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Volume VII, Issue 6 "Where the Worl d Comes to Mind" February 27 , 200 1 Move to Ne w Castle brings the best out in students and staff

By Matt Melvin

On Saturday, Feb. 17, is providing students with th e the residents o f the lower suite s amenities the y need. H e pointed moved into the ne w dorm, New out the new dorm has a kitchen Castle. I t wa s a long-awaited on the first floor, which does not process that brought fraternities , exist in Washington. Eac h floor orientation leaders, volunteers , has fifty beds , with a total of 200 residence lif e staf f and students beds in the four-story building. together. I t wa s a n occasio n Washington is four stories with filled with new friendships an d 250 bed s total . H e als o sai d many memories. Withou t a joint New Castle has more decoration Matt Miville was one of the many students who was happy to move effort this event might never have than Washington, which was a into his new residence (Photo by Matt Melvin). been pulled off. direct result of the input students Bob Schiavoni, Direc- had about what they wante d in tor of Residence Life, sai d "The the new dorm. extremely nice; there was mor e lators in this place," referring t o day is finally here" and that the Regarding th e dor m room tha n whe n th e student s the numbe r o f step s ther e ar e event was going well. H e gave move, Jodi Smith, a freshman , were living in the lower suites. between th e firs t an d fourt h Kristin Keyes, Resident Direc - said it was running very smoothly The proces s wa s no t bad , ac - floors. tor of New Castle, a lot of credit with many helpers t o make th e cording to Murphy, considering Andrew Town e fro m for th e effor t sh e pu t int o thi s job less difficult. Th e building, that this was her third time mov- Public Safet y di d a grea t jo b event. Th e moving committee, she commented, wa s beautiful. ing he r daughter : September , standing out in the cold weathe r Schiavoni commented, als o did Andrea Aldrich, Resident Assis- Christmas and now. directing traffic; without him the a nice job. Som e peopl e fro m tant on the third floor, also said Mike Quatrani , a event woul d hav e bee n muc h Phi Delta Beta helped out, as did that the move was going well. freshman, sai d the school did a harder t o pul l off . Tyso n Ryan Eberman from the Orien- Others wh o helpe d ou t wer e nice job to improve the learning Chartier, a sophomore, sai d ev- tation Board. Resident Directors Chris Cliffor d environment. H e finished by say- erything was running much faste r Dr. Georg e Larkin , and Sar a Jacob s an d Mik e ing the better housing was closer than he had predicted. Th e vans Vice President fo r Student Af- Kiester, Resident Assistan t on to his classes, which means "I'll helped spee d u p the process b y fairs, said Southern New Hamp- the second floor of Washington. make i t o n tim e t o al l m y moving people' s belonging s shire University is progressing in Mary Murphy , a par - classes." Jame s Franklin , a much faster tha n a car. Publi c the right direction. Th e school ent, sai d the dor m rooms wer e freshman, sai d "we need esca - Safety did a good job overall.

grammed t o dia l 91 1 and , i n Daniel Webste r Highwa y Old cell phones: many cases , they ar e als o pro- North. Phone s ca n als o b e grammed wit h the phone num - shipped to CALL t o PROTECT trash or lifesaver? bers to local shelters in case of c/o Motorola 1580 an emergency situation . E. Ellsworth Road, Ann Arbor, By Sharo n Smith phone collection. Begu n in Since its beginning five MI 48108 . 1996 by the National Coalition years ago, Donate a Phone ha s For more information This may seem like an Against Domestic Violence and donated mor e tha n 17,00 0 on this worthwhile program, visit illogical questio n t o mos t Motorola, this program arranges phones, an d 74 wireless service their websit e a t www.donate- people. However , because of for free cellular phones for vic- providers have donated fre e air - aphone.com. Thi s site not only the efforts o f the Donate a Phone tims of abuse in the home . time for emergencies . provides information about do- program, more than 17,00 0 vic- These phones , col - New Hampshire is one nating phones but also gives in- tims of domestic abus e are now lected by organizations and busi- of the participating states in this formation fo r those who would becoming survivors. nesses around th e country , ar e program. Locate d less than 1 0 like to get involved and help col- The Donat e a Phon e refurbished an d distribute d t o minutes fro m campus i s a drop lect phones . program i s a national wireles s those i n need . The y ar e pro - off point a t Wireless Zone, 545

The Maintenanc e Department in conjunction with the Ne w Hampshir e College Observer has a customized recycling program . Just deposit your copy of Th e Observer in recycling bins located in th e Studen t Center. February 27,2001 The Observer From the Editor' s Desk:

It's already the end of February, and the semester is almost half over. For seniors such as myself, the NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE semester is flying by so fast I can hardly get a glance of each day before it passes to the next. BOX 1084,2500 N. River Rd. Here it is, the sixth issue of The Observer for the 2000-2001 academic year. I know it seems as if we MANCHESTER, NH 03106 printed last week or so, but the staff and I thought you'd like something else to read besides your textbooks. (603)645-9669 (603)644-3149 On the front page of the last issue there was an obvious mistake. No, this wasn't the "smurf' issue. To www.nhcobserver.org Prof. Eleanor Dunfey Freiburger and Arn Chorn Pond, we apologize. [email protected] Much has happened recently, both on campus and off. Th e weekend of Feb. 18, the students living in STAFF "the ghetto" were able to finally move into their new home - New Castle. Editor in Chief Also, for NASCAR fans, a legend died. Dale Earnhardt, arguably the best NASCAR driver there was, Tara Cowdrey was killed in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18. Even though I'm not a huge fan, I sympathize with those who are. I have heard Earnhardt compared to Michael Jordan of basketball or Tiger Woods of golf: the Managing Editor & best in the sport they compete in. I know how these fans feel compared to how I would feel if my favorite athlete, Business Manager the one that I admire and look up to, were to die unexpectedly. Ben DeGennaro On a happier note, NHC's winter weekend, named "Positively Polar," went very well. Man y students enjoyed the events such as free haircuts, wacky wax, breakfast i n bed and the basketball and hockey games. Associate Editor Thanks to CAPE for putting on another great event. Geoff Morgan The staff and I hope you enjoy this issue. Just a reminder to clubs that you can submit articles about your club's upcoming events and other information. Students , faculty and clubs can send articles and submissions to Advertising Staff [email protected]. Melissa Cowdrey Annie Howard

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Staff Writers Katelyn Duggan Steve Fredrickson Melissa Hartford Jennifer Hughes Matt Melvin Contributors Matt Theroux Mark Williarns Christopher Gaspar Ben Peirce Honors Correspondent Ryan Eberman The Observer welcomes correspondence an d articles from CSC Correspondent readers. Please include your name, address and daytime telephon e Jessica Brennan number. Letter s and articles are subject to condensation. Materials should be submitted on disk (will be returned upon request) with Advisor AusraKubilius one hard copy; please double-space an d use Times New Roman font, 1 2 point. Pleas e be sure to use Microsoft Word to ensure Contributors Quote of the issue: compatibility and faster processing. Letters must be signed. See box at right The New Hampshir e College Our mailing address is: Observer i s a new s publicatio n "The only normal produced b y Ne w Hampshir e College student s an d funde d The Observe r largely by the Student Government people ar e the ones Box 108 4 Association of the college. It is our 2500 North River Rd. responsibility to inform th e NHC community abou t event s on an d you don't know Manchester NH 0310 6 around our campus. The Observer will print any material found to b e If you are on campus, drop letters and articles off at either factual an d in good tast e by the very well." editorial staf f of the paper. Th e the Mailroom or through the slot in the door at the student mailbox views published do not necessarily area in the Student Center across from the Bookstore. reflect the views of New Hampshire -Joe Ancis College. 2 The Observer February 27,2001

