SIMPLE PLAN RELEASES NEW ALBUM

The self-titled album is the band’s first in four years. But is it any good?

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Volume 86, Issue 17

NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES RUSSIAN ART

Find out what kind of art is featured in the new exhibit at the Seton Gallery.

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INDEXArts & Entertainment

Page 8Bulletin Board

Page 15Word of the Week

Page 9Editorials

Page 6Fun & Games

Page 12National/World News

Page 3New Haven News

Page 4Sports

Page 10Celebrity Gossip

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THE ESCARGOT

Do you like Mexican food? Find out if On The Border is worth checking out.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TAKES ECC BY STORM

The women Chargers beat out Adelphi to take a 4-game lead in the ECC.

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Rec Center Receives Grand Opening

President Steven H. Kaplan and others prepare to cut the ribbon at the David A. Beckerman Recreation Center on Monday, Feb. 11.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, Lisa Saverese took the LEAD program to the thirteenth Annual Student Leader-ship Conference. After al-most three hours of driv-ing, we finally made it to the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. This year’s theme was “Discover the Treasures.” Palm trees and pirate booty decorations filled the gym. Attendees received sword pens and pirate rubber duckies upon registration.

The conference started at 9:30 with a welcome speech and an introduction to Joshua Fredenburg. Fre-denburg is a motivational

speaker who attends lead-ership conferences around the country. He has also in-terviewed celebrities such as Jay Leno, The Rock, and Mos Def. His message to the students was the effects of positive thinking. We were shouting affirmations like “I am destined for suc-cess” and “I believe in you” for several minutes. It was actually quite entertaining to hear everyone shout as loud as they could.

Fredenburg also shared with us the five major lead-ership principles: passion, vision, specialized knowl-edge, exceptional team leader, and perseverance. A leader must have a pas-sion to make an impact. Dr. King had a passion for equality. Susan B. Antho-

Conference Helps UNH Take the LEAD

ny had one for women’s rights. A leader must have a vision for the future, or a long term goal. Special-ized knowledge means be-ing an expert in whatever it is you are doing. Have you chosen the right person for the job? That’s the ques-tion behind an exceptional team leader. A team leader will put others before him-self or herself. A leader must have perseverance. He has to keep on fighting for his vision. Anyone can be a leader. However, do you want to be a leader? Or, do you ant to be a lead-er who changes the world?

After the keynote speak-er finished, we were dis-missed to our first session

Sci Fi Jumps

Back into Theaters

Based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Steven Gould, Jumper stars Hayden Christensen (Awake, Star Wars: Epi-sodes II & III), Samuel L. Jackson (1408, Pulp Fic-tion), and Rachel Bilson (The Last Kiss, The O.C.). It is the story of David Rice (Christensen), a teenager who discovers that he pos-sesses the ability to tele-port, or jump, to anywhere in the world. Leaving his

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Woo hoo for the long weekend! It was a good day to relax, regroup, and get some work done. Yeah, just kidding on the “get work done” part. At least this week will end faster than a regular school week.

There was a speaker from Yale who spoke on the topic of sustain-ability which was quite interest-ing. In short, it was about better resource management to be more efficient and to not have as big of a negative environmental impact. For a school that can barely re-cycle, maybe we should listen.

RD Mario Pierce has held the I Care About You Clinic for the past few years now and I think it’s a great free way for people to get tested for STDs when they nor-mally wouldn’t. So three cheers for Mario in k e e p i n g t h e program up and running!

Okay people, it’s getting annoy-ing that the mail room has to tell people to come pick up their mail and their packages. Seriously now, be responsible adults and check your mail! It’s not that hard.

So I completely laude and sup-port the Be Bold Go Bald for Breast Cancer. I’ve just heard a lot of peo-ple commenting why they chose the middle of winter to do it. So good job to the guys who did it, but good luck with your cold heads!

Sandella’s…just kidding! That rainstorm we had last week

was insane. Not only did we have le-

gitimate water-falls, we had a few inches of standing water in various plac-es on campus. Not to mention going outside for more than five seconds meant a com-plete drench-ing. Rain, rain, go away…

Positives NegativesA weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

By Dan Osipovitch

Wednesday, February 20

Women’s Basketball vs. Dowling College North Campus, 5:30pm

Men’s Basketball vs. Dowling College North Campus, 7:30pm Film Game Night

Meeting Rooms A&B, 8-10pm Film Week

Thursday, February 21 Diversity Thursday: Make

Your Own Keychain Bartels Lobby, 4pm Film Competition

Alumni Lounge, 7pm Def Poetry Jam: Jon Goode

German Club, 8pm

Friday, February 22 Dinner & Movie: The Blues

Brothers Alumni Lounge, 6pm BSU 80’s Party

German Club

Saturday, February 23 Trip: NBC Studio

8:30am-10pm

Sunday, February 24 Oscar Party

Alumni Lounge, 7pm

Monday, February 25

Delta Chi Blood Drive Alumni Lounge

Three weeks until Spring Break!

