The NEW HAMPSHIRE The independent student newspaper of the University of New Hampshire since 1911 TNHDIGITAL.COM Thursday, January 28, 2021 VOL. 110, NO. 46 The future of American politics Return to campus guide Photo courtesy of the University of New Hampshire Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine By Caitlin Staffanson in dorm lounges and common ARTS EDITOR spaces at a time and the dorm By Anna Kate Munsey MANAGING EDITOR to action. Whether spurred by College students are “com- Hampshire begins their return the COVID-19 pandemic, a re- at single or double occupancy Despite the ongoing corona- to campus, students are being climate due to advancements virus (COVID-19) pandemic, political engagement in the outlined by the university. Over Biden or Trump, young people The housing teams has been 2020 election broke records. turned out to vote. From a vast Democratic - - - COVID-19 testing compliance ing the testing procedure and altered, and spread, it’s quite - to make sure expectations are ultimately nominated, to an ence department, notes, “most incredibly unique incumbent the emails and guidelines people don’t care about politics and so that the entire transition Republican president, Don- that Generation Z does, and is smooth. Elections are generally the “Housing and residential return to campus guide. - prevalent, and people pay the For example, Generation For students living in on- most attention to politics. Donald Trump lost reelection, campus housing, move-in is country’s impeachments. Con- - - college-aged people in 2020, stantly televised and trending dency. Democrats lost 12 seats - students is Feb. 1. On-campus housing restrictions remain have just barely gained control Civic Learning and Engage- Johnson. ment (CIRCLE) projects that - - voting-eligible young people Barrett, holds a 6-3 conserva- members enter the residential voted in the 2020 election. tive majority. Return to Campus compared to the 2016 election, continued on page 3 Republicans and all 222 House Democrats voting to impeach a predicament. Scholars have questioned the constitutionality unprecedented. “To me it's vengeance, it’s retribution. But it's not doing the things that American Politics Photo courtesy of Fox9 continued on page 3 Photo courtesy of the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Pass re- UNH implements COLA professors The Promised Nev- MBB split weekend form for Spring simulation center recieve awards erland review series with UAlbany 4 6 8 11 16 What’s the Weather? Jan. 28 32/7 Snow Since 1911 Jan. 29 20/8 INDEX* Partly Cloudy Inauguration Day fashion UNH COVID-19 lab recieves grant Jan. 30 After a successful first four-plus months of operation, the UNH 24/7 Sunny COVID-19 testing lab will get a $4 million grant to help function and expand. Jan. 31 30/18 Mostly Sunny Content Editor Hannah Donahue explains the fashion choices7 that poli- 5 ticians, influential figures and celebrities wore on Inauguration Day. Feb. 1 33/29 UNH men’s hockey continues to struggle Spring semester food Snow guide Staff Writer Evan Edmonds gives Feb. 2 a rundown on the state of UNH 34/27 and Durham’s dining situation, Snow including particulars on the all new “rise + grind.” Read for more information on Durham’s “Res- taurant Bingo.” Feb. 3 36/23 15 Partly Cloudy In the midst of an up and down COVID-19 and injury plagued 2020-21 Weather according to weather.com season, UNH gets two points in a weekend set with Merrimack. 9 The next issue CONNECT of TNH will be Executive Editor THE NEW HAMPSHIRE 132 Memorial Union Building published on Josh Morrill | [email protected] Durham, NH 03824 603-862-1323 Thursday, February 4, Managing Editor FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM 2020 Anna Kate Munsey | [email protected] @THENEWHAMPSHIRE But you can find Content Editor FIND US ON FACEBOOK new content Hannah Donahue | [email protected] @THENEWHAMPSHIRE daily at CORRECTIONS------ TNHdigital.com IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MADE AN ERROR, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE’S JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS AND PRACTICES, YOU MAY CONTACT EXECUTIVE EDITOR JOSH MORRILL. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE News Thursday, January 28, 2021 3 Politics - creation. He noted that political he headed home to Mar-a- continued from page 1 lines partisanship in the U.S., - providing data to suggest that ing the things that Biden says likely they’ll pay less attention debate. Since Republicans are to politics and the goings-on - Smith thinks Trump’s career in losing the presidency and the politics is largely over. and that's a problem Biden's Senate, one might assume they “I think he's done largely are more likely to consider this think long term. Remember - recent history, third parties are We all like to think that this - cans surveyed considered he said, noting that Trump “lost the presidency, lost the considered