In an attempt to publicize campus news to a wider au- dience, The Observe r ha s partnere d with th e Publi c Relations office t o reprin t excerpt s from th e Campus Corrections Weekly. Similarly , th e Publi c Relation s office will also reprint selection s from Th e Observer. In our last issue, the Gettin' Involved article on page six incorrectly listed the President of the Muslim Student Association. The current Weight Watchers at Work or School President is Rama Atiya and his email address is [email protected]. Interested in fulfilling you r New Year's resolution? How about attending a Weight-Watcher's at-Work program? There is an open meeting on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. Faculty, staff, students and friends ar e welcome to join. We need to have 1 8 partici- As we approach the midpoint of the spring semester, many pants in order t o hold th e progra m (Fe e - $98 fo r 12-wee k clubs have elections of officers for the upcoming academic year. The session, $55 for 6-week session) . To reserve you r slot, sen d Observer's elections will be held on Thursday, March 1. Many Observer your check, made payable to Weight Watchers, to Lisa Reed in staff members are graduating this spring. We have many positions available, including Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, Business Manager, Human Resources. Questions? Call Lisa Reed or Brenda Labrie Advertising Manager, Circulation Manager, News Editor, Photography atx3111. Editor, Sports Editor and Webmaster. If anyone is interested in filling one of these positions, please American Diabetes Raffle contact Be n DeGennaro , Managin g Editor, a t X314 9 o r [email protected]. Win a $2,000 gift certificate to the store of your choice! Tick- ets for the American Diabetes Association 2001 Raffle ar e available from Colleen Mahoney in the S AS Office (ext 2126). Tickets are $2.00 each or 1 2 for $20.00. The winner will b e chosen o n Diabetes Aler t Day , Tuesday, March 27 . Man y Participation in Undergraduate Graduation Ceremony thanks to those who have already entered th e drawing!

Students who have not fulfilled al l undergraduate graduation re- Muscular Dystrophy Fundraiser quirements by May 11,2001, may participate in the ceremon y by completing a Petition to Walk form that will be available from Kappa Chi and Kappa Lambda are raising funds t o suppor t the SAS office o r th e continuin g education offic e betwee n the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Buy a shamrock for a March 1 and March 15 . The petition must clearly indicate the dollar and support MDA. In the cafeteria February 1 9 - March reason the student wants to walk and how he/she plans to fulfil l 9 from noon to 2 p.m. the missing requirements. On-Campus Recruitin g Students ar e eligible to walk if three or six credits of actual courses ar e no t completed but expecte d t o be completed by Spring on-Campus recruiting will begin on Feb. 19 and con- the following August 31; or an internship or cooperative edu- tinue through April 27. Company lists are available with th e cation experience is not completed but is expected to be com- spring schedule . Make sur e to check our website o r in th e pleted by August 31 following the May ceremony. This policy CDC office for a copy. Your resume shoul d be reviewed by a allows students to participate in the graduation ceremony bu t CDC counselor prior to participating in the program and you not to receive a diploma in May. should also be registered with us. If you are a senior, graduate student or alumnus, take a look at the variety of job opportu- nities available to you. Postal Services Employee of the Month Kappa Chi Sorority Senior Matt Chadwell, from Swampscott, MA, was named Em- ployee of the Month for both December 2000 and January 200 1 Kappa Chi Sorority is collecting white T-shirts for children in the Postal Services Department. Mat t is a CIS major wh o with cancer. The T-shirts are used instead of hospital gowns has been working in the Postal Services Department since Sep- to make the children more comfortable during their treatments. tember 2000 . In that short time he has proven himself to be a The only requirements ar e that they need to be brand new and great asset to the department. He provides a positive attitud e size extra large. The sorority will se t up two boxes for drop towards employees and customers. He keeps himself busy by off: one in the Credit Office, F-6 3 (Melinda Parker's office ) processing outgoing mail, circling student mail, writing slips for and another box in front of the information booth in the stu - packages an d doing any other task that needs to be done . dent center. Any support from faculty, staff and students is greatly appreciated. If there are any questions contact Cind y at x9464. Thank you for your help and support . Besides his position in the Postal Services Department, Matt has a busy schedule between classes and studying. However, he always finds time to relax and spend time with friends. He Room Selection 2001-2002: enjoys doing anything that involves sports, from playing them or just sitting back and watching them on TV. He is also a mem- It's tha t time of year again...to selec t a room for the 2001- ber of the SNHU Lacrosse Team and Phi Delta Theta. 2002 academic year A residence agreement must be submit- ted to the SAS Service Center with a $100 housing deposit. In May, Matt will be graduating and is looking forward to start- Deposit and residence agreement must be submitted no later ing a career in the computer industry and making millions. Con- than March 16,2001. Room selection will take place on March gratulations, Matt! 27, 28 & 29, in the AV Studi o from 6 - 8 p.m.

3 February 27,2001 The Observer Hometown supportive of accused killers of Dartmouth professors CSC News the front seat. The friend shakes her College Press Exchange head "no." "Robert's in my class. He's By Jessica Brennan Shrouded in snow, the vil- funny," Otis says. "Both of them, lage hunkers along a branch of the they always make me laugh. They're As midterms are rapidly approaching, the Executive Board of the White River and waits for mud sea- studious, but humorous. Robert was Commuter Student Council would like to wish everyone good luck on son and maple-sugarin g tim e to class president last year. He's a se- their exams and an enjoyable Spring Break. break winter's bleakness. Mostly , nior this year." though, Chelsea and its people wait As for Tulloch, Otis speaks During February, CSC hosted a Valentine Serniformal, "A Mid Winter for answers t o a dark mystery that especially about his debating skills. Night's Dream," which was held on Saturday, Feb. 10, in the Hospitality may not be forthcoming. "Very persuasive. He's very smart. Ballroom. Th e event featured DJ Craig Martin, and was fun for those Not just yet. Very academically smart." who attended. CSC hand made party favors for the event with the Who coul d believe tha t Having skipped school on help of other students and friends. Jimmy Parker , 16 , and Robert Friday, Otis first heard "a rumor" Tulloch, 17, boys to whom the ad- later tha t day a t the pizza parlor, CSC held a fundraiser a t Burger King in Hooksett on Thursday, Feb. jectives "bright," "funny," "athletic" about Parker and Tulloch being con- 22. W e were pleased to see faculty showing their support of the and "nice" are consistently applied sidered as suspects. commuter students by attending this fundraiser and having dinner at here, could do these things? "Somebody told me a story, Burger King. CS C received 20% of the receipts that night. Shop in cyberspace for and I was like, "yeah, right,' " she says. commando-style knives, (according CSC also cosponsored an Open Mike Night with the Wellness Center to a county sheriff briefly involved in "Then on Saturday, I woke on Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Last Chapter Pub. Thi s event was held in the investigation), travel 40 miles to to the news." She saw the backdrop conjunction with Wellness' month-long theme of "Making the Most of Hanover, N.H., an d sta b to death and realized "they were doing the Me." two Dartmouth College professors news in Chelsea. I was completely - stab them in the head and neck - shocked. My mouth dropped three on a January day? miles long." CSC has a few more events planned for this semester, so watch for details to be posted in the coming weeks around campus or on our The town, in short, remains Vermont, the way it used to website: www.commuternhc.com. in tumult, disbelieving of the news, be. discomfited in the limelight. Until the New Hampshire First came the state police and Vermont State Police drove into CSC meetings are held every Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Lolly Kurnmins/ and FBI to question th e boys last town las t Thursda y t o question Commuter Lounge, and all are invited to attend. To contact us, email Thursday at the small brick Orange Tulloch an d Parker , Chelse a re- us at CommuterNHC @ aol.com, drop a note in our suggestion box in County Sheriff's Department. mained a n inconspicuous burg , the Lolly Kummins/Commuter Lounge, or leave us a voicemail at The,n, eve n a s warrant s largely built on logging, sheep-rais- extension 4026. were sough t fo r their arres t on ing and dairy-farming since its first charges of first-degree murder , settlers chartered it in 1784. Tulloch and Parker fled. A nation- In recen t years , a fe w wide manhunt ensued. And then, at wealthier, more sophisticated new- an Indiana truc k stop , the y wer e comers have moved in or invested caught. here, even as the town has see n a Now an unwelcome media dwindling of the dair y farms an d deluge ha s come t o this hamle t some residents commuting to jobs pressed between the hills. As satel- across th e border in New Hamp- lite trucks rubbe d bumper s alon g shire. Main Street and reporters crunched As Hayward , the former BIRTHRIGHT over the snow, the Chelsea School dairyman, says, "Now you go down unplanned pregnancy? decisions to make? on Tuesday posted a sheriff outside the street and don't recognize some Understanding all your to keep the media at bay. folks." "Those boys, I couldn't see But the community holds alternatives makes you close to its rural charms. nothing wrong with those boys," says really free to choose. Gordon Hayward , a 56-year-old The "Chelsea Town Talk" former dairy farmer who has lived bulletin board this week advertise s For a confidential, car- here all his life. "I feel sorry for the an upcoming banquet sponsored by ing friend, call us. We're kids. Wha t doe s a kid that age the National Wild Turkey Federa- know?" tion, a bingo game or two, health here to listen and to Standing outside the 1880 s information about "farmer asthma, " talk with you. Chelsea Country Store and clutch- and the adoptability of Stanley the ing a can of potato chips, Hayward black-eared bunny rabbit as "pet of FREE PREGNANCY says o f the teenagers' parents , the week." TESTING "Nice people, the whole four. It's "It's great to grow up here," Birthright 668-3443 an awful mess, and they may never says Emil y Dumont , a senior at know." Chelsea High School who has been 307 Kelle y St. l stFl. A few feet away, Emily Otis, friends wit h Tulloch an d Parke r Manchester, NH 03102 a 17-year-old senior at Chelsea High "forever." School, listens on her car radio to "You kno w everybod y the latest radio news about Tulloch here. It's a quiet town. Nothing like 24 hour Hot Line 1-800-550-490 0 and Parker. this ever happens. You're able to go "Whoa. I didn't think they'd cross-country skiing in the winter," make it that far," Otis says. "Did you and raise horses, she says. "I would think they could make it that far?" never wan t to grow up anywhere she says, turning toward a friend in else." 4 The Observer February 27, 200 1 Campus Securit y Log

