are asking you—why can’t you get into the gym without a student ID card?! Apparently, it is a rule at the Rec Center that you must have a valid student ID to use the facilities. This seems reasonable; I wouldn’t want people coming in off the streets and being able to take up the machines when stu-dents are paying thousands of dollars to use the facilities, but there must be an easier
way than always showing a student ID. If it has happened to you before, you know how frustrating it is to get to the gym only to realize you left your ID at home. It’s not like getting to the gym is an easy task; you have to either trek across campus in the cold or you have had to fight the Campbell Ave. traffic and find a parking spot, only to be told you have to go home. I know the people working at the check-in desk in the gym are only doing their job when they turn you away because you don’t have an ID, but sometimes it would be nice just to get a break. What many students don’t understand is that if you are a student at UNH, you are entitled to a gym a member-ship, and students can easily be identified through our student ID number. So why can’t they just look us up in the system with our student ID number, instead of just blatantly saying “No, you can’t workout if you can’t show your ID”? On top of it, they have our picture on file, so their should be no reason why that is not a valid form of identification. It is the majority opinion among students who regularly use the Rec Center that it would be much easier just to look up our student ID numbers than to turn people away and prevent them from working out.
It gets even more frustrat-ing when you have to go get a new student ID card but the bookstore closes at 6 p.m. After having a full day of classes, all some of us want to do is work out and de-stress, but if you can’t get to the book store by 6 p.m. for that new ID, you can kiss your workout goodbye. The Rec employees will take no sympathy on you and if you think they’ll just let you slide, well guess again. But the employees at the Rec are not the ones to take your frustration out on; they are just following orders. It is whoever is higher up that made this dumb rule that de-serves your wrath for ruining your workout. The Rec Center is a great facility, and students want to take full advantage of it. For fitness freaks, missing a day of working out could be detrimental to their schedule, and I don’t think that should happen simply because they cannot find their ID. As college students, we have a million things on our minds; it is easy to misplace a little plastic card. The Rec Center should consider looking stu-dents up by their ID numbers instead of turning students away when they encounter this problem. I just don’t see the need for ruining some-one’s workout over some-thing so small.
All of us know about go-ing to the library to print our papers for classes or work with study groups before a big exam. Some students take advantage of addi-tional services, like the CLR tutoring or the quiet study floor to get through their semester. But there tends to be two groups of students that attend the University of New Haven—students who always go to the library and utilize the library’s resources and students that never go. The librarians know that it can be overwhelming trying to understand everything about databases and the re-
sources that are available to them; they want students to know that they are there to point them in the best pos-sible direction, so students should never hesitate to ask for help. The librarians are all there to teach the students how to find the resources “that they don’t know they need.” The library has resources available of which even some of those students who frequent it most are un-aware. Students have the op-portunity to schedule a one-on-one research appointment by calling or emailing the librarians and then have the chance to work with a librar-ian and have individualized attention on how to research, what that particular assign-ment might require, and what skills and techniques to use acquire all the informa-tion you’re looking for.Most students rely solely on Google when they are conducting their research for their classes, and very few students attend the library workshops where they’d have the opportu-nity to learn new skills. At these workshops, students would also learn that only
20 percent of information is on Google! So databases are extremely important to a well-researched assignment. Students need databases to get through college and workshops, librarians and one-on-one appointments are only a few of the op-portunities available to help learn the skills required to navigate through them. Blackboard is also a great resource tool for students to connect with librarians at any time from their dorms, home or anywhere else on campus. Blackboard has an “ask a librarian” discussion board available to students in classes where professors have made fit. The library has a plethora of resources available to students, so if you can’t find what you need, or if you are having a hard time, or even if you have an idea but want to make sure you are going down the right path—ask. They want you to ask. They are there to ensure that you are learning and finding all the information that you need so don’t hesitate to ensure that you are.
