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TNH’s staff expresses their UNH women’s soccer remains INSIDE disapproval of Donald Trump’s unbeaten in conference play as the news recently released “locker room a late-game goal forced a 1-1 tie talk.” 11 against Vermont. 14 THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT PAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SINCE 1911 he New Hampshir TTNHdigital.com Monday, October 10, 2016 Vol. 106, no. 11 E in Thompson Hall to talk Homecoming, paign launch like this before, so it was policy, accomplishments hard to know what to expect… I was and visions for the future. tickled to see the number of people who Featured in the last issue were in the Whitt and who were excited. On the of TNH on Thursday, Oct. Q (VH): What was the presentation 6 was Staff Writer Mark [of Campaign 150] to the alumni like? Kobzik’s article, which What’s the public phase going to look incorporated select quotes like? from the interview. The A: We’ve been engaged in the pri- following is a full account vate phase of this campaign now for a SPOT of the conversation, edited quite a while and there’s been tremendous for clarity and space. Read support and enthusiasm from our founda- with the extended interview on tion board… There is tremendous enthu- President TNHdigital.com. siasm about the institution in general. Q (VH): In what ways People love their alma mater. They know Mark Huddleston do you think Homecoming how important private philanthropy is for [2016] exceeded expectations? our future, and they clearly are signing A: It was an unusual up… We had the foundation board meet- Interviewed by Staff Writers Homecoming… This year it overlapped ing, and every one of them…[believes] in Van Hendrickx (VH) and Mark with Hear Us Roar and the launch of the not only the importance of this campaign Kobzik (MK), Executive Editor campaign, and attendance was better at but…[that] we’ll blow through the goal. Allison Bellucci (AB) and Managing every event… We had a pep rally…[and] Everyone was really optimistic. the parade…was bigger than I’ve ever Q (VH): How is the campaign go- Editor Elizabeth Clemente (EC) seen. There were more floats, and there ing? were more spectators and more enthusi- A: We’re three days into it, offi- WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY asm. The game had a record number of cially… All the early indicators are that it NEWS EDITOR EMILY YOUNG tickets sold, [though] the rain dampened will be successful…We set a goal of $275 Courtesy of UNH Communications and the number of people who stayed… I Public Affairs Staff members of The New Hamp- think there was still a lot of enthusi- on the Spot shire sat down with UNH President Mark asm around the new Wildcat Stadium… continued on page 10 Huddleston last Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. We’ve never had a 150th birthday cam- Homecoming Weekend recap: ticket sales and police reports By Alycia Wilson events. Morale was at an all-time high Wildcat Stadium, more UNH football en- DESIGN EDITOR on the first Saturday of October, when thusiasts were present than ever before, the UNH Wildcats clawed their way to a making for a record-breaking crowd. The UNH Homecoming and Par- win over the College of William & Mary The increase in fans evidently ents Weekend Griffins. It was a commendable on-field Tyler Kennedy/Staff performance and thousands of fans were brought over Homecoming Student ticket recieved at the box office at the able to witness the victory. As the first Whittemore Center the Wednesday before the game. 20,000 people continued on page 3 to campus Homecoming to take place in the new Student Senate Update Fire alarm evacuates UNH hockey game ment’s Deputy Chief John Powers By Tyler Kennedy said. CONTENT EDITOR As the emergency alarm sounded over the video board On Sunday, Oct. 9, UNH Student Senate passed a resolution system, fans and arena personnel proposed by Student Senator Doug Marino supporting statewide headed to the nearest exits. The protection from discrimination on the basis of gender-identity and evacuation was “seamless,” as gender-expression. stated by Powers. Fans were held According to Student Body President Jonathan Dean, “it was outside for only about 20 minutes made to tell the state of New Hampshire that students believe that before they were let back into the we should have a protection clause in there for gender-identity and facility. gender-expression.” “Once we identified there was There is currently a similar clause in the university’s policy. an active fire in the building, we “This is kind of UNH students saying that we would like this [pol- called out to the fire alarm com- icy] in the statewide level as