Tuesday, February 26 Delta Chi Blood Drive

Alumni Lounge

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NEWS BrIEFSBy Associated Press Writers

Your place to find the oddest stories in mainstream news.By Zack Rosen

Zack’s Wacky Stack of News

By JENNIFER LOVEN and BEN FELLERASSOCIATED PRESS

–––––––––––––––––Families prepare to lay victims of Northern Illinois University shootings to rest CICERO, Ill.— Catalina Garcia, the youngest of four children, was studying to be a teacher. Now, her family is preparing to lay her to rest.Garcia, 20, was one of five young people slain last week at Northern Illinois University by a gunman whose girlfriend said he recently stopped taking his antidepressants.

At a memorial service for Garcia on Sunday, hundreds of friends, family and well wishers filled a suburban Chicago funeral home to pay their respects. One young woman wore a home-made, pink and white T-shirt that read, "R.I.P. Cathy."

Investigators still haven't determined what set off 27-year-old shooter Steven Kazmierc-zak, who opened fire during a science lecture with a shotgun and pistols, then committed sui-cide.

His girlfriend, Jessica Baty, told CNN on Sunday that he had stopped taking an antide-pressant about three weeks ago because "it made him feel like a zombie."

She said he called her early on Valentine's Day, the day of the shooting, to say goodbye. "He told me not to forget about him," she told CNN.

In addition to Garcia, the dead were Dan-iel Parmenter, 20, of Westchester, Ill., Ryanne Mace, 19, of Carpentersville, Ill., Julianna Ge-hant, 32, of Mendota, Ill., and Gayle Dubowski, 20, last of Carol Stream, Ill.

At First Baptist Church in DeKalb, members passed pinned-on red ribbons for a morning service Sunday. The Rev. Joe Sanders prayed for the NIU community and the victims' fami-lies and asked God to help Kazmierczak's fam-ily cope with the attack and their own grief of losing a son: "We want God to be merciful and gracious to them."

Monroe police identify man who committed suicide in town hall lot MONROE, Conn.— Monroe police have iden-tified a man who killed himself in the Town Hall parking lot, narrowly missing two officers who were trying to help him.

Police said Monday that he was 54-year-old Richard Pandora, a Westport resident who pre-viously lived in Monroe.

Officers encountered him Friday night when he parked in a police-only space in the munici-pal complex that houses the police station and town hall.

Police say Pandora shot himself once in the head, narrowly missing the officer and a rookie trainee who were approaching the car to see what was wrong.

A police spokesman said Monday that the incident remains under investigation.

Take That, Bar Man!KODIAK, Alaska— Daniel Pement faces assault charges after entering the B&B Bar this past Saturday and spraying bar patrons with bear spray. Fif-teen minutes later, on Sunday, he did it again.

The bear spray is actually a kind of pep-per spray, which is used to ward off a bear during an encounter.

Fortunately, the bar patrons were BEARly injured.We Ain’t No Stinkin’ Library!R O C H E S T E R HILLS, Mich.— Michigan libraries

are no longer into peace nor quiet. Video game events at pub-lic libraries are draw-ing crowds of teens, including about 100 competing monthly at "Guitar Hero" at the Rochester Hills Public Library.

Library director Christine Lind Hage told the Detroit Free Press Sunday that "getting teens to come to the library is right up there with getting them to go to church: It's not exactly the first place they want to go.”

The shelves have recently been stocked with over 1,80-0 games, with an aver-

age of 1,300 checked out daily.

Nearly 30 teens play Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolu-tion every few weeks at the Clinton-Ma-comb Public Library, which offers 300 vid-eo games in its collec-tion.

"It's a big social event," said Stephanie Jaczkowski, 17. "I've met a lot of friends there, and they're re-ally good friends."Bye-Bye, Clucking Dairy?CARACAS— Shop-pers in Venezuela of-ten have trouble find-ing basic food items, but President Hugo Chavez’s government

turned up a huge stash of milk and chicken on Sunday, located in a private health clinic.

Over a ton of milk and chicken were con-fiscated from consum-er protection agency Indecu.

The clinic will face fines for violating an anti-hoarding law Chavez passed last year and a possible criminal investigation, authorities state.

Chavez has repeat-edly complained that private clinics charge too much for services and has threatened to take them over. Poli-clinica Metropolitana did not answer calls seeking comment.

ARUSHA, Tanza-nia— President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north on Mon-day, saying the U.S. is part of a new interna-tional effort to provide enough mosquito net-ting to protect every child between one and five from contracting malaria in this east African nation.

“The disease keeps sick workers home, schoolyards quiet, communities in mourning," Bush said about the disease which kills 100,000 people a year in Tan-zania alone. "The suf-fering caused by ma-laria is needless and every death caused by malaria is unaccept-able."

"It is unacceptable to people here in Afri-

Bush Peddles U.S. Aid to Fight Malaria

ca, who see their fam-ilies devastated and economies crippled. It is unacceptable to people in the United States, who believe every human life has value."

Bush's visit to Meru District Hospi-tal is part of his six-day trek through five African nations. The public mission of his travels is to improve health on an impov-erished continent. The underlying one is to preserve his initiatives beyond his presidency and cement humani-tarianism as a key part of his legacy.

