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INSIDE Check out this issue’s Newsroom Women’s soccer ended its road trip with a 3-2 Poll: What is the most underrated win against Holy Cross on Sunday. the news movie? 7 11 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SINCE 1911 he New Hampshir TTNHdigital.com Monday, September 12, 2016 Vol. 106, no. 3 E Student Senate Update A bittersweet farewell Student Senate adjusts SAFC bylaws to add 6 new at Large positions By Zerina Bajramovic STAFF WRITER The applications for the six new student body at Large mem- ber positions on the Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC) are due Tuesday at 12 a.m. SAFC is looking for six UNH student volunteers to serve as committee members who will help evaluate and approve funding for student activities. The applicants must be ready to maintain four office hours a week in the Senate Office or Office of Student Involvement and Leadership (OSIL) along with attending the weekly SAFC meet- ings. During this time students will be allowed and encouraged to stop by and express any feedback or concerns they may have to the at Large members. SAFC encourages students of all majors and class standings to apply for these positions. The exception is that no current Stu- dent Senate members or executive members of any Student Activ- ity Fee Organizations (SAFOs) can apply for these six at Large po- Courtesy hospitality services Madison Neary/Staff sitions. However, anyone who has served under these two groups Director of Dining Services Jon Plodzik Jon Plodzik will start a new career at Dart- in the past does qualify for consideration if they wish to submit an started his UNH career as a student in mouth College as director of Dining Services. application. the dishroom. “The biggest thing I’m looking for is really curious people,” Student Activity Fee Committee Chairperson Aaron Scheinman After 18 years at UNH, Hospitality Services says goodbye said. The online application calls for “curious minds with an array to Director of Dining Hall Operations Jon Plodzik of experiences.” Student Senate Speaker Doug Marino said that he intends to By Madison Neary puts it, “adventure,” at Dartmouth pervisor when the dining hall was look for “people who can make the time commitment” when he STAFF WRITER College as director of Dining Ser- still in what is now Huddleston reviews the applications. vices. For Plodzik, the decision to Hall. According to Scheinman, everyone on SAFC will get to read According to UNH Hospital- leave UNH, however as exciting Just two years after graduat- the applications. Every person who submits an application will be ity Services Executive Director his new opportunity may be, is ing, Plodzik returned to UNH in invited to attend the meeting on Friday, Sept. 16 and will be given Bill McNamara, Jon Plodzik, the proving to be quite challenging, 1998 as the manager of Union the opportunity to ask questions. This will provide both the ap- university’s director of dining hall as he said he considers his co- Court in the Memorial Union plicants and the voters a chance to engage in discussion. Schein- operations, is incredibly upbeat workers to be family, and UNH Building (MUB). Nine years ago, man described this as a “discussion period” before votes are cast. and outgoing. his home. in 2007, Plodzik was promoted Everyone on SAFC can vote on these new positions for Student “The University of New “I’ve seen this school and to director of dining hall opera- Senate to then approve. Hampshire has an outstanding dining program develop over the tions, a position that requires him These new positions come after the most recent Student Sen- reputation for quality service and years, it’s quite bittersweet for me to oversee the three dining halls ate bylaw change, which went into affect on May 1, 2016. Dur- Jon [Plodzik] is associated with to be leaving here,” Plodzik said, on campus: Holloway Commons, ing this time, all business managers lost their ability to vote dur- that,” McNamara said. “He has “but I think I would regret it if I Philbrook and Stillings. ing SAFC meetings along with the Student Activity Fee financial really worked hard to develop this did not pursue this wonderful op- “Working in the dining halls program.” portunity at Dartmouth College.” as a student shaped my whole On Sept. 15, Plodzik will end Plodzik’s career at UNH be- SAFC Plodzik his 18-year career here at UNH gan when he was a student at the Continued from page 3 to begin a new chapter, or as he university working in the dish- Continued on page 3 room and then as a student su- CAB presents ‘Deadpool’ as the semester’s first outdoor movie WILDCAT VICTORY By Bret Belden buffs and TV-haters alike. UNH Football wins CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Outdoor Movie experi- ence has created an environment