Compiled by Tara Cowdrey

The reports printed here have been selected from the Department of Public Safety's records. All individuals and locations have been made anonymous for obvious reasons.

2/1/01 On th e abov e dat e a studen t cam e t o th e PS O office t o make a complaint. O n Feb. 4, a t 9 a.m. the studen t wa s walking an d a vehicle came speedin g toward him, so h e jumped ou t of th e way . Th e car the n stopped , an d two individuals got out and started insulting the student, looking like they wanted to fight. Th e student told them to go on their way.

2/10/01 On th e abov e dat e a PSO witnessed a vehicl e spee d backwards out of Lot #8, ru n th e sto p sig n enterin g Lot #3, and continue to speed backwards in excess of 35 mph. Then the vehicle sped out of Lot #3 taking a right and still traveling backwards, almost colliding with a vehicle at the intersection; it then continued to speed backwards and park in a nearby parkin g lot. Th e driver was approached an d ID'd. H e was not a student and was told he would not be allowed t o stay on campus.

2/17/01 On the above date a PSO responded to a noise complaint. When th e PSO arrived he witnesse d a studen t throwing snowballs at windows while holding a bottle of rum. Th e student was yelling for someone. Th e student was ID'd, told he was being documented and sent home.

2/19/01 On th e abov e dat e a PSO put a fir e lan e citatio n on a vehicle. A few minutes later while the PSO was patrolling, a vehicle began blowing its horn. The PSO asked the driver THE NHC DRAM A CLUB if h e neede d hel p with something . Th e driver said, "Ya, you gav e m e a ticket." Th e PSO told th e driver he wa s parked on the fir e lan e and deserved a ticket. Th e driver PRESENTS: yelled obscenities and the PSO drove away. Th e vehicle was later seen leaving campus a t a high rate of speed. "YOU'RE A GOO D MAN, 2/22/01 CHARLIE BROWN" On th e abov e date a PSO received a request from a n RD to hav e someon e fro m housekeepin g g o t o a residenc e because someone had urinated all over the walls and floor FRIDAY, MARCH 2, AND of the bathroom, and the RD wanted it cleaned ASAP. Th e PSO wen t to the locatio n t o check it out and reported h e SATURDAY, MARCH 3, IN didn't think it needed to be cleaned that night. Bu t at th e request o f th e RD, housekeeping wa s brough t i n an d cleaned th e room. THE AV STUDIO 8 P.M. FREE ADMISSIO N Visit The Observer online at www.nhcobserver.org.

5 February 27,2001 The Observer FYI Backyard Treasures : The Magic Mile Kappa Chi & Kappa Lambd a sponsor th e By Sharon Smith annual MDA fundraising event .

I usually like to start off m y column with a trivia question, so here it is: Where can you se e Kellogg's, Viagra, Budweiser and Kodak film all in the same place? The answer is simple, and, no, I'm not referring to items that can be found on some people's dorm-room floors. Instead, I am making reference to some of the sponsors of cars in the Winston Cup Serie s of NASCAR .

New Hampshir e has had a very close connection to Winston Cup an d several of the other NASCAR races for many years. Ever y July and September, thousands of loyal race fans flock to the New England headquarters of racing, Loudon, New Hampshire. Thi s tiny town tucked awa y just beyond Concor d is home t o Ne w Hampshir e Buy a Shamrock for $1. International Speedway .

NHIS is host to a variety of races every year, including Busch Grand Support th e National, Featherlit e Modified Series, Craftsman Truck Series and Muscular an assortment of other car and motorcycle races. However, it is the Dystrophy Association . Winston Cup Serie s of NASCAR tha t NHIS is most known for.

In th e past year, NHIS has been the subject o f much controversy; however, to the countless fan s who camp out on the backstretch , WHERE: Cafeteri a tailgate in the parking lot, an d wear their driver's numbers with pride, WHEN: Februar y 19 , 200 1 - March 9, 200 1 the speedway remains one of the best. TIME: 12:0 0 p.m . - 2:00 p.m .

In the sport of racing, there is much joy an d sorrow: joy when one's **A11 th e proceeds will go to Muscular Dystrophy Association favorite driver makes his way into the winner's circle, and sorrow when a member o f the racing community is lost. NHIS , like many other tracks of its kind, has been exposed t o both the triumphs and tragedies that the sport has to offer.

Within the past year, three drivers in the Winston Cup family have been lost on the track. Kenn y Irwin Jr. and Adam Petty were both lost durin g accident s a t NHIS , and , mos t recently , th e countr y witnessed the death of Dale Earnhardt a t the Daytona 500.

Unfortunately, this sport carries with it much danger and risk. The COPIES PLUS/ drivers and crews put their lives on the line every time they come onto the track. Irwin , Petty and Earnhardt will be missed terribly by all who enjoy the sport. Their legacies, as well as the future o f the current Information Booth drivers, are what keep the spirit of racing alive. Did yo u know that you can take care of all you r printing Because of New Hampshir e International Speedway, the residents of and copying needs right here on campus? Copie s Plus New Hampshire , and those who travel here for the races, are given a offers a variety o f services, includin g photocopying first-hand experienc e of what the racing spirit is all about. (only 5 cents a copy!), faxing, laser printing, laminating, binding and scanning . We can also create flyers an d posters for an y event . SENIORS, brin g your resume into Copies Plus either o n a disk or printed on white paper and le t us take care of the rest . We have a large selectio n of resume paper an d envelopes t o match . You ca n reac h u s b y phone a t 645-966 8 (ext . 9668 ) or by fa x a t 629-4634 . W e are locate d i n the Studen t Center, acros s from th e Las t Chapter Pub , right nex t door t o th e SGA and CAPE offices . *Stop b y fo r cheap movie tickets (onl y $6 ) goo d fo r u p to one yea r fro m date of purchase. W e also have Manchester Transi t Authority bus passes . Photo by Sharon Smith.

