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of this “prank.” The leaders said that the chants were “deeply of-fensive and do not adhere the standards of morals and behav-ior expected of DKE members”.

When asked what they thought about this episode, the leaders thought of the chants as “caveman behavior” and “creepy.” One student remarked

that the behavior of the DKE pledges was not the way that Yale students should behave, and many others claimed that they were embar-rassed by the situ-ation. Two years ago, the Zeta Psi fraternity held up signs that insulted and demeaned Yale women in front of the women’s center; due to this event,

the leaders of the women’s cen-ter have experience in crude fra-ternity pranks. They thought that this prank was even worse than most because it was conducted outside of impressionable fresh-man dorms. They said that the verses were indicating that rape and sexual violence are a joke.

dent, Richard Levin, and the Dean of Yale University, Mary Miller, wrote a letter to the com-munity that said, “we will con-front this hateful speech when it is uttered…no member of our community should engage in such demeaning behavior. However, Yale has a strong his-tory and many policies to pro-

tect students’ freedom of expres-sion.” The letter addresses that they also believe in respect and decency, neither of which was shown by the pledges. And due to the offensiveness of this situ-ation, the international leaders of DKE will be coming soon to meet with the Yale chapter of DKE to discuss the seriousness

On Tuesday, November, 2, the 2010 midterm elections will commence. Currently there are 59 democratic seats, 41 repub-lican seats, and 2 independent seats. Of the 100 senate seats, 37 of them are up for re-election. D e s p i t e s w e e p i n g the 2008 e l e c t i o n s , democra ts are feeling p r e s s u r e from the A m e r i c a n people. Even the wildly beloved President Obama is feeling the pinch. A recent CNN opinion poll found that 52% of Ameri-cans disapprove of how Obama is handling his job, while only 45% approve. Such high disap-proval of the nation’s democrat-ic President has trickled down to the Democratic Party as a whole.

There are so many things go-ing on in the minds of Americans when it comes to who they will vote for. However, in a stagnant economy, the people appear to

secretary for personnel, Clifford L. Stanley, before a final conclu-sive determination can be made regarding the discharge.

The change in the policy comes after several delibera-tions, legal overturns, and na-tional upset. On Sept. 9, Federal District Court judge Virginia A. Phillips declared “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” unconstitutional. Phillips issued an injunction

nearly a month later, instructing the military to stop enforcement of the law because it infringed upon privacy, free speech, and equal protection. On Oct. 15, the Pentagon gave the military the go-ahead to accept openly gay applicants. The following Wednesday, after an urgent re-quest from the government, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit federal appeals court al-lowed the Pentagon to continue

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Chargers Outlast Merrimack

WEST HAVEN, Conn. - The University of New Haven foot-ball team defeated Merrimack College 27-25 Saturday after-noon on Home-coming Day at Ralph F. Del-laCamera Stadi-um. The Chargers improve to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the Northeast-10 Conference, plac-ing them in sole possession of first place with two games remaining on their schedule. The Warriors fall to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in conference play.

The visiting Warriors won the coin toss and elected to kick off to New Haven. The Chargers be-gan their opening drive from the 21 yard line after a solid 11 yard return from Bernard Risco. Ryan Osiecki and the offense moved ball to the UNH 44 yard line but then failed to convert on a third-and-10 situation, forcing a punt from Chris Scifo.

Merrimack began the drive with decent field position after a 14 yard return, but suffered an unlucky break on the second play of the series. James Suozzo dropped back and had his pass intercepted by Desmond Ander-son at the New Haven 43 yard line. Anderson’s pick notched the seventh of his campaign,

granting the Chargers terrific field position.

The Chargers began the drive with back-to-back rushes from Ronnie Nelson and Victor Jones, grabbing a first down at the Mer-rimack 44 yard line. New Haven

put themselves into a tough situ-ation at third and 19, but was bailed out by a 27 yard pass from Ryan Osiecki to Deme-trius Washington-Ellison. Victor Jones took the ball on five con-secutive plays, eventually cross-ing the goal line for the game’s first score. Chris Scifo tacked on the extra point for a 7-0 lead.

The UNH defense held strong again on the ensuing Warriors’ possession, forcing the first Mer-rimack punt of the afternoon. A 36 yard boot left the Chargers at their 31 yard line and just less than five minutes to go on the clock.

The Chargers once again hit the Warriors’ defense with a pow-erful combination of the ground

attack and Ryan Osiecki’s arm. New Haven moved the chains four times on the drive, getting all the way down to the Merri-mack five yard line. Unable to pick up one yard from the five, the Chargers settled for a 24 yard

field goal and a 10-0 advantage.The two teams exchanged

punts on the next two posses-sions, leading to Merrimack’s first score of the game five min-utes into the second quarter. James Suozzo conducted an 87 yard drive, concluded by a three yard rushing touchdown. The Warriors failed on the point af-ter, now trailing the Chargers by the score of 10-6.

The Chargers couldn’t con-strue anything offensively on their next possession, punting the ball back to the Warriors. Merrimack put together a solid drive but Desmond Anderson came up big with his second in-

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Yale Fraternity Hazing: Lewd and Crude “Fratitude”By CHRISTOPHER WHALEN

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Yale University’s fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, has dug themselves a big hole during their initiation week that will take them a while to get out of. This past week, their freshman pledges made a complete disgrace of their organiza-tion through their appalling behavior through the hazing techniques adopted by the fraternity this year.

The pledges for DKE marched blindfolded through Old Campus, the heart of undergrad-uate life and where the freshman resi-dence halls are located at Yale University, shouting the misogy-nistic chant “No means yes and yes means (a certain type of sex-ual act).” It is even said that they referred to necrophilia in their chants. This incident was caught on tape and has spread like a vi-rus on the internet.

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The latest twist in the haphaz-ard legal commotion that sur-rounds gays in the military just got more confusing and, if at all possible, even more ridiculous. Yes, it’s official; the seventeen year-old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which upholds the priva-cy of a ser-vice mem-ber’s sexual orientat ion by prohibit-ing the mili-tary from re-questing that information but estab-lishes a ban on gays, les-bians, or bi-sexuals serv-ing openly, is back. How-ever, there is a stipulation attached.

According to a new guideline set in motion, “until further no-tice” by the Pentagon, discharge of a gay service member who vi-olates the policy must be evalu-ated by five senior Defense De-partment military officials. After review by the military officials, the service secretary pertinent to the case—either the Secre-tary of the Army, Navy or Air Force—must consult with both the Pentagon’s legal counsel, Jeh C. Johnson, and the under-

Pentagon Enforces “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” with Revision By LIZ DE LA TORRESTAFF WRITER

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Republicans Lead in Critical Polls

be all about jobs. When people went to the polls in November 2008, the unemployment rate was 6.5% according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor. Presently, the Bureau of Labor has the unem-ployment rate at 9.2%. With un-employment at such a high num-ber just two years after Obama and the democrats took power, it

does not seem so mind boggling that 50% of likely voters plan to vote republican, while only 40% plan on voting democrat, accord-ing to the Pew Research Center.

The American people also ap-pear to be concerned about the amount of government spend-ing. As of October 21, the U.S. Treasury reported that the na-tional debt for America was $13,667,983,325,978.31. De-spite the national debt being so high, last week the White House

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Pride and ThoughtsMidnight Madness is this Thursday, October 28, 2010 at North Campus. Doors open at 9 p.m. Please come

support your UNH basketball teams. Prizes and t-shirts will be given out that night and many fun games will be played.

I am also writing this week to poll what students think of the German Club pavilion area? The university is looking at the possibility of renovating the area, and I am wondering what the students would want.

An idea that has come through my mind is a brand new pavilion area with picnic tables underneath, a BBQ pit that would be available 24 hours a day, horseshoe pits, and lighting and electricity supplied to the area.

What I really want to hear is what the general student body would like. What would you and your friends like to see in that area? What would your club like to see the area be used for? Would you use this area if we fixed it up and opened it up for all students?

I ask you to please go to www.chargervoice.com and post a concern. Tell me what your thoughts on this area are, so I can help make the area great for you.

Have a great week,Scott Kazar, USGA President

USGA Senator SpotlightName: Ray NgBirthday: September 11Hometown: Westerly, RIClass: 2013Major: Pre Law/Legal StudiesCampus Involvement: USGA Senator USGA Residential Issues Committee Co-Chair Delta Chi

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by Joann Wolwowicz

With Halloween just around the corner, it is a time for ghosts, witches, and werewolves. Cos-tumes and candy are on everyone’s mind, and everyone always enjoys a good scare, especially with so many haunted houses and tours in the area. However, people forget that there was ac-tually a time when magic and witchcraft were ta-boo subjects, and many people were accused of practicing witchcraft and killed for it.

The Salem witch tri-als occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft or the Devil’s magic. Twenty people were actually executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compen-sated the families of those convicted. Since then, the story of the tri-als has become associ-ated with paranoia and injustice.

Several centuries ago, many practicing Chris-tians had a strong belief

Salem Witch Trialsthat the Devil could give certain people, known as witches, the power to harm others, in re-turn for their loyalty. A “witchcraft craze” rippled through Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1600s. Hun-dreds of thousands of supposed witches-most-ly women- were execut-ed. Though the Salem trials came on just as the European craze was winding down, local cir-cumstances explain why they occurred.

In 1689, English rul-ers William and Mary started a war with France in the Ameri-can colonies. Known as King William’s War to colonists, it ravaged regions of upstate New York, Nova Scotia, and Quebec, sending refu-gees into the country of Essex and, specifi-cally Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The displaced people created a strain on Salem’s resources, aggravating the existing rivalry between families with ties to the wealth of the port of Salem and those who still depended on agriculture. Contro-versy also brewed over Reverend Samuel Par-ris, who became Salem Village’s first ordained minister in 1689. He was disliked because of his rigid ways and greedy nature. The Puritan vil-lagers believed all the quarreling was the work of the Devil.

In January of 1692, the Reverend’s daugh-ter Elizabeth, age nine, and his niece Abigail Williams, age eleven, started having “fits.” They screamed, threw things, uttered peculiar sounds, and contorted themselves into strange positions. The local doc-tor blamed the supernat-ural. Another girl, Ann Putnam, age eleven, experienced similar epi-sodes. On February 29, the girls blamed three women for afflicting them: Tituba, the Parris’ Caribbean slave, Sarah Good, a homeless beg-gar, and Sarah Osborne, an elderly impoverished woman.

All three women were brought before the lo-cal magistrates and in-terrogated for several days, starting on March 1, 1692. Osborne and Good claimed inno-cence, but Tituba con-

fessed. She described elaborate images of black dogs, red cats, yel-low birds, and a “black man” who wanted her to sign his book. She told everyone that the Devil came to her and told her to serve him. She admit-ted to signing the book and said that there were several other witches looking to destroy the Puritans. All three wom-en were put in jail.

