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Merrimack College Merrimack ScholarWorks The Beacon College Publications & Events 3-26-2010 The Beacon - Vol 8 No. 11 - March 26, 2010 Merrimack College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/beacon Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Merrimack College (2010). The Beacon - Vol 8 No. 11 - March 26, 2010. Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/beacon/28 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications & Events at Merrimack ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Beacon by an authorized administrator of Merrimack ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MERRIMACK’S NEW PRESIDENT: DR CHRISTOPHER HOPEY The student newspaper of Merrimack College Established 2001 Vol. VIII, Number 11 Friday, March 26, 2010 www.merrimackbeacon.com In This Issue! A Toast to President Champagne Men’s Hockey wrap By Pat Lawlor ‘13 He has worked as an educator up Associate Editor-in-Chief for his entire career, teaching, page 10 administrating, and leading col - Although he has four months left leges, Champagne holds Merri - in his position, The Beacon decided mack to the highest of all his to sit down with our college’s presi - professional experiences. dent; Ronald Champagne, to recall “Everyone from the students, to his years in office, talk about his ex - the staff has been such a re - SGA Presidents periences sitting at the helm of sourceful, committed group.” page 4 Merrimack, and what he envisions Champagne mentioned how he, for Merrimack. the staff, and Merrimack’s stu - In just a short two years, Cham - dents are all looking for a more pagne was called in as an interim robust Merrimack. Growing the president to do what he does best. college is a main mission of Mer - Alternative Spring Fix things, get things done, and get rimack and the resourcefulness the college to where the Merrimack of the entire community has im - Break community wants it to be. In those pressed Champagne greatly. two years, Champagne has had a page 5 great experience. “The best part of See CHAMPAGNE on Page 3 being Merrimack’s president is the privilege of working with the finest individuals ever,” Champagne said. Emily Bulman/Staff Photographer Merrimack Blackout By Alexandra Picardi ‘13 ually banged off of the windows, lucky, a flashlight! For those stu - rainstorms hit campus, students Staff Writer sounding as if it were going to rip dents who lived in the townhouses can be found in tubes or cannoning the screen window right from its and apartment buildings, they were around in it. Unfortunately, this At approximately 11pm on hinges. As if this was not enough to left in complete darkness. Many time some students were the daring Thursday night blackness struck keep the typical person awake at students feeling the eerie mood de - ones to take the plunge, when the throughout the campus of Merri - night, the heavy rain continued to cided to put on scary masks and lights went out. mack, leaving only Santagati and grow stronger. Finally the final roam the hallways, in hopes of get - When the initial excitement was the Deegan buildings with power. flicker of lights happened and the ting a couple screams out of some over and the late night grew into an Weather conditions were treturous dorm was left in complete darkness. students. While a power outage was early morning, many students real - throughout the day between a For the majority of students one thing that caused a serious ized the lights were not coming rain/hail storm and a wind speed of that were awake on Thursday problem, so did the flooding. back on and guided by flashlights 61 miles an hour was reported at Febuary 25th they can relate to Outside of Ash, a lake began to decided to doze off to sleep. Stu - Lawrence Municipal Airport at what happened this night, as every - form, stretching from the turf field dents crossed their fingers for no 11:13pm. As the night approached, one flooded into the hallways be - down to the street. By the time the classes the next day but that was conditions grew worse and kept up cause they were left in pitch black power went out on campus the lake asking for a lot (or so they thought). steady until early morning hours… dorm rooms and their only sources was so deep that it became possible The lights continued to flicker for of light were emergency lights lo - to swim in it. This lake is nick - Power Outage continued on Page 3 about a half hour in the dorm cated in halls and if they were named “Warrior Lake” and when rooms, as the powerful