6 The Observer February 27,2001 details of its offer at a press confer- Record labels express dissatisfaction ence in San Francisco, after si x months of private negotiations with the record labels failed to resolve the with Napster proposal ongoing copyright dispute or side- said Adam Sexton, a former vice line the industry's efforts to shut College Press Exchange line. president of product managemen t down the popular music swapping The majo r record labels see for Arista Records. "In Give Davis' service. When Napster unveiled its the offer as a Faustian bargain — last year at Arista, it had several It also unveiled its busines s $1 billion peace offering to the re- one that would deprive them of $40 times the dollar volume. We had model, which it said would generate cording industry, it portrayed the billion a year in global CD sales in over $500million in revenue—jus t enough revenue to pay royalties to guaranteed royalty payments as pure exchange for $ 150 million in fees , from Arista. Forget RCA. Forge t record labels, songwriters and art- profit for the labels—licensing fees split among five companies. International." ists over the next five years. that would go directly to the bottom "That money is peanuts," Napster mad e publi c the The ne w version of Napster, to launc h in July, woul d charg e monthly subscription fees ranging Honors Program Column from $3 to $5 for a basic member- ship plan that restricts the number of Defining success file transfers, an d a n all-you-can-eat premium plan, costing from $6 to By BenPeirce $10. User s would pay an additional fee to burn CDs or transfer thei r New Hampshir e College was founded in 193 2 a s a school of accounting. Over the years the college music to portable devices. has evolved and grown. Today, NHC offer s 25 academic majors in business, liberal arts and hospitality. "We assum e people wil l But eve n with an expanding curriculum, new faculty, a growing student body and now universit y status, pay," said Hank Barry. Napster' s how muc h has the college really changed? Th e traditio n of preparing students for a career in business is so deep-rooted in the institution's culture that it can b e stifling. Ther e is no doubt that NHC has made a interim chief executive. "We pu t a name for itsel f as a business school, but is it so busmess-minded that it is limiting to students? conscientious offer on the table with What are your expectations when you graduate college? Ho w d o you judge success, both as a respect to the labels. What we're student and as a person? Have you eve r stopped to ask yourself these questions? I f you answe r that you saying is this community should be are in college to earn a degree and prepare yourself for a career, you woul d probably be answering the allowed to stay together . We all same as the majority of students. Thes e may be your true feelings, or they might be based on the ought to sit down and settl e this case expectations that have been ingrained in you a t this college. I s it possible that the business-oriented as fast as we can." mindset of NHC has molded your future into nothing more than a cookie-cutter template of success ? Record company giants like Meet Dan. H e began at NHC in 1995 . H e was involved with a variety of campus activities, which he Vivendi Universal's Universal Mu- promptly added to his resume. In 1999 he did an internship and graduated with honors. After graduation, sic and AOL Time Warner's Warner he networked with an old fraternity buddy and landed a job at a corporate office downtown. H e wear s Music wasted no time in expressing a suit and tie to work every day and earns $40,000 annually. He spends his life inside a cubicle except dissatisfaction with Napster's pro- on weekends, holidays, personal and sick days, and his two-weeks ' paid vacation. I n three months, he posal. EMI RecordedMusic said it will receive a promotion and become a manager at his company. H e will have a leather desk chair and a would be interested — but only if plaque that bears his nam e outside his door . Is Dan successful ? there were a compelling business NHC has created hundreds of Dans throughout the years. We even developed a three-year program, model. so we could churn out business students a little bit faster. Bu t what message does this utilitarian view send Privately, the record label to students? The definition of success at NHC is far too narrow. Student s ar e being pushed toward executives are even more pointed. prefabricated career goals that leave little room for creativity. In an atmosphere tha t continually re- "We d o $40 billion in sales. enforces these expectations, students can b e pushed into career paths that aren't right for them and, i n Subtract $150 million from $40 bil- some cases, leave mem unfulfilled. lion, and that's what we could lose," How man y times have you heard professors sa y "when you're a manager someday," or "i n th e said one industry executive, who business world" or "this will look good on your resume"? How ca n yo u be bombarded by that mindset in asked not to be named. many classes and do anything but pursue a career in business? Man y liberal arts courses at NHC ar e That's because the bulk of thought through under the assumption that writing skills and an understanding of history will give you a le g the industry's proceeds come from up on your competition when you're interviewing for a job. Isn' t there more to college than chasing a CD sales, not licensing fees. The typi- degree and building a resume? Wha t if you decide d to be an artist or a musician? What about earning cal label reaps about $10 o n the sale 50K/year teaching English in Japan after graduation instead of pushing paper in a 5x5 cell ? Is your time of an album. A multi-platinum album in college less meaningful? What about pursuing an education instead of a degree? And what about the — sa y Carlos Santana's megahi t idea that if you ca n sum u p the last 22 years of your life on one 8"xll" sheet of bond paper and attach a "Supernatural" — sold 1 4 million cover letter, something in your life is lacking. disks world wide, generating $140 . There's nothing wrong with a career in business. There's nothing wrong with wearing a suit to work. million in revenue for Arista. That's And there's nothing wrong with the way most of the professors here teach their classes. But there is enough money to subsidize the 90 something wrong with limiting the possibilities that your future holds. The culture of the college has percent of albumsthat never break created an underlying mindset making certain assumptions about the goals of students. The faculty is even. affected by i t the same way th e students are, and anyone can at times be consumed by it . Th e simple fact is that 22 years old i s too young to be closing doors in your life. Student s are put under a tremendou s "That model changes dra- amount of pressure to succeed as it is, but the narrower that definition of success is, the more stressful it matically if you g o to a per-track can be . fee," said Sexton, the former Arista Students and faculty need to work together to keep an open mind about what success is. Colleg e ca n executive who now works as chief be more than a means to an end if the students and faculty see it that way. Yo u should challenge your marketing officer for Supertracks , a professors to present the course material as valuable on it s ow n merit , not just in the pursuit of a career. Portland, Ore., compan y that mar- As the sun sets on what was New Hampshir e College and we approac h the dawn of a whole new U, kets Bridgeport, a low-cost method it is more important than ever that students are encouraged to follow their own path s and not be forced to for streaming music over the Internet. follow those that have already been made. Th e purpose of college is to create opportunities for the Record labels would have to student. But viewing college only as stepping-ston e t o a career limits those opportunities. As you begin sell 10 times the volume of singles your career at Southern New Hampshir e University, make sure that the whole new U does not overshadow — a t the 99-cent rate an online mu - what can becom e a whole new you . sic service such as eMusic charges —just to break even. 7 February 27, 200 1 The Observer VOICES AN D FACES

WHAT ARE YO U DOIN G FOR SPRIN G BREAK, AN D WHA T WOULD YOU RATHE R BE DOING? By Sharon Smith and Melissa Hartford

Maria Painchaud Adjunct Faculty "I am doing some major spring cleaning. I wish my kids were out of school, so we could g o on Michelle Fish Jill McKenzie a family vacation." Senior Travel an d Senior Psychology Tourism Major Major "I'm doing nothing over "I'm going to Cancun break. I wish I were on and there's nothing I'd Temptation Island." rather be doing."

4 Jodi Hart m Junior Accounting Major "I'm going home to work. I wish I were relaxing some place warm."

Angela Waite Richie Selig Karen Hughes Freshman Ac- Freshman Freshman Hospi- counting Major Communication tality Manage- "I'll be home in Major ment Major Northern Maine, "I will be work- "I'm not sure what I wishing I were ing. I' d rather be will be doing, but down south." somewhere hot I'm sure I'll enjo y and tropical." whatever I do." Michelle Forth Junior Restaurant Management Major "I will be working, but I'd rather be by the pool wearing a bikini with a hot guy serving me mixed drinks."

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David Sleeper Joe Ro y Jeanne Boucher Terri Gerlitz Senior Business Administration Major SAS SAS SAS "I'll be at "I will be working during break. I wish I "Working, but I "Working. I would rather be work. I' d were skiing in Whistler or just about would like to visit spending my break the Grand rather be on anywhere." finishing buildin g my Canyon o r the beach in new gameroom in m y Yellowstone Bermuda." basement." National Park."

Jackie Hickox Don Sieker Liberal Arts Secretary Liberal ArtsProfessor "I'll be in Florida and "I will be on a whirlwind tour there is no place I'd of regional art galleries. I rather be." would rather be sleeping." Jackie Dunn Nichole Gordon Student Affairs Senior Psychology Secretary Major "I'll be spring clean- "I'll be volunteering so ing i n the student I can graduate. I'd organization office, rather be in Cancun." but I'd rather be in Cancun."