Something tells me that a little piece of the real Tim Cook dies each time he puts on a matte grey shirt and dark jeans. The same goes for Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi. You may not know them by name, but you can always recognize the uniform. They represent the inher-ent dichotomy and mystical power of the Apple brand—a company conceived in the counterculture of the 1970s with the mantra “Think dif-ferent.” Unfortunately, like all good things of the 1970s, this vision has died a cruel and unusual death. Slowly, “Think different” has trans-formed into “Think discon-nected.” With Apple, we have wit-nessed the creation of a hu-man drone factory marketed with ideals of individuality. And if you can understand the previous sentence, let it be known, you ARE the
resistance. Now, let’s talk about hypocrisy. I write this using iWork’s Pages on a Mac-Book Pro, which I gladly purchased for an ungodly sum of money. I have an iPad, an iPhone, an iPod, and a MacBook Air all within an arm’s reach of me at this very moment. Yet I insist—I am not a hypocrite. I am aware and I am conscious. I refuse to partake in drone-like behavior, but I will never stop using Apple products. I believe they are the best of technology. I also believe they are the worst. I know this because I have lain in bed at all hours of the day with my wife beside me. Instead of reach-ing for her, I reach for my iDevice. I know this because I have answered my iPhone while reading a book…the kind made of paper. I have wasted countless hours searching YouTube and Facebook. I have sold my soul to the AppStore and my body to Apple Health. And while I realize that Apple is not alone, there was never really a choice. How
many HP laptops have you seen in Starbucks? When was the last time you visited the Microsoft Store? When was the last time you even saw a Microsoft Store? Does your mother know what Android is? Does your grandfather know what an iPad is? To say that we have a choice is like saying that McDonald’s and Saladworks are on a level playing field. Trust me, Saladworks does exist. So what’s wrong with feeding at the trough of Silicon Valley? The problem is that we no longer know when we’re hungry. We’re hungry when Papa Alto says we’re hungry and we’re craving whatever mystery meat he wants to serve us. An Apple Watch is about as useful as a watch made of real apples. We simply don’t need it. But somehow, in the coming weeks, millions of people will be convinced that the need is real…and extremely urgent. In the meantime, I’d urge you to “Think different.” Read a book…the kind made of paper.
Here’s the rundown: you head to the gym, pumped for a workout only to realize you forgot your student ID. You approach the front desk in hopes that the customer service attendant will be able to look up your name. Except they don’t: they say no. You argue a little with them, in the hopes that they will just let it slide. Unfortunately, they stick to their word and refuse to let you past the lobby without an ID. You have no choice but to leave, disappointed and pissed off. It’s a stupid ID; why do they need to see it when my picture and information is already in the system?! I’m here to tell you why. I have been working at the Rec for over a year now as a customer service attendant and was recently promoted to building supervisor (those folks in the maroon shirts
walking around with an iPad). I know the policies inside and out and there are countless times while on shift when the exact scenar-io, as stated above, occurs. Some people are under-standing and others become infuriated: yelling and threatening to the point where I need to radio my supervisor. I get the same arguments day in and day out. “I don’t have my ID; can you just look up my name? I have my ID number.” “Can I be signed in as a guest?” “Don’t I get one free pass a semester?” “I’m just here to practice dance; I’m not actually working out.” “I lost my ID and campus card is closed. Can you please let me in? I really need to work out.” The list goes on and on and each and every time, my response is: “Unfortunately, no.” So, why, you ask? From day one of training, I was told that it is the Univer-sity’s policy that ALL students must carry their student IDs on them at ALL times. Because this is the University’s policy, it has to be ours as well. Even if we let people without IDs through, we would be violating the University’s policy. That waiver that everyone had to sign even states that you must have your ID in order to be let into the building.
Cards needed for consistent gym access
You cannot be signed in as a guest because you attend the university and therefore you are a student, not a guest. And that whole ‘free pass a semester’ was eradicated after the gunman on campus incident took place. If you are entering the gym, past the lobby, you need to sign in because what happens if another potential shooting takes place? We won’t know who is in the building. You will be unaccounted for. It’s a liability issue and we are not just a Rec Center but a business as well, so we need to cover all of our bases. We get it. Forgetting your ID and not being let in is obnoxious. It happens to the best of us, but there is nothing the employees can do. If we let you in, and you get hurt, we can lose our jobs and, no offense, but that’s not worth it to us. So please keep this all in and mind and respect it. There are rules for a reason and as adults, we hope you can understand that. Put yourself in my shoes. Would you break some important policies at your work place just because someone made a mistake? It sucks for us too when we have to turn you away; try to keep that in mind. So, please ALWAYS have your ID when you come to the gym and everyone will be happy!
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45. Get rid of46. Gorilla trained to use sign language47. Holiday air49. Mao __-tung51. Ten-cent pres.53. “ “58. Designer Schiaparelli59. The Joe in Detroit, for one60. Superb61. Tallow source62. Huge63. Earthworm habitat64. Stun, in a way65. Bout of retail “therapy”66. Fine subject?
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8. Open-mouthed9. Western landform10. Cliched11. Happy hour morsel12. Makes amends13. Rub the wrong way21. Manjula’s husband on “The Simpsons”22. Like autumn mornings27. Like morning grass28. Made-up29. Loosen, as laces30. Enroll33. U2 frontman34. Belly laughs35. Prefix with morph37. Pixar title robot38. Hardwood option39. Mystery42. Most distant43. Black Russian compo-nent44. Fulfills a takeout order?46. Alpine parrot48. Roundish49. 1,000 kilograms
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RSOs, the end of the semester is quickly approaching as we now only have roughly a week left before finals. Here are just some things to keep in mind when closing out your financial accounts for the year!
