HEIGL FINDS ANOTHER HIT

Katherine Heigl stars in the latest romantic comedy, 27 Dresses.

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A MESSAGE FROM PRESI-DENT KAPLAN

President Kaplan discusses UNH’s advancement in athletics.

BRADY VS. MANNING

New England strives for a perfect season while New York aims for a major upset. Find out how the two teams got to the big game.

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Women’s Basketball Game to be Nationally Broadcast by CSTV

WEST HAVEN— The University of New Haven vs. University of Bridge-port women's basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 2 has been chosen as one of six games for the NCAA Division II Game of the Week national television broadcasting package, the NCAA and CSTV announced. CSTV will broadcast the game live from UNH's Charger

Gymnasium at noon East-ern Time, and the game can also be seen worldwide via the NCAA's broadband in-ternet streaming service.

The game is also being re-aired on a tape-delayed basis by New England Sports Network (NESN) on Monday, Feb. 4 at 1:00 p.m.

"This is a tremendous opportunity to expose a na-tional audience to the Uni-versity of New Haven and our student-athletes," said Deborah Chin, the Director of Athletics at UNH and

current Chair of the NCAA Division II Management Council, "UNH takes great pride in the success of our student-athletes. We're looking forward to great crowd support and a posi-tive game environment on February 2 to help us showcase the University of New Haven and our wom-en's basketball program."

The game features the last three East Coast Con-ference champions, a pair of in-state rivals with a long history of competitive match-ups. UNH has won

back-to-back conference championships and are gunning for a third straight NCAA bid, while Bridge-port captured the confer-ence title in 2004-05. The Chargers lead the all-time series, 32-28, including an 87-78 win at Bridgeport earlier this season. UNH has started 9-0 in the ECC as of Jan. 16, while Bridge-port is 4-4 at this point in the conference schedule and hosted last season's ECC Championship tour-

UNH Student Wins Big on Live with Re-

gis and Kelly

NEW YORK— Over break on Tuesday, Jan. 8, UNH sophomore Matt Nelson won a seven-day cruise to the Bahamas on Live with Regis and Kelly.

Nelson was the winner in the show’s daily trav-el giveaway, “Live’s Yeti Trivia A-Sno-Go.” Regis and Kelly producers have built on the popular “Trav-el Trivia” segment by add-ing an exciting new twist: in addition to playing for a top-notch travel experi-ence, each player has the chance to win an additional “Yeti Sno-Go” prize.

In a statement from the show, it was announced that music major Nelson, 19, of Oakville, Conn. cor-

rectly answered the ques-tion “How old did we say Hulk Hogan is?” and will be receiving a seven-day cruise on the Norwegian Gem to Florida and the Bahamas. The prize pack-age includes a mini-suite stateroom, all meals, and is valued at over $5,800.

“I was extremely excited to find out that I was chosen to answer a question, and winning put me on Cloud Nine,” said Nelson, “If all goes well, I will be taking my best friend with me.”

Nelson entered the con-test by logging onto the Live with Regis and Kelly website, but viewers can also enter via mail if they choose. Further details are available by logging on to www.liveregisandkelly.com.

UNH Names Head Coach for Returning

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WEST HAVEN— Univer-sity of New Haven Presi-dent Steven H. Kaplan and Director of Athletics Deborah Chin introduced Peter Rossomando as the university's next head foot-ball coach at a press con-ference Thursday, Dec. 13 the Alumni Lounge. Ros-somando, 35, becomes the ninth head coach in pro-gram history and officially begins his duties at UNH on January 1, 2008. He will lead the Chargers back onto the field when football resumes play as a member of the Northeast-10 Con-ference in 2009.

For the last seven sea-sons, Rossomando has been on the coaching staff

at University at Albany - a member of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, former-ly Division I-AA). Serv-ing under program founder and 35-year head coach Bob Ford, Peter has served as associate head coach, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the last three campaigns. Ros-somando has 14 seasons of highly-successful college coaching experience under his belt, and kicked off his career with a five-year stint at the University of New Haven from 1994 to 1998. The Chargers were 41-14-1 in Rossomando's first go-round with the Chargers, when he was a member of head coach Tony Sparano's staff that went to the 1997

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We waited. And we waited. And then we waited some more. We were given this date for its release, then that date passed. Then out of nowhere, we had a new website! At least having the new website gives our school a little bit more of a professional feel.

columbinus made it into the Kennedy Center!! Congrats to everyone who worked so hard at putting the play together and good luck!! It’s well deserved and hope-fully the play can go far!