well,” Dean said. mander and fire alarm panel and The senate also passed another resolution on a matter con- requested that the building would cerning common exam times. Last year, due to the construction of be evacuated,” Powers said. “All Hamilton Smith, the time was changed from Tuesdays and Thurs- the systems worked perfectly, the days, 12:30–2 p.m., to Fridays, 2:10–5 p.m. Since the renovation Brian Dunn/Staff fire alarms tied into the sound sys- to the building is to be completed in fall 2017, senate members Items stored on top of a dryer was the alleged cause of the tems and the scoreboard. A signal have proposed that the time be switched back. small fire which evacuated the Whitt on Saturday. was displayed on the scoreboard Dean said that he has heard complaints from commuter stu- asking everyone to evacuate, ev- dents that the Friday time had proven to be a difficult time to take By Brian Dunn of the dryer. The normal opera- eryone got up and left the building tests. SPORTS EDITOR tion of the dryer caused the items effortlessly and without alarm.” The Graduate Student Senate and the Faculty Senate will to ignite, subsequently activating Once the fire was contained, soon vote on this issue. A small fire broke out inside the sprinkler heads. There were no the arena returned to normal oper- Also on Sunday night, two more members were added to the the Whittemore Center Arena reports of injuries following the ation and the game resumed. The Student Activity Fee Committee (SAFC): one in the form of a (Whitt) equipment room at ap- incident. fire was ceased and the entire pro- SAFC senator and the other an at Large member. Isaiah Lauren- proximately 8 p.m. on Saturday, “The sprinkler head above cess, from evacuation to re-entry, celle was approved by the Student Senate Executive Board to fill Oct. 8 during the UNH men’s the dryer, as soon as it reached took a minimal amount of time in the last remaining SAFC senator spot. Approved by the senate ice hockey home opener against the activating temperature of 155 away from the gameplay. for the at Large SAFC spot was computer science major Honey Bentley University. The venue degrees, it fused, caused water All events at the Whitt are be- Choksi. There now remains one open at Large position on the was evacuated as a result. Items to come out and knock the fire ing held as regularly scheduled. committee. were allegedly being stored on top down,” Durham Fire Depart- A Look The Ahead Oct. 10 NE - SHARPP Sexual W Violence Film Series, MUB 311, 6 - 8 p.m. - Organic Garden Club meeting, MUB AMPSHIRE 115. 7 - 8 p.m. Since 1911 H -TNH contributors’ meeting, MUB 132. 8 - 9 INDEX* p.m. WEATHER: 61/38 Sliders with President Huddleston Makerspace at the Entrepreneurship Center Oct. 11 - Rotoract, MUB 321, Operated by student volun- 6 - 7 p.m. teers, Makerspace is a place - UNH Dance Mara- where all UNH students are thon, MUB 332, 7 - 9 p.m. encouraged to be a community of “makers.” WEATHER: 65/43 9 4 Sunny Students shared questions and sliders with President Huddleston on Th ursday, Oct. 6. Oct. 12 UNH Athletics: Field hockey - Men’s Soccer vs. Newsroom poll: University at Albany, What is your DJ 7 p.m. name? WEATHER: See what TNH Staff had to say 66/45 about what their DJ names Partly Cloudy would be! Oct. 13 - Anime Club, MUB 14 338/340, 5 - 8 p.m. - Salsa Social Dance 8 Night, Wildcat Den, UNH fi eld hockey dropped two conference matches this weekend, in- cluding UMass Lowell and the “All ‘Cats Wear Pink” game vs. Maine. 5:45 - 6:30 p.m. - Current issues lecture series “ev- eryone is a bit trans [gender],” Strafford CONNECT Room, 7 p.m. Executive Editor THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Allison Bellucci | [email protected] 132 Memorial Union Building Durham, NH 03824 WEATHER: 603-862-1323 61/39 Managing Editor Sunny Elizabeth Clemente | [email protected] SUBSCRIBE AND READ ONLINE TNHdigital.com The next issue of Content Editor THE NEW HAMPSHIRE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE Tyler Kennedy | [email protected] will be published on: @THENEWHAMPSHIRE Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 CORRECTIONS------ IF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE MADE AN ERROR, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY @THENEWHAMPSHIRE QUESTIONS ABOU THE NEW HAMPHSIRE’S JOURNALISTIC STANDARDS AND Weather according to weather.com PRACTICES, YOU MAY CONTACT EXECUTIVE EDITOR ALLISON BELLUCCI BY EMAIL AT [email protected] THE NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS Monday, October 10, 2016 3 On the SPOT with President Mark Huddleston continued on page 10 ...we didn’t hold back. Allison Bellucci/Staff President Mark Huddleston sitting at his desk inside Thompson Hall.