The Observer Volume IV, Issue 7 New Hampshir e College April 29,1998 Congratulations Class of 1998! Honors 401 Coach Rootes resigns family ties used to get jobs and the fact that some companies expor t By Adrian Mroczko championship win in NHC's his- Projects banned or harmful drugs. Source: The Banner tory. Throughou t his 1 0 year ca- By Bly Coddington The presentations too k an reer a t NHC , Rootes poste d a artsy tur n when Lotta Thunberg John Rootes, NHC men' s 169-30-10 record, in addition to It's that time of year again. presented her project on the famous soccer coach, recently announce d leading the Penmen to six NCAA A time when graduating seniors of artist Andrew Zorn. Throughou t his resignatio n fro m this institu- Division I I tournamen t appear - the New Hampshire College Hon- the presentation sh e eloquently ex- tion. Roote s has accepted a head ances. ors program gather together with pressed her deep interest in the art- soccer coach posi- Rootes peers an d mentor s t o displa y ist an d seemed to really enjoy he r tion a t Clayto n graduated fro m their 401 projects . Th e project s research o n the ma n who hailed College an d Stat e UNLV i n 198 4 are the en d resul t o f a yearlong from he r very own hometown in University located where h e wa s a struggle to put together a 50-page Sweden. near Atlanta , four-year mem - thesis on one aspect of their respec- Rounding off th e presenta - Georgia. Clayto n ber of the socce r tive fields . Th e senior s use d tions was Robyn Paquette. Roby n PowerPoint, showed videos an d State has a popula- team. H e helped finished things off with her project gave oral presentations t o convey tion o f 5,00 0 stu - the Rebel s t o on th e histor y o f accounting . their knowledg e t o thei r audi - dents an d als o their first-eve r Robyn was quoted a s saying, "It ence. competes a t th e NCAA Divisio n was a lot of hard work, especially on the subjec t tha t I chose. I' m NCAA Divisio n II I Tournament ap- Michael Layma n kicked glad to have it behind me." level. Coac h pearance. H e things off with a presentation o n Rootes i s from th e began his coach- IPO investments . Hi s deliver y in- Riswan reiterate d hi s cluded a n investor' s guid e t o Atlanta are a an d ing caree r a t Di- classmate's statement s when h e what make s IP O stoc k a goo d told us what his spring break con- welcomes the retur n bac k t o his vision I Clemson University as an long-run performer . Als o en - sisted of. " I woke up at seven in home state . NH C is currentl y assistant coach , helpin g the Ti- tailed in his project wer e tips on the morning and didn't finish work- conducting a nationwide searc h gers win the 198 7 national title. how t o ge t int o the IP O marke t ing unti l eleven o'clock at night all for a successor . Coach Rootes will b e re- and several interviews and com- week lon g i n orde r t o ge t m y Rootes took over as head membered fo r his winning ways parisons of companies. project finished," h e said. coach o f th e NH C soccer pro - and grea t contribution s t o th e Chad Porter, a future law The general feeling among gram i n 1988 . I n 1989 , h e le d NHC men' s socce r progra m a s school student, followed up with the students seemed t o be one of the Penmen to the Division II na- well a s th e college' s first-eve r descriptions of different forms of relief to have their final honors as- tional title , th e onl y nationa l nationa l title. law. Thir d o n the agend a wa s signment completed. All in all, th e Riswan Dilawar Khan, who wrote presentations wer e successes . a paper about the variety of ethical Now th e senior s ar e lef t t o con- The Observer goes to issues faced by American business- centrate on their last hurdle which men in international business. Som e is finishing strong and graduating on Harvard of his topics included child labor, time. By Tara Cowdrey building where the pape r i s pro- duced and printed. A very polite On Apri l 4, five member s and easy-going Harvard student, of Th e Observe r staf f wen t t o Adam Hickey, graciously gave us Cambridge. Th e primary reason a tour of the place. He told us a lot for thi s trip was to visit Harvard of the history about The Crimson University and its newspaper, The and how hard it has been to reach Crimson. Th e member s wh o the level they are at. This year, there went o n th e tri p wer e Adria n are currently 85 students who are Mroczko, Co-Edito r i n Chief ; staff member s fo r The Crimson, Andrea Hill , Sport s Editor ; An- which is a daily paper . drew Cummings, Managing Edi- I think I can speak fo r the tor; Ric h Winefield , Phot o Edi - group when saying we had an en- Above are Observer staff members who had an enjoyable tor; an d Tara Cowdrey, Co-Edi- joyable time, while also learning time in Cambridge visiting the Han'ard Crimson and seeing tor in Chief. Accompanyin g with about the ver y devoted student s the sights. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Mroczko). us wa s ou r advisor , Dr . Ausr a who wor k on The Crimson. Th e Kubilius. hope is that we can have a similar Have a fun and safe summer! The Cri mson has their ow n trip next year for the staff member s of The Observer. -from your friends at the Observer The Maintenance Department i n conjunction with the New Hampshire College Observer has a customized recycling program. Just deposit your copy of The Observer in recycling bins located in the Student Center. April 29,1998 The Observe r From the Editor's Desk: As co-edito r in chief, I have see n man y change s wit h the paper an d its staff thi s year . Ove r time, the staff becam e mor e From the Editor's Desk: comfortable working with each other and many were eager to help in any way they could. Well, here it is, the final issue of the Observer for the 1997 - For thi s issue, a few of our staff members had to come together 1998 academic year . Thi s also happens t o be my last issu e as an and work through those difficulties . Fo r that, I thank them greatly. editor. Th e time has come for me to graduate an d move on. I'd als o like to thank som e othe r individual s who helped to bring I got involved wit h the Observer in early 199 6 when Ric k this latest issu e to life. Whe n we had some problems with one of Knutson, the managing editor back then, convinced me to write the our major computer programs, Daryl from the computer center came Security Log. I took him up on the offer and attended tha t week's to help us out. An d the n when that couldn't be fixed, Donna Marshall meeting. By the next issue, I had my first Security Log published . I graciously loane d u s her facilities. Th e Observer staf f greatl y continued to write only the Security Log for the next couple of is- appreciates you r assistance . sues, eventuall y getting mor e involved an d writing othe r type s of As co-edito r in chief next year, my sidekick will be Andrea articles. Hill. Togethe r we will bringing to the college community eight issues. When we returned to school that fall, we realized that things We encourag e everyone to get involved next year. Whethe r were going to be difficult a s we had lost some important staff mem- joining the staff or submitting an article, it will be great to see more bers to graduation. W e had a young and inexperienced staff, mysel f students and faculty get involved with the production of the pape r included. Afte r som e difficul t month s an d constant delays , I was next year. named the editor in chief. I earned the position primarily because I Adrian Mroczko, Bly Coddington and Danny Luciano are showed interest and a willingness to learn, even though I had never three staf f member s wh o will no t be returning next year. I than k taken a journalism class and lacked previous publishing experience. them for all their hard work and dedication to the rebuilding of this Since assuming the title of EIC, on e of my mai n goals was to publication.