With the seed of para-noia planted, a stream of accusations followed for the next few months. Charges against Martha Corey, a loyal member of the Church in Salem Village, greatly con-cerned the community. If she could be a witch, then anyone could. Mag-istrates even questioned Sarah Good’s four year-old daughter, using her timid answers as a con-fession. The questioning got more serious in April when Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth and his assistants attended the hearings. Dozens of people from Salem and other Massachusetts vil-lages were brought in for questioning.

On May 27, 1962, Governor William Phipps ordered the es-tablishment of a Special Court of Oyer and Ter-miner for Suffolk, Essex, and Middlesex counties. The first case brought to the special court was Bridget Bishop, an older woman known for her gossipy habits and pro-miscuity. She was found guilty and, on June 10, became the first person hanged on what was lat-er called Gallows Hill.

Things did not settle until the governor’s own wife was questioned for witchcraft. He prohibited further arrests, released many accused witches, and dissolved the courts. He eventually pardoned all who were in prison on witchcraft charges by May 1693. But the dam-age had already been done. 19 were hanged on Gallows Hill, a 71-year-old man was pressed to death with heavy stones, several people died in jail, and nearly 200 peo-ple overall had been ac-cused of practicing “the Devil’s magic.”

With Halloween just a few days away and grocery store shelves stocked with bags full of your fa-vorite candies, your attempts to resist the sugar-coated temptation may not be completely successful. That’s okay! Even the strictest dieters need to partake in a little Halloween candy eating… for mental health purposes, that is!

As far as I am concerned, there are five different nutrition approaches to Halloween candy. The first two, however, don’t need much explanation. That is, you can eat absolutely no candy or you can indulge freely. If you choose to adopt one of these mentalities this Halloween, read no further. However, the following three approaches are detailed below.

BEWARE OF CALORIESIf you are strictly aiming to drop pounds, you are probably counting calories. Monitoring your caloric

intake is one way to stop over-indulging. If you are aware of how many calories you are consuming, you are less likely to eat 25 miniature Twix bars. Remember: you have to consume 3,200 calories beyond what you burn to gain a pound. And since we burn approximately 1,000 calories a day just by being alive, a few pieces of Halloween candy are not going to make you go up three dress sizes (not overnight, at least).

The best candy for the calorie-counter? Three Musketeers Minis (24 calories per piece), Peeps Pump-kins (16 calories per marshmallow), or York Peppermint Pattie (full size bar for 140 calories).

PARTAKE WITH CAUTIONMost individuals who take a middle-of-the-road approach to nutrition will likely find themselves en-

joying Halloween candy, but doing so with caution. As a strong proponent for moderation in diet, I find myself in this category too. I have found that it is not only important to be aware of what you are eating, but to also choose foods (or candies) wisely. If you are someone who snacks on whatever is in front of them, try keeping your mouth busy by sucking on a lollipop. Find yourself nibbling out of boredom? Choose a candy that comes more than one to a package; it will take longer to eat!

For Halloween candy that will occupy your mouth a little longer, try a Dum Dum lollipop (20 calo-ries), M&Ms (236 calories per 48 gram bag), or Skittles (231 calories per 57 gram bag).

FIND THE GOOD SIDEFor the optimists out there, it is possible to find some good ingredients in Halloween candy. And al-

though the bad additives are often overpowering, the few health benefits are, in some cases, still there. Many candy bars do contain milk, nuts, and fruits, and more abstractly, fiber and protein. Consuming a candy bar that contains a good amount of protein will help you feel satisfied and keep your hand from returning to the candy bowl.

Seeking a full-tummy-feeling from your candy? Try a PayDay (7 grams of protein per 52 gram bar), Hershey’s Special Dark with Almonds (3 grams of protein per 41 gram bar), or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (5 grams of protein per 42 gram package).

Halloween candy is notoriously dangerous for dieters because the fun snack-size pieces are an easy rationale for eating “just one more.” Allow yourself a set number of pieces and pull them out of the bag or bowl ahead of time; do not continually help yourself from the entire stash! For help determining which candy is better to indulge in, use the candy bar comparison calculator at www.candynutrition.com. Happy Halloween!

Health and Fitnessby Melanie RovinskyHalloween Candy: Nutrition Horror?

SCOPE Committee Heads have been busy bees getting some great events out on campus. They have been doing so much on campus, that I have a lot to talk about and might not be able to fit all of it into one article. But I am certainly going to try.

Let’s start with SCOPE Day Programming, who has put on two events this month instead of their usual one event. Right when we came back from our fall break, Days was working. They brought the Original Butt Sketch artist and Adam Pate to campus. The Butt Sketch artist was making students bottoms look good all day, while Adam Pate, a caricature artist, roamed around all day doing caricatures of students in Bartels. So many students left with some great artwork. On Monday, the Psychic Fair took place. The Psychic Fair was a very popular event and students left with readings from tarot cards, a palm reader, and numerology (study of numbers). Days has planned some great events this October. They are also going to start off November with a bang with Fun in the Sun. Already missing the warm weather of summer? Well join SCOPE Day Programming next Wednesday, November 3 in the Alumni Lounge between 12:30-4:30 p.m. for Robo Surfer, Sand Art, and much more.

The SCOPE movie last week was Despicable Me, the fantastically funny and cute movie with Steve Carrel as the world’s worst villain. It was a great time had by all. SCOPE Film Committee even revealed to the audience what they have been working on since the beginning of the semester. SCOPE with Twisted Thursdays is planning a movie trip to the opening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. So look out for emails with more information to come. This week’s SCOPE movie is Eclipse in Bartels Café at 9 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday.

Now if SCOPE Day Programming is busy this month, then you know that without a doubt Weekend Programming is just as busy. Right after break, they were hard at work planning a Tie Dye event that went extremely well, where students could bring their own clothes to tie dye. That Saturday, they also planned a campus favorite: a trip to Ly-man Orchards. It was great fun picking apples and running through the corn maze. The SCOPE heads all got lost and had to even follow some kids out. Another success was that the trip signups for Lyman Orchards were online. No more waiting in long lines.

We are thinking of more and more ways to get students involved. This past weekend was also busy. On Friday, Weekends joined forces with USGA and had pie, caramel apples, and crafts at North Campus, accompanying USGA’s Pig Roast. Great food with pie just spells an awesome time. On Saturday, they got into the Halloween spirit and brought John Zaffis: Ghost Hunter to campus with PIRO. It was really cool hearing about his ghost hunting stories. Following that, they took of Maxcy Hall, which, as we all know, is haunted. For some more Halloween themed events, join SCOPE Week-ends on Friday, October 29 for Pumpkin Painting in the Moulton Lounge from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday, October 30 in the Bixler/Botwinik Quad from 6-8 p.m. for their Spooky Scavenger Hunt.

Also this weekend is SCOPE’s Annual Halloween Haunted House. The Halloween Committee has planned a full day of events. From 2-5 p.m. they are having a Hallow-een Carnival with all the fun stuff like carnival games and food. And then, Halloween night, they are having their annual Haunted House from 8-11 p.m. Come join us next to Soundview and have a great Halloween. If you want a glimpse of what it is going to be like, come to the Allingtown Fair on Saturday, October 30 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. for a Halloween preview. It’s going to be a spooky weekend!

SCOPE It Out!by Michelle R. Morra


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Top 400 Charities See Billions Less in DonationsBy ELIZABETH FIELDSTAFF WRITER

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According to a new sur-vey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, donations to the top 400 charities such as the United Way and the Salvation Army have declined 11 percent. This is the greatest decline in over 20 years—since the Chronicle of Philanthropy began its rankings.

The Chronicle conducts this survey in order to de-termine the 400 organiza-tions that receive the most

money from private dona-tions. Although the reces-sion has officially ended, these nonprofit organiza-tions are not hopeful to see a great increase in their 2010 donations. The un-employment rate lingers at a high 10 percent na-tionally, and the economy continues to look bleak. For the most part, they are setting their budgets con-servatively, only expect-ing to see a 1 or 2 percent increase from the 2009 do-nations.

The nation’s larger and more sophisticated fund-

raising organizations were not hurt as badly as the smaller charities, because they are more resilient. Unfortunately both big and small organizations felt the decline of 2009 donations with a 68.8% decrease in funds.

While many of the ma-jor charitable organiza-tions have received less monetary donations, there is a reported increase in the donation of food and clothing. These food and clothing donations have actually helped new and small organizations such

as Stamford, Connecti-cut’s Americares Founda-tion, which has grown the fastest in 20 years based on donations of goods, not money.

Larger organizations are now aiming their focus at the younger generations, incorporating technology into their fundraising. The Salvation Army and Red Cross have implemented a text message program to make donating easy and accessible to teens, as it had previously relied on older generations.

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temporarily imposing the law.

Amid all the contro-verted court rulings, gay soldiers, such as Lt. Dan Choi, who had been pre-viously discharged under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” are now returning to re-enlist. However, the am-biguous legal conundrum the newly polished policy finds itself in surrounded by is proving problematic and challenging with what actions to take with the cases. “There’s no reason for the Department of De-fense to create such turbu-lence,” Elaine Donnelly, executive director of the Center for Military Readi-ness said.

Like Donnelly, several people have grappled with the notion of the new pol-icy addition being either a benefit or cost. Although the Log Cabin Republi-

cans, a gay rights organi-zation, called the new pol-icy addition “a step in the right direction,” Donnelly proceeded to target the forthcoming election for an abrupt change of pace. “There’s only one possi-bility behind this: presi-dential politics. The elec-tion is two weeks away, and the president is trying to curry favor with his [gay and lesbian voting] base.” (Associated Press)

Either way, what can be agreed upon is the fact that the policy change does not serve as a solution for the issue of gays in the mili-tary. So, as of now, it looks like the brief revolutionary court decision of allowing openly gay recruits to be accepted into the military will be held up. Whether it will prove to shape into a historic moment or an-other frustrating setback remains to be seen.

As Bedbugs Creep Out NYC, Tourists Crawl Away

By SARA KUGLER FRAZIERASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEW YORK – New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, caus-ing fresh anxiety among tourists who are cancel-ing Big Apple vacations planned for the height of the holiday season.

Some travelers who had arranged trips to New York say they are creeped out about staying in hotels and visiting attractions as new reports of bedbugs seem to pop up every few days. And officials in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ad-ministration are concerned about the effect on the city’s image and $30 bil-lion tourism industry.

The discoveries of pests at high-profile places are often not full-blown in-festations, or even in pub-lic areas. Bloomingdale’s reported finding exactly one bug in the famous de-partment store, the Empire State Building had them in the basement and Lincoln Center’s were in a dress-ing room.

But those reports, along with bedbug discoveries in movie theaters, hotels and clothing chain stores, are causing skittish travel-ers to call off trips planned months ago.

Industry profession-als — who have privately told city officials that they are nervous about bedbugs hurting New York’s repu-tation — say publicly that they are not aware of any bedbug-related cancella-tions. But several would-

be tourists tracked down by The Associated Press say they are aborting their trips here because they fear the bloodsucking pests.

“It sounds like you can get them anywhere, any time of day and not know it until you get home,” said Patty Majerik, from Balti-more.