The president launched a plan in 2005 to dramatically reduce malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Afri-ca, the worst affected region in the world. More than 80 percent of malaria cases hap-pen here; the disease kills at least 1 mil-

lion infants and chil-dren under five every year. Congress so far has put $425 mil-lion toward Bush's $1.2 billion, five-year program, which has helped more than 25 million people.

"The power to save lives comes with the moral obligation to use it," Bush said about the U.S. com-mitment.

In the northern highlands of Arusha, an area known as a cradle of African sa-fari adventure, Bush announced that the U.S. and Tanzania — in partnership with the World Bank and The Global Fund — plan to distribute 5.2 million free bed nets in Tan-zania in six months. That's enough, he said, to provide a net for ev-ery child between ages one and five in Tanza-nia. The Global Fund is a public-private

partnership that has committed millions to fight AIDS, tuberculo-sis and malaria in 136 countries.

Bush landed here, in sight of the majes-tic Mount Kilimanja-ro, and was greeted by Maasai women danc-ers who wore purple robes and white discs around their necks. The president joined their line and enjoyed himself, but held off on dancing.

As Bush's motor-cade made the long drive from the air-port to the hospital, it passed through sev-eral villages where thousands of locals lined the road. At one point, flowers had been strewn in the street before the car of the president, who is popular here for the help his administra-tion is providing to battle disease.

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lecture. There were three sessions total and so many lectures to go to. It was hard to pick just one topic from each session. The lectures ranged from how to improve a campus organiza-tion to preparing for the future. I went to the Resume and Inter-view lecture and the Creativity in Leader-ship session.

Here are some things I learned from the sessions. If you in-clude your cell phone number in a resume, be sure to have a pro-fessional voice mail. Handwrite a thank you note to the in-terviewer. If you are called in for a sec-ond interview, at least wear a different shirt. It really does make a difference.

One thing the re-sume speaker could not emphasize enough was to ask the inter-viewer questions. What type of super-vision will I have? When are staff meet-ings? May I take notes during the interview?

LEAD Members Learn Valuable Lessons

When can I expect to hear from you? Never ask, “What is the start-ing salary?”

Also, research the company; it shows you care about the position. If you have body piercings, only earrings should be worn during the inter-view. The others may be allowed after you get the position. Bring a second copy of your resume to the inter-view. Most important-ly, firmly shake hands with the interviewer. Aside from personal appearance, the hand shake is a major fac-tor in an interviewer’s first impression.

“If what you did yesterday still looks pretty BIG to you, then you haven’t done enough” (Earl Wil-son). The Creativity in Leadership session was very similar to SOAR. The speaker passed around a bag of Skittles. For each Skittle, you had to say something about yourself. We also had to build the tallest structure made out of index cards and tape.

The structure also had to be built one-handed and in silence. Af-ter three minutes, the team members could talk to each other. I’ll let you figure out how it was done.

There are four daily practices to maintain a creative edge in lead-ership: hang around creative people (even if you don’t like them), always search for many options (think outside the box), prac-tice mental agility (see connections in every-thing), and have fun (self-explanatory).

Unfortunately, this is where the confer-ence ended for LEAD. It was snowing heav-ily, and we still had to drive to Connecticut. We left early in the hopes of beating dan-gerous roads. There were no accidents, but it took us even longer to get back. Hopeful-ly, what I have shared from this experience will help others be-come better leaders. I know I want a lead-er that changes the world.

WEST HAVEN— In-cluded in the library databases is The Con-ference Board Re-search Online. The Conference Board is the world's preemi-nent business mem-bership and research organization. Best known for the Con-sumer Confidence In-dex and the Leading Economic Indicators, The Conference Board has, for over 90 years, equipped the world's leading corporations with practical knowl-edge through issues-oriented research and senior executive peer-to-peer meetings.

In an uncertain world of intense com-petition, increasing public accountability, and global risks, The

The Business World at Your Fingertips

Conference Board provides its mem-bers — top executives and industry lead-ers from the most re-spected corporations in the United States and around the world — with vital busi-ness intelligence and forward-looking best practices. At the same time, The Confer-ence Board promotes confidence in the free enterprise system by shaping the values critical to ethical busi-ness performance.

The Research On-line Collection pro-vides full-text PDFs of management and economic research from 1998 to date, and Executive Action online reports start-ing with 2001. The research covers cor-porate citizenship and sustainability, cor-porate governance,

economics, enterprise risk management, and more. You can search the entire database by keyword from the home page. There are research reports, Pow-erPoint presentations, magazine articles and newsletters. Plus re-corded webcasts of business presenta-tions on more than 125 topics, which can be used for classroom presentations! The most recent webcast is: Beyond Pandemic: Planning for Health Threats in the Work-place.

Much of the in-formation for this article is taken from Conference Board in-formation sheets. See for yourself– go to www.newhaven.edu/library/ then select Conference Board from the alphabetical list of databases.

Seton Gallery Opens New Exhibit

WEST HAVEN— On Friday, Feb. 15 ,the Seton Art Gal-lery opened its new-est exhibit- Relativ-ity: Between America and Russia by Valery Levental and Katya Levental.