Did anyone notice that you were automati-cally enrolled on blackboard into all of your classes? That’s a pretty nifty n e w f e a t u r e which saves the time and hassle of searching for the correct class, section, and professor.

Is it just me or did this semester hit us completely off guard? It was like one day I was sitting at home, relaxing, playing some old-lady card games on my computer and then *BAM* I’m sitting in foren-sics class. What happened to all that free time? I guess it’s back to the real world.

Random, but I wish girl scouts could sell cookies on campus. Thin Mints are to die for.

From what I’ve heard, ORL did not let people know who their new

roommates would be this semes-ter. It was more of a

“Surprise! Nice to meet you!”

t y p e t h i n g , which is great for security is-sues, figuring out new living situations, etc. Thanks ORL, for creat ing awkward situ-ations by not telling us who our roommates are.

Positives NegativesA weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

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AN AP/ JEFF CHIU PHOTO More than 40,000 pounds of cocaine is looked over after being seized by the Coast Guard last April. Despite this bust, which was the largest in U.S. history, cocaine seizures dropped in 2007.

Welcome back!

The Charger Bulletin would like to wish everyone a great spring semester

Friday, February 1 Movie: Dan in Real Life

Alumni Lounge, 7pm BSU Step Show

Dodds Theater, 7pm Step Show After Party

German Club, 9pm Vermont Ski Trip leaves

Saturday, February 2 Women’s Basketball vs.

Bridgeport University North Campus, 12pm Men’s Basketball vs.

Bridgeport University North Campus, 3pm

Groundhog Day

Sunday, February 3 Open House Movie: Dan in Real Life

Alumni Lounge, 7pm

Monday, February 4

Soaring to New Heights Upper Student Lounge, 6pm BSU Comedy Show

Dodds Theater, 7pm

Number of U.S. Co-caine Seizures Lowest

in Four Years

That’s right, John-ny Depp and his suave gang of thugs are smuggling cocaine into the United States- and they’re getting away with it. Reports show the number of U.S.-directed disrup-tions had dropped in-tensely in 2007 from the year prior.

In 2006, 262 met-ric tons of cocaine was seized on its way from Latin America to

the U.S. This number clashes seriously with last year’s statistic in which only 210 met-ric tons was found and confiscated by offi-cials. The 2007 figure was the lowest in four years.

When questioned about the 52-ton shift, Admiral Jim Stavridis stated blandly, “It’s difficult to say why that is.” The largest discrepancy, however, was on water. 160 tons of cocaine was seized at sea in 2006; 60 tons less was snatched a

year later.Stavridis did have

one governmentally optimistic thing to say. "In any given contest of offense and defense you've got to adjust your tac-tics.” Drug cartels are finding new ways of eluding potential cap-tors. Admirals Stavr-idis and Mike Mullen went on to explain air routes from western Venezuela to the U.S. and semi-submersible vessels were new tac-

Tuesday, February 5 NSBE Bake Sale

Bartels Lobby, 11am-6pm BSU Greek Forum

Alumni Lounge, 7pm Don’t forget to vote today in Connecticut primaries

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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 ERIN ENNISSTAFF WRITER

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UFO Sightings Bring Atten-tion to Small Texas Town

TEXAS— Nestled in the Bible Belt, Ste-phenville, Texas has been known for oc-casionally boasting about strange sight-ings. Bucks, bass, and other typical hunting creatures are found to be many times larger than the usual catch. Crop circles common-ly show up among the long rows of farm-ing grain. And, for some reason, the area is known for a large number of UFO sight-ings.

According to townspeople, which includes a sheriff, a pilot, and many busi-ness owners, have re-cently reported seeing

one of the most realis-tic UFO’s to date. The unidentified flying object, reported to be about a mile long and half a mile wide, ap-pears in the sky right after dark and flies low against the Texan horizon, at times being chased by what locals believe to be military jets. The lights that line the underside of the UFO are reported to change color, con-figuration, and speed depending on its loca-tion and, when looked at through a telescopic lens, many locals say that the aircraft is de-void of nuts, bolts, or welding seams.