Tia Downing Freshman Restaurant Management Major "I'll be working and catching up with friends. I' d love to go on a Caribbean cruise. I t would be a great way to get away from NHC an d New England."

9 February 27,2001 The Observer OPINION Editors' Note: Students' opinions are accepted to be published on the opinion page, yet they do not necessarily reflect the viewsCoul d you puh-leeze learn how of the editorial staff. If anyone would like to write about his/ her religious beliefs, that will also be accepted for publicationto speak?! on this page. Good News College Press Exchange Before you read this article, speech belonging only to women By Mark Williams put down your paper, walk out into was true, then I suppose I could the hallway of your dorm and count avoid my gender entirely; but it's the number of "likes," "ya knows" I smoked my first cigarette when I was 1 3 years old. Th e everyone — males as well as fe- and "whatevers" you hear in one excitement of rebellion, mingled with the prospect of the neighborhood males —and there is no escaping it. minute. I'm confident that unless you kid who had stolen us a pack of smokes from the grocery store might The worst part is that I do it, too. live on a hall with mutes, non-En- consider me cool, had directly deposited me in a place that felt like the Call me a hypocrite if you like, but I glish speakers or headless horse- top of the world. consider myself a helpless victim of men, your one-minute tally will at- Fast forward to my senior year in high school. this newfangled atrocity passing it- test to the complaining that is to fol- I had gone from sneaking a smoke between classes my fresh- self off as a language. I don't want low. man year to making a pack last two days unless I could scrounge enough to speak this way (and in all fairness change from my friends to buy a pack every day before school. I had But before I begin ranting, I to myself, I do it as rarely as pos- recently made a narrow escape from a Circle K while lifting a pack of think it's only fair to offer some ex- sible), but how can I avoid picking Marlboro 25's and a rather large customer blocked the door. My fa- planation for what I've heard termed up the speech patterns of virtually ther, having discovered marijuana paraphernalia in my room, cut off my the "verbal diarrhea epidemic." all of my peers? allowance, and I resorted to burglary as an alternative means of sup- Many linguists have studied I don't consider myself the porting my habit. I now had a solid 2.1 grad e point average, more than in depth the speech patterns of men only victim, either. Perhaps we are one addiction, and not much else going for me a s the time came to and women and have often found all victims of the dumbing-down of proceed in the only direction available to me to keep any hopes of a that women tend to exhibit insecu- our society (most recently exempli- college career alive, the United States Army. rity in their speech. Traditionally, fied by the inauguration of an illiter- women have been expected to show Five years and over 3,000 miles later, I was lucky enough to ate president), but no one seems to complacency in speech (as well as get into NHC being that I was a dependent of my father, who happened care. No one seems especially in- in everyday life), an d in order to to be on the faculty. At age 22,1 ha d finally come to understand what terested in making remotely intelli- avoid asserting herself, a woman 'learning for learning's sake" was all about, and I worked hard to en- gible conversation, and if our ver- learns to de-emphasize her speech lighten myself in the hopes of improving my future, but I still felt like bally challenged generation can't at- with hedges and confirmation re- something was missing. While I was on vacation in August of 1999, th e tribute its problems merely to inse- quests. Using words such as "per- Lord finally had the chance He had been patiently waiting for to open curity and can't just pin them on haps," "maybe" and "like," and in- my eyes. Alon e with my thoughts as I camped out in my aunt and women, like, what's the deal? troducing statements with "I think uncle's 19-acre back yard, I began to see my life for what it was—and Perhaps it's a combination ..." is called hedging. Confirmation for the first time I didn't like where it was going. I had basically no of laziness, lack of confidence and requests, such as "ya know?" and hobbies that did not involve drugs or alcohol, no one I could really open even the word "like" replacing "um" "right?," as well as a question-like up to, and no peace in my heart. as a verbal pause, but personally, I rise in intonation at the end of a sen- That Sunday I attended church with my mother's family in think it's just an indication of ram- tence (sometimes called "up-talk"), Knobnoster, Missouri, and was surprised when the preacher began to pant stupidity and apathy. Commu- also indicate a lack of confidence in speak directly to me! H e didn't literally single me out of the congrega- nication is important, damn it! If you speech. tion, but he discussed all the sins in my life specifically and with an eerie come off sounding like an idiot, precision. I was raised in a Christian home, the son of a Baptist minis- But women and insecurity who's going to take you seriously? ter, and I could tell it was God who was speakin g to me through this are not solely responsible for our In th e word s of Alici a man. Afte r my vacation I began to read a biography of Brother An- generation's verba l ineptness. Silverstone in the ever-emulated drew about his conversion and ministry of smuggling bibles into com- Granted, it seem s clear that the movie Clueless, "So, okay, I don't munist countries. In his testimony of rebirth, a chapter titled "The step aforementioned words are usually want to be a traitor to my genera- of yes," I was convinced I needed Christ in my life. At that moment, I associated with a female vocabulary. tion and all, but I don't get [it]!" And repeated Brother Andrew's prayer and said "yes" t o Jesus. After all, "Valley Girl" speech is it's not just the addition of these named after a group of females in I have been living my life for the past two years in an effort to moronic words that's causing prob- California. And for awhile it was please God. Though I still have many struggles—being very much still lems. It's also the lack of specificity trendy to ditzily flip your bleached- human—I have a sovereign source of comfort and forgiveness avail- in speech. The word ''thing" may be blond hair from side to side as you able to help me get back up and try again. I began this month's column an essential part of the English vo- said, "Like... whatEVER! " Bu t to encourage you to quit smoking, but what I really want to urge you to cabulary, but it need not replace ev- what was once a trend is now the do is die to yourself and your sin. "Fo r we know that our old self was ery single noun. I am so sick of try- norm, and it's really starting to wear crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that ing to decipher sentences such as "I on me. we should no longer be slaves to sin—because anyone who has died need the, like, stuff cause I gotta go has been freed from sin." (Romans 6:6&7) At th e beginning of the to the thing tonight, ya know?" Oh devocabularization of America, it There is only one way to begin this new life of purity and love, my gawd, could you just, like, to- was easy to avoid the hair flippers. and that is through the sacrificial blood of Jesus, the Son of God. He tally shut up?! And if the myth about this type of wants to have a relationship with you so desperately that He subjected himself to torture on a cross in order to pay the price that your sins will otherwise demand of you. Al l He asks is that you accept His gift of love and acknowledge the payment He made on your behalf. "Tha t if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, 'anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.'" (Romans 10:9-11)