The exhibit illus-trated the transition between Russian cul-ture and American culture in a modern

society. All pieces were made of acrylic paint, mixed media, or old wooden furniture.

Many of Valery Levental's artwork consisted of nature scenes like his paint-ing “End of March” and residential scenes like “6:00 PM.” Katya Levental's pieces con-sisted of heavy themes of fruit and fashion, mostly realistic still-life portraits. Her “Still Life with Melon” depicted glistening

fruit in a strainer and “A Woman's Work is Never Done,” as well as “My Wardrobe,” illustrated various clothes and shoes.

Other portraits were great examples of colors and contrast like Valery's “Queen of the Night.” Both artists have been fea-tured in exhibits all over the world in Moscow, London, and Paris-as well as cities

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Valery Levental has been praised for his work in the Fine Arts and Theater De-sign. He received ten-ure at Russia's famous Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and has been an active member of the Russian Academy

of Art. Katya Leven-tal has been noted for her art, designs, and murals. She learned her technique from her father (Valery) and studied at the Gold Metal Academy of Art. Her work first debuted in Washing-ton D.C. at George-town's Alla Rogers Gallery. She opened her own decorative arts firm, The Painted Image, in 1999. The

firm has murals, and many decorative ma-terials and finishes.

For more infor-mation on Katya and her work visit www.thepaintedimage.com. The exhibit will be open from Feb. 15 to March 22. More in-formation about this exhibit and posted hours can be found on UNH's website at www.newhaven.edu/news-events/17877/.

Exhibit Brings Together Russia and America

SCOPE FilmEnchants Students

WEST HAVEN— Af-ter the wild craze of Valentines Day en-tered the atmosphere, students gathered to watch the engaging and amusing romantic comedy Enchanted.

A modern twist on an old tale, it tells the story of a princess that gets sent to the most honest and busy place on earth: New York City. The movie played in the Alumni Lounge during the holiday weekend, fea-turing showings on Friday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 17.

The film goes be-tween both live action

and animation. Prin-cess Giselle (Amy Adams) is set to mar-ry the prince against the wishes of his evil stepmother. Giselle is sent to a place where “happily ever after” does not exist. At the chances of finding his true love, the prince follows her to this other dimension.

Giselle falls in love with a modern man named Robert (Patrick Dempsey), instead of settling for her prince. The prince falls for Robert's former girl-friend Nancy (RENT’s Idina Menzel).

The story puts a more honest approach to the concept of love and romantic idealism that fairy tales have

captured for many years. The film’s cast is certainly star-filled: Amy Adams (Tal-ladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bob-by), James Marsden (Hairspray), Susan Sarandon (Stepmom), and Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy).

The story combines plots and themes from various classic fairy tales like Cinderel-la, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty. The film was narrated by Mary Poppins star Ju-lie Andrews. Actress-es Jodi Benson (Lit-tle Mermaid), Paige O'Hara (Beauty and the Beast), and Judy Kuhn (Pocahontas) also participated.

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When Controversy Becomes DeadlyI am

pro-choice, but I completely under-stand why people are against abortion. I even admit that while I wouldn’t consider it actual murder, I do believe that at a cer-tain stage it is ending a life.

I fully support gay marriage but I com-pletely understand why some people are against it, as it may be against what they feel are religious values.

But something as equally controversial as torture is a tougher issue for me. True, I am against torture; but what about the recently popularized waterboarding?

Waterboarding is when you immobilize an individual on his back and pour wa-ter over his face into his breathing pas-

sages. According to The Washington Post, “through forced suffo-cation and inhalation of water, the subject

experiences the pro-cess of drowning and is made to believe that death is imminent.”

Another method, which is becoming popularized due to its less torturous pro-cess (ironic, huh?), involves covering the victim’s face with a cloth or plastic wrap and pouring water over his face.

Human Rights News reflects that waterboarding almost immediately elicits the gag reflex. Al-though waterboard-ing can be performed in ways that leave no lasting physical damage, it carries the risks of extreme pain, damage to the lungs,

brain damage caused by oxygen depriva-tion, injuries (includ-ing broken bones) due to struggling against restraints, and even

death.Many in the United

States Congress, how-ever, feel that water-boarding should be a

legal practice (“tech-nique,” as they call it) for interrogating na-tional prisoners. Fur-thermore, they state that waterboarding is

not torture.While I may un-

derstand occasional purposes for using torturous methods on

prisoners, I remain generally against the idea. What sincerely irks me, however, is that people claim it is not torture. “Sure,”

treat the American population as a bunch of idiots, when water-boarding is quite ob-viously torture.

t h e y say. “We can do it! It’s not tor-t u r e ! ” W e l l , whether or not you can do it is one t h i n g . B u t d o n ’ t

Picture this: my girlfriends and I are at the rec center on a Friday afternoon. We are on the various ma-chines upstairs, fac-ing the track and the basketball courts. We are sweaty and in our less-than-fabulous-looking workout gear. As I push my sweaty bangs away from my eyes, I see a large group to my left. The group stares in my direction. Someone in UNH colors even gestures my way. The group’s gaze follows. I am like a caged ani-mal at a zoo. Yes, we are here for show. Ev-eryone gather around and look at the col-

lege students as they exercise (not the most attractive pastime) in our brand new recre-ation center.