Make sure that all reimbursements for events that happened during the year are into me as soon as possible! It is your responsibility to make sure that any members within your or-ganization who have made a purchase on your organization’s behalf is reimbursed! As always, reimbursements cannot exceed $300. For any items or purchases made via purchase order need to be closed. This is done by submitting to me an invoice from the vendor so that I can ensure that the vendor is paid. The vendor will not receive payment until I receive an invoice, so please make sure that I get an invoice as soon as possible for any outstanding POs.
Thank you for such a great semester so far and finish strong. As always if you have any questions feel free to reach out to me or see me during office hours!
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Chargers,
With this being the last full week of classes I urge you to try your hardest and finish the semester as strong as it started. I hope everyone is excited for Spring Weekend as it looks to be an amazing, action-packed weekend.
If you are still interested, you can apply to take part in Last Man Standing! Signups are on USGA’s Charger Con-nection page.
This week is our last meeting of the semester and the 2015-2016 Yearly Budget will be presented and voted on so make sure to attend. Again, our meetings are Friday at 12:30 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge.
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Scope it Out!
Friday, May 1
Spring Weekend Comedian in the Charger Gymnasium, doors open at
7 p.m.
Saturday, May 2
Spring Carnival in the North Campus Parking Lot from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Spring Concert in the Charger Gymnasium, doors open at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3
Drive in Movie “The Wedding Ringer” in the Bixler/Botwinik Quad beginning at
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There’s a Place off Ocean Avenue
It’s the weekend we’ve all been waiting for: the “last hurrah” before finals is upon us. That’s right, Spring Weekend is finally here! SCOPE really outdid themselves this year with a star-studded weekend planned. Full House’s Dave Coulier kicks off the week-end on Friday as our come-dian, then on Saturday enjoy the food and festivities of the carnival before heading into Charger Gymnasium if you were lucky enough to get one of the coveted 1500 tickets to go see T-Pain, Third Eye Blind and DJ Tommy Carlucci. Before you head inside, why don’t I help remind you a little bit about these artists. First on the bill may not be a familiar name to you but he is a familiar face in the UNH community. You might have caught DJ Tommy Car-lucci last year performing with Jonny Empire during the Spring Carnival or per-haps DJing the ladies of Del-ta Phi Epsilon’s recent Pearl Ball. He’ll be helping keep
you get excited and mov-ing in between acts as well as throwing down his own set. He really got the crowd going last year at Spring Carnival and I bet he’ll be bringing it just as hard now that he’s gotten bumped up to the main stage. Next was what I believed to be the curveball of this announcement: T-Pain. Known by his friends as Fa-heem Rashad Najm, T-Pain seemingly took over the hip hop scene in the 2000s. With hits like “I’m Sprung” and “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper)” it seemed like he became a household name overnight. He became the CEO of his own label, Nap-py Boy Records, in 2005, with talent such as himself, Young Cash, Travie McCoy and Field Mob, just to name a few. He currently is out touring on his Greatest Hits album, Happy Hour, and if you check out his website (www.t-pain.net), there are even different flavored shots to complement each song. There is also much antici-pation for his new album, Stoicville: The Phoenix, that has been in the works for about two years. Fans can probably expect a blend of new and old from the auto-tuned Thr33 Ringz leader
when he hits New Haven on Saturday. Then you’re in for a treat: straight from my childhood and onto the stage with be none other than San Fran-sisco’s own Third Eye Blind. Most of you will probably know them from their debut self-titled album and hits like “Semi-Charmed Life,” “Jumper,” and “How’s It Going to Be.” While the lineup has done a number of shifts and trade outs over the years, Stephan Jenkins remaining on vocals is what will really bring me back. While an odd match to be paired with T-Pain, the pure nostalgia factor in this act will be what takes the roof off the place. Third Eye Blind is a bit of a slower mellow mood for a Spring Weekend show but I’ve heard more buzz around campus for them than T-Pain from my observations, so there won’t be a lack of en-ergy as they take the stage. I would definitely like to applaud SCOPE for such a big lineup for Spring Week-end. It takes a lot of hard work to do what they do and it shows in their turn out and participants excite-ment. Have a happy and fun Spring Weekend! Continue reading at Char-
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Spring Concert preview: What to expect
Yellowcard (Photo obtained via Facebook)
Interview with Greg Marquis
Shortly after the release of their latest record, The Lon-ger Now, I emailed back and forth with Actor|Observer frontman Greg Marquis. We talked about the themes of the record and how they tie in with his personal life, the technical process behind the record, and a bit about what it’s like to be a post-hardcore band from New England. You guys come from the Boston/New England scene where there’s so much tal-ent to compete with; what does A|O do to stand out from the crowd? There’s a lot we try to do to set ourselves apart in every aspect of this band, beyond just the music. We try to emulate and incor-porate our eclectic influ-ences into something that is ultimately our own. That can be difficult because our influences are all over the place, so finding our sound has taken some time. But now that we’ve found some balance, I think the result is pretty unique. We’re a “post-hardcore” band though, which can be a very confining label for those that know it. Growing up listening to a lot of bands with heavy breakdowns and catchy hooks, we’ve