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Serving the University of New Hampshire since 1911 The New Hampshire TNHdigital.com Monday, October 12, 2015 Vol. 105, No. 11 BREAKING: Haze from a Field hockey split a home series over the weekend. The INSIDE microwave evacuated Spaulding ‘Cats overwhelmed America East rival Vermont on Friday, Sunday night. but fell to No. 10 Boston College on Sunday. THE NEWS Page 3 Page 10 Operation Warm: ‘More than a coat’ TYLER KENNEDY/STAFF TYLER KENNEDY/STAFF One of the 1.7 million jackets Operation Warm, a nationwide program, provides for children The Durham Professional Firefighters Association has partnered throughout America. with representatives from Lee and Madbury fire departments. By TYLER KENNEDY “It’s all tax-deductible. It’s sustain and grow the program. home sporting events such as children living in need… It does STAFF WRITER a good program. It helps kids According to Blatchford, hockey and football games. Fire- not take much to bring a new coat who need coats, and it stays lo- the coats provided by Operation fighters from Durham, Madbury, to child, but it means so much to The Durham Professional cal. That’s why we got involved Warm typically fit children who and Lee will be present at the them,” Lalley said. Firefighters Association has re- with it,” said Dave Blatchford, a are sixth grade age and younger, booth, which they hope will bring There has also been an ini- cently partnered with representa- member of Durham Professional although he also said the union more attention to the program. tiative to get students from the tives from Lee and Madbury fire Firefighters Association. has decided to pay for any neces- When asked to comment on university involved with the pro- departments to support Operation “Anything we could do in the sary coats above that size. How- Durham’s involvement with the gram. Blatchford noted several Warm, a relatively new initiative community to help, that is what ever, the union would need to do program, Rich Lalley, who serves fraternities and sororities have for the three towns. the union is about,” Blatchford so outside of the Operation Warm as the executive director of Op- been approached in regards to Founded in 2002, Operation added. program. Blatchford also noted eration Warm expressed his grati- joining the ‘operation.’ Warm is a nationwide program Each jacket costs $34 and approximately 115 local kids are tude. Patrick Hampson of Lambda designed to combat one of the is fully paid for by donations to eligible to receive a coat if ev- “We are so grateful to the Chi Alpha understands the impact most unfathomable hardships of Operation Warm. According to erything works out. With that in Durham Professional Firefighters that Operation Warm can have in childhood poverty: the lack of the official website, 97 cents of mind, he said $4,000 would be a Local 2253 for organizing Op- the local community. adequate winter clothing. To date, every dollar donated goes directly great benchmark to hit. eration Warm in their community. “Many of us take for granted the organization has provided towards purchasing coats while During the next few months, This program will bring the hap- things such as not worrying about new winter coats to over 1.7 mil- the remaining 3 cents goes to the a booth pertaining to the program piness and warmth of new Amer- WARM lion children throughout America overhead expenses necessary to will be set up outside of UNH ican-made winter coats to local and beyond. continued on Page 3 “Meet the Press” Better safe than sorry to meet UNH By HADLEY Taking a look at UNH’s active shooter protocols BARNDOLLAR STAFF WRITER By MARK KOBZIK for active shooters and other risks Community College attack ended STAFF WRITER even as those risks are relatively with the death of 10 people and “Welcome to Sunday, it’s small,” said John T. Kirkpatrick, another nine wounded, making it Meet the Press.” Moderator of Mass shootings across the a professor of sociology at UNH. the deadliest campus shooting of NBC’s “Meet the Press” Chuck nation have not escaped the atten- “Demographics who express the the year. Todd will make his visit on tion of major institutions such as highest fear levels actually have Yet despite the high visibil- Wednesday at the Field House. UNH, which have found the need the lowest victimizations levels.” ity of these tragic stories, experts Part of the Rutman Distinguished to be realistic about planning for Oct. 1 marked the seven- SHOOTINGS TODD how to deal with a similar event. teenth and most recent campus COURtsEY OF MEDIA RELATIONS “UNH has protocols in place shooting of 2015. The Umpqua continued on Page 3 continued on Page 3 2 Monday, October 12, 2015 INDEX The New Hampshire Contents Nicaraguan dancers