I understand that the rec center is our prized possession right now, but is it necessary to take tours inside while we are working out? Abso-lutely not. In any col-lege tour I have ever been on, including the one of UCONN that I just went on with my younger brother, I’ve NEVER been taken inside a recreation center. Do you want to know why? Because it is not necessary.

Not only is it inva-sive, it is also redun-

dant. No one needs to go inside a recreation center to know what is inside. All you need to do is say “Here is our new recreation center. Inside, we have multi-use courts, racquetball courts, and various exercise equipment.” If that still seems to vague for you, bring them 15 feet away from the building and have them look in-side through the huge windows. At least that way, maybe I won’t see them staring at me.

I know it sounds like I’m making the situation more intense than it is. However, it is really just the icing

on this year’s annoy-ing cake. I have never felt more shown off or used. If you recall my editorial from the Oct. 10 issue, I explained

how upset I was that the quad was roped off again right after Parent’s Weekend and how meetings had to

be moved because ev-erything was repaint-ed before the Board of Governors came here. This whole rec center business is just more of the same thing.

Soon, ground will be broken for the new residence hall in the Bixler parking lot. I don’t know about any-one else, but I haven’t seen any new parking anywhere. On top of that, it’s unfortunate that I will have to spend yet another year listening to the pleth-ora of noise that is paired with construc-tion. It’s even worse this time because I won’t even benefit from it this time.

Instead, I will have to listen to the tours walk by me; “Here is where our new resi-dence hall will be. It will be apartment-style housing for up-per-classmen, etc.” Let me say “Ugh” with disgust now to get the first one over with.

Unfortunately, I have no other way to end my thoughts than to quote myself from that Oct. 10 editorial. “I wish I felt more like my opinion mat-tered and that I’m not just here for decora-tion. After all, this is supposed to be my school, and even more so my home.”

The Escargotreviews of restaurants in the New Haven area for your dining pleasure

By Kaitlyn Glatt

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On The Border- Orange• Type of food: Mexican • Bar: 21+

• Average sit-down meal cost: $20 • My favorite thing: Cheap Grande Margaritas

On The Border in Orange can only be described as a medio-cre American restau-rant trying to serve Mexican food. It had a great atmosphere and everything, but the food was less than enjoyable and it just seemed like a fast food restaurant (Taco Bell anyone?) where you sit down and eat in-stead of going through the drive-thru and eat-ing on the way back to campus.

My first mishap with this place was the service. I had called ahead of time to make sure I could have a seat and the woman on the

other end of the line said that they don’t do “call aheads.” That’s funny, because the day before, I asked if I could and they said “yes.”

When we walked in though, the hostess was very friendly and sat us immediately to a table that wasn’t overwhelmed by loud music and talking. Af-ter sitting for a minute or two, my guest and I ordered our drinks and asked for a few more minutes to look over the menu. Of course, since this is Mexi-can food, I ordered a Grande Margarita for $7.00. Surprisingly,

this Margarita was huge and was a great value for the small price I was charged.

When the waitress returned, I ordered a Double Stacked Que-sadilla ($10.00) and my guest ordered an assortment of Mexi-can samplers ($9.99). I was very impressed by the salsa that they gave us with tortilla chips because it was a lot spicier than your average Mexican res-taurant and they give you a lot of it. This held us over until our meal was served and we were able to dig in.

I guess I wasn’t

that hungry when I went to this restau-rant, and neither was my guest, because we barely ate any of our meals. We found our-selves wrapping up most of the food and taking it back to cam-pus for lunch the next day. Maybe it was just the fact that this Americanized Mexi-can food restaurant had no grasp on how Mexican food should be cooked. I was just not interested in my main course and de-cided not to eat it all at this one sitting.

After getting our meals wrapped, we ordered a Chocolate

Turtle Empanada dessert ($5.50) which was served fairly quickly to our table. The chocolate em-panadas that were on the plate were filled with chocolate sauce that tasted like Her-shey’s Syrup, and surrounded a small scoop of vanilla ice cream. It was an okay dessert, but not some-thing I am willing to order again.

All in all, this res-taurant wasn’t that great of an experi-ence for me. It wasn’t bad either, so I gave it an average rating for an average experi-ence. Take my advice

on this restaurant: if you are looking for a Mexican meal, On The Border is great when all of the other local Mexican places are closed and there is no where else to go. Otherwise, I would avoid this place be-cause there are so many other good res-taurants you can go to with a lot better qual-ity food, and a better experience altogether.

If you have com-ments about my re-views, or if you would like to recommend a restaurant for me to try, send me an e-mail at TheChargerEscar-got@gmail.com.

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home and his drunk-en, abusive father be-hind him, he moves to New York, where he uses his powers to rob banks and travel the world, for a period of eight years.