10 The Observer February 27, 200 1 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT The Word Book Review: She's Come Undone performs By Jennifer Hughes She's Come Undone b ywors e a s Dolore s gets older an d people have so many difficult things By Melissa Cowdrey Wally Lamb is a heart-wrenchin g begins to spend more and more time going on in their lives. I t made me story of a woman's troubled life from in front of the television eating junk think abou t m y ow n life . Lik e Saturday night, Feb. 17, the age seven to age 40. The novel (set food and drinking Pepsi. Dolores, I had a father who was not Last Chapter Pub was full of fun and from th e mid-1950' s t o th e mid- When sh e finall y goe s to there for me emotionally. Bu t she singing. The Word is a singing and 80's) open s with th e woma n o n college - weighing in at 257 pounds had it much worse than I did. Th e dancing group that traveled all the whom the novel is based, Dolores - Dolores ' menta l instabilit y book mad e m e thankfu l fo r way from Atlanta, Georgia. Price, watching two men deliver a worsens a s sh e i s onc e agai n everything that I have, and all th e The thre e me n an d on e new television set to her home. Sh e shunned an d teased by her peers. things that I've had the fortune no t woman kept the crowd excited and is seven years old. Just when the reader thinks it can't to have to endure. involved them in the entertainment. The novel goes on to paint get any worse for Dolores, it does. Perhaps th e mos t im - The four performers ha d identical a vivi d portrai t o f Dolores ' Her personal hell continues for years pressive aspect of the novel is that a silver shirts and shiny black shoes. unfortunate life. Whe n she is eight, before sh e is finally liberated. man wrote it. Lamb writes effectively These singer s ha d grea t her mother, Bernice, goes crazy after Before I was even halfway from a woman's perspective ; h e voices. They are a cover band but losing a child she had already named through this book, I decided it was delves deeply into Dolores' mind, also performed som e of their own during birth. Alienated and confused going t o b e joining my persona l describing in detail feelings that it songs. Som e songs that they san g by her mother's behavior, Dolores "best-seller's list. " The plot of the would see m onl y a female could included "This Is How We Do It," becomes increasingly close to her book was in no way predictable. A have and understand. "I Believe I Can Fly" an d "Tha t father, who eventually abandons her couple of the unfortunate things that On the whole, She's Come Thing." All of the singers took rums mother and her. Undone is an amazingly moving singing lead, so the audience go t a happened t o Dolore s di d see m journey into the life and mind of a taste of all of their vocal talents. At thirteen , Dolore s i s inevitable. Her father's leaving is an mentally and emotionally unstable Many times during the program, the violated by the only man she would example. Althoug h he was a good woman. W e can all relate in some singers woul d g o t o audienc e allow herself to get close to after her father, it was obvious from the first way to Dolores' torment, whether members and have them sing into the father's betrayal . Thi s begins a chapter that he wasn't a devote d microphones. I t was great audience lifelong struggle for her sanity as she husband. Bu t for the most part, the directly or simply by sympathizing participation. attempts to make sense of the hand twists and turns that the story took with her pain. I would recommend The Word sang a medle y that sh e ha s bee n dealt . Sh e i s were surprising. this novel to anyone who has a taste that included favorites such as "My teased an d taunte d throughou t The novel's theme made me for thought-provoking, inspiring Girl," "Respect," "Rockin' Robin" school, a problem tha t becomes think about life... and how so many literature. and "I Feel Good." When the group was done for the night, some of the audienc e members voiced their request for RadioNHC DJ Schedule one more song. Fo r their encore , The Wor d san g Lione l Richie' s "Jesus Is Love." I t was a wonderful concert, an d many NHC students enjoyed themselves .

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11 February 27,2001 The Observer MTV V J Dav e Holmes: drive and determination

Jennifer Baggett interviews with the likes of actor To m influence on kids, Holmes thinks that industry changes." Have yo u eve r hear d a Cruise, teen idol Britney Spears, when things go wrong, people look It wa s a lon g roa d fo r person sa y the y enjo y goin g t o boy-band NSYNC and many more. for someon e to blame and music is Holmes, bu t throug h driv e an d work? Thi s MTV V J does. Dav e The mos t memorabl e interview , an easy scapegoat. "There is always determination, he said, "I am lucky Holmes, 29 , love s hi s job an d Holmes reminisced, was with the going to be someone t o pick on," as hell to be where I am today." doesn't mind going to the office. Of Clash's Joe Strummer. " I remembe r he said, referring to controversial course, his "office" is on set , in front as a kid stealing m y brother' s rapper Emine m an d roc k sta r of the television cameras. records and listening to the Clash on Marilyn Manson. Bot h have been "I love going to the studio. an old , mickey-moused recor d the center of attention due to explicit There ar e s o man y interesting , player," he said. "When I was given lyrics in their music. creative, funny people there, and it the opportunity to interview him I So what' s nex t o n th e is always interesting to walk through was utterly in awe. I t is a moment I agenda for this increasingly popular and hea r the different kinds of music will never forget." VJ? Say What Karaoke is moving blaring from the offices," he said. Holmes commented there is into it s eight h season ; however , "It's like working in a dorm room." really no downside to his job. Th e Holmes will no longer be hosting the Born on March 14 , 1971, schedule is erratic and the travelling show a s forme r Ne w Kid Joey in St. Louis, Missouri, Holmes was can be grueling, but he remember s Mclntyre will pick up his forme r destined for fam e at an early age. He where he is going, what he will be duties. "It was a great show, lots of took an extreme likin g to MTV a t doing and how muc h fun h e will have fun bu t it was time to move on. I' d its inception in 1981 . Th e ironic doing it. "I t makes it all worthwhile," like t o get mor e int o writing and thing: his family didn't have cable TV. he said. producing. I hav e always'bee n He resorted to loaning video games But the n again , ther e ar e obsessed with TV production," he to a friend in exchange for a couple always thos e potentiall y said. of hours of MTV viewing. embarrassing moments when you're Down th e road , Holme s In 1986 , at th e ag e of 14, doing live television; it's hard to go doesn't see himself on the studio set, he fibbe d t o a loca l St . Loui s back an d watch yourself on tape in front of the cameras but wouldn't alternative radio station about his ag e after the show. "I usually don't say mind working for MTV for the rest in orde r t o ge t a non-paying , anything that gets me in trouble," he of hi s career. " I could stay with Saturday-afternoonjob a s a DJ. H e said. MTV fo r the rest of my life , as long eventually moved on to become the As fa r as the craziest thing as they'd let me, but I'm not getting station's music director. he has ever seen a fan do, nothing in any younger. Th e fans are getting Photo courtesy of Sarah Hall Pro- After graduating from high particular stands out in his mind. younger but I am getting older," he ductions, Inc. school in 1989, Holmes went on to However, there are things he wished said. " I nee d t o mov e o n a s th e study psychology at College of th e he hadn't seen at all. "It' s usually Holy Cros s i n Massachusetts . overall hysteria when groups like During his college years, he continued NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys SeepeopleS set sight s to to work in radio while pursuing a come to town. O n those days, it's new caree r i n sketch/impro v every teenag e girl' s sixteent h comedy. birthday. The y even go as far a s storm into the Las t He move d t o Ne w Yor k scouting ou t th e entrance s to th e City after graduatin g in 1994 and studio to get as close as they can," Chapter Pu b landed a job in advertising. said Holmes. Holmes was first brough t Besides his hectic schedule, By Christopher Gaspar Fortunately fo r Ne w Hampshire into our homes through MTV's first- Holmes sit s o n th e Boar d of College, they have decided to return ever Wanna Be A VJ Contest inDirector s of Kids Under Twenty- On Nov . 3 , 2000 , a again as SeepeopleS. This will prove 1998 in which he competed agains t One (KUTO) , which he co-founde d phenomenal band named Cosmic to be a festive event, which will take 4,000 contestants for one open spot in 1988 . KUTO starte d ou t a s a Dilemma grace d th e stag e of th e place on Saturday, March 31, i n the as a VJ. Thoug h he didn't win, h e suicide crisis intervention hotline Last Chapte r Pu b an d playe d a Last Chapter Pub once again, and finished firs t runner-up . Hi s twelve years ago and has evolved frenetic two-hour set of blistering will be more than likely coupled with charismatic personalit y an d into a youth advocacy group that jams an d good old rock and roll. a righteous TGIS (Thank God it' s impressive knowledge of music had includes youth mentoring, youth However, becaus e o f musica l Saturday), which will b e serving a tremendou s impac t o n MTV activities and peer interaction. differences, one of the members has food for all the guests present. This executives who threw him int o the On social issues surrounding moved on to a solo career, which will once again be a wet event, so spotlight almost immediately. He was the music industry, Holmes has his has made a smooth transition for for those who are of age to consum e given a job as fill-in host of MTV own opinion s regardless of what the SeepeopleS. No w a funked-u p alcohol, ge t read y fo r a war m Live and as host of his ow n show, critics say . " I a m a huge fan of trance trio , Will Bradford , Tim evening. For mor e information on Say What Karaoke. H e also actedNapster, " he said. Like millions of Haney and Dan Ingenthron hav e SeepeopleS, g o t o and continues to act as stand-in host others, h e spen t numerous hour s been electrifying crowds in Boston, www.seepeoples.com an d chec k for Carson Daly for another popular downloading musi c of f th e New Yor k City , Burlingto n and out th e coo l egroup s boar d fo r MTV show , Total Request Live ocontroversiar l file-sharing web-site throughout Ne w England . shows, mp3's and bios of the band. TRL. before i t was shutdown. H e said: For Holmes , thi s wa s a "If i t wasn't for Napster I would not dream come true. "My definition of have discovered a lot of the great a dream job is doing something yo u bands and music that is out there. I love whether it be sitting at a desk think nine out of ten times people or live on television. I love the feel download songs just to sample them of live television, it's really fun t o do," and nine out of ten times they go out He said. and buy the CD." Holmes' easy-going, laid- Regarding the controversy back personalit y ha s earne d hi m that portrays music to be a negative http://www.nhc.edu/radionhc

