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West Haven — West Haven Chief of Police Ronald Quagliani has been appointed Executive Di-rector of Safety and Trans-portation at the University of New Haven (UNH). He will assume his post at UNH on Jan. 4, 2010. This is a new position at the uni-versity.

“We are pleased to have a dedicated law enforce-ment professional of Chief Quagliani’s caliber over-

seeing the safety of our students on campus,” said University of New Haven President Steven H. Ka-plan. “Our enrollment has increased substantially in recent years and Chief Quagliani’s appointment is part of our ongoing effort to meet the growing needs of our student body.”

Quagliani has a distin-guished career of 25 years in police work and public safety. As West Haven po-lice chief, he oversees a staff of more than 200 and

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Health Services has opened up the H1N1 Flu Vaccine to those 18-64 years of age.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states that “together we can all fight the flu.”

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HappyChristmahanakwanzika

Did You Know?by Joann Wolwowicz

Tis the season to be jolly, to spend way too much money, and to enjoy the holidays with the people you love. What better way to end the se-mester but to do a little research on some of the holidays that fall during this time of year. You can’t even watch TV without seeing some type of holiday special, holiday commercial, or commercials for stores who claim to have the lowest prices to make the holidays more affordable for those of us struggling this holiday season. So, let’s begin our dive into the most expensive month of all of our lives, shall we?

We begin with Christmas. Dec. 25 is the Christian holiday commonly where children wake up early, head for the tree, and see all of the pres-ents left the night before from Santa. Where did all of the traditions come from? Christmas is actually a mix of both secular and religious traditions from around the world. In Sweden, the oldest daughter in each family rose early and woke the other family members to begin the day’s celebra-tion. Norway is the birthplace of the Yule log. Also, the family fireplace, always incorporated in Christmas scenes, is because of the tradition of the Yule log. The first eggnog was made in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia. Nog comes from the word grog, which refers to a drink made with rum. In Germany, decorating evergreen trees was always a tradition; the first “Christmas” tress appearing in Strasbourg. A minister from Mexico in 1828, brought the red-and-green plant to America, called the poinset-tia. We can thank England for Christmas greeting cards, mistletoe, plum pudding, caroling, and of course the tradition of hanging stockings.

Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jew-ish holiday that usually takes place between late November and late De-cember. It commemorates the victory of the Maccabees, a Jewish rebel army, over the Syrians in 165 B.C. So what are some of the traditions? The Menorah is lit on each night of Hanukkah, commemorating a miracle when the Jews came to rededicate the Temple which had been defiled by the Syrians, finding only one small flask of oil that lasted for eight days, even though there was only enough to last for one day. Latkes are potato pancakes made from grated potatoes. The Hanukkah Dreidel is a four sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter inscribed on each side. The game that is played goes back to the time before the Maccabees’ revolt, where

On Tuesday Dec. 1, Robert Hatha-way came to UNH to speak to students. Robert Hathaway is a retired 22 year Con-necticut cop and now works at the Rhode Island crime lab. Ha-thaway is a 35 year expert in fire arms identification. In 1997, Mr. Hathaway got asked to look at a private case at Rhode Island University. At

MLK, Jr. Re-ExaminationBy ASHLEY BOGDANSKISTAFF WRITER

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first the subject of his case was unknown, but he was finally told that he would be re-examining the Martin Luther King Jr. assas-sination by the request of the defense attorney in Memphis, Tennes-see. Robert Hathaway had two more people brought in to re-ex-amine the firearms evidence in the case, George F. Reich, from New York, and Mar-shall K. Robinson, from Connecticut, who are both highly recognized in the As-

sociation of Firearms and Tool Marks. The evidence was sent to the Rhode Island Uni-versity crime lab by the Memphis judge. The evidence was kept under constant supervision.

Throughout the presentation Mr. Ha-thaway informed the students who listened to every word about the Martin Luther King Jr. assassina-tion. We learned from the presentation many facts that are a little questionable as to

what really happened. For example, there was brush outside of the house from where the supposed shot came from, and the next day the brush was cleared away. Overall the presentation was very informational to all of the up and com-ing forensic science and criminal justice majors.

Robert Hathaway ended with a quote that he always tells all of the students.

“Keep eyes and ears open.”

In efforts to im-prove the South Amer-ican drought crisis, Venezuela is currently moving towards cloud seeding. An El Nino storm is to blame for the dry weather in Venezuela and other parts of South Amer-ica including Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Argentina. The Asso-

Seeding the Skies for Rain

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ciated Press reported that Venezuelan Presi-dent Hugo Chavez received cloud-seed-ing equipment from personal friend Fidel Castro and Cuban President Raul Castro.

Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification that at-tempts to change the amount or type of precipitation that fall

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the Jews gathered to study the Torah, but when they heard sol-diers approaching they would hide it and play with the Dreidel instead as a cover.

Kwanzaa is a non-religious African American holiday which celebrates fam-ily, community, and culture. It is celebrated for seven days, Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. The name

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Swahili. Each family celebrates Kwanza in their own way, in-cluding celebrations of songs and dances. African drums, story-telling, poetry read-ing, and a large tra-ditional meal are just some of the customs. On each of the seven nights, each of the family gathers and a child lights one of the candles of the Kinara,

followed by one of the seven principles being discussed. These prin-ciples signify values of African American culture.

No matter what you celebrate this season, every holiday is about one thing: family. So enjoy all of your time off from school and enjoy your time with your family. Happy Holidays everyone. See you next year.

For Amanda Knox, the whirlwind spec-tacle surrounding suspicions of her in-volvement in the 2007 murder of British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy has done nothing

American Student Amanda Knox Guilty

in Italian SlayingBy LIZ DE LA TORRESTAFF WRITER

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Amanda Knox found guilty for sexual assault and murder of roommate Meredith Kercher.A FRANCO ORIGLIA/GETTY IMAGES PHOTO

but paint her as a hard-ened criminal. In fact, even after a guilty verdict on Dec. 4, the twenty-two year-old American college student still main-tains her innocence and being a victim of character assassina-tion: “I am afraid of having the mask of a murderer forced onto my skin.” Yet, evi-dence has linked her as well as her Italian ex-boyfriend, Raffa-ele Sollecito, and Ivo-ry Coast native, Rudy Guede, to Kercher’s murder. As a result of a separate trial, Guede was found guilty and handed a thirty year prison sentence in Oct. 2008, a ruling he is currently appealing. As for Knox and Sol-lecito, both were sen-tenced to twenty-six and twenty-five years in prison respectively, for the sexual assault

and murder of Mer-edith Kercher.

