Serving the University of New Hampshire since 1911 The New Hampshire TNHdigital.com Thursday, October 22, 2015 Vol. 105, No. 14 David Zamansky discusses his Men’s basketball kicked off its season with the Blue-White INSIDE publication “The Toilet Paper” game, an intra-team scrimmage, on Wednesday night. with TNH. THE NEWS Page 5 Page 17 Sig Ep wins SHARPP lip sync By ZERINA BAJRAMOVIC of the proceeds were donated to tant cause on campus. CONTRIBUTING WRITER SHARPP. The performances were “It’s a fun way to bring ev- judged based on the choreogra- The MUB’s Granite State eryone together and raise aware- phy, audience reaction, and most Room was filled to capacity Tues- ness,” SHARPP representative importantly the synchronization day night from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Jess Rosenthal said. of all the performers. while 14 UNH sororities and fra- SHARPP set up a poster in “I did this last year too, and ternities competed in the annual the back of the room, offering sync is definitely a big deal,” Sexual Harassment and Rape Pre- information about their program judge Nick Kinslow said. vention Program lip sync compe- and Greek InterVarsity served There were five judges, tition. lemonade as a refreshment. including the Coordinator of The lip sync was hosted by It was a night for all aspects Fraternity and Sorority Life, ZERINA BAJRAMOVIC/CONTRIBUTING the Panhellenic Council as part of Greek Life to come together, SHARPP Sigma Phi Epsilon takes first place at SHARPP’s annual lip sync. of Greek Week on campus. Tick- have fun, and provide entertain- ets sold for $5, and 100 percent ment while supporting an impor- continued on Page 3 ‘Sextober’ event demands education for public schools HADLEY BARNDOLLAR/STAFF Pets of Durham Attendees share opinions on sex education in the public school system. By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR Part of “Sextober,” VOX and Planned Parent- Check out page 10 for profiles on STAFF WRITER hood teamed up to host an open discussion on Tues- day evening about sex education in schools. As of some of Durham’s furry friends. Sex education is not mandated in New Hamp- shire schools. And Planned Parenthood hopes to SEXTOBER change the legislation. continued on Page 3 Cupcakes HoCo hosts ‘Back to the Future’ themed dinner with Huddleston By KYLE KITTREDGE STAFF WRITER A chilly evening on the UNH campus was warmed up by the (Left) HoCo features ravioli courtsey of Tuscan Market of Salem. first-ever Cupcakes with Mark (Above) Local vegetables provided by Autumn View Farms in event, an evening consisting of Pittsfield. different kinds of cupcakes, hot chocolate, milk, an open fire pit, By ABBI SLEEPER themed dinner Wednesday night. “Menus of Change.” HoCo Ex- ingredients.” and a chance for students to meet ARTS EDITOR The menu, which included dishes ecutive Chef Chris Kaschak As usual, many of the “sim- President Mark Huddleston in such as “Hoverboard Chicken described “Menus of Change” ple, clean ingredients” at the spe- In honor of the popular Fontina” and “Flux Capacitor as “an effort to bring more veg- CUPCAKES “Back to the Future” movies, Fusion Spring Rolls,” was part etables, legumes (and) nuts to the HOCO continued on Page 3 Holloway Commons hosted a of the UNH Dining push toward center of the plate… simple, clean continued on Page 3 2 Thursday, October 22, 2015 INDEX The New Hampshire Contents Contra dance takes over UNH Mac and cheese...with a twist! 11 12 Contra is a social folk dance popular in New England. Dancers can TNH Test Kitchen takes a look at a college staple: mac and cheese! Check bring a partner or fi nd one at the event. out our three fall inspired versions of the popular dish. UNH opens Hockey East play Football heads to Delaware 18 19 UNH travels to Amherst, Mass. Friday to open up conference play The UNH football team prepares for an important match-up on the road against undefeated UMass-Amherst. The ‘Cats travel to Union Saturday. against Delaware. Check out the preview on page 19. This Week in Durham UNH offers new degree UNH next fall will be offering a new Master’s in Pubic Pol- icy for interested students. 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According of the cause and their own chap- Erin Courville, a representative Aug. 1, 2015, only 22 states and cient,” “misleading,” “immature” to the August 2015 report by the from SHARPP, the Interfraternity ters. and “open.” Guttmacher Institute, New Hamp- The audience was encour- the District of Columbia mandate Council, the Panhellenic Council, sex education. New Hampshire “I’d call it immature because shire schools are not required to and the United Greek Life Asso- aged to tweet using the hashtag, the gym teachers who taught it ca- cover any of the following topics: #SHARPPLipSync, and some of requires only HIV education, and ciation. it is left up to the school districts tered to the rowdy kids in the class contraception, abstinence, sexual “It’s something we do every the tweets were read out loud be- who always fooled around,” said orientation, negative outcomes, tween performances. how to teach the subject. year. It’s a lot of fun and gives “We’ve been working with one crowd member. “They could consent, family communication or SHARPP the opportunity to raise “It’s a stressful time in the se- have taken it more seriously for condoms. Once again, these top- mester with a lot of people having VOX and Sylvia Foster of the awareness about important is- Women’s Commission,” said those of us who wanted to be edu- ics are left solely up to the school sues,” Courville said. She went on midterms, but it was really cool to cated.” districts. see everybody put that aside and UNH ’13 alumna Lauren Banker, to say that Greek Life is a big sup- who currently works for Planned Several people mentioned “At college, I realized I did just have a good time,” said Doug porter of the program and what Parenthood in Concord. “There how middle school and high not know enough,” said one crowd it promotes. Greek Life wants to Marino, member of Phi Mu Del- school sex education did not ca- goer. “There’s more to sex educa- ta. “Preventing sexual assault on are students here who are very give SHARPP the opportunity to passionate about this issue.” ter to the LGBTQ+ community. tion than contraception and barrier spread its message. campus is among the most impor- The concept of inclusiveness was methods.” tant priorities for the student body Banker works with students Chi Omega opened up the from across the state to spread emphasized, for all genders and To end the discussion, mo- night with its performance to a at UNH, and we should all take sexualities. tives were discussed to bring to the time to do our part and help.” education and awareness, and in- One Direction mash-up of songs. fl uence New Hampshire legisla- In a New Jersey sex educa- the attention of state legislators. The performances of the Marino was also a partici- tion class, Planned Parenthood People hoped for a disappearance pant. Him and his partner Alex tors. She attended Oyster River night had a wide rang of music High School in Durham where she worker Ilyssa Sherman learned of the divide between genders in including songs by Justin Bieber, Fries lip synced to “Sugar” by about STD’s, but never the act of sex education, added inclusive Maroon 5 and dumped sugar on recalled her lacking sex education Gwen Stefani, and both “Thriller” experience. sex. environments and medically ac- and “Billie Jean” by Michael themselves and the stage.