She said she may not travel to Manhattan next month with her children, ages 7 and 10, like they do every year around the holidays to shop, catch a Broadway show and see the Radio City Christmas show.

“I’ve got four people traveling on a train, in cabs, going to stores and theaters, and they could be in any of these places? I hate to say it, but I doubt we’re going to come this time,” Majerik said.

Suzanne Baldwin said she is forfeiting money spent on reservations for a November trip to New York City from her home in Florida. She had al-ready grown accustomed to checking hotel rooms for bedbugs — and has done so in New York be-fore — but she is now overwhelmed at the idea that the bugs have spread beyond hotels.

“We thought long and hard about this trip,” she told the AP in an e-mail. “However, we decided, knowing we would lose quite a bit of money from nonrefundable tickets, it was not worth the worry.”

Susannah Johnston, a yoga teacher who lives in the New York City sub-urbs, said that she and her husband wanted to stay overnight in Manhattan

Haiti Official: Cholera Outbreak is StabilizingBy JACOB KUSHNERASSOCIATED PRESS

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A cholera outbreak that has killed more than 250 people in rural Haiti is stabilizing, health officials said Monday, as aid groups and the government race to prevent it from spread-ing to the capital’s squal-id camps of e a r t h q u a k e survivors.

The out-break was e x p e c t e d to continue spreading, but aid groups and the gov-ernment said a drop in the death rate and the number of new cases sug-gested it could progress more gradually than feared.

“The situa-tion is begin-ning to stabilize. Since yesterday we have regis-tered only six new deaths,” Health Ministry Director Gabriel Timothee said at a news conference.

Officials said no cases have originated in the cap-ital, Port-au-Prince, where authorities fear abysmal hygiene, poor sanitation and widespread poverty could rapidly spread the disease through the sprawl-ing tent slums erected after the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Five patients were di-agnosed with cholera here over the weekend, but of-ficials said they got sick outside the capital.

As part of the effort to slow the spread of the dis-ease, Timothee said the government has asked for garbage to be removed around the camps of homeless.

If efforts to keep chol-era out of the camps fail, “The worst case would be that we have hundreds of thousands of people get-ting sick at the same time,” said Claude Surena, presi-

dent of the Haiti Medical Association. Cholera can cause vomiting and diar-rhea so severe it can kill from dehydration in hours.

Robyn Fieser, a spokes-woman for Catholic Relief Services, said she was con-fident that aid groups and the Haitian government will be prepared to respond to an outbreak should it oc-cur in the camps. But she

stressed that the challenge of preventing its spread is “immense.”

“There are proven methods to contain and treat cholera, so we know what we’re dealing with. The biggest challenge is logistics, that is, moving massive amounts of medi-cine, supplies and people into place to treat them and prevent the disease from spreading,” Fieser said from the neighboring Dominican Republic.

Doctors Without Bor-ders issued a statement saying that some Port-au-Prince residents were suffering from watery diarrhea and were being treated at facilities in the capital city. Cholera infec-tion among the patients had not been confirmed, however, and aid work-ers stressed that diarrhea has not been uncommon in Port-au-Prince since the earthquake.

“Medical teams have treated many people with watery diarrhea over the last several months,” Doc-

tors Without Borders said.Aid workers in the im-

poverished nation say the risk is magnified by the extreme poverty faced by people displaced by the quake, which killed as many as 300,000 people and destroyed much of the capital city. Haitians living in the camps risk disease by failing to wash their hands, or scooping

up standing water and then proceeding to wash fruits and vegetables.

Timothee said the out-break has killed 259 peo-ple and sickened 3,342.

“We are expecting a gradual spreading of chol-era in the country, and the way it will do that is still unpredictable,” said Mi-chel Thieren, an official with the Pan-American Health Organization in Haiti.

Aid workers are coach-ing thousands of impover-ished families how best to avoid cholera. Various aid groups are providing soap and water purification tab-lets and educating people in Port-au-Prince’s camps about the importance of washing their hands.

Aid groups also began training more staff about cholera and where to di-rect people with symp-toms. The disease had not been seen in Haiti for de-cades, and many people don’t know about it.

Members of one grass-roots Haitian organization

traveled around Port-au-Prince’s camps booming warnings about cholera from speakers in the bed of a pickup truck.

“Many people have be-come sick,” announced Etant Dupain, in front of the Champs de Mars camp by Haiti’s broken nation-al palace. “If you have a family member that has diarrhea, bring them to

the hospital immediately. Have them use separate la-trines.”

In a prom-ising devel-opment, aid group Part-ners in Health said hospital management was improv-ing in the city at the center of the initial outbreak, St. Marc, which is about a 60-mile (95-kilo-meter) drive

northwest of Haiti. Just 300 patients were hospital-ized on Saturday, a num-ber that has decreased by the end of each day.

A cholera treatment cen-ter in St. Marc is expected to be functional within the week, and efforts were on-going to make clean water available in rural com-munities, especially those where rivers were the only source of water.

Some health experts were hopeful that they will be able to control the out-break of cholera in impov-erished Haiti.

“In a way, it couldn’t have happened at a better moment than now because everyone is on the field — lots of (non-governmental organizations), lots of money. We haven’t had any hurricanes so far this fall but people are here, and people are prepared,” said Marc Paquette, Haiti director for the Canadian branch of Medecins du Monde.

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Journal Articles

Have you heard your professor say that he or she would like you to use “peer reviewed” articles in your research? Are you wondering what this term means or why it’s impor-tant?

Peer reviewed journal articles undergo a type of screening process before they are published. You might also hear them re-ferred to as “refereed”, or scholarly, journal articles. These articles are usually written by a specialist in a chosen field and targeted to a specific audience, like researchers or scholars in their field. The peer review process requires the author to submit the article to a group of subject experts for their evaluation. These subject experts are un-aware of who has written the article. As they evalu-ate the article, they decide if the article contributes something new or worth-while to the field. The sub-ject experts also determine if the author’s research claims can be substanti-ated and if the article ap-peals to the journal’s in-tended audience. After the reviewers evaluate the article, they will provide a recommendation for the article to be accepted, re-jected, or revised by the author. Published peer re-view articles have under-

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terception of the day in the Chargers end zone with just seconds remaining in the half. The Chargers ran out the clock and carried a 10-6 lead into halftime.

After the break in ac-tion, the New Haven de-fense needed to come up big, seeing as the Warriors’ offense had scored the ma-jority of their points in the third quarter. The Chargers were up to the task, forc-ing a three and out to give possession to New Haven.

Mike DeCaro wasted very little time getting the offense going, break-ing through for a 42 yard run from the line of scrim-mage into Merrimack ter-ritory. Coupled with a 16 yard pass to Sharieff Hall and three more rushing attempts, the Chargers obtained a first and goal from the Warriors’ three yard line. On the next play, Victor Jones gripped the ball tightly and crossed the goal line for the sec-ond Chargers’ touchdown. Scifo added the extra point for a 17-6 lead.

On the ensuing War-riors’ possession, James Suozzo led Merrimack down the field with seven minutes to go in the third quarter. On a fourth and nine situation, the away team elected to go for it on the New Haven 29 yard line. The Chargers’ defen-sive line provided a great push and allowed Rob-ert Hill and Tom Herd to bring down Suozzo for an eight yard loss. UNH took over on downs at their 29 yard line.

Ryan Osiecki composed a steady attack on the next possession, including a 40 yard strike to Josh Smart down to the Merrimack 27 yard line. Chris Scifo stepped up and nailed a 42 yard field goal to conclude the drive. The home team controlled a 20-6 lead with

four minutes remaining in the third quarter.

However the confer-ence’s number one ranked offense was finally able to strike again early on in the fourth stanza. James Suozzo punched in the Warriors’ second touch-down from the one yard line, cutting their deficit to 20-13 after the extra point.

The Chargers took over again but could not move the chains. The special teams unit came on to the field, successfully, and pinned the Warriors inside their five yard line. UNH followed with a strong de-fensive showing, forcing a punt from the Warriors.

With a short field ahead of them, the Chargers’ of-fense bore down and took advantage of their field position. Ryan Osiecki completed a 35 yard pass to Kameel Lashley and followed that with a 16 yard strike to Sharieff Hall for the touchdown. Scifo provided the extra point, granting the Chargers a 27-13 lead with 8:35 left in regulation.

Merrimack quickly bounced back with an eight play, 80 yard drive and a touchdown. Anthony Smalls carried the ball in from inside the three yard line for his first score of the game, cutting the Char-gers lead to 27-19. Despite the touchdown, the special teams unit would make its presence felt; as Akaki Ra-mishvili blocked the point after to maintain an eight point lead.

New Haven collected a few yards on the next drive but was forced to kick back to Merrimack. The Warriors were also unsuc-cessful on their next drive, failing to move the ball one yard on the series. Electing to go for it on fourth down on the Merrimack 26 yard line, the Warriors were stood up by the UNH de-

fense, giving the ball back to the Chargers with 3:17 left in the game.

On the very next play, Ryan Osiecki was picked off by Ian Weaver who then proceeded to gain 11 yards after the catch. The play gave James Suozzo and the Warriors’ offense one more chance. Suozzo was up to the challenge, taking Merrimack down the field and into the end zone with under a minute to play. Trailing by two, Merrimack had to go for the two point conversion to tie the score.

Just like again Southern Connecticut two weeks ago, the Chargers made the big plays when they need-ed to, keeping the Warriors out of the end zone. UNH collected the onsides kick attempt on the kickoff and solidified a 27-25 victory.

Ryan Osiecki paced an offense that amassed 391 yards on the afternoon. He completed 12-of-25 pass attempts for 199 yards and one touchdown. Mike DeCaro and Victor Jones combined for 158 yards on the ground while Deme-trius Washington-Ellison made four catches for 77 yards to lead the receiving core.

Defensively, Bernard Risco recorded a team-leading 12 tackles and one for a loss of yardage. Des-mond Anderson had two picks, increasing his sea-son total to eight, as Mike Gomes chimed in with 10 tackles.

The Chargers return to action next Saturday, October 30 with an away game against Pace Univer-sity. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Pleasant-ville, N.Y. at Pace Field. Complete game cover-age can be found at www.NewHavenChargers.com throughout the week.

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gone major scrutiny. One biology journal estimates that only one-third of the articles they receive are even submitted for peer review, and of that group, only half find their way into publication.

Peer reviewed (or scholarly) articles are dif-ferent from ones you read in a newspaper or maga-zine in several ways. For example, the title of a scholarly article usually is very descriptive. You nor-mally won’t see a “catchy” headline in a scholarly article as you would in a magazine or newspaper. The articles you find in a scholarly journal can be long – anywhere from five to 20 or more pages, with an extensive list of ref-erences at the end of the article. You won’t usually find references or lists of sources in magazine arti-cles. Also, the vocabulary used in a scholarly article is geared towards others in that specific field, while newspaper or magazine articles are written more for the general public. You will find advertisements and color photos in maga-zine articles, but you typi-cally won’t find either in a scholarly journal. There are other differences as well, but the main point is that scholarly articles are almost always held up to a much higher standard of publication than those in a newspaper or magazine.