However, Roland Cox (Jackson), a man who works for an un-specified government agency whose mem-bers are called Pala-dins, eventually track him down. A Pala-din’s job is to hunt down and kill “jump-ers.” David manages to escape from Cox, and heads back home to see Millie (Bilson), a high school crush, whom he convinces to fly with him to Rome. While there, he meets another jumper, who explains the war be-tween the jumpers and the Paladins. David realizes that he has placed both himself and Millie in danger, and decides to join the war.

Like many pop-corn films, Jumper, had the potential to be an entertaining, yet pointless, 90 minutes. However, it struggles with the most basic of all movie elements, the story. Although the

Jumper Excels in Adventure But Fails in Story

basic premise of the film has promise, nu-merous plot holes and an absolute neglect for any significant back-story or explanation make this movie dif-ficult to enjoy.

Jumper refuses to provide the audience with even the most ru-dimentary details into such key plot points as to who are the Pala-dins and why are they at war with the jump-ers, how do jumpers develop their pow-ers, and if the Pala-dins aren’t jumpers as well, then how do they seem to be able to fol-low them so easily? It feels like the only

expla -nat ion p o s -sible is that the writers i n t e n -tional-ly left a major-ity of t h e s e q u e s -t i o n s u n e x -plained for a sequel, but we h a v e a hard

time believing another one of these films will ever be made.

There are also a number of circum-stances that shatter the suspension of disbe-lief that one typically accepts when watch-ing a science fiction film. Probably the most evident is the fact that no one else seems to notice the jumpers “blinking” in and out of various, of-ten crowded, locations and instead continues about their daily ex-istence as if nothing out of the ordinary has happened. Other examples exist, but involve giving away

too much of the plot to explain.

For the most part, the acting in this film is sub-par. The only actor who has a strong showing is Michael Rooker (Henry: Por-trait of a Serial Killer), David’s father. Despite only a few minutes of screen time, Rooker somehow manages to get the audience more involved emotionally with his character than others did.

Another aspect that negatively affects the film is that Hayden Christensen’s char-acter is unlikable. He posses amazing pow-ers, but uses them to rob banks, which nat-urally results in him being hunted. Howev-er, when he is finally about to get caught, the audience is sup-posed to forgive him of his injustices and treat him as the hero.

Bottom line…Jumper is for you if you must see all things sci-fi or just have a knack for watching Sammy J. in everything he does. If not, don’t see this in the theater, rent it on DVD.

Sequel Spot-lights Street

Dancing

Dancing is back in the streets of Bal-timore, and it’s your turn to go see if the city is worth bring-ing out your dancing shoes. After the suc-cess of Step Up last year and Hairspray over the summer, it is no surprise that yet another dancing mov-ie, Step Up 2: The Streets, has invaded Baltimore in an at-tempt to bring danc-ing into the limelight.

This time, the sto-ry circulates around Andie, a down-on-her-luck girl from the streets (Briana Evi-gan) and a well-off

boy Chase (Robert Hoffman) who meet at the elite Maryland School of the Arts.

Unlike the first movie, it is Chase who is the more for-mal dancer and Andie who serves as a rough-and-tough street representation of a “dancer.” Her crew, known as the 410, is known for their rather absurd and border-line-krumping dance style when compet-ing in street battles. Although Andie’s en-rollment in the clas-sical school provides a ground for contro-versy between her and her normal street gang, it is the street

Feb. 12, 2008 marked the release of Simple Plan's third studio album, Simple Plan.

Simple Plan re-leased their first stu-dio album in 2002 and their second stu-dio album in 2004, so dedicated fans have been waiting a con-siderable amount of time to hear what the band would come up with next. The band, marked as having an alternative punk style, has suffered some criticism in the past for sounding too pop. This album is a little more Good Char-lotte-sounding than the last two, and the vocals are definitely a

Simple Plan Re-leases New Album

little less whiney. The other band members also contributed more to the vocals this time around with a lot of lines that were sung together.

Most of the songs, except for one or two, on the eleven-track album surround re-lationships. The past two albums focused not just on love, but also enjoying your life while you “Grow Up” (2002), parents (“Per-fect” (2002)), “The Worst Day Ever” (2002), letting loose (“Jump” (2004)), and other issues (“Me Against the World” (2004)). If you are looking for a good love song, you can try track eight, “I Can Wait Forever.”

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Women’s Basketball Locks Up ECC Regular Season Championship

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.— Behind 15 points and 7 rebounds from Natasha Pierre-Louis, the University of New Haven wom-en's basketball team sealed up the East Coast Conference regular-season cham-pionship with a 78-61 victory over Adelphi University at Wood-ruff Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16. UNH is now 16-1 in ECC play and has a four game lead in the loss column with just three games to play.

UNH (16-8 over-all) outscored Adel-phi (11-12, 8-8 ECC) by a 28-8 margin in the paint, and used its depth for a 29-6 ad-vantage in bench scor-ing. Pierre-Louis hit 5 of 7 shots, while Helin Marte had 12 points, six rebounds and five as-sists. Alysia S a u n d e r s narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.

Six different play-ers scored at least seven points for UNH. Keri-Anne Jetter add-

ed nine points, while Dominique Stell-macher and Briiana Rende each had seven

as UNH led from end-to-end.