On Nov. 2, 2007, a half-naked Kercher was found in a bed-room of their commu-nal apartment with her throat slit. The night before the murder, Kercher and Knox, a foreign exchange student at the time, allegedly got into an

altercation. According to reports, Knox evi-dently partook in Sol-lecito’s and Guede’s torture and sex game of Kercher which ended up going too far and they decided to kill her because she could identify them. This led prosecutors to believe that Mere-dith Kercher had died from a “drug-fueled sex game.” While there appears to be no particular explanation for what sparked the argument, prosecutors portrayed Amanda Knox as a “promis-cuous and manipula-tive she-devil” whose persona conflicted with that of Meredith Kercher and eventu-ally led to resentment on the part of Knox.

Although foren-sics has been under much scrutiny in this case for crime scene contamination, a 6 ½

inch knife belonging to Sollecito was dis-covered at his apart-ment with Knox’s DNA on the handle and Kercher’s DNA on the blade. Coupled with the knife evi-dence were Sollecito’s DNA on Kercher’s bra clasp, a bloody foot-print in the bathroom, a bloody shoeprint in

A New Jersey blog-ger is being prosecut-ed for making death threats to federal judges. Hal Turner, who was arrested in June, is to go on trial in New York Tuesday. The death threats he made were targeted toward federal ap-peals judges Richard Posner, Frank East-erbrook, and William Bauer.

Turner claims that all his statements and postings were “part of an undercover op-eration to ferret out violent left-wing radi-cals.”

According to The Associated Press, Hal Turner was connected with FBI since 2003, and received thou-sands of dollars from the bureau for posting threats in his blog and

Jersey BloggerProsecuted for Words

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putting inflammatory statements on his ra-dio show.

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neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups” and has even sent him undercover to Brazil. The FBI has not com-

County, FBI paid Turner to “report on

mented on the case yet.

New Jersey hate blogger charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI “agent provocateur” paid to disseminate right-wing rhetoric.

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the bedroom, and a staged break-in with Knox in an effort to dupe authorities. Dur-ing the trial, Amanda Knox recalled two different accounts regarding her loca-tion on the night of Kercher’s murder. In one description, she alleged she was in the apartment and heard Kercher screaming as Patrick Lumumba, a pub owner who Knox worked for, murdered her. Lumumba was eventually cleared of all charges as Knox confessed she fabri-cated the story due to pressure from police. In her second alibi, she claimed she and Sollecito had been watching a movie, smoking marijuana, and having sex at the time of the murder but cited memory impair-

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New Haven NewsThe Charger Bulletin | December 09, 2009 Page 4

Battle of the Sex-es this past Saturday night was an intense game of wits and strength that placed males against fe-males…well okay maybe not intense but entertaining to say the least. The game started off with ques-tions worth 300 points each and as they got harder, the point value increased to a maxi-mum of 1000 points. All the questions were challenging and inter-esting bits of infor-mation. One question asked was “Who stat-ed ‘I’m the President of the United States and I’m not going to eat any more broc-coli’?” In case you didn’t know the an-swer is George H.W. Bush.

For every ques-

Venus vs. Mars in Dodds Theatre

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tion contestants got correct, points were awarded to them and for every question they got wrong, points were taken away. In between rounds, phys-ical challenges were performed setting a pair of females against a pair of males. The first physical chal-lenge had the pairs attempting to put a pillowcase on a pil-low while wearing boxing gloves. The next challenge was having the contestants eat a Twinkie off of a plate without using their hands. Surpris-ingly, the girls won this challenge. Other challenges included tossing junior mints at your partner and having them catch as many as they could in their mouth, and see-ing which pair could pull on pantyhose the fastest without ripping them. For the panty-

hose challenge, the boys almost won, but the girls beat them at the last moment. For every challenge, each person from the win-ning team was award-ed a $10 Target gift card.

Once all the ques-tions and physical challenges were com-pleted, the winners were crowned. The boys managed to win the title of champions as they completed the question rounds with more points than the girls. The person with the most correct an-swers throughout the game was Danielle Gorka, who won a great prize of $100 in Target gift cards. The Battle of the Sexes was a fun and chal-lenging way of setting males against females in a creative manner. It was a great night full of lots of laughs and awesome prizes.

How fitting is it that the day UNH planned an ice skating trip Jack Frost decides to send us some snow. I don’t know about everyone else but it just seemed to really put me in the holiday spirit. Saturday night two buses full of UNH students gath-ered together to go to West Haven High to ice skate. Among the group were many talented ice skat-ers; hockey players and some who could somewhat get around on skates. It was a night full of lots of fun, lots of laughs and lots of falling down.

Ice Skating Away to FinalsBy LINDSAY LYNCHSTAFF WRITER

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Despite the fact that the ice was not very smooth and our rental skates were not sharp

time. The trip lasted for about two hours which was perfect be-cause it gave all of us

pery ice and get com-fortable so when the last hour came along everyone was skating

blast skating: the best, however, was when Charger Bulletin Editor-In-Chief Zack

time we had on the ice.

Ice skating is so tricky, when watching others skate it looks so easy but then when you get out there all you do is either try your hardest not to fall or fall a lot. This trip was brought back a second time because it was so popular the first time. With the amount of people in-terested in ice-skating I think its safe to say that we may be see-ing more skating trips in the future so keep those skates in hand. Thanks so much to the Office Of Student Activities for looking out for what kind of trips the students want to go on and bringing popular ones back!

Rosen tagged along; he was rather funny to skate with, and when I say skate I mean skate along side of him while he holds onto the wall. I do applaud him for com-ing out and trying it (even if he needed help tying his skates). It doesn’t mat-ter how well we all skated; it was just fun to be together with friends and enjoy the

I think it’s safe to say everyone had a great

amateurs some time to get used to the slip-

with some confidence. Personally I had a

Senior student leaders Heather Brown (USGA Treasurer), Zack Rosen (Charger Bulletin Editor-in-Chief), and Lindsay Lynch (SCOPE Co-Chair) attended Saturday’s ice skating trip.

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manages an annual budget of $12 mil-lion. He holds a M.S. in national security and public safety and a B.S. in criminal jus-tice, law enforcement administration, both from the University of New Haven. He also is a graduate of the FBI National Acad-emy.

"The University of New Haven provided me with the practi-

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West Haven Chief of Police Ron-ald Quagliani Appointed

cal skills and educa-tion that guided me through my entire law enforcement career,” said Quagliani. “I now look forward to join-ing UNH and utilizing these skills for the bet-terment of the Univer-sity community."

In addition to his extensive experience and education, Qua-gliani is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Henry C. Lee Institute

of Forensic Science Chief’s Award and the Police Commissioners Association of Con-necticut Distinguished Chiefs Award. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the Hen-ry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences at UNH.

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Christopher RinckUSGA President

USGA Meetings are at 1:45 every Monday in the Alumni Lounge. All are welcome!

USGA President’s Corner

Good Luck!As classes come

to an end today, and the snow in starting to fly, that can only mean one thing. It is almost time for a well deserved break from the daily grind of col-lege life.