Your library here at UNH has thousands of scholarly articles in many different databases de-signed for all of your re-search needs. Start off by visiting the library website (http://www.newhaven.edu/library) and then click on ‘Databases’ on the left hand side of the page. You can then log in with your UNH username and password. The library has grouped the databases al-phabetically and by subject area for your convenience. We also have an annotated list that gives a short de-scription of each database to help you decide which one may be best suited to your topic. As a tip, with each database you select, take a look to see if there is a checkbox to limit your results to “peer-reviewed publications” or scholarly or academic journals. If so, check that box first and then type in your search terms. Here are just a few you might want to start with:

Academic OneFile is a source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world’s leading journals and reference sources. It contains extensive cover-age of the physical sci-ences, technology, medi-cine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature, and other subjects. On the main screen, click on the ‘Home’ link on the far left

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Bedbugs Creep out NYCcon’t from page 4last weekend after attend-ing a late concert, but that bedbugs thwarted their plans.

“We started researching hotels and prices, and then we read the reviews,” she said. “Every one of the ho-tels we were considering had a guest horror story regarding bedbugs.”

Bloomberg said Mon-day he was concerned about the effect of bedbug hysteria on the city’s repu-tation.

“You don’t want any-thing that would dissuade people from coming here,” he told reporters. “Hope-fully these things come and go, and this will go quickly.”

Sightings of the rust-colored bugs, about the size of an apple seed, have surged in New York and around the nation in re-cent years. It is not known what caused their sudden spread, but experts have theorized that an increase in global travel and the banning of certain pes-ticides may be partly re-sponsible.

Bedbugs are famously difficult to eradicate; they hide in many more plac-es than beds and can go a year without feeding. Bloomberg recently joked on David Letterman’s “Late Show” that bedbugs “are probably tougher” than New York City’s no-toriously hardy rats.

The city’s tourism

agency, NYC & Company, said it has not seen mass cancellations because of bedbug fears. But officials said some New York ho-tels, museums and other attractions that depend on tourists have told the ad-ministration they are con-cerned the bedbug rumors will scare travelers away.

Tourism officials are keeping an eye on the situ-ation, and are trying to decide how to address the public relations side of it.

New Yorkers them-selves are feeling more anxious about regular ac-tivities like shopping, see-ing movies and even just going to work, as bedbug reports have spread to of-fice buildings and schools.

“I have definitely had people talking about it more, checking more for signs of bedbugs — it’s on people’s minds and chang-ing the way they live their lives,” said Lisa Tischler, a Manhattan psycholo-gist who treats anxiety disorders. “People are re-ally taking it seriously, and there are people who are out of control about it.”

The online travel site TripAdvisor, where trav-elers post reviews and ask questions of other tourists, said it has seen a 12 percent increase in New York City posts referencing bedbugs. The site compared the first eight months of 2010 with the same period the previ-ous year.

Dan Telfer recently

traveled to New York City from Chicago and said he was overcome with anxi-ety about encountering bedbugs. But the standup comedian forged ahead with the trip after obses-sively checking online ho-tel reviews and finding a place to stay that appeared to be bedbug-free.

“I was acutely aware of all the stories I’d read, and that this bug that everyone thought was almost extinct was taking over the city,” he said. “But you can’t cancel. Life has to move on — there’s no reason to cancel something poten-tially good or fun because of an anxiety.”

City officials and ex-perts say it is difficult to fully measure the extent of the problem, partly be-cause of bedbug stigma and the lack of solid data about confirmed infesta-tions.

For the first time, the city health department in-cluded a question about bedbugs on its annual community health survey. In 2009, it found more than 6 percent of New Yorkers — one in 15 adults — said they had battled the pests in the past year. Until the AP reported those results earlier this year, data had been limited to govern-ment statistics on bedbug complaints and private pest control company sur-veys.

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Senior Jordan Forney, the president of the Yale chapter of DKE, made a personal and public apol-ogy at the first forum fol-lowing this event. He said that the fraternity repre-sented a “complete lack of judgment” and asks that this incident does not alter anyone’s opinion of their organization. However, even after his apology was made, the issue was far from over. Students and the rest of the New Haven community cannot seem to

get over this offensive act.The Delta Kappa Ep-

silon fraternity has been forced to not accept any-more pledges and to halt in all of their activities for the time being, because both Levin and Miller want to foster a community where men and women respect one another. The result-ing punishment has yet to be determined by Yale University for disrupting the community, or by their DKE leaders for disgrac-ing the entire organization.

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Karzai Says His Office Gets Cash from Iran, US

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that once or twice a year, Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses and that Washington also pro-vides “bags of money” because his office lacks funds.

Karzai’s comments come a day after The New York Times report-ed that Iran was giving bags of cash to the presi-dent’s chief of staff, Umar Daudzai, to buy his loyalty and promote Iranian inter-ests in Afghanistan.

The Times quoted un-named sources as saying the cash amounted to a slush fund that Karzai and Daudzai had used to pay Afghan lawmakers, tribal elders — and even Taliban commanders — to secure

their loyalty.Karzai told reporters

Monday that he had in-structed Daudzai, a former ambassador to Iran, to ac-cept the money from Teh-ran.

“It is official and by my order,” Karzai said.

He added that several nations have given money to his office — the first being the United Arab Emirates, which provided $1.5 million nine years ago when Afghanistan’s interim government was formed.

“That was a big help and we submitted all the money to the central bank and we were paying for the daily expenses of the government,” Karzai said. “After that, a number of other countries helped us in the same way.”

Karzai did not offer de-tails about how the money was spent, saying only that it was used to “help the presidential office” and to

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Recruiting issues relevant to students with disabilities. 12: to 1: - Lunch 1: to 2: - Workshops by Employers 2: to 3: - Networking Participating Companies: Pfizer, Mohegan Sun, Dime Bank, Mystic Aquarium, Comcast, Reliance House, Disabilities Network of Eastern CT, and others

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Modeled after speed dating, speed networking is designed to allow you to learn and practice the art of networking with professionals. LEARN to introduce yourself and articulate your skills and abilities in an interesting and creative way while meeting and learning of other professionals in your field of study.

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Connecting with companies’ representatives - Stop by their tables to say hello BUT FIRST be prepared:

Hand professional resume to company rep (critiqued by Career Services). Have elevator speech loosely memorized to quickly fill in the recruiter on what skills you have in order for him/her to determine if there’s a match between your skill set and the company’s needs. Listen carefully to what the recruiter says – you may find out something you didn’t know. Stop by to introduce yourself even if you don’t think there’s a match – people know other people and if someone is impressed with you, they may pass your name on to someone – or someone’s to you. Be prepared. Be neatly groomed remembering that first impressions are lasting impressions. Greet the recruiter with a solid handshake.

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Republicans Lead Pollsreported that the budget deficit for the budget year was 1.3 trillion dollars. It could be that Americans plan on voting republican in November because, ac-cording to a CNN Opin-ion Poll, 43% of Ameri-cans think the republicans would improve the U.S. on government spending while only 29% of Ameri-

cans feel Democrats would improve spending.

No matter whom Amer-icans vote for, it is impor-tant that they vote. Every decision the government makes can have an impact on the future of the econ-omy. The politicians in Washington need to know that America is paying at-tention and that it clearly does not like what it sees.

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“dispense assistance” to certain individuals.

“This is transparent. This is something that I’ve even discussed while I was at Camp David with President Bush,” he said, referring to meetings he had with former President George W. Bush at the U.S. presidential retreat outside Washington.

“It is not hidden,” he said. “We are grateful for the Iranians’ help in this regard. The United States is doing the same thing. They are providing cash to some of our offices.”

Asked whether the U.S. actually gives bags full of cash to the presidential office, Karzai responded: “Yes, it does give bags of money.”

The Associated Press requested comment from the U.S. Embassy, but has not yet received a re-sponse.

The Iranian embassy in Afghanistan dismissed the

allegations that the Iranian government was making cash payments to Daudzai, calling them “ridiculous and insulting.” The state-ment was issued earlier Monday, before Karzai’s comments.

In Washington, Penta-gon press secretary Geoff Morrell said he was not surprised that Karzai’s of-fice was receiving money from Iran, which he said was playing a destabiliz-ing role in Afghanistan.

“I think Iran in Afghani-stan — much as it has been in Iraq — has been walk-ing both sides of the street for years,” Morrell told MSNBC. “On one hand, as this report indicates, clearly trying to curry fa-vor with the government while at the same time on the other hand, training, arming, financing, direct-ing anti-government forc-es.”

Obama Likely to Focus on Deficit in Next 2 Years

WASHINGTON – Pre-paring for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republi-can, conservative and de-

termined to stop him.He is already giving

clues about how he will govern in the last two years of his term.

Obama will try to make gains on deficit reduction, education and energy. He will enforce his health care and financial over-hauls and try to protect them from repeal should Republicans win control of Capitol Hill. He will use

executive authority when blocked by Congress, and steel for scrutiny and in-vestigations if the GOP is in charge.

While trying to save money, Obama will have to decide whether to bend to Republican and grow-ing Democratic pressure to extend Bush-era tax cuts, even for the wealthy, that expire at year's end. Obama wants to extend

them for people making less than $200,000 and married couples making less than $250,000, but a broader extension is gain-ing favor with an increas-ing number of Democrats.

Moving to the fore will be a more serious focus on how to balance the federal budget and pay for the pro-grams that keep sinking the country into debt.

In other times, that dis-

cussion might seem like dry, Washington talk. Not now. People are fed up with federal spending, par-ticularly as many remain jobless.

The White House re-fuses to talk about how the president will have to adjust his style or goals if power in Congress tilts right, for fear of under-mining what Obama is still campaigning hard to

do: keeping Democrats in power. There is no con-ceding as Obama recruits voters and rallies support-ers all the way to Nov. 2.

Yet if polls and analysts are on target, Republicans are poised to win big, pos-sibly taking control of the House and gaining seats in the Senate, where Obama's party already lacks the votes to overcome bill-

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www.ChargerBulletin.comOctober 27, 2010Pregnant Soldier Shot, Oth-ers Wounded at Fort Hood

At Ford Hood, Texas on November 5 of last year, a brave soldier expect-ing a child was shot in a run riot. Before a bullet pierced into her skin, she was terribly worried about what was about to happen. Pvt. Francheska Velez took the only action she could think of at the time: hide in a chair, trying to get away from the shooter in the fetal position. There was only one thing on this frightened pregnant sol-dier’s mind, and that was the fact that her baby was in serious danger. She did not know what to do, ex-cept get away as soon as possible. She tried to pro-ceed carefully, not know-ing what would be the out-come of this tragic event. However, she was one out of thirteen unfortunate sol-diers, who did not make it out of the “worst mass shooting on an American military base.”