themselves Demo- - the time it is the same as it's Trump and his message It makes us look like a banana - themselves Independents. Smith said, “the question For many young people, it - he said. voters, to be exact. One likely In his inauguration address, - overcome these challenges history tells us about current - political society in the United — to restore the soul and to events. Smith said the 2016, litical movement. Trump didn't 2000, and even the disputed leaders are going to look at that some similarities to today. Some have speculated that - they sense political Return to Campus commitment to participate Everyone is required to continued from page 1 in regular COVID-19 testing testing kit sent to their perma- - Continuing Education or no and university public health antine attestation. protocols around physical result came back negative, Finally, everyone must is more comprehensive, more and then select an arrival date make sure they have a valid - cies around testing compliance - quired to submit tests does not - able to schedule an appoint- ployees are encouraged to sign ment at the Whittemore Center pass to be validated. Like last semester, students On Jan. 20, the university our students and the univer- p.m. These students picked The testing schedule is as - testing guidelines outlined by asked to complete it and drop it - the university are the necessary that asked, “Do you agree to location. Students could also Thursday mornings uphold the Wildcat Community 1. In the last email sent out by - Kenneth Holmes, the Senior made it clear that this option - Student Rights, Rules, and Re- and Kate Ziemer, The Senior - mandated step into achieving a Friday mornings - - and to pick-up their testing kits Wednesday and Saturday mornings State Republicans push to change election laws affecting college students By Ben MacKillop out the vote and ride sharing - despite losing the popular vote STAFF WRITER tions. This continues a push by students. - 2021 legislative session, Re- cast in Durham general election place in 2016 Donald Trump in every state, presidential elec- - - cord proposed multiple bills - and in recent years typically votes. - college students. has been a controversial topic - has received national atten- micile in order to vote in state Election Law voting events. continued on page 8 The second controversial - housing to have car registra- tion, a driver’s license, or an- allocate electoral college votes Hampshire in order to vote. by congressional district, the elections and primaries. Only same system that has been used - - tration. - - graphic that has been largely lege students registering to vote - Photo courtesy of POLITICO 4 Thursday, January 28, 2021 News THE NEW HAMPSHIRE 2020’s COVID-19 semester in review By Josh Morrill that had the job of keep the turned into a mask-less ice university and facility for their be more than 90% effective in campus as safe and healthy as cream soiree, the first COV- campaign events. prevention of the virus. Both EXECUTIVE EDITOR possible. This is also when the ID-19 cluster surfaced in a fra- Near the end of the month, Health & Wellness Medical actual logistics were begin- ternity house and the university Oct. 29 precisely, Provost Director Peter Degnan and The fall semester of 2020 ning to be planned in terms of lost 250 tests on the first day of Wayne Jones announced the various students told The took a toll on so many in the personal protective equipment self-testing. It wasn’t exactly university’s intentions for the New Hampshire that their UNH community; students, (PPE) for students and how the what UNH pictured when they upcoming spring semester. The excitement for the vaccine was faculty and staff alike. The process was going to work. envisioned the first few weeks intentions centered around the plentiful, but they still had threat of COVID-19 has mini- Easing some Wildcats’ anxiety, going, but the recovery was premise that UNH wants to reservations and wanted to get mized Wildcats’ old lives to Durham also became one of the swift. keep much of the fall proce- more information. This later a distant memory that we can first towns in New Hampshire Just a few weeks after the dures in place going into 2021, proved to be a monumental only reminisce upon. to issue a mask ordinance, seemingly never-ending issues but with enhancements to help development as both Pfizer Limited exposure to friends, something that Governor Su- surfaced, UNH announced with student engagement inside and Moderna, an American classmates and colleagues has nunu would later enact on the that they would be able to and outside of the classroom. Biotechnology company, have left these same Wildcats a little state level. This was essential, test nearly 4,000 students and This reform could come by vaccines authorized for use in more self-aware and a little less as 15,000 people coming into faculty members in their testing way of expanding the capacity the U.S.