I wish you all the best of luck with fi-nals. I want to thank you for your support this semester and hope to see even more people join clubs and become a part of the USGA for the spring

semester. Next semes-ter the USGA meet-ings will be at 1:45pm on Tuesdays in the Alumni Lounge.

I hope everyone has a wonderful break and a happy and safe holiday season!

Christopher Rinck

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Hi! My name is Rachel Senecal, and I am a junior from Chicopee, Mass. I am majoring in Criminal Justice with a minor in Accounting. I would one day like to work for a federal agency dealing with finan-cial/white collar crime. I have been a cheerleader for 8 years, and I

currently cheer for UNH. I love singing and doing anything outdoors. I’ve been working for the Career Services office for 3 semesters. This

is a great office to work in because I have gained skills in resume and cover letter writing. This office provides great opportunities for

students to learn in new ways and to learn how to present themselves in the best way possible; not to mention the staff is very helpful, easy

going and fun to work with!

On Dec. 1, 2009, the members Sigma Al-pha Epsilon and Delta Phi Epsilon joined ef-forts in order to wrap gifts for the children of Yale-New Haven Hospital. Many of the children, in need of care, will not be able to experience a healthy life inside the warmth and comfort of a home during the holidays. However, thanks to the soror-ity and the fraternity, many children will be overcome with joy as they unwrap remote control cars, “Holi-day” Barbies, Disney character notebooks, Lego’s, teddy bears, and other great toys. Fifteen SAE’s and ten Deephers, dressed in

SAE and DPhiE Spread Holiday Cheer

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holiday cheer, will de-liver the toys on Wed. at noon.

Jaime Acosta, Phi-lanthropy Chair of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, commented on the toy drive. "My brothers and I are extremely excited to donate these toys to The Chil-dren's wing of Yale-New Hospital. These kids are unfortunate to spend their holidays in the hospital, so it is in our best intentions to bring Santa Claus and the holiday cheer. Receiving a smile from the children will make this all worth-while." Many children are bound to smile as Jaime and others ar-rive at the hospital.

This event marks the first annual SAE/ Delta Phi Epsilon Holiday Toy Drive. Both groups, com-

bined, donated a total of forty-seven toys this year. The mem-bers of both groups hope to increase this number each year, as there will always be children in need of care. Kenny Hall, Eminent Deputy Ar-chon of SAE, shared his thoughts. “I think this first year went pretty well. This is the advantage of Greek life: giving back to the community, even though you are just spending quality time with amazing girls.” Hall mentions an im-portant point; com-munity service does not have to be hard or boring. Greek or non-Greek, one should always think of the rights and feelings of others, rather than their own—especially during the holidays.

It’s the last day of classes! It’s also the last update for this se-mester from the Rec Center.

Season 2 intramu-rals ended last week. Congratulations to the champions and thank you to everyone who participated. Season 3 registration starts im-mediately when we return from break, so get your teams togeth-er over break. Don’t forget you can check the website through-out break for more

Winter Break Hours and More!

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details and updates. Also, new next semes-ter is the accountabili-ty fee for REC Sports. Essentially the fee is a participation deposit. If you sign up to par-ticipate and follow through then you get your money back at the end of the season. If you forfeit a game you lose half your fee. So please keep this in mind as you form teams and sign up for sports.

In other news, don’t forget the last Group X classes are this Saturday, Decem-ber 12th. Check back in the spring for a list

of classes and sched-ules.

Finally, the Rec Center is open over winter break for any-one who is still on campus. The hours are as follows:

Winter Break 12/18 - 1/17 (Closed Dec. 24 - 27, Jan. 18)

Mon. – Frid. 6:30am - 7:00pm

Sat. 10am - 5pmSun. 12pm - 5pmExceptions to the

schedule are 6:30am - 1pm Dec. 28, 29, 30, 31

Enjoy the break! See you in the spring with fresh classes, ser-vices, and more.

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Opinion & EditorialsThe Charger Bulletin | December 09, 2009 Page 6

Zack RosenEditor-in-Chief

Erin EnnisAssistant Editor

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Summer is, without a doubt, my favorite season. But don’t get

Happy Christma-hana-kwanzi-shutthehellupi-kais a break from classes and school, time with friends and family, great food and tradi-tions, and beautiful snow-covered streets. One thing I do not like, however, are all of the people who get offended by a “Merry Christmas” or “Hap-py Hannukah.” Yup, that’s right. It has to be “Happy Holidays.”

I’m so liberal that when I drive straight, I end up in the left lane. But, disunited from my left-wing brothers

and sisters, I actually am not a huge fan of using the politically correct “Happy Holi-days.” I’ve never been a huge fan of political correctness, but espe-cially not in this case!

Having two grand-parents who came from Christian house-holds, I celebrate Christmas. I would get presents for Han-nukah as well, howev-er, since my other two grandparents grew up Jewish. It was present heaven as a kid.

Oh, but here’s the kicker: I’m agnos-tic. To me, the holi-day season is more about relaxing and being with family and friends than it is anything else. I love Christmas music and Christmas trees, and white Christmases…but not for their reli-gious context.

That said: if some-one came up to me and wished me a Hap-py Kwanzaa, Happy Hannukah, Happy Di-wali, or Happy Three

Kings Day instead of a Merry Christ-mas…guess what? I wouldn’t care! I would be glad they thought of me and wished me good frea-kin’ tidings during the holiday season.

Granted, there’s nothing wrong with saying “Happy Holi-days.” We all do it, myself included. But it shouldn’t be an obli-gation to say it instead of something else, for fear of offending somebody. How the

hell can you be of-fended for being given well wishes!?

So during this time of the year, I wish you all a very Happy Holi-days! Happy Three Kings Day! Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and a belat-ed Happy Diwali.

Offended?Too bad.

From all of us at The Charger Bulletin, have a great break! See you in January!

me wrong, I still love this time of the year. It

Happy Holidays! I know I person-ally cannot wait to go home and see my family. I’m super ex-cited to decorate my family Christmas tree. Every year my mom and I decorate the same way: we put on a specific tape (yes, tape) of Garth Brooks music, place all of our ornaments out on my dining room table, and spend hours placing each of them carefully within the branches. By the time we’re done, our tree looks like a hap-hazard collection of years of travel, ac-tivities, and hobbies. I absolutely love it; we have Disney orna-ments nestled next to nutcrackers of Eagles players next to Christ-mas balls of Snoopy, Woodstock, and Lucy.

Conformity and ChristmasMy mom has a collec-tion of Precious Mo-ments figurines while my father has a col-lection of trains. A lot of my old childhood

ornaments that I made in preschool, mostly of construction paper and badly drawn figu-rines, have a place on my tree too.

