Bill proposed for UNH decal The gymnastics team narrowly INSIDE plates profi t to benefi t scholar- defeated the Utah State University the news ship program. 7 Aggies on Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium 16 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SINCE 1911 he New Hampshir TTNHdigital.com Monday, January 30, 2017 Vol. 106, no. 26E Student Senate Parents Council grants $39,143 to multiple university projects Update By Madison Neary sity during the 2016-17 academic President-elect of the council and university; it expands the UNH STAFF WRITER year. UNH alumna Pam Dey Vossler brand in the world to ensure stu- First Senate meeting The Parents Council serves states that the council works to dent connections in the job force of semester cancelled as the governing board of the Par- strengthen the UNH community after graduation. The University of New ents Association, the network of and support its students’ success. “Everything we do is to fur- By Tyler Kennedy Hampshire’s Parents Association UNH parents that guardians are According to Dey Vossler, the CONTENT EDITOR has awarded $39,143 in grants automatically entered into when Parents Council’s work does not to fund emerging and expanding Parents Council their child enrolls at the university. stop within the parameters of the continued on page 3 Due to an administrative projects throughout the univer- mistake by Student Senate Speaker Alex Fries, the Stu- dent Senate meeting origi- Missing: Milk Huddleston nally set to take place on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 29 Cardboard cut-out of historic T-Hall Lawn grazing cow missing from Dimond Library was scrapped in an effort not to trespass the senate’s cred- ibility levels regarding trans- parency and ethics, accord- ing to Fries. Fries mistakenly placed the wrong date on the agenda for this week’s meet- ing; it read “Sunday, Feb. 5” rather than “Sunday, Jan. 29.” “There was some confu- sion with whether or not we would be having a meeting, and with the level of sincer- ity that we’re dealing with on Courtesy of UNH Special collections , Elizabeth Clemente/Staff the topics that we are talking (Left) Original photograph of grazing cow, now known as “Milk Huddleston” in front of about, I just didn’t feel com- T-Hall. (Right) Competition in November to name the cow in HoCo. fortable having the meeting,” Fries said. “I just think that if By Gabrielle Lamontagne we’re talking about things— STAFF WRITER no matter what we’re talk- ing about—we have to clear that ethical and transparency Milk Huddleston, the cow cutout displayed last semester in the lobby of Dimond Library, has been missing since the ending of fi nals week threshold and if we’re com- this past December. Special Collections Curator Dale Valena believes that the cow was taken during the period of time when the library was promising that, we shouldn’t operating under a 24-hour schedule. be conducting business.” Cow continued on page 4 The most prominent item on the agenda was a discussion by the senate re- Completed Hamel Rec. Center renovations On the garding the possible removal of current student body presi- place focus on full-wellness approach with dent, Jonathan Dean. On the SPOT day of the fi nal student senate Alana Davidson meeting last semester, Sun- the pre-existing Hamel Student day, Dec. 4, Fries received Recreation Center resolved a lot a collection of petitions that of issues in the way of benchmark called for the impeachment measurements in the recreation of Dean. However, due to the fi eld and student accessibility infeasibility of validating the to fi tness equipment, the project necessary 300 undergradu- was still not completed due to the ate student names within the need to bring attention to deferred span of only a few hours, maintenance projects on the origi- Fries made the decision to nal building. The process began postpone a full discussion on during December 2015, and the long-awaited complete recreation the matter. Courtesy photo Over the course of win- center made its appearance on ter break, Fries was able to campus on the night of Jan. 24. Director of Campus Rec- UNH senior starts verify the undergraduate China Wong/Staff names through the Regis- reation Stacey Hall outlined the ‘Swipe it Forward’ food A new room in the renovated section of the rec. center for several contributing factors that trar’s Offi ce; the plan was spinning classes. security program to hold that discussion at the pushed the incentive to renovate the recreational facility that had fi rst senate meeting of the reation Center attached to the By Alycia Wilson been standing for 22 years. For Jocelyn Van Saun spring semester. The fi rst Whittemore Center (Whitt). The DESIGN EDITOR one, the air handling system was STAFF WRITER meeting will now happen completion of this new project upgraded for the sake of inconsis- next weekend, though the allowed for renovations in the Upon its creation in 1995, tent temperature patterns through- details regarding its start and recreation facility that had been Graduating in May with a the University of New Hamp- out the building and unsystem- end time have not yet been standing for decades and where Bachelor of Science in nutrition, shire’s fi rst recreation center had atic noise. Additionally, the wood fi nalized. some maintenance has long-been Alana Davidson is leaving her never been considered a com- fl oors on the multipurpose courts deferred. However, after decades mark on UNH by paying it for- pleted project. After 22 years were replaced while others were ward. After conducting research of deliberation, student senate of discussion and assembly, the STUDENT SENATE Hamel Recreation Center (HRC) continued on page 3 resolutions and design layouts, an extension was added to the is fi nally completed. Rec center On the Spot pre-existing Hamel Student Rec- Although the extension to continued on page 3 continued on page 3 A Look The Ahead Jan. 30 NE - Organic Garden W Club, MUB 115, 7 - 8p.m. - Juggling Club, MUB AMPSHIRE 330/332, 7 - 10p.m. Since 1911 H WEATHER: 34/16 INDEX* Partly Cloudy Wildcats Take on Fenway Wildcatalyst Jan. 31 - Anime Club, MUB 338/340, 5 - 8p.m. - Ski & Board Club, MUB 156, 6 - 7p.m. WEATHER: 5 31/25 UNH Professor and the De- Partly Cloudy partment of Kinesiology Chair 9 Erik Swartz and Dave Arnold spoke of their respective The men’s hockey team traveled to Frozen Fenway to take on the projects at the Alpha Loft on Northeastern Huskies in an outdoor game on Jan. 14. Jan. 26. ‘Cats Fall to UMBC in Double Overtime Feb. 1 Newsroom Poll - UNH Table Tennis, Find out what the editors of MUB 330/332, 7 - 8p.m. - Black History TNH had to say about the Month, 311 MUB I, naming of the cow “Milk Hud- 7 - 9p.m. dleston.” WEATHER: 39/22 A.M. 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A sample size Parents Council cipients are the men and women’s continued from page 1 provide healthier food for clients of 943 undergraduate and gradu- continued from page 1 crew teams, who, according to ju- on public assistance. ate students voluntarily took the nior Brian Rafferty, applied for the “[The country] produces survey and the results were stag- grant to fund repairs on their boat- on campus last fall, Davidson enough food, but not everyone gering, indicating that 25 percent ther support our students,” Dey house. The “Swipe It Forward” found that out of a sample size has access to it,” Davidson said. of the respondents were “food in- Vossler said. “Just like a parent program received the maximum of 943 UNH graduate and un- Davidson took this frustra- secure.” would encourage their kid to go grant of $4,000. According to dergraduate students, 25 percent tion back to UNH during the fall Davidson presented these beyond and raise the bar for them- senior nutrition major Alana Da- proved to be “food insecure.” It of her sophomore year. Using fi ndings to the Dean’s Council selves and hit it.” vidson, the money bought 1,333 was this shocking fi nd that in- data from the College Health and and considered what other univer- According to Dey Vossler, swipes for students who may not spired Davidson to create the pro- Nutritional Assessment Survey sities such as UC Berkley and the the Parent’s Council received 22 be able to afford them otherwise.