kinda felt like the standard “chug-ga-chugga” breakdowns are overdone, boring, and uninspiring at this point. So what we try to do is write something new to capture that intensity we once loved and incite a similar feeling but on a different level with either more complexity, melody, or rhythmic diver-sity. As a vocalist, I’ve also tried to veer away from the “good cop/bad cop” style of vocals, and instead work more and more on blending my melodies and screaming together, similar to the vo-calists in bands like Balance And Composure and Norma Jean. It’s harder to do, but I like to challenge myself, and it feels more organic and cathartic. You guys added Ryan to the band to take over your half of the guitar duties; did you find it difficult to transition from playing and singing to just being a frontman? Only a little. Honestly, we always wanted to be a five-piece, and I wanted to be a front man from the start. But when we couldn’t find another guitarist back in 2010, I just figured I’d do both. After a while though, it wore on me. Be-ing constrained behind a mic stand, playing a guitar, using a pedal board, sing-ing, screaming; it all just became too much to focus on at once. I felt like my performance and stage pres-ence were suffering, and I
didn’t feel like I could enjoy myself or engage with the crowd as much as I wanted to. Musically, I didn’t feel like my playing or my sing-ing was ever 100 percent. I needed to pick one and focus on it. So, seeing as voice is really my primary instrument, and seeing as I had already established myself as the lyricist and lead singer, I decided to focus on that and let some-one else who was more committed to guitar take over. We’ve known Ryan for years now and we loved his previous bands. I wanted to get a better guitarist than me, who could contribute to songwriting and back-up singing, and who was more tech savvy to complement Alex’s ability. Ryan fulfills all of those requirements. The front man role took me a little getting used to, but I’ve spent so much of my life looking up to the front men of my favorite bands that I knew what sort of per-former I wanted to be I still write guitar parts here and there, as part of the song-writing process. How would you describe your new record The Lon-ger Now to kids? There was actually a lot of intent behind the lyrics, the flow, and the title of the album. Lyrically, it’s a lot of me trying to psycho-analyze myself and come to terms with the personal and existential issues that have been the root of my anxiety and depression for a long time. In most of the songs, I identify a problem either with myself, with others, the nature of our culture, or mere existence, and then I try to understand it so I can work through it and find my own solution to the prob-lem. Honestly, writing this album has been the most therapeutic experience I’ve ever attained from music. Every single song really helped me sort out what I was feeling, what I wanted to say, and what I was go-ing to do about it, all at a time when I really needed that. I had been anxious and depressed for a long time and it wasn’t getting bet-ter. I never felt content, just always on edge or waiting for something to finally give. After a couple years of therapy, I finally started tak-ing anti-depressants to help clear away the dark cloud that was weighing me down. That and these songs have helped me get all the stuff off my chest that was mak-ing it hard to stay optimistic. I realized that a lot of my problems stemmed from this atheist/nihilist perspective I’ve developed over the past decade. This personal real-ization that there’s no inher-ent “meaning” to life, other than that which you ascribe to it, has made it difficult to fill that void with something sufficient. I know countless other people struggle with the same conflict, which is why it seemed important for
me to address it in a public way and try to make some-thing more out of it. I know on the Circular Mill EP, there were a few book quotes and really well put lyrics. Are there similar themes on The Longer Now? Actually, the album title is the only literary reference, but it’s the most important. It’s from a book that com-pletely ties into everything I was just talking about. The Longer Now is the title of the second chapter in a really thought-provoking novel called The Celestine Prophecy by James Red-field. I got that book as a hand-me-down last year from my brother Shawn, who had actually received it as a hand-me-down from our oldest brother Brian. So it kinda came full circle and hit me at the perfect time in my life. That book manages to tap into some unspoken collective subconscious that we all share with regards to spirituality, the lack thereof, and the meaning of life. It doesn’t matter whether you’re religious or not; that “big question” is something I think we all have in com-mon, and if you haven’t made some sort of peace with it, then it can eat at you forever as it has for me. In the book, The Longer Now is described as a period of time in Western society that spans from the beginning of the last millennium to now. It basically explains how, over the course of this pe-riod, mankind has evolved from a mostly religious society—living with the purpose of pleasing God or some sort of deity in hopes of a prosperous afterlife—to a more scientific/post-God society, in which many people do not accept that explanation anymore and are seeking a more tangible purpose in life. In pursuit of “the truth,” we came up with the scientific method, followed by all these amaz-ing feats in exploration, discovery, and technology, all of which have been in-credibly valuable to human progress, but none of which have really been able to answer that age-old exis-tential “question.” So in the meantime, we do our best to make ourselves comfortable and live the most “fulfill-ing” lives we can, focus-ing on personal progress, accomplishments, activities, contributions to humanity, or whatever we can, to at-tain a sense of value, keep ourselves preoccupied, and repress that dreadful am-biguity of why we’re here. “Spread Thin” (the second song on the album), touches on these topics, as well as my obsessive need to keep busy and accomplish some-thing and fill up my time.