Now, a lot of peo-ple don’t have trees like this. My Aunt puts together a tree every year that is per-

fectly coordinated. If she picks a theme that she doesn’t have ap-propriate ornaments for, she goes out and buys more. It’s te-dious sure, but it’s aw-fully pretty at the end of the year. The colors are matching, each ornament is hung per-fectly, and the entire thing could be put in a magazine. But that just isn’t me. It just isn’t my family.

I’m not saying my Aunt is trying to change our Christmas traditions, because she isn’t. But my question is this: when did how you deco-rated your Christmas tree, or your house for that matter, become such a big freaking deal!? We have never changed our tree: I would never let my mom. But when I

was little, the outside of my house was a plethora of Christmas decorations. We had those big fat colored light bulbs, an illumi-nated Santa face, and big candelabras that lit the way to my house. It was fantastic! I felt like I was living in one of those wonderful clay-mation Christ-mas movies. Now, we have the white icicle lights that you can see on every house up my entire street. It is gorgeous, yes. But conformity has taken over the outside of my house, and every other house, across the na-tion during the holi-day season. Christmas ornaments have to be “pretty” instead of having meaning. We even have to conform on the way we say “happy holidays” to

people: but that’s for Editor-In-Chief Zack Rosen’s editorial, not mine.

Now in The Char-ger Bulletin office, we have a perfectly Char-lie Brown Christmas tree. It has brightly colored lights and one oddly shaped golden Christmas ball. It isn’t a pretty and perfect tree: and it damn well shouldn’t be. This of-fice isn’t perfect, we aren’t perfect, and Christmas shouldn’t be about perfection. It’s about family, friends, and memo-ries that each of those seemingly crappy or-naments bring back. Ask any one of us how that tree got decorated and where the orna-ments come from, and we could tell you. Try asking one of the icicle light conform-

ists and I’m sure they would be left speech-less.

When I have my own house, I’m going to decorate my tree the exact same way I decorate it now. I’m going to have a ton of ornaments, from bal-let dancers to snoopy to Donovan Mcnabb. It will be fantastically disorganized. And, despite what my ex boyfriend’s mother used to say, my house will be perfectly tacky. I will have col-ored lights, big Santa faces, and plenty of those hideous blow-up things. Because I don’t live in Pleas-antville, I don’t care about icicle lights, and Christmas is what you make it. So stop conforming: celebrate the holidays your own way!

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Being an unde-clared major, I am part of a relatively small group of about ninety students. I myself am a true undeclared. I do not have a clue on what I should do with the rest of my life, but while doing research I found out from the registrar’s office that “hundreds of stu-dents have already changed their major from what they came in as.” When I was registering for classes my advisor sat me in a room with a teacher and about five other students, and he said to me, “My job is to get you to leave this room with a major.” This man was trying to make me choose the rest of my life in

The Woes of Choosing a MajorBy JOSEPH R. TOTHGUEST CONTRIBUTOR

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know what’s in store for them in the other majors around cam-pus. Don’t let yourself get put in a major that you are not happy in just because every-one else is in a major. Don’t do it for your parents, don’t do it for the money that that job will bring in: do it because it makes you happy. After all, hav-ing a big house is nice but from nine to five every day of the week you are most likely going to be at that job and that house won’t be so nice when you hate what you do every day. Whether you are a student with a ma-jor or undeclared, this campus needs some sort of service to help students to choose an area of study that they belong in.

a period of about five minutes. To all of you declared students who just changed your major, I don’t know if your advi-sors got to you or if the major that you picked was decided for you when your parents paid the tu-ition bill.

Whether you are an undeclared student or just one who is bouncing around from major to major, there should be someone help-ing you to make sure you are going to be happy with that ma-jor. Or, it would be helpful to aid you in picking a major that you will stay with for more than

for about four hours, three days a week. I know that advisors in other majors meet

with groups of kids because there are so many. How are you supposed to talk to these advisors if they

one semester. I know we have our advisors, but mine has ninety students to help and he is only in his office

are never around or they have nine other students asking them questions? This is no

way to treat the people who are paying you forty two thousand dollars a year.

Undeclared majors

being ignored is not only a problem here. I interviewed an old classmate of mine who goes to a state school, and his school has done nothing to help him to pick a ma-jor. My cousin came to this university and went through all four years as a major and then decided that that was not what he want-ed to do with his life. Do you want that to be you paying back all of those student loans and still working at that fast food restau-rant?

My suggestion is

that while stu-dents are tak-ing their regu-lar classes they

should be invited to attend major-specific classes. If they are not happy where they are, they will at least

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Sometimes I am baffled by the amount of truth inherent in our society’s most cli-ché sayings. And al-though I would rather begin this article with a few clever words of my own, I cannot put this idea any simpler: Learn to appreciate the little things in life.

The So-Called InsignificanciesBy MELANIE ROVINSKYSTAFF WRITER

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All too often, indi-viduals live their lives dictated by landmark occasions: getting a driver’s license, at-tending prom, grad-uating from high school, graduating from college, getting a job, getting mar-ried, or having kids. In between, we find smaller milestones to get us from one day to the next: the upcom-ing weekend, the end

of the semester, a trip to the beach, a favor-ite weekly TV show, or the day after a pa-per is due. But despite the joy we experience during each one of these moments, we still waste countless minutes, hours, days, and months simply counting down.

This past weekend, in an attempt to get in the holiday spirit and indulge in my love for

chick flicks, I decided to watch The Holiday. Midway through my second viewing, I re-alized that the parts I was weeping over (yes, weeping) in-volved minor charac-ters. I couldn’t believe that I was moved so deeply by individuals inserted into the mov-ie solely for detail.

Sometimes the little things in life make the greatest dif-

ference. First kisses, good grades, and other life-altering mo-ments rarely happen when we are expect-ing them. However, if we continue to live our lives fast forward-ing through the seem-ingly unimportant days, there is no tell-ing what we will miss.

I often forget that life shouldn’t be a timeline of events, but rather a collection of

instances that define a particular person. And I cannot think of a bet-ter way to accumulate representations of my-self, than to examine the details of my life in its messiest, most unpredictable state.

Have a safe and happy holiday break – and be sure to appreci-ate all the details!

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Jack’s Mannequin front-man Andrew McMahon released the highly anticipated Dear Jack, an inti-mate documentary that follows the musi-cian through his battle with cancer.

McMahon had been carrying around a camera for the last six months, docu-menting the produc-tion of his new album Everything in Transit, when he was diag-nosed with acute lym-phoblastic leukemia on Jun. 1, 2005. When things took a turn for the worst, filming be-came therapeutic.

“During the day or at the end of the day…I would sit down with the video camera and say, ‘Here is what’s going on today. Here’s where I am on the re-cord. Here’s where I am in my head-space.’ It became this close friend of mine,” said McMahon.