Being an important wit-ness and fellow soldier to Velez, Spc. Jonathan Sims happened to be chosen to testify at “an Article 32 hearing,” along with Spc. Dayna Roscoe. Roscoe was a soldier who had also been shot in the arm and in the leg. Both will have to help testify against the Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is on trial and accused of thirty two counts of attempted premeditated murder and thirteen counts of pre-meditated murder. Sims and Roscoe were surviv-ing soldiers of the attack, having been in the medical building where all of the shooting occurred.

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con’t from page 6other soldier and witness said that the attacker “...was aiming his weapon on the ground and he started shooting, and he was hit-ting people that were try-ing to get away. It didn’t seem he was targeting a specific person. He was just shooting at anybody.” (Associated Press)

Although these soldiers were helpful witnesses, none of them were told to specifically identify Hasan as the suspect in court. Some soldiers even con-sidered thought that this whole tragedy was a train-ing exercise to prepare them for the worst case scenarios. Interestingly, Sgt. 1st Class Miguel Valdivia had assumed this whole event was all a drill, until he had been shot three times. He con-fessed to the court: “when I saw my own blood, then I realized it was real.” (As-sociated Press) After that, he was asked in regards to Hasan and if he initially told investigators that he had a blank expression on his face. This could have meant that he was not mentally there. After-wards, Valdivia confirmed that, “the shooter’s expres-sion was similar to how a drill sergeant looked at me at boot camp.” (Associ-ated Press)

As a result, the ac-cused Army psychiatrist, paralyzed from the chest down after being shot, still resides in jail. An investi-gating officer of the case, Col. James L. Pohl, will be suggesting whether or not Hasan must go to trial. Ultimately, the command-ing general will make the drastic choice of decid-ing if Hasan deserves the death penalty

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Animal Awareness TipLemurs (lemur catta)

by Maideline Sanchez

The Ring-tailed Le-murs live primarily in Madagascar, which is an island located southeast of Africa. They are nota-ble for their vivid striped tails that contain a black and white coloration. These tails are only used for balance, communica-tion, and group cohesion. The rest of their body is covered in grey, while their faces are com-pletely white with dark black fur en-circling their eyes. They are omnivo-rous and also the most terrestrial of their other close relatives. They are classified as di-urnal primates, meaning that they are mostly ac-tive during the daytime.

The lemur may range in size from 39cm to 46cm long and can weigh between five to seven pounds. They are equipped with teeth that resemble a comb for grooming, and they also

contain a toilet-claw for raking fur that is unreach-able by the tooth-comb. Lemurs spend much of their time, about thirty-three percent, on the ground and the rest of their time in trees.

A group of Lemurs make up a troop and con-sist of an average of 15

lemurs, with the highest number of members be-ing 30. Within their habi-tat, their natural preda-tors include the Fossa, Harrier-Hawk, Madagas-car Buzzard, and Ground Boa. They are considered opportunistic omnivores, because they eat anything including fruits, leaves, decayed wood, soil like substances, insects, spi-ders, and small vertebrates

such as birds and chame-leons. Fifty percent of their diet, however, in-cludes fruits and leaves of the tamarind tree.

Ring-tailed lemurs are polygamous, and their breeding season runs from mid-April to mid-May. After mating, typi-cally a female will birth

one to two o f f s p r i n g during the month of Sep t ember to October. O f f s p r i n g will latch onto the m o t h e r s ’ chest for the first one to two weeks.

Then they will relocate themselves onto their mothers’ backs. After two months of drinking their mothers’ milk, they will commence to eating solid food. Sexual maturity is reached between two and a half and three years. These animals can also live up to 19 years or up to 27 years in captivity.

killing delay tactics. Obama probably will op-erate in an environment with even fewer moderate Republicans.

The president has sig-naled that at the start of the new year, he will speak more directly to the coun-try about the financial choices ahead. "If we're going to get serious about the deficit, then we're go-ing to have to look at ev-erything: entitlements, de-fense spending, revenues. ... And that's going to be a tough conversation," he said.

It's one that will be framed by a bipartisan debt commission, whose ideas this December will give Obama political cov-er on where to suggest un-popular cuts.

Obama says the most frustrating part of his pres-idency is that he had to keep spending money and adding to the deficit in his first six months in office "to save the economy." He has from the start called deficit reduction a goal, but one that had to get bumped in favor of spark-ing the economy.

Almost 60 percent of likely voters now say cutting the yearly bud-get shortfall is the prior-ity, even if that means the government can't spend on

new education programs, develop alternative energy sources or enact his health care overhaul or alterna-tive energy policies, an Associated Press-GfK poll found.

Obama defends the huge economic stimu-lus plan and the bailout of U.S. automakers, and doesn't blame people for getting tired of all the spending. But he does ac-cuse Republicans of show-ing a lack of genuineness about fixing the systemic problems that have driven up the debt long before he won the White House.

And there rests the true trouble.

Even though Obama and the Republicans os-tensibly share the goals of reducing debt and cre-ating jobs, they disagree fundamentally on their approaches. That problem appears to be worsened by the lack of a serious work-ing relationship among the leaders. If divided govern-ment simply leads to more division over the budget and economy, newly em-powered Republicans and a Democratic president seeking re-election may both pay the price.

"It's going to be very hard to find common ground," said James Thurber, a professor of government at American

University. "To a certain extent, (Obama's) strategy depends on the strategy of majority of the House, and what can be found in the Senate, where's he's basically going to be dead-locked."

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said if Obama and his team are going to work with the new Congress, then they must accept the end of government stimu-lus efforts as a means for creating jobs. Boehner and fellow Republicans have outlined a plan for gov-erning that includes deep spending cuts and a repeal of Obama's health care law, among other changes. Boehner is likely to ascend to House speaker if his party wins a majority.

"They're going to have to signal some kind of willingness to work with Republicans to cut spend-ing," Boehner told The Associated Press. "Cutting government spending is what the American people want, and it's an approach neither party has tried yet."

The federal deficit was a near-record $1.3 tril-lion for the just-completed budget year.

Obama may succeed in getting Republican sup-port for trade pacts on a new education law that insists on school reforms.

He will go for an immigra-tion overhaul and energy legislation, but have to accept smaller, piece-by-piece results. Capping of greenhouse gas emissions, for one, seems to be going nowhere.

"It's a very different re-ality for the president for the next two years, which is not to say that noth-ing gets done," said Nor-man Ornstein, a political scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "Even in a rancorous and nasty environment, it seems to me there may some areas of opportunity."

Either real compromise or political pressures may pull Obama and enough Republicans together to get some priorities done. President Bill Clinton managed to rebound and work with Republicans after they swept into of-fice in 1994, teaming up on welfare and balanced-budget legislation.

Never to be ignored are the core Democrats who helped get Obama elected and who, in some cases, are disgruntled about the pace of progress. "He's got to be careful to manage his base," said Ann Crigler, a professor of political sci-ence at the University of Southern California. "His election is going to start Nov. 3."

95-Year Old WWII Veteran Receives Medal for Rescue

The U.S. government recently recognized a World War II veteran for his brilliant rescue of at least 500 U.S. bomber crew members that were shot down over a part of Serbia previously occu-pied by Nazis. It was the largest American air res-cue ever recorded during a war. George Vujnovich, 95, led the “Haylard Mis-sion.”

On Sunday, the New York City veteran was

awarded the Bronze Star at a ceremony at Manhattan’s St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral. He received a very warm reception from a modest crowd of a few hundred. Vujnovich is a retired aircraft part sales-man, and he was bitter-sweet about the honor. While the honor is “better now than never,” (Associ-ated Press) he is bothered that the majority of men on his wartime mission are deceased. Incidents like this one prove that even el-derly people get the spot-light on occasion.

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In high school, col-lege was the next big step in our lives. Now that we are all in college, our next big step seems more like a great big fall into a bot-tomless pit: a slightly more stressful situation. This bottomless pit is better known as the real world: a scary place with no lights and monsters around every corner. The idea is a daunt-ing one, especially with the weight of finding a job on our shoulders. The sad reality is that many graduates have yet to find a job that even remotely resembles their major one year out of college. What’s even scarier is that loans need to start being paid off a short six months after graduation.

Students who manage a job, their school work, and extracurricular activi-ties know now how hard it can be to make sure everything gets done and that responsibilities are managed. Sometimes it really does come down to prioritizing. Others know how hard it can be to ac-tually find a job while in school or even during the summer. Jobs that were once open to teenagers are being given to adults who have lost their jobs. Times are changing, and they are changing quick-ly. Students trying to find acceptable internships can tell you how hard it really is, especially for some majors with particu-larly picky requirements. Because of budget cuts, students are finding that internship programs are the first programs to go. Once the gateway to find-

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Because jobs and in-ternships have been cut down and are becoming more competitive, students

need to prepare themselves for what is to come. The real world is a competition and it will be every man or woman for him/herself. That being said, it is safe to say that students should take the time they have here to make sure that they present themselves to future opportunities and employers as best as pos-sible, because one degree short of best can cost you a job. With all of the re-sources here on campus, there should be no reason students can’t be as pre-pared as they can be for the future. Career services offers a variety of services to students, including re-sume help, internship help, and classes on interview-ing tips and techniques. If anyone is not too confident in going to an interview or in writing a resume, the people in Career Services are more than willing to help. Please go visit them!

However, the one ma-jor key element that I feel

many people need to work on is the level of profes-sionalism that we portray in various situations. I see the lack of professionalism throughout this campus sometimes. It’s something that has to be addressed, especially if people want to succeed after college. A majority of the time, the lack of professional-

ism comes into play at meetings held on campus. Professionalism is something that students, and even some teachers, should not put off learning. Take this time, and the use-ful tips below, to better yourselves as professionals. Also, use classes and club meetings as prime locations to practice.

Excellence is the driving force of professionals.

They live to excel at what they do and do it in the best possible way. They put in their maximum efforts in getting the task done, without holding back. For students, this means give everything your best ef-fort. Don’t do anything haphazardly, just because you feel someone else will pick up your slack. Wheth-er you are on the e-board of a club or just a general member, be as involved as you can be. Make the ef-fort to succeed, because excellence will only hap-pen if you strive for it.

Professionals take their job very seriously, follow disciplined routines, and take pride in their work. The seriousness is reflect-ed through their punctual-ity and sincerity at work. They believe in maintain-ing the quality of their work. Students take every-thing seriously, especially classes. You pay for each class you take and wasting a class is like wasting mon-

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I am in my third trimester here at UNH and have worked in Career Services since January of 2009. This is a spectacular of-fice to work for and has been a great learning experience for my future career in the I/O field. I assist Kathy Forkin (Director of Career Services) with working on student resumes, cover let-

ters, personal statements for graduate school, and mock interviews. I also facilitate the UNH workshops that are taught every semester, in-cluding resume writing, cover letter and other correspondence, the art of interviewing, pro and cons of technology, and networking etiquette.

This year, I will also be presenting two new workshops for Inter-national students and Graduate students. I take great pride in helping students, faculty, and alumni with their career needs. I hope that I can assist even more students this academic year. Please stop by Career Services located in Kaplan 210 Office 4 to say hello!