12 The Observer February 27, 200 1 Gunstock called the school to inform CAPE does it again us that the winds were extremel y high on top of the mountain and trees were down all over the trails. This By Melissa Hartford activity will be rescheduled; watch for details . CAPE's annua l winte r Thanks t o everyon e wh o weekend, rightfully labeled Positively came ou t t o th e Positivel y Polar Polar, kicked off Friday, Feb. 9 . weekend activities. Look forward The weather for the weekend wa s to Spring weekend events because blistering cold , bu t CAP E wa s Leah Robichaud's committee (majo r determined t o make it a fun one. weekends) i s alread y plannin g The first activity took place fabulous events. in th e commute r loung e wher e professional cosmetologists came in from Boston to cut the locks of NH C students. A t the same time in the cafe, painless bodywork was being done. Student s adorned their bodies These students used the wacky wax to create wax hands with temporary tattoos. Righ t next (Photo provided by CAPE). to the temp tattoo parlor were th e wacky wa x people , alway s a campus favorite. Students dipped items an d a drink fro m Dunkin' the contest was to get your small their hand s in war m wa x whil e Donuts. CAPE would like to thank duck into the child's swimming pool holding various objects. Goo d fun. all the RA's wh o helped to deliver that was placed on the ice between The challenging part was getting the these goodi e bag s Saturda y periods. Wit h students ' name s wax-shaped han d of f after i t had morning. written on the ducks they were all cooled. Saturday afternoo n wa s tossed ou t a t the same time. Tw o Matt Sharpe got one of the less filled with the men's and women's students actually got their ducks in painful tattoos during Winter basketball game s an d a hocke y the kiddie pool and each won $50 Weekend (Photo provided by game. CAPE' s Trave l an d cash. Al l participants in the contest CAPE). Recreation committee, headed by received Southern New Hampshir e John Spack , wa s a hug e crowd University T-shirts. favorite with Chuck a Duck. Th e The fast winds and hars h 50 small yellow ducks were handed weather of the weekend didn't quit out in the cafe on Friday, and another when Saturday night came along, so 50 were handed ou t a t the hockey regretfully CAP E ha d t o cance l game Saturday night. The object o f Night Snow Tubing at Gunstock.

Howie Day performed in the Pub during Winter Weekend (Photo provided by CAPE).

Later Friday night the Last Chapter Pu b was "bumpin" with TGIF an d th e ban d Eve n Tide, making it s secon d appearanc e a t NHC. CAP E spran g for the food bill, about $400 worth of "hot stuff ' from Margaritas . Eve n Tide, a crowd favorite, sang various covers including an amazing version of The Dave Matthew' s Ban d son g 'Tripping Billies." Eve n Tide's job Friday was to warm up the crowd for th e night's featured performer , Howie Day , wh o i s a n u p an d coming solo artist. H e performed acoustically and showed his skills on stage as a talented one-man act . Saturday started and ended with blistering cold. I myself woke at 7 a.m. to pick up the goods fo r Breakfast i n Be d (on e o f th e downfalls of living with the events planner). A tea m o f CAP E members met in the Pub to pack and distribute over 250 breakfast s for th e NHC community. Breakfas t in Be d allowed students to pick two food

13 February 27,2001 The Observer CREATIVITY PAG E

The Demon Song still considering this when the train "This is your stop, came to an abrupt stop. Sebastian. We've arrived at the By Geoff Morgan "Sebastian Kippler?" Kippler Tower." Sebastian nearl y jumped The Chosen (continued) thunderous cry, a shriek so evil and and narrowly avoided bumping his Editors' Note: The Demon Song terrible to hear that it immediately head again when he realized that he will be serialized in each issue When nex t Sebastia n wrenched a scream from the boy's was being summoned through the throughout the academic year. opened his eyes, he realized that the tightening throat . transmitters in his ears. train had stopped. He turned to ask Multiple clawe d hand s the nearest passenger if she knew reached ou t fro m th e shadows , what wa s goin g on, but stoppe d grabbed hi m by th e ankle s an d when he realized that she wouldn't pulled his legs out from under him. The Kingdom o f the Callo w have heard him anyway. Like all of The worl d seeme d t o spin , and By Stev e Fredrickso n the other passengers in the cabin, the Sebastian was suddenly staring up girl stared straight ahead at nothing at the monster's leering visage from The beautiful princess weeps with her eyes hidden in shadow. his new position on the floor. The As sh e steal s away to he r tower Shadow itsel f becam e a hands dragged him into the void with Never realizing she melt s a thousand hearts living thing , an entit y tha t crep t one mighty tug, and the young man's With even a single glower. screams becam e n o more . Th e alongside the cabin walls, engulfing The valiant knight strides into battle everything it touched. The othe r darkness closed about him. * * * Never knowing why h e is fighting students disappeared row by row, Pain exploded throughout For all he knows and Sebastian could only watch with his skull as Sebastian leaped to his Is h e mus t hide eyes round with terror as the void feet and slammed his head into the What h e ha s bee n denying. reached for him as well. He sought ceiling. The blow dropped him to his The widowed queen sits upon her throne with a frantic urgenc y t o escape seat immediately, and he had to rock Never allowing another to enter her heart through the window, but the controls back and forth with his head cradled For that was th e vo w sh e made would not respond to his touch no in his hands just to keep from cursing When sh e an d he r true love matter his desperation. Pressing his aloud. Ye t the excruciating agony, Were forced to part . face against the glass, he thought he unpleasant as it was, was a welcome caught a quick glance of the ground sensation compared to the dread he All th e while the jester holds court As a loyal subject in to w had experienced in his dream. When far, far below. The sloping bases of Never certain if playing the fool the suntowers around him seemed the pain finally ebbed one or two For friend or for foe . to converge at one dull, colorless moments later, Sebastian looked up point. But that point was lost from and glanced around. His smile lit up view as the darkness claimed his his entire youthful face. window. The interior lights shone with The colo r drained fro m their typica l brightness , an d n o Sebastian's face as the entity sought monsters lurked in the corners. The to engulf him, too. H e stood u p few student s that were ther e did straight an d presse d himsel f flat stare at him oddly, but Sebastia n against th e wall , an d stil l th e hardly cared . I t had been onl y a darkness cam e on. He turned his dream. head t o th e sid e a s hi s toe s I come, Chosen. disappeared, and the void came to "What was that?" rest no t on e inc h awa y fro m his I come. chest. "Who said that?" Sebastian Sweat drenched every inch asked, turning his head around. His of his body, and his chest heaved as questioning gaze was met only with he finally released his breath. His several unblinking stares. heart beat wildly and lost its rhythm 'Ware your dreams, th e altogether, and his blood raced like strange voice said. Darkness dwells hghtning through his veins. But the not only within the abysmal pits darkness had stopped, and now the of Hell, but in the depths of the youth could breathe again. With a subconscious mind as well. long, drawn-out sigh, Sebastian let Sebastian's eye s swun g his shoulders drop. from sid e t o side , watchin g th e Numerous pairs of glowing people's face s a s th e word s red eyes all opened up at once, and continued t o soun d i n his ears , Sebastian's bac k wa s u p har d teetering precariously upon the very against the wall once again. A huge, edges of his hearing. He looked from monstrous face emerged from the face to face, and then his eyes grew void.. .its jaws opened wide mere even wider. None of their lips had inches fro m th e ti p of his nose . even moved a t all. No one had Ranting eyes bored into his soul and spoken a single word! filled hi s heart with fear . Saliv a Time slipped past without dripped from the serrated edges of his knowing it, for he wasn't even its many sharp teeth. The creature aware of the other students having inhaled a great, sucking breath, and left. Something about the dream and then Sebastian's hair blew back from the voice in his head seemed a little his face as the monster let loose its too real for his liking. Sebastian was