Not expecting any-one to see his personal confessions, McMa-hon produced hours of heartbreaking foot-age. Most of the time, McMahon remained positive, even through his brutal hair loss. He

The Healing Power of MusicBy KAIT RICHMONDSTAFF WRITER

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took it step by step, starting with a buzz cut. Soon, he was merely removing his

ask me to fly out and be with him…it’s a lot to ask someone that you’ve just been bro-

ken up with. But the minute I walked into that hospital room, I was just lying next to him the whole time,” said Kelly.

She is among those extensively inter-viewed in the docu-mentary. McMahon’s parents, producer, and management are all

featured as well. Per-haps the most impor-tant person, though, is his older sister Katie.

She donated her bone marrow for a transplant that McMa-hon received on Aug. 23, 2005. In return, he wrote and recorded “There, There Katie,” a song that is on the film’s accompanying EP. Katie said, “That song brought every-thing in our lives, in

terms of my relation-ship with Andrew, full-circle.”

Following the suc-

cessful transplant, An-drew was released into his parents care. He struggled at first, suf-fering from shingles and hallucinations, but made it to the 100-day anniversary of the transplant, and played a show in celebration.

To say that Dear Jack is the story of

Andrew McMahon’s battle with leukemia is only partly true. It is a love story, an inspir-ing tale with music as the backbone. It is An-drew McMahon in his most vulnerable form, starting on Christmas Day in 1991 when he is pounding away at a piano, and following his incredible journey to the release of “The Glass Passenger” last year.

The film, narrated by Tommy Lee, was released on Nov. 3, 2009. McMahon also released a four-song EP that includes a simplified yet incred-ibly moving version of his latest single “Swim.”

McMahon’s mes-sage is one of hope; one that he is spread-ing through music. If Dear Jack can prove only one thing, it is the power of music.

“I truly believe that Andrew’s desire to get back to work and play music had an incredible impact on the speed of his recovery, if not his re-covery itself,” said his father. “He was just so highly motivated, and wouldn’t allow himself, other than momentarily, to think that this just couldn’t work.”

PHOTO COURTESY SILENTSOUNDWAVES.COMAndrew McMahon, in a familiar pose behind the piano at a Jack’s Mannequin concert.

hair with a lint roller.McMahon was

candid, for the first time, about his then-girlfriend (now wife) Kelly throughout the footage. He had bro-ken her heart, but she flew to see him when she received the bad news.

“He was calling to

In this June 6, 2004 file photo, pianist, singer and songwriter, Alexa Ray Joel, left, joins her

father, Billy Joel, for the arrivals of the 58th Annual Tony Awards

at Radio City Music Hall, in New York. Alexa Ray Joel's publicist,

Claire Mercuri, says that the performer has been hospital-

ized in New York on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 for an undisclosed

condition.

NEW YORK – A pub-licist says the daugh-ter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley is staying with her father two days after being treated in New York for a possible over-dose of pills.

Alexa Ray Joel Staying with Dad After Pill Scare

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Alexa Ray Joel's publicist Claire Mer-curi won't say where the 23-year-old is staying. Billy Joel has homes in Manhattan and on eastern Long Island.

His daughter was hospitalized for sever-al hours Saturday after police received a 911 call saying she had

taken several pills.Police say it is not

clear whether she ac-cidentally overdosed or attempted suicide.

On her MySpace page, Joel says she at-tended New York Uni-versity for a short time before dropping out to focus on her music ca-reer. AN AP/DIANE BONDAREFF PHOTO

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As December rolls along and the holiday season draws near, we normally find our-selves giving thanks and prayers for the things we have been granted in our lives. Thanks for having our friends and fam-

The Sunshine House to Provide for Families in Need

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ily, and thanks for the amenities we possess. It is normally during this time that our gen-erosity kicks in and we give back to the community that has supported us for the past 11 months. This holiday season, Pro-fessor Jim Monahan brings forth a fantastic philanthropic oppor-tunity: one that should

touch a special place in each of our hearts. A special part of his community involve-ment outside of the University, The Sun-shine House is a proj-ect to be admired this holiday season.

The Sunshine House, set to open in Madison, will be the first children’s hospice and respite

center in the state of Connecticut. The Sunshine House will be the second child’s hospice opened in the continental US. The facility, which will in-clude approximately 10 different buildings, will aid those with terminal children in the bereavement pro-cess and hospital care. With medical profes-sionals onboard like Eileen Gillan, MD, and CEO Amy Kuh-ner, The Sunshine House aims to provide the best support for the families of children with exceptional need.

Unlike hospitals or standard at home care, The Sunshine House will provide an elevat-ed level of comfort to the families of children with terminal illness-es. The village will in-clude town house style suite living, a common area for meals and

other entertainment, an activity center for games, and a chapel for prayer and medita-tion. The village will also include a state of the art butterfly garden, where sick children can travel to play with some of the worlds most unique creates. For families with pets, The Sun-shine House provides another unusual sta-ple: a dormitory for the furriest member of the family. Pets of all shapes and sizes are welcome to stay in the village to provide another aspect of love and support.

Professor Jim Mo-nahan stressed the importance of the Sunshine House in an interview early last week, “The Sunshine House will provide a place of sanctuary for those individuals going through the ex-

treme. By supporting The Sunshine House, you are supporting those families in the hardest times of their lives.”

The Sunshine House, which is ex-pected to cost over 25 million dollars to build and run, will be completely free for the families of ter-minally ill children. These children, their family members, and their beloved pets can travel to The Sun-shine House to live out those hardest days in peace and solitude. However, The Sun-shine House cannot run without the gener-ous contributions of the community. Dur-ing this holiday sea-son, consider donat-ing to Connecticut’s first child hospice. Donation methods can be found at www.The-SunshineHouse.org.

Having recently been asked to report on the local commu-nity, I took a while to review what I actually knew about my home-town, West Haven. I started by searching travel sites for re-views on this seem-ingly obscure town. During my inquiry, I uncovered some inter-esting facts about the city that you may find surprising...

For starters, did

The Town That Learned to CrawlBy JONATHAN STARKESSTAFF WRITER

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you know that West Haven was actually the first proposed site for Disney World? It’s a fact. West Ha-ven’s own Savin Rock had become such a tourist attraction that the local beach front seemed ideal for what is now the most fa-mous amusement park in the world. Another obscure fact: West Ha-ven has more bars per square foot than any other city in the U.S. And who said UCO-NN was party central?

The websites also mentioned what

many young West Haven residents al-ready know about: the Campbell Crawl. For those of you new to the area and those locals who have lived under a rock their en-tire lives, the Camp-bell Crawl is a local challenge that does a great job promoting West Haven’s world famous bar to land ratio. The rules of the challenge are simple. Campbell Crawl-ers must do a shot of liquor and a glass of beer at every bar and tavern from one

end of the infamous street to the other. This sounds easy until you realize there’s close to twenty bars total on Campbell Ave. An of-ficial Campbell Crawl cup is available for purchase from the last bar, Spectators, if, by then, you can manage to pull out your wallet.