So you all remember a band called Yellowcard; well, I had the chance to see them at Toad’s Place along with openers The Downtown Fiction and Finch. The Downtown Fiction is an American rock/alterna-tive/pop band from Fairfax, VA who originated in 2008. The band consists of Cam-eron Leahy on vocals and guitar, David Pavluk on bass and vocals, Wes Diamond on guitar and vocals and Kyle Rodgers on drums. They are currently signed to Fear-less Records, where they released their second album Losers & Kings. This album is the band’s longstanding ambition to break the mold while remaining true to their sound. If you get the chance to see these guys on tour, don’t miss out because they put on a fantastic show. Finch is an American post-hardcore band from Temecu-la, California who originated in 1999. They released two albums What It Is to Burn and Say Hello to Sunshine before they went on hiatus in 2006. They then reformed in 2007 releasing their EP a year later and then in the process of their third album they disbanded in late 2010.
They then signed to Razor and Tie records in 2014 and they started working on a new album, which came out in September called Back to Oblivion. The band consists of Nate Barcalow on lead vocals, Alex Linares on rhythm guitar, Randy Stroh-meyer on lead guitar and backing vocal, Alex Pappas on drums and percussion and Daniel Wonacott on bass guitar. I must say that this band put on a great show, so definitely go see them if you have the chance to do so. Yellowcard is an American pop punk/alternative rock band from Jacksonville, FL that originated in 1997. They are now based on Los Ange-les and still going strong in the music scene. The mem-bers of the band are Ryan Key on vocals and guitar, Sean Mackin on violin and vocals, Ryan Mendez on guitar and vocals and last,
but not least, Josh Portman on bass. They got their name “Yellowcard” from a phrase they used in high school, which I thought was pretty interesting to learn. Their popular singles included “Ocean Avenue,” “Lights and Sounds,” and “Light Up the Sky.” They are currently signed to Razor and Tie re-cords, and recently released their album Lift a Sail and if you haven’t purchased or listened to it yet, I suggest you do. First, The Downtown Fiction came on stage and played some new songs off their newest album Losers and Kings as well as played some old songs. They did a great job getting the crowd started for the night before Yellowcard came out later on. I don’t think a lot of people knew who these guys
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Local gigs of the week
Toad’s Place April 30: Electric Thursdays: EDM Party
May 1: Circa Survive with Balance and Composure and Chon
May 3: Ilovemakonnen with KEY! and Sonny Digital
The Space May 2: Hawthorne Heights with Anchors Away
May 3: Survay Says! with Cometa, Made in China and Havenfield
BAR (21+) May 6: Low Cut Connie with The Silks and The Meadow Brothers
Cafe Nine (21+) May 2: Mission O with Boy Girl Party, and Teen Girl Sci-entist Monthly
May 5: The Meatmen with Against the Grain
Cody Hanson of Hinder; New music, pledgemusic and everything in-between
When you think of Hinder, you’re probably brought back to an afternoon in high school, sitting in front of the TV, watching To-tal Request Live, commonly referred to as TRL, on MTV and feeling emotions you’d yet to experience in real life when “Lips of an Angel” came on—or maybe that’s just me. Regardless, there is a certain nostalgia that the band possesses for old and new fans alike with the evoking lyrics of their catchy and never-forgotten classics. Hailing from Oklahoma City, they came into the public eye in the early 2000’s and since then have consistently released new music, relatable to a new audience each time. I was lucky enough to speak with Cody Hanson, the drummer who has served as the heartbeat of the band from the beginning. A lot has changed since the release of Hinder’s first album, Extreme Behavior, includ-ing the gain of a new lead vocalist, Marshall Dutton. In a Facebook post back in January, the band announced that Dutton, who had been writing and producing for the band since 2009, was in fact going to serve as their new lead singer. While most human beings run scream-ing from the idea of change, Hanson revealed this seemed like the most natural transi-tion for the band. “It felt so normal, if not
easier, to transition into working with Marshall as a part of the band,” Hanson revealed. “Marshall’s voice had always been the one on every demo anyway. He’d served as our main songwrit-er for such a long time that we were used to hearing him on the tracks before we even started working on them for an album. It’s a nice change of pace to skip the middle man and it makes the writing and recording process a lot more efficient.” In the midst of this major transition, the band also left their longtime stay with Universal and inked a con-tract with The End Records. They’re set to release their first album through The End, featuring Dutton as the lead vocalist, on May 12 of this year. The album is entitled When the Smoke Clears, perhaps symboliz-ing the calm after the storm of changes the band has endured throughout the past few years. “There really was no inspiration behind the album
as a whole,” said Hanson. “It was more about sitting down with some acoustic guitars and working on something that emotionally inspired us in that instance. I guess you could say the motivation was all over the place, it came from different people at dif-ferent times and it all merged together to form a pretty awesome collection of songs. The process of recording wasn’t much different than our other albums, especially because we weren’t faced with that pressure from a label breathing down our necks. It was cool to be able to think for ourselves and execute our own creative vision.” “We really don’t have a schedule in mind when it comes to releasing new music,” Hanson concluded when I asked about their consistent album releases (usually every two years). “We like to take as much time as we can when it comes to touring for an album so that’s always a big follow up to a release that
takes a lot of our time. With Marshall on board though, it’s going to be a lot easier for us to crank out songs and continue to release things a lot quicker!” It’s always difficult to ask a singer, especially a song-writer, their favorite song off of a new album. It’s like they’re trying to choose between their children. It’s a lot easier however, to get an honest opinion from the drummer who wholeheart-edly experiences the driving beat of every track in the band’s catalog. “I actually have two,” Hanson laughed when I told him I knew there had to be one that he got most excited to perform, “‘Wasted Life’ is one that is just super fun to play, it has a really catchy hook that I like a lot, and my other would have to be ‘I Need Another Drink.’ It’s just a cool rock standard with an attitude that makes it fun to get into.”
