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The New Hampshire Tnhdigital.Com Monday, November 23, 2015 Vol Serving the University of New Hampshire since 1911 The New Hampshire TNHdigital.com Monday, November 23, 2015 Vol. 105, No. 23 INSIDE TNH Newsroom Poll: Laura Rose Donegan was named the NCAA What is your favorite Division I Cross-Country Elite 90 Award winner. THE NEWS Thanksgiving food? Page 5 Page 12 STUDENT SENATE RESULT ON UNH SMOKING BAN... Wildcats bleed blue POSTPONED THE VOTING FOR THE PROPOSED SMOKING BAN HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 6 DYLAN HAND/CONTRIBUTOR A week of awareness The ‘Cat Pack captains teach and practice UNH Wildcat chants with the crowd at Thursday’s pep rally. By DYLAN HAND for the biggest weekend in UNH It was a good foundation because Student orgs collaborated to put on the 6th CONTRIBUTING WRITER sports of the year. Students, ath- we are trying to turn this into an- letes and coaches came together nual event,” said ‘Cat Pack cap- annual Gender Identities Awareness Week Shouts of “I believe in for a fun night celebrating the tain Patrick Harvey. “We are try- UNH,” “every day’s a great day Wildcats. Organized by the ‘Cat ing to get a tradition around the to be a Wildcat,” and “go blue go Pack captains, the pep rally came musket.” white,” rang throughout Lund- to be to start a tradition around the Sean McDonnell, head coach holm along with the energy from annual UMaine versus UNH foot- of the football team, reminded the the pep band as students celebrat- ball game and the Brice-Cowell crowd which team has dominated ed Wildcat athletics on Thursday Musket, the prize awarded to the night. winner. PEP RALLY The first ever UNH Pep Ral- “I thought it went really well. ly was held to prepare students continued on Page 3 SAE holds its first philanthropic pie eating contest AUDREY JOHNSON/CONTRIBUTOR Candles paired with cards containing the name, age and picture of a trans person killed in the past year in observance of lives lost. KELSEA CAMPBELL/CONTRIBUTOR By RAOUL BIRON brance, an international obser- Students gather around a table at SAE’s first-ever pie eating contest in the spirit of Thanksgiving. STAFF WRITER vance honoring the lives lost through transgender violence, This week, one of the most UNH’s trans rights activists By KELSEA CAMPBELL eating contest this past Sunday afternoon. underrepresented groups in (among them Trans UNH, The MULTIMEDIA STAFF “This is the first one, but hopefully it becomes UNH’s community worked to be- Waysmeet Center, and the Wom- an annual thing. It’s hard to get people in the school come impossible to ignore. With Thanksgiving right around the corner, PIE In anticipation of Nov. 20, TRANSGENDER UNH’s very own Sigma Alpha Epilson embraced the continued on Page 3 the Transgender Day of Remem- continued on Page 3 holiday spirit and hosted the fraternity’s first ever pie 2 Monday, November 23, 2015 INDEX The New Hampshire Contents Transgender activist visits Champions once more 4 12 Ryan Cassata, keynote speaker, singer and songwriter, actor, fi lm maker, A strong, six-member senior class helped UNH cement a 3-1 win over the poet and transgender activist performed in the MUB on Thursday, Nov. Albany Great Danes en route to the Wildcats’ third-consecutive America 18 as part of the sixth annual Gender Identities Awareness Week. East title on Saturday night. Musket stays in Durham UPenn ends win streak 12 8 UNH football pulled off a 22-6 win over Maine to keep the rivalry game’s The Wildcats played host to a tough Quaker team, and a late rally couldn’t Brice-Cowell Musket. The win raised UNH’s record to 7-4 and helped the help UNH team maintain its perfect record. This Week in Durham The art of rock climbing Climbing is an inherently dangerous sport. Hanging onto a slab of rock, clinging to the smallest of holds as though Nov. 23 Nov. 24 4 your life depended on it does not lead to thoughts of safety. • Mind to Hand to Paper • Mind to Hand to Paper & The Artists Revealed, & The Artists Revealed, Stay Connected: PCAC, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. PCAC, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. HTTP://WWW.TNHDIGITAL.COM • Whalebone to Steel: The • Whalebone to Steel: The TWITTER/INSTAGRAM/VINE/YOUTUBE @THENEWHAMPSHIRE Shape of Fashion, Uni- Shape of Fashion, Uni- versity Museum, Dimond versity Museum, Dimond Library, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Library, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Contact Us: • Guided Meditation, MUB • Art Talk: Katey Austin Mor- 338/340, 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 ril, PCAC, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. The New Hampshire p.m. 132 Memorial Union Building Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-1323 www.TNHdigital.com Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Executive Editor Managing Editor Content Editor • Mind to Hand to Paper • HAPPY Sam Rabuck Allison Bellucci Tom Z. Spencer & The Artists Revealed, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] PCAC, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. THANKSGIVING Corrections If you believe that we have made an error, or if you have questions about The New Hampshire’s journalis- tic standards and practices, you may contact Executive Editor Sam Rabuck by phone at 603-862-1323 or by email at [email protected]. The next issue of The New Hampshire will be on Thursday, December 3, 2015 The New Hampshire NEWS Monday, November 23, 2015 3 PEP RALLY a celebration of the players as it TraNSGENDER- variety of reasons. Gender is om- Committee (TPACC), The GLBT CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was a celebration of the students CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nipresent - it’s a part of every in- Commission etc. to take what and fans. Players and coaches all teraction,” said Johnson, the GIA they have learned and then work shared the sentiment that the fans Week coordinator. with others to strategize for real the musket in recent years. were the ones that brought all the en’s Studies Program) sponsored From Monday to Friday, stu- change - changes to policy and “We’ve kept the g—d--n gun energy to games, and they were the sixth annual Gender Identities dents and faculty turned the Me- campus climate that move beyond in New Hampshire for the last quick to give thanks to the fans. Awareness (GIA) Week. morial Union Building, The Way- rhetoric to make transgender stu- four years,” McDonnell barked to “There’s no better feeling as “I started GIA back in 2010 smeet Center, and for one night, dents, faculty and staff complete the crowd, receiving some of the a senior to play for a crowd that because I saw that there was a The Knot, into a hub for educat- and valued members of the UNH loudest cheers of the night. knows your name,” said foot- true dearth of education regard- ing and discussing the progres- community at all levels,” Ryan Men’s hockey coach Dick ball captain Akil Anderson as he ing transgender issues on campus, sion of trans rights, understanding said. Umile offered his support for the shouted to the crowd. as well as a lack of community gender identities, and celebrating While the events were large- football team playing against a “We’ve got the best student for trans identified students, fac- members of the community. ly aimed at preparatory education shared rival. section in all of Hockey East,” ulty and staff. I also observed “Some of the specific prob- to the larger community, many “You know how we feel said Umile. that we needed to create a much lems faced by trans students here went further than purely address- about bear hunting,” Umile said, The successful event was a larger pool of vocal and visible are UNH are a lack of gender ing what pronoun to use when referencing Maine’s mascot the great start for something the both cisgender allies to trans folks on neutral bathrooms, being mis- unsure or what “never to say to a Black Bears. the Cat Pack and school admin- campus,” said Dr. Joelle Ruby gendered by people (purposely trans person.” As some students This type of inter-team sup- istrators hope will grow in fu- Ryan, lecturer in women’s stud- or not), and cissexist ideas being were able to understand identities port could be felt throughout ture year. School administrators ies. “I believe that education and taught by professors… There are such as genderqueer, genderfluid, the gym. Each coach mentioned shared this belief. community building are essential certainly structural changes that and agender for the first time, oth- not just their own games, but all “The most important thing is first steps to addressing issues of need to be made to make UNH er members of UNH’s community the other games happening over that this was an initiative that the inequality and systemic cissexist a more inclusive space for trans could discuss their perspectives in the weekend. Players from the students took on themselves, and discrimination.” people, but a cultural shift is need- a cooperative safe space. men’s and women’s hockey teams we’re really excited about that,” While major legislative prog- ed as well,” Johnson said. “As transgender acceptance paired up with each other and fans said Director of Intercollegiate ress for gay rights made headlines During the week, daily and understanding grows, I think for a goal scoring contest, while Athletics Marty Scarano. in 2015 and many members of the events ranging from a keynote ad- GIA Week will evolve as well - players from other teams cheered “In all the years I’ve been LGBTQ+ community continue dress from activist and artist Ryan there will be less need for intro- and laughed with the rest of the here I’ve never seen such great to make headway in an ongoing Cassata, to panels discussing ductory events and we can delve students.
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