Campbell Ave. ac-tually has its own in-teresting history. The Campbell for which the street is named is a British Adjunct Wil-liam Campbell, who was part of an invad-ing force that landed at

Savin Rock in 1779. His brief campaign in West Haven ironically ended where UNH now stands when during a fierce battle atop Allingtown Hill; Campbell was shot off his horse by a local farmer.

The British officer led a force on a re-verse Campbell Crawl earlier that same day, beginning his journey at Savin Rock, even-tually reaching UNH. Campbell was actu-ally respected by local residents for rescuing the town’s preacher

and keeping his troops relatively sober dur-ing their march. What better way to honor the respectable Revo-lutionary War hero than by establishing a local drinking contest that imitates his fated march down the street that bears his name? I guess that’s West Ha-ven for ya’.

If you’re looking for a way to celebrate the end of finals this semester why not take place in a local leg-end? Celebrate some history and have a few drinks while doing it.

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Women's Soccer Hon-ored with Award

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KANSAS CITY — The University of New Haven wom-en's soccer program earned the distinction of National Soccer

Coaches Associa-tion of America Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 academic year. A program needs to post a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher to earn the honor.

The Chargers fin-

ished in the quarter-finals of the NE-10 Conference Champi-onship with a 1-0 loss to second-seeded Col-lege of the Saint Rose. UNH posted a 10-7-3 overall record and a 7-6-2 record in con-ference play.

Chargers Suffer First NE-10 Loss at Pace

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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — The Univer-sity of New Haven women's basketball team fell 89-75 Satur-day afternoon at Pace University. With the loss the Chargers fall to 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference. The Set-ters improve to 4-2 overall and 4-1 in the NE-10.

The Setters rushed out and made the first basket on Saturday. From that point, they never looked back. Pace never gave up the lead and would pull away later in the

first half. The Setters led 54-32 at halftime.

UNH cut into the Setters' lead in the second half. The Chargers trailed by 25 points, 65-40, with 13:40 left when He-lin Marte connected on one of two free throws. Her basket sparked a 13-0 run for UNH, which brought them within 12 points at the 9:46 mark. Aly-sia Saunders made a lay up with just over four minutes remain-ing to bring UNH as close as six points, but the deficit was too large to overcome as the Setters connected from the free throw line in the closing minutes.

The Chargers shot 39 percent from the floor, while the Setters made 52 percent of their shots, including 10-of-19 from down-town (53 percent). Pace also shot a re-markable 90 percent from the free throw line, while UNH shot 68 percent. The Char-gers held a 41-37 ad-vantage on the boards, including a 19-8 ad-vantage in offensive rebounds.

Dominique Stellm-acher helped with 18 points and added five rebounds, two assists and one steal. Saun-ders tallied 11 points and 11 rebounds, while Marte finished with 20 points.

Herzog, HarveyElected to Baseball

Hall of FameBy BEN WALKERASSOCIATED PRESS

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INDIANAPOLIS —Manager Whitey Her-zog and umpire Doug Harvey are the newest members of baseball's Hall of Fame.

The Veterans Com-mittee announced the voting results Mon-day. They will be en-shrined in Cooper-stown, N.Y., on July 25.

Herzog managed in the majors from 1973-90, and won the 1982 World Series and three NL pennants with the St. Louis Cardinals. He became the 19th manager to make the hall.

"I think he was one of the guys who start-ed managers looking at doing more creative things," said Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith, one of Her-zog's star players.

Smith was on the 16-member panel that elected Herzog. Candidates needed 12 votes to make it, and Herzog got 14. The 78-year-old Herzog missed by one vote in

This is a Jan. 17, 2009, file photo showing Whitey Herzog at the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation’s 6th Annual ‘In the Spirit of the Game’ fundraiser, in Los Angeles. Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey are the newest members of baseball’s Hall of Fame. The Veterans Committee announced the voting results Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. They will be enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 25.

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the 2007Harvey umpired in

the National League for 31 seasons before

retiring in 1992. He worked five World Se-ries.

The 79-year-old Harvey also missed by one vote two years ago. He was picked on 15 of 16 ballots this

time, and became the ninth umpire in the Hall.

"He belongs in

there," said Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda, another committee member. "He had the players' respect. He had the pitchers' respect -- most of the time."

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Downing, Gagne Pro-visionally Qualify at

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven men's and women's indoor track and field teams opened the 2009-10 season at the Yale University Lid Lifter Season Opener Satur-day afternoon at Cox Cage.

With a time of 6.88 seconds in the 60 me-ter dash, sophomore Kevin Downing wast-ed no time and provi-sionally qualified for the NCAA Division II Nationals, match-ing the provisional time and winning the event. Downing's fel-low 2009 nationals participant, Shannon Gagne, also provi-sionally qualified in

the 200 meter dash with a first place time of 24.79. The junior also won the 60 me-ter dash with a time of 7.76 seconds. In the prelims, Gagne ran a time of 7.70 seconds and also provisionally qualifying in the 60 meter. Downing com-pleted the sweep for UNH with a first place

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As we move into finals week, don’t for-get one of the most important things this winter season: your health! With the first cold snaps of this year upon us, and many hours of studying and paper writing in front of us, it is important to remember to keep healthy!

Health Services is continuously receiv-ing small batches of the H1N1 flu vaccine. If you are a student 24 years of age or young-er, pregnant, a health care provider, or 25-64 with a chronic

Staying Healthy for FinalsBy ERIN ENNISSTAFF WRITER

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health condition, call them to keep updat-ed on the flu vaccine schedule at (203) 932-7079! This way, when the vaccine comes in, you can be sure to keep yourself healthy for the holiday season. If you haven’t already gotten your seasonal flu vaccine, consider picking one up when you go home dur-ing break. They are normally very inex-pensive and are well worth the money. By protecting yourself with immunizations, you can be sure to avoid the hassles of being sick during fi-nals and beyond.

Unable to get your H1N1 vaccine? There

are plenty of non-vaccination ways to protect yourself as the end of the school year flies by. Remember to always wash your hands and use antibac-terial sanitizer if you own some. Keep your apartments clean and attempt to do some serious cleaning be-fore you leave for the holiday season. Don’t share food and drink with your roommates and friends: even if there is only one glass of egg nog left. Most importantly, if you start to feel sick: isolate yourself from your roommates! Get yourself to health ser-vices right away: the knowledgeable staff

will help you in any way they can.

With exams, pa-pers, projects, and the foreboding finals ap-proaching, make sure you don’t catch the seasonal flu or H1N1. Not only will you have trouble concen-trating on your pile of school work, these last few cheerful days with friends and fam-ily will be ruined by a fever, sniffles, and the chills. Contact Health Services to learn more about H1N1 protec-tion and contact your family doctor for any additional information about the seasonal flu vaccine. Take care of yourself! Stay healthy over the holidays!