After taking a 46-23 lead into half-time, UNH was able to rest leading scorer Lauren Hood, who scored six points in just 14 minutes of action. UNH led by as many as 31 points with 14:32 remaining in the contest.

Adelphi's Mary Lepore led all players with 19 points, while Serita Lee had 11 points, 10 rebounds. Gianna Smith scored 13 points.

For the second game in a row, UNH had a significant ad-vantage at the free

throw line, with the Chargers making 15 of 22 free throws to just eight for the Pan-thers.

U N H , which last week guar-anteed itself of hosting an ECC quar-terfinal game at Charger G y m n a -sium, has now locked up the top seed for the second sea-son in a row. They will host which-ever team ends up as the eighth seed on Wednesday, March

5. C.W. Post is cur-rently in second place at 11-5, but with three games remaining, the

worst UNH could end up is 16-4.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.— Richard Byrd had 18 points and Al-vin Vivican III had 17 to lead the Adel-phi University men's basketball team to a 66-50 East Coast Con-ference win over Uni-versity of New Haven at Woodruff Hall Sat-urday, Feb. 16.

Byrd, Vivican and Sky Khaleel (14 points) led the way for Adelphi, as the Panthers improved to 14-8 overall and 10-5 in the ECC. Byrd and Mike McDuffie each pulled down a game-high eight rebounds.

UNH falls to 10-14 overall and 6-11 in the ECC with the loss, which was the Char-gers' fifth in their last six games dating back to Jan. 31. Guard Darryl Greene led the Chargers with 16

Slow First Half Trips Up UNH in Loss to Adelphi

points in 24 minutes, while Cassius Chaney came off the bench to score 14 points and grab six rebounds. Leading scorer Tet-rick Stonar struggled from the field, going 0-for-11. He scored just four points in 29 minutes.

Adelphi, which en-tered the day in third place in the league's standings, led wire-to-wire after Vivican III hit a 3-pointer just 35 seconds into the con-test.

The Panthers led by ten at halftime, as the Chargers logged just 18 points in a low-scoring first half. UNH made only seven of 20 shots and went to the free throw line just one time (0-1) in the opening period.

The contest was tied 16-16 with 7:38 remaining in the half, but UNH went stone cold as the home team closed out the period

on a 12-2 run. The Chargers missed six of their final seven shots in the half and turned the ball over three times.

UNH would get no closer than the 10-point halftime deficit, with McDuffie making a fastbreak layup just 33 seconds into the second half to extend the margin. Kelvin Jackson pulled down eight rebounds, but Adelphi won the battle on the boards 37-29.

UNH has just three games left in the reg-ular season to try to lock up an ECC play-off berth. Last season, the Chargers entered the tournament as the No. 8 seed and nearly knocked off top-seed-ed New York Tech on the road before losing a close decision.

The Chargers will play at home for the final time on Wednes-day night, Feb. 20.

WEST HAVEN— A.J. Nally had 13 kills on .375 hitting and the Springfield College men's volleyball team served up seven aces in a 3-0 (30-26, 30-16, 30-17) win over Uni-versity of New Haven in Eastern Intercolle-giate Volleyball As-sociation Hay Divi-sion action at Charger Gymnasium Friday night, Feb. 15.

Nally led all play-ers with 13 kills and narrowly missed a double-double with nine digs for Division III's No. 4-ranked team Springfield, which improves to 10-2 overall and 3-0 in the EIVA. Cal Palumbo had eight kills on .538 hitting and added five block assists, while setter Eric Shoemaker had 20 assists before sub-

Springfield Spoils Men’s Volleyball EIVA Opener

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UNH falls in its EIVA opener and is now 6-4 overall. Tom-my Musto had 11 kills to lead UNH, while Chris Lennon had two solo blocks and 15 as-sists on just 24 Char-ger kills.

UNH hit poorly for the match, with negative percentages in each of the first two games (-.200 and -.062). They combined for 21 hitting errors in the first two games.

Despite that, UNH hung tough in the first game, falling just 30-26. The game was tied at 20, but Spring-field inched ahead 24-21 thanks to a pair of kills by A.J. Nally. UNH tried using a timeout to stop the momentum, but com-mitted an attack er-ror coming out of the break to fall behind 25-21.

The Pride took

control of game two behind a balanced at-tack. Palumbo and Nally each had three kills in the frame, while Frederickson and Yates had two apiece. Springfield led 13-10, but closed out the game on a 17-6 run.

In all, the Pride gained steam and won 47 of the final 70 points spanning games two and three. Again, the third game was tight at 16-13, but the Pride closed out the match on a 14-4 run and gave up three of those four points on service errors. Spring-field hit .739 in the fi-nal frame (18-1-23).

This match was the first of a split home-and-home, so to speak, with UNH returning the trip up I-91 to play at Springfield yester-day, Feb. 19.

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con’t from page 8hip-hop dancing that ties the movie togeth-er, unlike the classical performance show-piece in Step Up.