first game in This past Friday night, the that’s alluring for all audiences. Wildcat Stadium Campus Activities Board (CAB) Freshman Holly Eisenberg was seeing “Deadpool” for the invited students and faculty to turn to page 12 gather on the great lawn for this first time. “I really like Ryan year’s first Outdoor Movie. Reynolds and I’m excited for the CAB operated in conjunction field setting,” she said. with the Memorial Union Build- Despite not being very inter- ing to put on the viewing. ested in movies at all, Eisenberg Students flooded the open said she enjoyed the experience field as early as a half hour be- and would do it again next time. fore the movie was scheduled to Even in previous years the start. The excitement and unique- event has seen high numbers and ness was palpable—the very same aura that has made Outdoor Mov- Deadpool ie worth returning to for movie- Continued on page 3 A Look The Ahead Sept. 12 NE - Drop - in W Meditation, Health Services, 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. - EcoQuest Info AMPSHIRE Meeting, MUB, Since 1911 H 5 - 6 p.m. INDEX* WEATHER: Hospitality Services Takes Place of 76/50 Dining Services UNH annual U-day Sunny to be held on Tuesday Student body president Sept. 13 and vice president send - U-Day, Thompson letter encouraging Hall Lawn, students to go to 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. U-Day. - Women’s Volley- ball, 7 p.m. 6 4 WEATHER: Courtesy of UNH.edu 83/61 Dining Services has been replaced, but don’t worry, Hospitality Ser- Sunny vices will still be serving the same great food! Field Hockey Comes Up Short Sept. 14 A Friday Night With McGregor EMS - Study Abroad Fair 2016, MUB, Strafford Room, 12 - 2 p.m. Staff Writer Alex LaRoza - Yoga, Stoke Hall, follows the typical Friday 12 - 1 p.m. night of the volunteers at McGregor Memorial EMS. WEATHER: 84/54 7 Partly Cloudy 11 Courtesy of townofmadbury.com UNH goalie Kelsey Rudert guards the net in the Wildcats’ game against Boston University. Th e girls came up short losing 4 - 3, but Sept. 15 hope to improve in the coming weeks with matches against James Madison and Northeastern. - UNH SHARPP Open House, Wolff House, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Women’s Soccer vs. CONNECT Harvard, 7 p.m. Executive Editor THE NEW HAMPSHIRE WEATHER: Allison Bellucci | [email protected] 132 Memorial Union Building Durham, NH 03824 70/49 603-862-1323 Sunny Managing Editor Elizabeth Clemente | [email protected] SUBSCRIBE AND READ ONLINE TNHdigital.com The next issue of Content Editor THE NEW HAMPSHIRE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Tyler Kennedy | [email protected] will be published on: @THENEWHAMPSHIRE Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 CORRECTIONS------ IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MADE AN ERROR, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOU THE NEW HAMPHSIRE’S JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS AND @THENEWHAMPSHIRE Weather according to weather.com PRACTICES, YOU MAY CONTACT EXECUTIVE EDITOR ALLISON BELLUCCI BY PHONE AT 603-862-1323 OR BY EMAIL AT [email protected] THE NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS Monday, September 12, 2016 3 Plodzik to visit each dining hall and in- Deadpool Continued from page 1 teract with its staff. If anyone is Continued from page 1 having a bad day, he considers it professional career,” Plodzik said. his job to lift that person’s spirits. “I’m forever indebted to UNH for Above all else, Plodzik wants the giving me this career.” environment in the dining halls to Plodzik considers himself the be inclusive and positive. “ambassador of culture” among “It does not matter where the dining halls, responsible for you are from, your physical or creating a guest-oriented environ- mental abilities, there is a place ment where everyone is served for you here,” Plodzik said. with pride. Though the techni- As director of dining ser- cal aspects of Plodzik’s job, like vices at Dartmouth, Plodzik will monitoring staff call outs, staff be responsible for the college’s members’ work ethics and the fi- dining halls as well as their retail, nancial performance of the dining catering, concessions and food halls, are crucial to the facilities truck operations. As he departs running efficiently, he said the for his new position he is leaving greatest part of his job is interact- behind him years of accomplish- ing with students and staff. ments at UNH such as the estab- According to Plodzik, any- lishment of unlimited meal plans Bret Belden/Contributing one can serve a chicken nugget, for students, and the start of the Students enjoy CAB’s Outdoor Movie “Deadpool” on the great lawn. but he wants to serve a chicken Guiding Stars Program in 2008, nugget with love and for the which leads customers towards positive reviews.