Orange, CT - An East Haven woman is fac-ing a laundry list of charges after she al-legedly rammed a police cruiser while involved in a pursuit on I-95.

State Police have charged Miriam Con-cepcion, 24, with as-sault of a police of-ficer, interfering with a police officer, reck-less endangerment, reckless driving, and engaging police in pursuit. She also faces motor vehicle charges from the Hamden Po-lice Department.

It all started on I-91 in Hamden around 1am.

Concepcion alleg-

Trooper’s Cruiser

Rammed in Pursuit

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edly struck a state po-lice cruiser near Exit 45 in the New Haven area. Another trooper used stop sticks to try and get Concepcion to stop.

Police finally ap-prehended Concep-cion in Orange when she got off the high-way at Exit 41. A po-lice dog was used to get her out of the car.

Concepcion was treated for dog bites at an area hospital. She is being held on $10,000 bond and is due in court later to-day.

The trooper was treated and released at a local hospital.

Police did not in-dicate why she was on the run in the first place.

Derby, CT - The search is on for sus-pects in a brazen mug-ging. An elderly cou-ple was held up inside an elevator at a cancer center near Derby's Griffin Hospital Tues-day morning.

The attack on an elderly couple in an elevator of the outpa-tient building at Grif-fin Hospital Cancer Center is unnerving to patients and visitors.

Woman Mugged in Cancer Center Elevator

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"They were in their 80's, they didn't have a chance and that's probably what he was waiting for, you know, older people that can't defend themselves," Kathleen Komlos said.

The building is across the street from the main hospital. The 82-year-old woman was bringing her hus-band, who uses a cane, to a physical therapy appointment. They were alone with the thief in the elevator.

"I do take the eleva-

tor up. You know, it's kind of scary to think soembody would do that in that building," Carol Uleano, of Der-by, said.

The victim did not want to speak on cam-era but did tell News Channel 8's Erin Cox her story. She says the mugging happened fast she was knocked down and bumped her head. She asy

The thief grabbed her purse and got away with $100.

A hospital spokes-person tells me there

are no surveillance cameras in or around the cancer center. He says security officers make rounds, dividing their time by patrol-ing both the outpatient building and the main hospital.

"I think they have pretty good security, you can only do so much," Komlos said.

"I have doctors there, so it's getting kind of scary. I guess I think they need some more security," Ulea-no said.

Waterbury - There's a controversy of sorts going on at one Wa-terbury elementary school. You won't see holiday decorations

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on the windows or inside on the walls at Waterbury's Walsh El-ementary School.

The school does not display any secu-lar nor religious sym-bols of Christmas. That means no Santa Clauses, no Christmas

Trees and no class-room celebrations.

"It's kind of silly when it's everywhere else these kids have been raised on this forever," Joan Dan-gelo, a grandparent, said.

Rodney Parker, the

parent liaison at the school, says its been this way for a few years and he's gotten no complaints.

"I haven't heard a parent complain anything about it so I don't know where this is coming from,"

Parker said.It's not just at Walsh

School. Waterbury asks all of its princi-pals to be aware of its multi-cultural com-munity and not create situations where some students may be of-fended.

A statement from Superintendent David Snead reads "Student assemblies or class-room parties need to celebrate all holidays if they are to be held. Displays also need to be all inclusive"

"We have singing. We have Christmas. Hanukkah songs and it's an all-inclusive thing," Parker said.

From all of us at The ChargerBulletin,

HappyHolidays!

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The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

TheChargerBattery

HAPPY CHRISTMAHANUKWAN-ZAAKAH TO ALL! :D Just covering all of my bases, you know, speaking in politically correct terms, of course.

Snowball is officially sold out! Holy cow! A great way to end the year: dressing up and going out to a formal. All the stress of the year, then you can relax and have a good time…even though it IS mostly freshman. :p

8 DAYS UNTIL WINTER BREAK! … And all of you who are leaving mid-final week, because you got extremely lucky with your final schedule, I hate you. Also, I am unleashing the giant green monster of envy on anyone and everyone who is going someplace warm for winter break.

I just have to say, despite the stress of finals, I thank GOD for that reading day and the wonderful, caring teachers who give final reviews—Santa will treat you right.

Positives Negatives

A weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNHby Sam Drotar

Shawn’s Hotties of the Weekby Shawn L. Tremblay

Charger Chat by Tyler Salovin

A quick quip each and every week!

Robert BlochAmerican writer

Okay, the Christmas season has BARELY started and I already know people who have com-pleted their Christmas shopping (you disgust me), the Christmas songs have ALREADY made me lose it, and I haven’t had one SINGLE gingerbread man—not even a gingerbread foot! Nothing!

FINALS FINALS FINALS! AAHHH! So much pressure, so much studying, so many regrets about this past semester, and so many consecutive all nighters! IT’S CRUNCH TIME, CHARGERS! LET’S GET IT ON! For the next week Red Bull is my only friend, and if you try to speak to me about anything that is not search and seizure related, it wouldn’t be wise.

Although this winter break is more than desper-ately needed by all, there is a kicker in the college kid’s situation: home for the break. Now I don’t know about you, but more than a week living with the parent’s is NOT going to be good. It stinks to live at college and be able to do what you want, eat crappy food, come home when you want, and not have a word said about it. Then when you return home and Mom asks you to do the dishes, and you say “What’s that?,” it’s just not good. By the time winter break is over, we will all be itching to come back to UNH, admit it. IT’S TRUE!

Congratulations to all of this semester’s Hotties!

Do you know a Hottie that should be nominated next semester? Email Shawn [email protected] or The Charger Bulletin [email protected]

Include name, picture, major, year of graduation, favorite teams/music/TV shows/movies, and why you think they are a hottie.

Week Female Male Twelve Kait Rodriques Alex Woron Eleven Samantha Sullivan James Wightman Ten Lindsay Lynch Chris Rinck Nine Angela Martello Eric Brouillette Eight Phi Sigma Sigma Justin O’Brien Seven Kristin O’Brien Heller Matt Digiovanni Six Kathryn Onorato Chargers Football Five Laura Schnetzler Tyler Salovin Four Sam Dobshinsky Ryan Frietas Three Jakki Gouveia Matt Kavaler Two Heather Brown Ryan Nicholls One Colleen Kerrigan Scott Kazar

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Garfield Minus Garfield

www.GarfieldMinusGarfield.net

If you take Garfield out of the famous comic strip, it just makes

John look crazy.

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yo! no food!The UNH library staff is asking for cooperation from students in respecting the library’s food

and drink policy. Food and drink (including water) are only permitted in the Library Café located on the main level of the library. Food and drink in any other part of the library is not permitted. It is possible to both study and enjoy your food and drink in the library by charging out a laptop computer at the circulation desk and bringing it to the café area where eating and drinking are permitted.