14 The Observer February 27, 200 1 NHC Track and Field Hockey team cruises into Club competes playoffs

By Tara Cowdrey By Nick Coates playoffs a s the second-seed. Th e This is only the second year runners. Durin g these workshops team will face third-ranked Stonehill for the NHC Track and Field Club, Coach Week s an d othe r Somewhere along the way, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 5 p.m. yet there have been many changes experienced athletes discuss such someone or something must have lit at Tri-Town Arena. NHC defeate d since las t year . Thes e change s things a s technique s fo r certain a fir e underneat h th e Ne w Stonehill, 5-2, earlier in the season. include more members, more track events and teach sprinters how to Hampshire Colleg e hocke y The winner of the game will meets an d mor e way s t o ge t start out of blocks. team's.. .well, you know what. then face St. Michael's, Assumption involved with th e club and learn The athlete s wh o hav e The Penmen , winners of or top-seed St. Anselm in the finals. about track and field. competed s o fa r an d thei r eight of their last nine games and 10 The Penmen are 2-0 against the first This year the club is slated performances include Joe Mackie in of thei r previou s 12 , have bee n two but hav e lost to St. A's both to compete in eight track meets, the 55-meter dash (6.98) and 200- nearly unstoppable during that time. times the teams have played. which is four more than last year. The meter dash (24.23); Tim Heald in The team's goaltending situation has The final s ar e slate d fo r reason is that the club now competes the shot put (34' 8" ) an d the 55- been settled, further proving that March 3 at 7 p.m. at the home of in indoor as well as outdoor meets. meter dash (7.78); Scott Neville in having a hot goaltender can carry a the higher seed. So fa r thi s semeste r th e clu b the 800-mete r ru n (2:37) ; Keit h team, scoring has been up, and the NHC will look to ride on the members hav e compete d i n two McLaren in the shot put (41' 03"); defense has been tight. heels of goalie Brian Holland's hot meets. On e wa s hel d a t Smit h Chad Faria in the long jump (19' All cylinders are clicking for streak alon g with th e offensiv e College i n Northampton, Mass- 11") and the 55-meter dash (7.03); NHC, and it couldn't have come at firepower o f Dan Roy, Rich Miller achusetts, and th e othe r wa s th e Deryc Miller in the 55-meter dash a better time. and Chuck Croteau. Th e defense USATF Ne w Englan d Indoo r (8.22); Andrea Hill in the shot put The Penmen recently ended has been just a s strong with Tom Championships hel d a t Boston (21' 01") ; Sarah Kate in the 55- their Easter n Colleg e Athleti c Fielding, Chri s Wingren , Bryan University. Las t year's average of meter dash (8.4) and the shot put Conference schedule at a scorching Favreau and Dan Brown anchoring competitors was four while this year (27'); Ashley Adams in the shot put 16-7-1 an d head int o the EC AC the blue line efforts. it is around six athletes so far. (23' 11"); and Tara Cowdrey in the Karyn Weeks, coach of the 800-meter run (2:47) and the 1500- women's cross-countr y tea m a t meter run (5:46). NHC, is also the advisor for this co- The clu b member s wil l ed club. She has implemented some compete nex t i n th e Sugarloaf new ideas that have faired well for Mountain All-Comers meet at Smith the club this year. Every Wednesday College on March 11. evening there is a meeting to discuss If you'd like to join the NHC the comin g week' s workou t Track and Field Club or attend one schedule. An d every Monday of th e workshops, please contact evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. there Tara Cowdre y a t tough- are workshop s fo r throwers , cow @ hotmail .com or ext. 9416. sprinters/jumpers an d distanc e

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15 2001 SPORTS Road comes to an end for men's team of his team's constant battle By Nick Coates 8-15 in Conference play. It with injuries or sickness. marks the first losing season Junior Tim Lee and Hoping t o cause for th e Penme n sinc e th e sophomore Sotirio s some noise at the bottom of 1987-88 season and th e first Karapostolou wer e als o the bracket , th e Ne w sub-.500 recor d in their bright spots for the Penmen Hampshire College men's conference since 1982-83. this season, bu t als o both basketball tea m ha d it s The missin g in- struggled with injuries. hopes pinned on upsetting gredient thi s seaso n wa s NHC di d finish the fifth-seed Pace University. consistency. Sophomor e regular season on a bit of a But, just like the first time the Brian Larrabee was th e only high note with two wins in two playe d durin g the player on the team to start their fina l fou r games , Northeast-10 regula r all 2 5 games this year. In including a 78-65 win over season, th e Setters too k doing so , he averaged 13 New Have n on Feb. 21. care of NHC with an 89-77 points and 4. 2 rebound s per The othe r came on a 71 -5 2 win i n the first round of the game durin g the regular drubbing of Stonehill at the NE-10 Conferenc e Tourna- season. Fieldhouse. Despite some injuries, sophomore ment this past Saturday. The res t o f the The bes t news of all Sotirios Karapostolou played well for the Pace advance d to squad played well enough for NH C wil l com e nex t Penmen this year (Photo by Tom play th e fourth-seed , when healthy , bu t th e year. Th e entir e tea m is McDermott). Bentley, on Monday, Feb. problem wa s that hea d expected to return healthy, 26. coach Sta n Spiro u was along with the services of NHC finishe s the forced to juggle new lineup s Ioannis Foutsitzi s a t season at 11-1 6 overal l and from night to night because forward, back from surgery. Women's hoops season comes to an end

By Nick Coates more games this year despite opponents tight. Evidence a muc h tougher schedule . the fact that of the team's 21 Nobody enjoy s And he spoke of a team that losses this year, 10 were by losing a lot, or at all for that would be dangerous against ten points or less. matter. Bu t considering its the top Division II teams in Two individua l past performances the Ne w the country. players also had personal Hampshire Colleg e His team delivered. milestones the y accom - women's basketbal l tea m While th e tea m plished. can tak e solace in the fac t struggled a t times , i t Senior Eilis e that things aren't as bad as managed t o keep peopl e Sharkey connecte d o n 2- they once were. interested enough to come of-4 thre e pointers i n the Prior to this season out to games. Win s over Pierce game on Feb . 1 7 and and last, years in which the nationally ranke d Pac e in the process recorded her Penwomen have won 1 3 o f University an d state rival 200th career three-pointer. a possible 53 games, NH C Franklin Pierc e at home Junior Anna Bell was named won jus t 1 1 games in the highlighted th e season. to th e Northeast-1 0 previous three years for a NHC als o defeated Pierce Conference weekly honor dismal .13 6 winning per - late in the season in Rindge roll fou r time s thi s year , centage. Include d in that to sweep the season-series including two straigh t times Senior Loretta Kavanaugh chipped in was a 0-2 7 1998-9 9 with the Ravens for the first to end th e season. Sh e with 13 points in a recent win over rival season. time sinc e th e 1989-90 averaged team-high s in Franklin Pierce College (Photo by Tom So whil e th e season. points (11.8 per-game) and McDermott). Penwomen only manage d Also, wit h th e rebounds (5. 7 per-game ) five wins in their 26 games previously mentioned wi n and wa s second in th e this season , thing s coul d over Pace , alon g wit h Conference i n free-thro w have bee n wors e - a lot narrow losses to Tampa - a percentage (.882 %) . worse. team ranked in the top-10 So, eve n though it In hi s second year in th e nation at the time - didn't win a s many games as CHECK OU T MORE on th e job, hea d coac h Bentley, and St. Rose, NHC it would have liked, the team Dennis Mas i starte d the gave th e top teams in has a lot to look forward to SPORTS ARTICLE S ON season optimistically. He Division I I a lot to think and buil d on for next season. spoke of his team being a lo t about. As someon e a lot smarter more exciting to watch this And wit h th e than me once said, "Winning PAGE 15. year. H e spoke of a team exception of a few games, isn't everything." that would compete in a lot NHC playe d all of their

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