With three new famed choreogra-phers bringing up the slack in the hip-hop department from the first movie, Step Up 2: The Streets brought back screen time for the actual dancing in-stead of the usual un-inspired dance movie plot. Channing Tatum returns in the role of Tyler, the only re-curring cast member from the original film,

Story Takes a Backseat to Choreography in Step Up 2

to provide a bridge be-tween the stories and allow a moment for all the teenage girls in the audience to admire his chiseled features and dance moves again. The story might be a little overdone, but with much longer dance sequences and a lead actress who is a breath of fresh air, it won’t be surprising to see Step Up 2: The Streets become anoth-er underground dance hit, joining the ranks of Dirty Dancing and Save the Last Dance.

Even if you have not seen Step Up, it

is not hard to guess the final plot points behind its Valentine’s Day sequel. Will Andie and Chase be able to conquer their monetary and social differences? Will the flavors of hip-hop and classical dancing be able to meld together to unite two different groups? Will this be another agonizingly plotless tween movie like the revered High School Musical or will it escape the usual teen movie trap? You will just have to go see it to find out.

My favorite track is number two, “Take My Hand.” The drums and the cymbals on this track are astound-ing and show growth in the music. It is easy to tell that on the past two albums the band has used a lot of elec-tronic keyboarding and computers to alter their sound. Although this was also done on the current album, it

Simple Plan Releases Long-Awaited Third Album

seemed to be toned down.

The lyrics are very straightforward on this album. There is no trying to guess what the singer is at-tempting to say. For example, “Your Love is a Lie” states, "I can't bite my tongue forever/ While you try to play it cool/ You can hide behind your stories but don't take me for a fool."

There is a fair mix of both laid-back and upbeat songs. Even the songs that talk about bad relation-ships are easy to sing along to. I recommend this album to anyone who either likes Sim-ple Plan, this genre of music, or wants to hear something new. It is by far Simple Plan's best studio album.

The Loved Ones Release Sophomore Album

Philadelphia’s lo-cal punk rockers The Loved Ones have de-livered a promising debut on Fat Wreck Chords. Being the band’s sophomore al-bum, Build and Burn is filled with all the

punch of the group’s first record, but a little bit more cleaned up and filled out. Filled with members of such legendary bands as the Explosion and The Curse, it is no surprise that The Loved Ones have created yet an-other classic punk al-bum.

To long time fans,

Build and Burn might seem a little over pro-duced. Perhaps a little to clean cut for a band that thrives on be-ing rough around the edges. Instead, the record offers a softer, even a sensitive side of The Loved Ones. With squealing organs and mellow acoustic guitars, the band takes

their sound in a slight-ly different direction, reminiscing of the Bouncing Souls’ The Gold Record.

Lyrically, Build and Burn is a mas-terpiece. The Loved Ones offer a matured look at love, life, the meaning of happiness, and drinking until you puke. But unlike

your favorite beer, the slightly aged taste of Build and Burn is rather refreshing in a world of teeny-bopper subject matter. The words provide a touch of reality against the pounding angst of the guitar and drums, which rounds out the album for a perfect listen.

Build and Burn is an excellent work for any long-time fan or curious listener. The Loved Ones can cur-rently been seen tour-ing the west coast in the upcoming months in support of Build and Burn.

Miley Mania!I have jumped on

the bandwagon and I don’t care who knows. Yes, I’ve emotionally gone gay for Hannah Montana. She is the cheese to my cake.

If you weren’t aware, Miley Cyrus/ Hannah Montana is hostilely taking over the world. Not only was the Miley/ Han-nah concert sold out everywhere, but the movie version grabbed number one in the box office its

opening weekend. Merchandising has also flown through the roof (toothbrushes, wigs, cameras, concert dolls, beach houses, just to name a few).

Life used to be simple when Han-nah Montana was the famous one: she had her own show and hit singles. Now, life has taken a complicated turn. Not only is Han-nah Montana famous, but Miley Cyrus is too! Her single, “See You Again,” has taken

over the airwaves and the hearts of adults and youngins alike (myself included). Miley has also become famous enough to have to deal with paparazzi every-where she goes (even Hannah won’t be able to get that famous).

Maybe this Miley/ Hannah madness is just a fad. Maybe it’s the real thing. What-ever it is, I love it and you know you do too.Diff’rent Strokes star finds love

That’s right, child

star Gary Coleman got married last Au-gust and successfully kept it a secret. Want to know why? No one cares about Gary Coleman!

The interesting part of the story is its de-tails.

First of all, the couple was dating for a whole five months before they tied the knot. Wow, that’s commitment! Second, she comes in at a tow-ering five feet, seven inches, which pales in

comparison to Cole-man’s four feet, eight inches. Third, she is a 22-year-old that sells Coleman memorabilia on eBay, while he is a 40-year-old former actor with anger man-agement problems. That’s a match made in heaven.

All joking aside, it’s nice to hear that losers can find love too. That’s what Wil-lis was talkin’ ‘bout.Britney got new hair

Ever since Britney Spears shaved her

head last February, she has filled her hair’s void with the ugliest wigs and weaves on the face of the planet.

Finally, she put her millions to good use and got new hair ex-tensions that actually look reasonably real.

Now, her singing career has a little bit more of a chance at a comeback and she won’t look as bad the next time she is dragged to a hospital for psychiatric care.

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