The reason that the library needs this policy is to protect our computers and library materi-als. In addition, ants, roaches, and mice like to come into the library to eat the food crumbs left behind. Yuck! Let’s not give these creatures a reason to come into the library. Help them stay outside where they belong!

from the atmosphere. Dispersing cloud con-densation or ice nuclei substitutes into the air serves as the modifica-tion. These substances alter the microphysi-cal processes within the cloud with the intent is to increase precipitation, but also to suppress hail and fog, especially near airports. Trees release natural forms of cloud seeding, called ter-pene, more actively during warmer weath-er. The clouds reflect sunlight, allowing the forest to regulate its temperature.

Cloud-seeding has been used in various countries including China, Australia, and the United States in efforts to draw more moisture from storms.

Cloud Seeding a Venezuelan Problem

con’t from page 2 begin over the Ori-noco and Caroni river basins, near the country's largest hy-dro electronic dam. The President has not mentioned a timeta-ble for the execution of the cloud-seeding project.

Critics question the effectiveness of cloud-seeding but it is still viewed as an option in some areas. Water is an increas-ingly political issue in Venezuela, with the President’s opposition blaming the govern-ment for not planning ahead or building suf-ficient water and en-ergy infrastructures. Widespread water ra-tioning began in the capital of Venezuela, Caracas, earlier this month.

ment from the drugs for not remembering the events that trans-pired afterwards.

Italian Murder Suspect Found Guilty

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A PIER/PAOLO CITO/AP PHOTOAmanda Knox escorted by Italian officer just before guilty verdict on Dec. 4.

W h e n the verdict was read, spec ta tors outside the courthouse cheered and even shout-ed insults at the Knox clan such as “Assas-sin!” But even as the Knox fami-ly continues to pledge l o y a l t y to “Foxy K n o x y , ” A m a n d a Knox will remain in prison for up to two

But while the stint runs its course, Aman-da Knox can ponder her future and rest assured that it won’t

dith Kercher’s family and 40,000 euros to Patrick Lumumba for defamation in addi-tion to the money she

years while her law-yers try to follow up on an appeal after a ninety-day interval.

be pretty one: As of now, she is looking at 5 million euros to which she owes Mere-

is already indebted to her lawyers.

Chavez has not yet released what method will be used in the Venezuela seeding processes.

The rainy period for Venezuela and northern Colombia usually extends from May to November, so this year’s drought is most likely to inten-sify as the dry season begins in December. As the country nears toward dry season, President Chavez is trying to squeeze more rain from the clouds because the reservoirs are at the lowest lev-els in decades. Ven-ezuela’s lack of water in hydroelectric dams is also threatening to worsen the country’s blackouts.

The seeding plan was announced two weeks ago and would

finish of 21.89 sec-onds in the 200 meter dash as well.

Additional wom-en's results include a UNH record-set-ting weight throw by freshman Shraya Manick. The fresh-man threw a distance of 12.70 meters in the weight throw for a fourth place finish,

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Provisional Qualification atSeason Opener

while here distance of 11.72 meters in the shot put placed her first at the meet. Ale-sha Chu Foo, Alissa Howell and Calista Hutchinson finished one, two and three in the women's triple jump with jumps of 10.13 meters, 10.11 meters and 10.08 me-ters, respectively.

For men, Sylvestre

Maldonado finished fifth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 51.60 seconds, while Mark Kichar added a third place finish in the 500 meter dash with a time of 1:08.68. Matt Dunham placed third in the one mile run with a time of 4:33.45. Michael Renna led the Chargers with a fourth place finish in the shot

Cows Licked $100 in Damage to House

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee man's homeowners insurance apparently doesn't cover "acts of cow."

Jerry Lynn Davis called the Hawkins County Sheriff's office on Thursday, complaining that a neighbor's cows had been licking his house. In the process, Davis says the curious bovines did about $100 in damage by ripping off a screen window, cracking the glass and pull-ing down a gutter.

The Kingsport Times-News reports that Davis' home is just a couple of feet from a fence enclosing the cows' pasture. They managed to poke their heads through to lick the house, though a deputy's report did not indicate what made the house so tasty.

Deputy Chris Funk was able to contact the cows' owner, who said he'd take care of the problem.

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Welcome to the first edition of the new Charger Bulletin feature Grub Gab! We are committed to reviewing local restaurants so you know where it’s safe to eat! First up on our list is Archie Moore’s in New Haven! Heather had never been before…and cannot wait to go again!

So first up, what is Archie Moore’s? It is a restaurant and bar with six locations in Connecticut. It is famous for its wing sauce, but also offers a selection of soups, nachos, wraps, sandwiches, vegetarian selections, burgers, salads, American appetizers, and desserts. Basically it has something for everyone.

We started with some of the famous wings and an order of potato skins. If you’re looking for wicked hot wings, then Archie’s probably isn’t the place for you. But if you’re looking for amazingly flavorful wings with a little kick, get there ASAP! Wings shouldn’t be just about the heat…but also the sa-weet! (Not literally…) Another perk of the wings is that Archie’s makes their own bleu cheese daily. I know that grosses some people out, but for the rest of the [sane] world who likes bleu cheese, you can appreciate this. The. Dressing. Is. Amazing.

I know many of us are used to potato skins that are small and probably consist of only about a quarter of the potato. Not here! These potato skins were literally half of a good sized potato and filled to the brim with cheese and bacon. They were AMAZING!

For the main meal, Heather ordered a buffalo chicken wrap. This is one of her favorites at any restaurant! She’s become accustomed to the wrap being cold rather than warm to melt the cheese and whatnot, but not this wrap. It was almost too warm and it was wonderful. The French fries were also really good. Everything just came together and was amazing.

Zack ordered a bleu cheese pita burger – DELICIOUS! It was a ½ pound burger in a pita with lettuce, tomato, sliced red onion, and a spicy taziki cucumber sauce. Also accompanied with Archie’s French fries, this burger was fantastic.

In terms of service, the hostess checked in on us often while we were waiting to be seated just so we knew that we weren’t forgotten. She was re-ally good about keeping up with those drink refills, but didn’t come too much to be an annoyance!

Despite being an excellent place to eat, Archie Moore’s is also an excellent place to people watch. There were some pretty amusing people eating or drinking at the bar while we were there. That only added to the good time we had!

The only downside (and it’s an extremely small one) is that it was a little loud. So it’s not really a good place to go and have a quiet, intimate din-ner, but it’s a great place for everything else.

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Grub Gab will be using a “5 stars” scale...but instead of stars, we will choose a key element to the restaurant we’re reviewing! In Archie’s case, due to their deliciously tantalizing buffalo wings, we give

them wing platters!

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