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ey. Part of taking some-thing seriously is arriving on time for things. Punctu-ality is an important skill to try to master. Always remember the following. If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late, why bother coming at all. Apply this to your class-es, meetings, and every scheduled event; it shows your dedication to things.

Lastly, professional-ism deals a great deal with how you speak to other people. Many times, peo-ple break professionalism when something has up-set them, or they feel the need to complain about something. Attitudes start flying and tones are usu-ally anything from pleas-ant. Add in the sarcasm, and you will find yourself in a recipe for disaster. Respect seems to fly out the window in situations like these. Always remem-ber to keep your cool, be respectful, and say what you need to say in a calm, collective way. No side gets heard if both sides are firing at each other at the same time. Always re-member, if someone even suspects a hint of attitude, your chances of getting through are close to zero. Be respectful to people managing clubs, meetings, activities, and classes. Give as much respect as you can, because in the end, you end up gaining so much back.

To those of you gradu-ating this spring, all I can say is good luck. It’s not an easy world to navigate. When some people fall, they hit the ground hard. However, there’s no rea-son to not build your para-chute while you’re here. That way you can lessen the impact. Take the time you have left to fix things that need fixing. To those who have more time, use it!

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Halloween Feast

By Kim Reilly


Homecoming was a rousing success, especially since we won our second Homecoming in a row.

So as much as I enjoy the theatre department’s productions no mat-ter what they are, sometimes they tend to be rather obscure or unfa-miliar to the student body. Thank goodness they are putting on Rent, a

musical everybody seems to be pretty familiar with.

NegativesPositivesA favor is a favor people. I think people need to get over the fact that

they want everything to go their way. I don’t know if you guys have ever had this happen to you, but lately it seems people will beg for a favor and then complain about how you do it or that you’re not doing it as fast as they want you too. It’s a favor, which means we didn’t have to do it in the first place. Everyone needs to stop being so whinny.

Well there was another great event put on by NAACP: a DJ battle com-posing of 6 different DJs. However, the downside to this would be that I’m tired of fights breaking out in the German club. Listen people, there is no reason to get into a fight at a party. It ruins it for everyone else.

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So I want to give a big shout out to the football team for doing such an awesome job at the game on Saturday. But an even bigger shout out has to go to the student body as a whole for all the

school spirit up at North Campus. From the floats to the Blueout Blowout zones and to the great performances during the half-time show it was really a Homecoming to remember, so kudos once

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Chris is a Legal Studies major with a public affairs concentration. He is from Manchester, Connecticut. He

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listening to the Dave Matthews Band.

Theresa is a junior from South Plainfield, New Jersey. She is a forensic science and chemistry major. Theresa is currently an active member of the EMS club and the XE club. She is also one of the founders of the Field Hockey club, which is new to campus. She is currently working on recruiting and fundraising for the club. So, if you’re interested in Field Hockey you should contact Theresa for more information!

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Cam Newton Sets SEC Records

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The Auburn Tigers con-tinue their dominance in the SEC Conference (8-0 over-all and 5-0 South-eastern Conference). They took advantage of a LSU defense on a huge play by Onterio McCalebb as he sprinted for a 70 yard touchdown, with 5:05 left in the fourth quarter for the go ahead score. Auburn survived against the LSU defense with a 24-17 vic-tory at Jordan-Hare Sta-dium with 87,451 people

in attendance at Auburn, Alabama last week.

Junior quarterback, Cam Newton, put on re-cord breaking performanc-es by rushing for a career high with 217 yards, two touchdowns on 28 car-ries, giving him a total of 1,077 rushing yards, the most in Auburn Univer-sity history. The record was held by Jimmy Sidle with 1,066 rushing yards in 1963. The host Tigers had a golden opportunity to be the fifth straight SEC team to produce another national champion. Sidle also topped Heisman Tro-

phy winner Pat Sullivan’s 40-year-old school mark of 26 touchdowns rushing and passing in a season. “Going into this game, we knew it was the No.1 of-fense vs. the No.1 defense: the clash of the titans,” said Newton, according to ESPN.com. Newton has run for more yards than any other SEC quarter-back. “There was licks I was taking from different people left and right. We knew that was going to be the case during the game.”

Les Miles, LSU Tigers Head Coach, likes to stir up weird plays. However,

the Tigers were unsure about what they wanted to do on a critical play. Jar-rett Lee, the quarterback for LSU, tried to scramble for the first down, but he was stopped short by Nei-ko Thorpe. LSU went to 7-1 on the season and 4-1 in the SEC Conference. “The decision was not close at all,” said Miles ac-cording to ESPN.com. “I just wanted to make sure we had the right call. I just felt like the way we were controlling the ball on the ground and the chance of mishandling the punt…” Both of these teams were

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living on the edge as the game went down to the wire. “Obviously, this was a great, great game,” said Auburn coach Gene Chizik, according to ESPN.com. “It came down to the end and some-how or other our team found a way to win it.”

Cam Newton, in the contest, was 10 for 16, with 86 yards passing and 28 carries. He had two touchdowns for 217 total yards. Newton had a to-tal of 1,364 yards and 13 touchdowns, a quarter-back rating of 172.08. This makes a statement also in

the Heisman Trophy race with other quarterbacks such as Kellen Moore, De-nard Robinson, and Terrell Pryor also having great years of their own. Auburn Tigers can certainly run the table to an undefeated season if they can shift the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloo-sa, Alabama on Friday No-vember 26. It will be the showdown of Alabama’s two finest football teams which will square off later on in the regular season.

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UNH Field Hockey Club

Coming back from the underground, UNH field hockey is making its way back on campus, and we are currently looking for girls interested in playing for the team. No experi-ence is necessary. Come out, meet new friends, and have a good time. An in-formational meeting will be scheduled soon for any-one interested in joining.

This year the club is off to a great start under the direction of its new coach, Coach Shaunnaya Williams. Coach Wil-liams played field hockey

for Southern Connecticut State University during her collegiate career. She is currently the assistant coach for the cross coun-try and track team here at UNH and is excited to take on being the coach of the UNH Field Hockey Club Team.

Practices have begun this semester at the Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium as well as in the Becker-man Recreation Center on the Mac Court. Practices will continue over the win-ter. If you have any ques-tions or want to be added to the club email list, please email [email protected].

Men’s Cross Country Finishes Fourth, Women Take Seventh at the CCSU Mini Meet

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WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The University of New Haven men’s and wom-en’s cross teams competed in the Central Connecti-cut State University Mini Meet on Friday afternoon in New Britain, Conn.

The men’s team collect-ed 104 points on the day, placing them in a two-way tie with Providence Col-lege for third place. CCSU

won the event with a final score of 21, followed by Sacred Heart (93), New Haven (104), Providence (104), Stony Brook (111), Quinnipiac (124), Farleigh Dickinson (181) and As-sumption College (210).

Samuel Montclair led the way for the Chargers as he completed the event with a time of 15:50, good enough for 18th place. Matthew Dunham followed closely behind Montclair, crossing the finish line with a mark of

15:59. Timothy Nohel-ty (16:08), Ryan Freitas (16:16) and Patrick Leach (16:36) rounded out the top five for the team.

The women’s team captured seventh place in the nine-team run. UCO-NN took first place with a score of 50 points, fol-lowed by Quinnipiac (63), Providence (70), CCSU (86), Stony Brook (121), Farleigh Dickinson (184), UNH (185), SCSU (218) and Assumption (229).

Dominique Stasulli led

the Chargers with a time of 10:56 on the afternoon. Lauren DiMitruck (11:09), Tania Bernardino (11:31), Bridget Faria (11:42) and Shannon Gagne (13:17) rounded out the top five for New Haven.

The Chargers return to action on November, 7 with the 2010 North-east-10 Conference Cross Country Championships in North Easton, Mass.

Men's Soccer Falls 2-0 in Non-Conference Match


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OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - The University of New Haven men's soccer team lost 2-0 Thursday afternoon at New York Institute of Technology in a non-conference match. The Chargers fall to 5-9-1 on the season, while N.Y.I.T. improves to 7-6-1.

Despite holding the game scoreless through 74-minutes and 24-sec-onds, the Chargers led the game get away in the matter of just a few sec-onds. The Bears scored at 74:24 off a cross and a shot from 18-yards out to take a 1-0 lead. The Bears then scored their second goal just 13-seconds later when Maciek Serafin beat UNH goalkeeper Jona-than Creem (Naugatuck,

Conn.).For the remaining 89

minutes the Chargers and N.Y.I.T. played a very evenly-match game. Both teams tallied 10 shots and one save. The Chargers attempted seven corners kicks, while the Bears took three. N.Y.I.T. was called for 13 fouls, while the Chargers recorded seven.

Matt Sarrazin (Mer-iden, Conn.) and Austin Coleman (North Haven,

Conn.) each led the Char-gers with two shots, while Nick Pezzente (Old Say-brook, Conn.) and Joe Pires (Shelton, Conn.) each tallied one shot-on-goal.

The Chargers return to action on Sunday, October 24 when they host St. Mi-chael's College in a NE-10 game at Kayo Field. Game time is set for 11 a.m.

Yankees start offseason by firing pitching coach

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NEW YORK (AP)—The Yankees started a busy offseason Monday, but not with new con-tracts for manager Joe Gi-rardi or aging icons Derek Jeter(notes) and Mariano Rivera(notes).

Those marquee moves should happen soon enough. No, the first order of business in the Bronx was to fire pitching coach Dave Eiland on general manager Brian Cashman’s first day at the office af-ter a disappointing loss to the Texas Rangers in the American League champi-onship series.

Cashman said the rea-son for letting Eiland go after his third year on the job was private, but insisted it had nothing to do with the Yankees’ poor performance in the ALCS—New York had a

6.58 ERA in the series.Eiland guided a staff

with five pitchers who had at least 10 wins this season. The bullpen had a 3.47 ERA, third-lowest in the AL. But he was away from the team for almost all of June for an undisclosed personal matter. Bullpen coach Mike Harkey filled in for Eiland when he was away.

“He’s a terrific pitch-ing coach. He should have no trouble getting a job,” Cashman said. “He knows what he’s doing, but as we move forward we’re mak-ing a change.”

Eiland started his play-ing career with the Yan-kees and just completed his eighth season as a coach in the organization.

“There is little doubt the impact he had on a great number of pitchers during his tenure,” Girardi said in a statement. “He was a passionate and knowl-edgeable pitching coach

on the major league level, and he played a valuable role in our team’s achieve-ments in recent years.”

Eiland’s dismissal came on the same day Boston Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell was hired as manager of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Thoughts about a new pitching coach—and the status of the rest of the coaching staff—will have to wait until the manager is re-signed.

Cashman will meet with Girardi’s agent on Tuesday for what he hopes will be a quick process to bring the manager back after his $7.8 million, three-year contract expires on Hal-loween. Both sides have expressed a desire to con-tinue the relationship.