Hinder’s newest album will be out May 12 (AP photo)
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There’s a Place off Ocean Avenuewere, but they still enjoyed their performance, as did I whenever I see them per-form. In between changing bands, they would put on some songs and everyone would jam out, getting more and more excited for the main act. Then the crowd got pumped for Finch as
they came out onstage as it was dark and nothing but their red light circle feature on stage. Everyone had a blast singing along to all their songs and jumping up in the air and moving around the floor. I haven’t seen this band before live, but I must say that they did a phe-nomenal job and have great stage presence. The final
act of the night finally came out to amaze the audience and they definitely accom-plished the job. Everyone was crowd surfing and off their feet jumping through-out the whole song. I don’t know about everyone else but when Ryan Key said if you’re not singing your heart out on the songs and losing your voice then you
are doing everything wrong. I completely agree with that because I lost my voice and it was incredible. Make sure to all take a second to see The Down-town Fiction, Finch and Yellowcard on tour; it’s something you don’t want to miss out on.
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This year at the Os-cars, Lady Gaga performed a medley of songs from the 1965 film The Sound of Mu-sic to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the movie. Hearing Lady Gaga’s rendition instantly brought to mind how timeless and influential songs such a “Climb Every Mountain” and “Goodbye” are. After the Oscars, I looked into the film’s history. Besides being the fifth highest grossing film of all time, it also won the Academy Award for Best Picture, beating out David Lean’s masterpiece Doctor Zhivago. So, when Cin-emark Theaters announced they were screening the movie for the 50th anniver-sary, I had to check it out. Right off the bat, The Sound of Music is undeni-ably a good film; whether or not it’s great is to be deter-mined. Taking place in late 1930s Austria, the movie features Julie Andrews as Maria, a down on her luck nun in training. Maria is a child at heart, with a passion for music and the beauty of nature. The rest of the nuns do not approve of her habits, and send her away to serve as a governess for the Von
Battle of the ages
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Technology has shaped the way people socially interact. While the younger people—or “millennials”—have had the luxury of becoming technologically savvy as a result of growing up with smart phones and other devices, the parents have had to readjust to learn. The film While We’re Young takes an eccentric look at the fusion of gen-erational social norms with new age technology at its helm. Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play Josh and Cor-nelia, a married couple in their 40s during a time
The Sound of Music is still heard 50 years LaterBy BEN ATWATERFILM [email protected]
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Trapp family. Headed by a widowed naval captain, the children have taken to pranks and hooligans in the absence of a mother figure. And so, as one might expect, the first act of the nearly three hour film is about Maria bonding with the children. Along the way, Captain Von Trappe’s militaristic values clash with Maria’s optimistic views upon raising children. In the midst of the fun filled summer Maria spends with the children, the Captain and Maria inevitably fall in love. While everything with the Von Trappe family is fun and joyous, the ever looming Nazi invasion is on the im-minent horizon. Historically, Austria was the first country to succumb to Hitler’s Reich, bordering Germany directly to the South. The Sound of Music is by no means a perfect film. The children are often horribly written, succumbing to clichés and forced cuteness which isn’t all that cute.Yet, child actors seldom are believable, especially from films made in the 60s and before. Also, weak and undeveloped is the afore-mentioned Nazis. They are sprung on to the plot in the third act, and their sheer brutality is not really shown, as this is supposed to be a family movie. I have never been a fan of sugar coating history, and this film seems to do so quite frequently. Upon further research, the Von Trappes do not live happily ever after, as im-
plied by the ending. The real family faced financial bankruptcy after World War II. Even their prewar state is exaggerated, as they did not live in a beautiful country villa as shown in the film but rather a modest house in the Alps. The ending of the film portrays a last minute flee to the mountains to escape Nazi occupied Austria. There was no such escape, and the Von Trapps left peacefully before the outbreak of war. All this being considered, historical inaccuracies do not deter from good film mak-ing. However, when a film as widely beloved as The Sound of Music has been seen by everyone, the film’s story starts to mix with history, and that can be a problem. Judging The Sound of Music strictly as a film, one cannot deny it is a very entertain-ing film. Julie Andrews truly makes the movie, and one wishes that Maria could be their babysitter due to the shear sincerity Andrews por-trays. Her voice is without a doubt one of the best of all time. The other great strength of The Sound of Music is the set design. One wants to step back in time to a 1930s Salzburg summer and run through the streets with Maria. The soundtrack, while not original, is ex-tremely catchy. With regards to seeing it on the big screen, I would say it is definitely worth it. The Sound of Music has stood the test of time, and likely will forever.