wind contin - Richard Runs Boston Relay for Life By Kayla Morong ‘12 for cancer prevention. Through - By Kim Trapasso ‘10 loved one battling cancer forces us Sports Editor out her years running for Dana Staff Writer to endure. Nonetheless, even after Farber she raised $26,000. As the all difficulties and pain, we With just three simple words, Ever since Jenny Richard was a Richard’s mom participated in the emerge from the struggles with the my entire world was turned upside little girl she would go with her organization, Richard would at - type of strength that most people down. I can vividly remember the grandmother to watch her mom tend pasta dinners the night be - cannot obtain in an entire lifetime. way that the painful words effort - run the Boston Marathon. Dur - fore the Boston Marathon. “This According to the American Can - lessly rolled off my mother’s ing the year 1995, her family suf - is an inspiring night,” says cer Society, cancer is the second tongue. “I have cancer,” she said. fered through two tragedies. Her Richard. People that run in the leading cause of death in the At that moment, I was unable to Aunt passed away from cancer race are paired up with a child United States, affecting half of all grasp the realization that my life and her grandmother was diag - that is being treated by the Dana men and one-third of all women. In would be drastically changing. I nosed with pancreatic cancer, Farber Marathon Challenge. the year 2001, my mother was just could have never imagined the dif - dying nine months later. In the These children come to the pasta one of the whopping 9.8 million ficulties and the pain that would same year, Richard’s mother dinner and stand at the twenty- people living with this disease. later be inflicted upon me and my joined the Dana Farber Marathon five mile mark where they run or family. But, I was not alone in my Challenge, which funds money for wheel chair to the final mile. obligation to succumb to such cancer patients. In memory of changes. Every year, millions of her sister and mother, she ran six Marathon continued on Page 10 Relay continued on Page 3 families struggle with the same an - years in the Boston Marathon guish, responsibilities, and confus - alongside her teammates, fighting ing circumstances that having a Page 2 The Beacon March 26, 2010 Editorial Board How Creative Editor in Chief Ashley Sarris Can You Get? F Associate Editor in Chief A group of senior boys decided to take their rainy Patrick Lawlor day in, outside and use a guitar and a street sign F to paddle thier way on their blow-up tube across Copy Editor the re-appearing pond on the extra soccer field A Abigail Clark across from Santagati Hall. T Sports Editor Kayla Morong The pond was a hit for early-in-the season swim - ming from students of all years before they realiz - S ing the close call of hypothermia from the cold Staff waters. Lyndsie Andrade Photograph Provided N Emily Bulman by Ashley Bock ʻ11 Courtney Cutler Timothy Iannacone O Heather Kent Patryk Kelley C Mark Lindquist Shannon Nickerson Spice up your life! Katie O’Neil A Alexandra Picardi ...Or at least your dinner plate Ryan Pinette In the mood for a milkshake? Lauren Reilly -Two scoops of ice cream mixed with a little bit of milk and stir it up in a cup! E Michael Salvucci Kim Trapasso Cheese fries are a must! B Molly Warren -Rip up a couple pieces of american cheese from the burger station and put them on your fries. Heat them up in the microwave and presto! You know have cheese fries! E Pizza bagels -During dinner time, go over the the bread station and grab a bagel. Then, head over to the pasta sta - tion for some sauce. As youʼre looping around, the salad station has some shredded chedder cheese to G sprinkle on the top. Pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds and you are good to go! E Cheese Quesadillas -In the sandwich line, ask (politely, of course) for a plain wrap with three slices of cheese and fold it in L half. Heat the wrap in the panini machine until golden brown and enjoy! Advisor L Growing tired of the same boring toppings on your ice cream? Dr. Russell Mayer -Put some peanut butter in the to-go ice cream cup and melt it in the microwave for 20 seconds. Then, Assistant Dean of Liberal drizzle your fun new topping over your ice cream. We recommend chocolate peanut butter swirl. O Arts Customer Service C Advertising Always in our hearts, The Beacon is the best and most effi - cient way to reach the Merrimack College Community. To place a K Classified, Print Advertisement, or Forever watching over us.