Girardi is 287-199 with New York, winning the 2009 World Series title after the Yankees missed the playoffs in ’08, his

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Velasquez Rocks Lesnar in First Round Claiming UFC TitleBy TOM CHIEPPOSTAFF WRITER

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Undefeated Cain Velas-quez made Brock Lesnar just another one of his vic-tim as he mauled him in the first round via a TKO punch, his eighth overall, at four minutes and 12 seconds by the stoppage of referee Herb Dean. This turned the main event into a one sided bout, and Velasquez claimed the most prestigious prize for the first time in his illus-trious career at the Honda Center in Anaheim Cali-fornia last week: the UFC

Heavyweight Champion-ship “It was a sweet feel-ing,” Velasquez said, ac-cording to Yahoo Sports. “All the work I put in was for that moment. I pic-tured it playing out that way. It was the best end-ing I could think of as far as the whole story.”

Lesnar roared out of the corner to begin the fight using all of his en-ergy by delivering devas-tating punches and high knees in Velasquez’s face. Velasquez took all of Le-snar’s punishment as if it didn’t have any effect on him. The momentum

completely shifted as Le-snar, battered, bruised, fa-tigued, and bloody, went tumbling down by rolling backwards to the end of the cage. Trying to get up, but he was taken down by the quick strikes of Velas-quez. Lesnar was disap-pointed by losing his title in a short fashion. How-ever, he stayed positive af-ter the match concluded. “I expected nothing less from him; he’s a great fighter,” Lesnar said according to Yahoo Sports. “Congratu-lations, Cain,” Lesnar said after the fight ended. “I had a good training camp.

What can I say? He was better than me tonight.”

Velasquez is no small man; he’s six foot two and weighed 245 pounds at Friday night’s weigh in. Lesnar weighed in at 264 pounds and a height of six feet, three inches tall. The speed of Velasquez made all the difference as he timed Lesnar’s punches and knees. When Lesnar fell to the ground, it was now or never for Velas-quez, and he made history by knocking out the big-gest sports star in the UFC. “He looked incredible to-night,” said UFC President

Dana White, according to Yahoo Sports. “The guy (Velasquez) gets better ev-ery time he fights. He’s incredibly well-rounded.”

Dana White had more to add about the bout. “I think he answered all the questions tonight,” he said. “Brock came out like a bull man. He (Le-snar) went after him and hit with some big shots and a flying knee. I didn’t think this fight was going to five rounds. Especially, the pace these guys were fighting at.”

It’s a new era in the UFC: the Velasquez era.

By staying undefeated with a 9-0 fight record, he added the most impressive accomplishment on his re-sume: the UFC champion-ship. Lesnar was bested by the bigger dog. The UFC Heavyweight Division just got a whole lot more inter-esting as Cain Velasquez is going to be around for a while. Perhaps these two warriors could square off in a possible rematch for the gold.

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Women’s Soccer Suffers 4-3 Loss at Le MoyneBy ANDY BEARDSLEYDIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The University of New Haven women’s soccer team dropped a North-east-10 Conference match at Le Moyne College 4-3 Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers fall to 7-7-2 overall and 5-6-2 in the NE-10 with the loss, while the Dolphins improve to 6-6-2 overall and 4-6-2 in conference play.

The Chargers opened scoring in the 11th min-ute when Holly Dawson (Banffshire, Scotland) scored her fifth goal of the season off a left-footed shot from 16-yards out. She gave the Chargers a 1-0 lead until the 19:09 mark when the Dolphins scored off a penalty kick to even the score at 1-1.

Each team added shots in the following minutes before Le Moyne took a 2-1 lead in the 25th min-

ute. The Dolphins’ Chris-tie Morano scored her 11th of the season over Kim Taylor (Patchogue, N.Y.) left shoulder from 15 yards out. Ten minutes later New Haven’s Shan-non Morales (Bloomfield, Conn.) evened the score once again with a shot that landed in the top center of the Le Moyne net from 8-yards out.

Despite being tied 2-2 at the break, the Chargers had attempted three-times as many shots as the Dol-

phins (15-5). Le Moyne was the first

to score in the second half as Gabriele Ariola netted the ball in the lower right corner off a pass from Mo-rano. With that, Le Moyne took a 3-2 lead with just over 38 minutes left in regulation. The Chargers would even the score, for the third time of the game, 14 minutes later. Emily Buckley-Matura (Brooklyn, N.Y.) netted her sixth of the season just inside the right post off a

pass from Lucy Francisco (Lawrence, Mass.).

One-minute later, Le Moyne took the lead back with Morano’s second goal of the game. She scored off a rebound of a shot by Caitlin O’Rourke. The Chargers tallied three more chances in the clos-ing minutes, but they could not capitalize to once again tie the game.

Francisco led the team with seven shots, including three shots-on-goal. Daw-son and Monica Yanez

(West Haven, Conn.) each recorded three shots.

The Chargers have two games remaining on their regular season sched-ule; both will be played at home. This Sunday the Chargers will host home-coming and senior day at Kayo Field against St. Mi-chael’s College. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. New Haven hosts Adelphi Uni-versity in its final game of the 2010 regular season on Wednesday, October 27.

Women’s Volleyball Continues NE-10 Win Streak, Defeated Merrimack

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - The University of New Haven women’s volleyball team defeated Merrimack College 3-2 (25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 21-25, 15-13) Saturday after-noon in a closely contested Northeast-10 Conference match in Mass. With the win the Chargers improve to 16-2 overall and remain unblemished in the NE-10 with a 9-0 record. The Warriors fall to 5-12 over-all and 4-5 in conference play.

The Chargers used four-point rallies in the first and second set to take control of Saturday’s match early. In the opening set, UNH was up 8-7 and then went on a five point run to take a 13-7 lead. They carried the lead throughout the set and eventually Sara Malmlov connected on a set-win-ning kill to give the Char-gers a 25-10 win. Merri-mack opened a lead early in the second set, but the Chargers rallied from 6-2

down to take an 8-6 lead. Later in the set the Char-gers scored another three unanswered points to take a 22-17 lead. The teams exchanged points and the Chargers took a 2-0 lead in the match after a 25-20 victory in the second set.

New Haven led through-out most of the third set as well. The Chargers led by as many as five points (16-11), but the Warriors hung around, staying within three points for most of the set. The Chargers would gradually take a 22-18 lead off a Merrimack attack er-ror, but from that point on, they scored just one point. Merrimack went on a 7-1 run to close the set and bring the match to within one set, 2-1.

In the fourth set, Mer-rimack would lead for most of the set. The War-riors opened an early lead before the Chargers clsoed the gap and took a 16-12 lead midway through the set. Merrimack took con-trol back at 19-18 and went on to score six of the set’s final nine points, evening

the match at two sets each.After playing point-for-

point to 3-3, the Chargers rattled off three straight points in the final set to take a 6-3 lead early. New Haven would carry the lead all the way until the final moments of the set when Merrimack tied the score at 13-13. After a UNH timeout, Keidy Candelaria and Elizabeth Akinbiyi both hammered kills and gave the Char-gers a close 15-13 victory.

Sara Malmlov led the team with 21 kills, while Candelaria added 16. Can-delaria also hit .325 during the match and grabbed 25 digs. Malmlov added 13 digs for the double-double as well. Akinbiyi finished the match with 11 kills and six blocks, while Tymika Duncan finished with nine kills and nine blocks.

The Chargers return to action on Wednesday, Oc-tober 20 when they host American International College at Charger Gym-nasium. Match time is set for 7 p.m.


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Yankees start offseason by firing pitching coachfirst season as Joe Torre’s replacement, for the first time since 1993.

“I love being here. I’ve love working here,” Gi-rardi said. “I want to be back. I hope it gets done quickly.”

That would give him more time to work on some pressing issues before the start of spring training.

Girardi and Cashman each stressed pitching as an offseason priority, but neither mentioned the most coveted free-agent-to-be, Cliff Lee(notes), who has beaten the Yan-

Pettitte(notes)—if he wants to return. Alex Rodriguez(notes) is signed until his 40s, and 39-year-old catcher Jorge Posada(notes) has a year left on his contract.

Other than Rivera, who turns 41 on Nov. 29, they all showed signs of slow-ing.

Jeter is coming off a season in which he hit a career low .270 and turned 36. Pettitte, Posada and A-Rod missed time with inju-ries—Girardi said Monday that the 38-year-old Pet-titte didn’t start Game 2 in the ALCS because he hurt his back in his division series start against Minne-sota and needed more time to rest.

“It’s something that when I took this job that I knew that I’d have to deal with down the road,” Girardi said. “I think our players can do it, but may-be not quite at the same pace they did when they were 25 years old.”

Still, they’re wanted back, even if Posada, Jeter and Rodriguez have to begin to deal with dimin-ished playing time.

Girardi said he hadn’t thought about dropping Jeter in the batting order because Jeter hit .334 in 2009 and can still produce.

Cashman agreed, say-ing “there’s still some game left in that guy.”

kees three times in the last two postseasons.

“I’m sure we’ll defi-nitely look at the free-agent market pitchers and make some evaluations,” Girardi said, trying to con-tain some laughter. “I have to be careful about what I say about free agents at this point.”

Despite winning 95 games and leading the ma-jors in scoring, the Yan-kees sputtered into the postseason, going 29-30 from Aug. 1 on. One is-sue that money will not be able to solve, however, is how to deal with the aging stars.

The Yankees will most certainly re-sign Jeter, Rivera and Andy

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Crispy GamerEmpire Bay greets you

at the main menu with a lovely cityscape, com-plete with a faux-Empire State Building. One of the first sights you see in “Mafia II” is city’s majes-tic skyline. As you play, those structures are always there, in the background. They seem to whisper, “You have stepped into a large world. Welcome and enjoy everything this uni-verse has to offer you.”

And you believe the mysterious voices. But there’s something strange going on, something off-kilter. The skyscrapers, no matter where you are in the city, are always some dis-tance away, always across a river or adjacent to the highway you happen to be on. It almost seems as though they aren’t build-ings at all, but more like a mirage off in the distance, taunting you.

This was my experience playing “Mafia II”: a game that really isn’t. Oh, sure, it has all the trappings of an OWTPAG (for those that aren’t cool enough to remember: Open World Third Person Action

Game), all the little bells and whistles like money and safe houses to sleep in and guns to load up on. Having played open world games since they were created, a part of me kept thinking, “OK, they’re still just establishing the char-acters and the plot. After this next mission, they have to let me save my game and screw around in this neat little 1940s New York.”

“Mafia II” made me feel like I was inconveniencing the game by playing it.

Let me explain. Once I got through the intro movie detailing my entire life up until my 20s, I was thrown into World War II-ravaged Italy. I must credit devel-oper 2K Czech for the best use of the WW2 setting I’ve seen in a game: as a tutorial. I was taught how to take cover, aim, etc. Wonderful, so far so good. I finally got back home to Empire Bay to begin my life of crime. My first night home, I’m forced to stay at my mom and sister’s apart-ment. “This is great,” I thought, “they are making me sleep in my ‘little boy’

bed so that when I finally choose to buy my mansion at the end of the game, it will feel all the sweeter!” Of course, immediately af-ter that, my best friend Joe let me crash on his couch. Ok cool, they were still just stringing me along.