While We’re Young stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts (AP photo)
Scott Eastwood as Luke, and Britt Robertson, as Sophia, in a scene from the film The Longest Ride (AP photo)
when virtually all of their friends are having babies. After befriending a younger couple in their early 20s, they embark on an energetic escapade and realize they might have bitten off a little more than they can chew. While We’re Young takes a meta-analytical look at the distinction between adults 40 years and over and those in their early 20s living in the modern age while somehow displaying these nuances in an impressively casual way. At some points, the subtle cinematic criticism hits both sides of the generational gap, leaving one feeling un-comfortably self-conscious; but that is precisely what this film aims to do. How exactly did traditional soci-etal etiquette evolve to the point where bearing cell-
phones during a dinner with friends became acceptable? These underlying ques-tions nag at you throughout a witty, comedic plot. Unfortunately, the fo-cal point is lost at times, which leaves you to won-der whether the focus of the film is asking whether younger people or more self-involved or not. If there is any criticism to make about this movie, it is that perhaps the movie tries too hard to make you ask these questions, which in turn dis-tract you from actually fol-lowing the story line; before you know it, the movie’s conclusion is smacking you in the face before you had the chance to acknowledge the build-up. Overall, this movie is full of fun entertaining scenes until the end.
Another heart-wrenching, Nicholas Sparks inspired film was released April 10 and showcased the love of yet another southern boy who had eyes for a girl that took some time to wrangle. The Longest Ride paral-leled the love of Sophia, played by Britt Robertson, and Luke, played by Scott Eastwood, with that of an older couple, Ruth and Ira. Luke and Sophia were on their way home from their first date that had got-
ten rained out, when Luke noticed the guard rail was damaged and went to check it out. It is then that the two found Ira who had crashed his car into a tree. After Ira muttered to Sophia to grab the box that lay on his pas-senger seat, they rushed him to the hospital. Sophia stayed by Ira’s side through his recovery and it is through reading the letter from the box that we learn of Ira and Ruth’s story. The parallelism between the two couples develops as we learn that Ruth wanted a big family, which Ira was unable to give her, and as Sophia learns more about Luke’s bull riding injuries and gives him an ultimatum he won’t accept.
Luke and Sophia met at a bull riding competition, which took some convincing of Sophia’s sorority sisters to get her to even attend. Sophia was a senior, study-ing art and was not used to taking such risks, but when it came to an attractive cow-boy she couldn’t resist. Soon she finds herself also risking the internship she has landed at a New York City art gal-lery for her relationship with Luke. Even though Luke pushes her away to pursue the goals he is determined mean everything to him, he soon finds himself making sacrifices too, and like Ruth and Ira it is art that eventua-ly brings them together. Sparks has many notable consistencies with his films,
and The Longest Ride did not disappoint. In fact, there was a scene in the movie that mirrored The Notebook almost exactly. You know that shoulder shrug that Allie notions to Noah to symbol-
ize she is back for good? Well, as Ruth returns to her and Ira’s home after realiz-ing that their love trumps her desire for a large family, she does that same should shrug. Sparks continues to keep
his audiences’ hopeful that such love does exist, and does not fail in delivering the message that love can conquer all.
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Positives Negatives+ Happy Arson Awareness Week from the Fire
Science Club! Or, if you’re a freshman trying to mi-
crowave a poptart, just another week.
+ A moment of silence for all of the students who
are about to destroy their livers during Spring Week-
end. Be sure to post all photos of partying with Dave
Coulier and Mr. Woodchuck. Cut. It. Out.
– Students were excited about the Glowstick Party
the Music Industry Club put on in the quad on Satur-
day. They were even more excited when it was over.