Ocean discovery day 4 5 As part of a seven-week fall tour, the Nicaraguan dance troupe Daugh- UNH is scheduled to host Ocean Discovery Day on Oct. 17 from 10 a.m. ters of Corn performed at UNH Thursday evening. Nicaraguan music - 3 p.m. tents and tables will be set up to allow people to check out things fi lled the Strafford room as performers danced across the stage. like a squid dissections and seaweed smoothies. Women’s Soccer highlights Men’s Hockey season opener 11 12 The Wildcats won under the lights at Cowell Stadium, but dropped a Tyler Kelleher and Andrew Poturalski each recorded four points in a big heartbreaker in New York, ending their conference win streak. offensive performance and a 7-3 win over American International Col- lege. This Week in Durham HUMANS OF DURHAM Check out YoUNH, a series in The New Hampshire featur- ing faces from your community, to see if there is anyone you Oct. 12 Oct. 13 6 know. • Visiting Artist: Farrell • Museum of Art Opens Brickhouse, PCAC A218, Exhibition, PCAC, 10 a.m. Stay Connected: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. HTTP://WWW.TNHDIGITAL.COM • Guided Meditation, • Whalebone to Steel: The TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/VINE/YOUTUBE @THENEWHAMPSHIRE 338/340, MUB, 12:15 p.m. - Shape of Fashion, Uni- 12:45 p.m. versity Museum, Dimond • Lecture: The Occult Re- Library, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Contact Us: vival in Late 18th Century • An American Epidemic - England by Paul Monod, Film Screening and Panel The New Hampshire MUB, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Discussion, Theatre II, 7 132 Memorial Union Building p.m. - 9 p.m. Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-1323 Oct. 14 Oct. 15 www.TNHdigital.com • Local Harvest Dinner, all • Faculty Fellow Talk: Lucy Executive Editor Managing Editor Content Editor Dining Halls, 4:30 p.m. - Salyer on “Erin’s Hope”, 7:30 p.m. MUB 233, 12:40 p.m. - 2 Sam Rabuck Allison Bellucci Tom Z. Spencer [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] • Rutman Lecture: Chuck p.m. Todd, “Meet the Press” • Girls Gone Good: Experi- Moderator and NBC encing Female Virtue in the Corrections News Political Director, Roman House, Demeritt If you believe that we have made an error, or if you have questions about The New Hampshire’s journalis- Lundholm Gymnasium, 7 Hall Room 112, 7:30 p.m. - tic standards and practices, you may contact Executive Editor Sam Rabuck by phone at 603-862-1323 or by email at [email protected]. p.m. 9 p.m. The next issue of The New Hampshire will be on Thursday, October 15, 2015 The New Hampshire NEWS Monday, October 12, 2015 3 SHOOTINGS campuses.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Dean also pointed out UNH has a Behavioral Intervention Team, which monitors students Breaking News: suggest there has not been a statis- who may be at a risk of severely tical increase in frequency of gun harming themselves or other violence on college campuses. people, and recommends psy- Haze from microwave evacuated Spaulding When asked whether or not there chological assessment if neces- has been a growth in campus gun sary. violence, Kirkpatrick said: While mental illness has “No, even as it certainly played a role in the shootings, seems as though there has been. experts point out that most peo- Criminologists are very careful ple with mental disorders are not in analyzing possible trends and violent. patterns in offending and victim- “There seems to be a pattern ization. I should think that most of mental health issues among criminologists would be reluctant perpetrators,” Kirkpatrick said. to attest to growth at this time. At “However, it is worth noting that the same time, I should think that the vast majority of people with indeed there has been growth in mental health disorders do not awareness of gun violence on engage in violence of any kind. campus, in part because of the That seems to get lost in the cur- intense media coverage of trag- rent public discourse.” edies when they happen, like the “Mental illness as a whole recent one in Oregon.” is a very broad term. When This ties in to what UNH criminologists or psychologists look at campus shooters they are TOM Z. SPENCER/STAFF Police Chief Paul Dean said Firefighters and McGregor EMS investigate an odor in Spaulding Hall late Sunday night. when asked whether or not he looking for a confluence of many will be seeking to change proto- things,” said Professor Robert Eckstein, a psychology and jus- By TOM Z. SPENCER crowave popcorn,” Landry said. fighters found no other students, col or do anything new. CONTENT EDITOR “Not in the short term,” tice studies instructor. “Profiles “There are several labs here, so but Landry pointed out that there Dean said.