I ran a few missions for the lower-tier mafia thugs that Joe knew. I started to no-tice that ev-erything im-portant was happening in cutscenes. In fact, the only real input I seemed to have was in driving from one cutscene to the next. Sometimes there was a chaotic gun battle thrown in for good measure, but everything seem so staged. Nothing was exciting or spur of the moment. Not that I could really react all that well if something unexpected did happen. The controls, both vehicular and on foot, were sluggish and unre-sponsive. The geometry of

the world, while authenti-cally designed and very pretty, was always restrict-ing movement, another sign that the game almost groaned in lethargy from the effort of having me play it.

There is literally no manual save function in

“Mafia II.” The only way your progress ever, ever, gets saved is by complet-ing the next story mission. On more than one occasion (it took me a few times to learn), I grabbed my favor-ite car out of the garage, drove it to an auto me-chanic across the city, up-graded its engine, painted it fire engine red, changed the rims to a shiny chrome, and even customized the

By Alex Di StasiReview: Mafia IIlicense plate. I then care-fully (so as not to scratch the new paint job) drove it back to my garage, again across the city, and parked it. I was proud of that gem sitting in storage. Stealing some shabbier car, I drove to my next mission where, after 10 more minutes of

movie followed by another 10 minutes of walking through action-less environ-ments, I was killed when a gun battle finally started. The crushing problem was, I had not yet hit one of the infre-quently designated checkpoint saves. Not only did I have to start the mission

over, but everything I had done since the end of the last mission was gone. No fancy car, no nice paint job and no chrome rims!

The problem is that “Mafia II” is not a game, not in the common under-standing of the word. It’s a movie that, like a cau-tious father, lets you sit in the driver’s seat of his be-loved sports car and make “vroom, vroom” sounds

and turn the wheel, but you don’t ever actually get to drive.

One area where 2K Czech earns high marks is ambiance. They absolutely nailed a perfect microcosm of 1940-1950’ New York (or at least, how I imagine it). The clothes, the cars, the buildings, the grit and grime, the music - every-thing, except the game-play of course, begs you to toss your fedora on the hat rack, put your feet up, and settled into this world. But just like the mirage sky-scrapers, the atmosphere only serves to taunt you while you wish for a deep-er experience.

By the way, do not, under any circumstances, buy the “made man” edi-tion for $10 extra. Two cars and two outfits in a “game” like this are not worth your money.

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Netflix Suffers Big Outage as Stock Hits New PeakBy MICHAEL LIEDTKEASSOCIATED PRESS

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SAN FRANCISCO – While Netflix sharehold-ers celebrated Thursday, the video subscription ser-vice’s customers griped about a website outage that prevented them from streaming movies and TV shows over the Internet.

The breakdown oc-curred just a few hours after Netflix’s stock price reached a new high in an

ebullient reaction to the company’s third-quarter results. The report was highlighted by the addition of 1.9 million subscribers and a projected gain of at least 2.1 million more cus-tomers by year’s end.

Netflix’s growth is be-ing propelled by the ris-ing popularity of stream-ing video over high-speed Internet connections, but that option wasn’t avail-able to many of its nearly 17 million shareholders for several hours Thurs-

day, based on complaints posted on people’s Twitter accounts.

Netflix acknowledged the trouble in its own Twit-ter post at about 4:30 p.m. ET, but didn’t explain what the problem was or when the service would be avail-able again. In an update posted at about 7:15 p.m. ET, the company said vid-eo streaming was working again on most devices, but warned some people still might have difficulty get-ting on the website.

Other popular Internet sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and various Web-based e-mail services, also periodically break down, but those are all free. In contrast, Netflix subscrib-ers pay an average of $12 per month for packages that include DVD-by-mail rentals and Internet video streaming.

The outage’s timing was especially embarrass-ing for Netflix. It occurred the day after Netflix CEO Reed Hastings predicted

that subscribers will soon be watching more hours of video on the Internet than on DVDs, which the com-pany delivers by mail.

Netflix has been invest-ing heavily in licensing rights to add more video to its streaming library because it wants its sub-scribers to use that option more frequently to lower its postage costs and even-tually boost its earnings even higher. In the July-September period, Netf-lix spent $115 million on

video streaming rights, an 11-fold increase from the same time last year.

Thursday’s outage could be an indication that Netflix will have to invest more in its data centers and other technology to ensure the streaming op-tion remains available as subscribers try to use it more frequently.

Netflix’s streaming ser-vice has become so popu-lar that it is now the larg-est source of U.S. Internet

Rapper T.I. Won’t Face Drug Charge in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles prosecutors have declined to file a felony drug charge against T.I. stemming from his arrest last month on the Sunset Strip.

According to a charge evaluation worksheet re-leased Monday, deputies found four ecstasy pills on the 30-year-old rapper

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T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., was on supervised release af-ter serving 10 months in prison for federal weapons charges when he was ar-rested Sept. 1. A Georgia judge earlier this month sentenced him to another 11 months in prison for breaking his federal parole with the latest arrest.

As a condition of his release earlier this year, Harris was ordered not to

commit an-other federal, state or local crime while on supervised re-lease, or to il-legally possess a controlled substance. He was also told to take at least three drug tests after his release and to participate in a drug and alco-

hol treatment program.

The deputy district at-torney in LA who rejected the case cited the sentence and the small amount of drugs found as reasons drug charges aren't being pursued.

"The Los

Angeles District Attor-ney's Office's decision to reject TI's case was the right thing to do under the circumstances," Har-ris' attorney, Steve Sadow, wrote in an e-mail. He commended the office for "exercising its discretion to reject prosecution in light of the legal and fac-tual issues involved."

The Grammy Award-winning rapper is expected to begin his prison term on Nov. 1.


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Dave’s Music ReportThroughout the history

of pop music, the one hit wonder has been one of its defining qualities. There have been countless songs that have grown to be so big that the performing artist or group was never able to match its success. It’s a pretty safe bet that most people know the “Macarena;” yet it’s pret-ty unlikely that anyone would be able to identify another song by Los Del Rio. Debbie Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” went on to become one of the absolute biggest hits of the 1970s, whether or not that was a good thing is an en-tirely different argument. Yet she famously failed to

even come close to scoring another chart-topper.

Most one hit wonders follow a similar “loved today, laughed at tomor-row” cycle, (see “Disco Duck” and “Who Let The Dogs Out”) where for a period in time the song is so big that it becomes im-bedded in pop culture so quickly that the artist or group never has a chance to keep their success going (see Frankie Goes To Hol-lywood’s “Relax” and the famous “Frankie Says Re-lax” t-shirt fad it sparked in the 1980s). These singu-lar hits were such a com-mon trend, in fact, that countless lists have been made attempting to com-

pile the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of all-time. VH1 even had an entire series dedicated to them in addition to their own list.

However, when digi-tal downloads emerged as the most popular way of obtaining music, the de-cline in one hit wonders has been staggering. A co-incidence? I think not. It’s not even really a question that many artists owe their success to digital down-loads. Of course no-one can really say one way or the other whether or not an artist would have been successful if it weren’t for downloads, but the evi-dence is there to say that on the whole, the one hit

wonder is slowly being eliminated. Let’s just take Ke$ha, for example. For a long period of time (much too long, in fact,) “TiK ToK” was the biggest song in the country. The song was catchy, danceable, and had just enough one-liners to make the song an abso-lutely unmatchable smash. While Ke$ha hasn’t exact-ly released a song quite as big, three top-10 hits later no-one can call her a one hit wonder. The single’s follow up, “Blah, Blah, Blah” (a duet with 3OH!3) became an instant down-load hit when the album came out. In fact, the song was selling way before be-coming a radio hit. I think

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it’s safe to say that it be-came one, because it was a download hit first. This is the trend that’s happening all over. Enough interest is created in one song that people are more than will-ing to spend about a dollar to check out its follow-up, and thus a second-hit born.

However, the defini-tion of “one hit wonder” is so loose that it may not be all that dead after all. Widely considered one of the biggest O.H.W’s of all time, Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” was hardly one at all considering he had an-other top-5 single shortly after. The song was so big that regardless of any other hit Vanilla Ice re-

leased, nothing could top or match it, though. In ad-dition, artists such as a-ha, famous for “Take On Me,” and Soft Cell, known for “Tainted Love,” only man-aged one hit in the US, but had many over-seas. So maybe these exceptions still apply. Maybe, despite Ke$ha’s recent run of hits, the only one that will be even remotely remem-bered 10 years from now will be “TiK ToK.” Maybe the same will apply to all of these artists who are granted a second (or third, etc.) hit thanks to digital downloads. This is truly one of those things where only time can tell!

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Celine Dion Gives Birth to Twin Boys

NEW YORK – Celine Dion has given birth to twin boys, finally realiz-ing her dream of being a mother again after a long struggle to become preg-nant.

A statement released by St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., said that the 42-year-old superstar singer delivered the boys Saturday after-noon. One boy weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, while the other weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces. No names have been an-nounced.

Dion and her husband-manager, Rene Angelil, are already the parents of

one son, 9-year-old Rene Charles. But Dion had long wanted to have more c h i l -d r e n , and, like w i t h her first c h i l d , she had difficul-ty be-coming p r e g -n a n t . She has spoken o p e n l y a b o u t h e r s t r u g -g l e s , undergoing several rounds of in-vitro fertilization.

Last year, after infor-mation leaked that she was

pregnant, she confirmed the news, only to learn that the in vitro procedure was

not suc-c e s s -ful. She had to issue a reversal w e e k s later.

I n an in-terview e a r -lier this y e a r , D i o n said she h o p e d that by publicly

sharing her struggle, she could help others.

"If I help people through my voice, through my in-

terviews, through what I go through, I do not want to change that at all," she said. "I think it's making a difference."

The boys came a month early. Dion was due to deliver next month, but earlier this week, it was announced that she was hospitalized as a precau-tion to make sure she was near her doctors as she prepared to give birth.

Dion, a five-time Gram-my winner who has sold tens of millions of albums, announced earlier this year that she would be re-turning to Las Vegas for a three-year run at Caesar's Palace. She had a hugely successful five-year run in Las Vegas that ended in 2007.

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traffic during peak evening hours, according to Sand-vine Inc., a Canadian com-pany that supplies traffic-management equipment to Internet service providers.

Streaming by Netflix subscribers accounted for about one-fifth of that

Netflix Suffers Big Outage as Stock Hits New Peakpeak-time traffic, more than double the volume flowing from Google Inc.’s YouTube, Sandvine said.

Few Netflix subscrib-ers posting about Thurs-day’s outage seemed to be on the brink of canceling

their accounts, although some customers were clearly agitated about not being able to watch what they wanted. One custom-er even wondered if Netf-lix didn’t fix the problem more quickly because its employees were too busy

reveling in the company’s soaring market value.

Netflix shares surged $19.54, or nearly 13 per-cent, to close at $172.69. That’s more than three times what the company’s stock was worth at the end of last year.

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