– After attending The Department of Economics’
Economically High on Marijuana event on Monday,
stoners all over campus are demanding an apology for
giving the event such a misleading name.
The Battery ChargeIt’s our penultimate week of classes, and I think we’re all looking forward to celebrating at Spring Weekend after such a long,
crazy year. We’re not completely done yet though, so don’t check out too early - showing up drunk to class these last two weeks (if at all), is not recommended.
Dear Melanie,
I need help. I applied for a job for the summer but they took a long time to get back to me about it so I also applied for an internship. The internship is unpaid but would help with my future; the job would help me buy a car. I have gotten offers from both and don’t know which one to take.
-Reader
Dear Reader,
You may be able to take both! Both opportunities would be beneficial so why not get the best of both worlds. As long as both of them aren’t full-time, you should be able to juggle them and still have time for yourself.
Usually internships, especially if they’re unpaid, will have a minimum of hours they need you for and you can tell them your availability. You can do the same thing for your summer job. Just make sure you don’t spread yourself too thin and give yourself time to rest.
If the internship is full-time and the job is part-time or per diem, then you could potentially do your internship Monday through Friday and your job on the weekends. If the job is full-time and the internship is part-time, see how you can make your work schedule work for you.
However, if they’re both full-time, you should go with the internship. The internship will reap long-term benefits while the job will only be good for the summer. Sure, you’ll be able to get some money but try to think about a few years down the road when you could have a full-time job in your field that was facilitated through your internship or be struggling to find a job in your field because of your lack of experience.
Xoxo,
Melanie
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Recipe of the Week
Instructions:In a large pot boil macaroni until tenderShred your cheese and set asideIn a small saucepan melt butter over medium heatAdd flour and mix until brown amber color (Make a roux)Add milk and whisk until thickAdd cheese one hand full at a timeMix until cheese is all melted and smoothPlace cooked macaroni in baking panPour cheese mixture over macaroniBake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree ovenSalt & Pepper to taste
Baked Mac and Cheese
Ingredients:1 lb. Macaroni2 (8 oz.) Packages of Sharp Cheddar Cheese Chunk2 cups Milk½ cup Flour¼ cup ButterSalt & Pepper to Taste
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Simply Sam’s Style
UNH Tweets of the Week
Trend Alert: Floral patterns
The sun is slowly becoming more prominent in our weather forecasts, so I feel comfortable in writing about more spring trends! If your style is more laid back and casual but you occasionally want to spice it up a little every now and then, this accessory is right up your alley! Floral every-thing seems to popping up in all major fashion shows, designer lines and commer-cial campaigns. What I love about any floral pattern piece is that it gives off a very natural and feminine vibe and can easily be manipulated into any style preference. An-other great thing about this trend is that it is versatile and can make an impact on your outfit, whether it is an
accessory to your outfit or main piece. Here are three outfits of varying styles that you can enjoy as we have more sunny days on cam-pus: 1. Daily Casual: This out-fit takes so little effort and is perfect for a girl’s day out or even for a first date. If casu-al is your daily style, reach into your closet for your personal staple items: jeans and a tee. The highlight for this outfit is floral patterned heels. To coordinate these pieces the best, you have to take in consideration of the color palette of the shoes. If they are a white, or light-colored background, opt for a lighter wash jeans and a white tee. If your shoes have a black background, venture towards black of dark-washed jeans and a white or black tee. The first look
gives off a fresh spring look, while the latter option gives a chic vibe to it. If you don’t like heels or can’t walk in them, substitute them with flats and it will still have the same effect. 2. Feminine Rocker: With a combination of any floral pattern dress that you can find and a leather jacket, you are halfway to pulling off this look. What I love best about this combination is that it can lean towards either a complete rocker persona or give off a more interesting dual charm of both rock and feminine. To pull off the dual charm look, add some classic converse or just plain flats and some funky accessories like ban-gles and ear cuffs. If you are feeling adventurous, make your shoe choice some cute booties or pumps. Pull your Floral pants are great way to incorporate floral into your daily
casual look (Photo obtained via Zara.com)
hair into a side braid or a ponytail and finish with some red lips. 3. Boho Chic: Time to style some floral shorts! Choose any top to in-corporate into this outfit between a regular tank or lace crop top. Add your favorite sandals or slippers, or Western-styled booties may work for this outfit as well. To complete this look add a fun kimono or knit cardigan and your biggest bug-eye shades. This look is very organic and if you have extreme interest in the boho chic lifestyle shoot to buy materials that are environ-mentally safe.
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Clery Campus Crime Log *In accordance with the Federal law known as the Clery Act, the UNH Campus Police maintains a Crime Log, which contains information on alleged criminal incidents reported to the UNH Police. The following are matters of public record.
(1) TheftLocation: Kaplan HallDate: April 16, 2015
Time: 6:38 p.m.
(2) Breach of PeaceLocation: Dodds HallDate: April 19, 2015