Of course, federal officials have quickly struck down the idea of the existence of this UFO, citing other

military aircraft as the cause of the confu-sion. When hit with the proper lighting, two normal airplanes can apparently cause the configuration- and color-changing flying that has been reported throughout Stephenville. Howev-er, Major Karl Lewis, a spokesman for the military base nearby, said no aircraft were in the area the night of Tuesday, Jan. 8, when most people reported the sighting. Also, it seems as if many lo-cals are reporting the same or very similar sightings, reports dis-tancing themselves to the neighboring town of Dublin.

With all the simil-iarites between the re-ports, it is no wonder

that this UFO sight-ing has made national press. While Texas is known for over 200 unidentified flying object sightings in the last month, the Mutual UFO Network (known for its work in discov-ering the truth behind alien lifeforms) has chosen Stephenville, Texas as one of its first stops in the area.

So while the area of Stephenville may not be too interested in dealing with extra-terrestial life, it seems as if they will spend the next few months trying to sort out the unsual sightings that covered the area this winter. Look out for more updates as the MUN works the case.

Mmm! Steamed Mouse!

“Understandably, he lost his appetite,” said Sakari Kela, chief administrator at the Northern Karelia Cen-tral Hospital, after a patient in the Finland hospital had a plate of steam vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, peppers, and mouse head.

Most likely origi-nating from a bag of Belgian vegetables (but of course!), the severed mouse head’s body has not been found. According to Kela, since it was “a Belgian mouse, the rest of it could be any-where in Europe.”

The health of the patient was not com-promised by the dead

rodent. However, the health of the rodent was compromised by the sick patient.“Pet” Thrown Off Bus

After throwing off a girl on a leash, a British bus company has apologized to the girl.

19-year-old gothic girl Tasha Maltby, self-declared “pet” of her 25-year-old fian-cé Dani Graves, was thrown off a bus, told by the bus driver that “we don’t let freaks and dogs like you on.”

“We have spoken to the driver who has talked about health and safety. Should she be attached to a chain and something hap-pens on the bus, that

could be dangerous,” said a spokesman for the bus company. “All we are saying is that she is very welcome to use the buses but not when she is on her lead.”

Maltby said that although her lifestyle may be unusual, it is not dangerous. “I am a pet. I generally act animal-like and I lead a really easy life. I don’t cook or clean and I don’t go any-where without Dani. It might seem strange but it makes us both happy. It’s my culture and my choice. It isn’t hurting anyone.”Bye Bye Dickies

A Tokyo teacher was arrested Monday for making a group of boys undress at knife-

point and stealing their underpants.

A group of eight 12- and 13-year-old boys were playing during recess earlier this month when the 26-year-old teacher approached them. Two of the boys ran away but the other six were made to take off their trousers and un-derpants.

According to po-lice, the knife touched one boy and caused minor injuries.

The principal of the school where he taught was shown on television later that day saying that he was a dedicated teacher.

Dedicated to what, we don’t know. Un-derwear?

Storms close many roadways across Califor-nia as wet weather begins moving out of the regionLOS ANGELES— Several major roadways across the state were closed early Monday af-ter the latest in a week's worth of storms, and experts warned that the risk of mudslides has not eased even as wet weather begins moving out of the region.

Snow forced the closure of the main artery between Sacramento and Reno, Nev., Califor-nia Department of Transportation said Sunday night. Eastbound Interstate 80 was closed at Colfax about 50 miles northeast of Sacramen-to, and westbound traffic was being held at the Nevada state line.

Officials also closed a nearly 130-mile stretch of Interstate 395, from just north of Bishop to the Nevada line.

Highway 92 was reopened Sunday after be-ing shut down for a few hours between Skyline Boulevard and Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco after the storms knocked down trees and power lines.Biotech industry group launches company for low cost medications NEW HAVEN, Conn.— A New Haven-based organization that represents Connecticut's bio-tech industry is turning its talents to develop-ing low-cost medications for poor countries.

Connecticut United for Research Excellence, also known as CURE, has spun off a nonprofit company, Developing World Cures Inc.

It plans to develop low-cost pharmaceuticals for people in the world's poorest countries.

The president of CURE says the plan is to produce drugs that for-profit companies have found too risky as investments, while also de-veloping Connecticut's biotechnology indus-try.

Modeled after California's Institute for One-World Health, World Cures would focus on treatments for diseases such as malaria, river fever, heartworm, hookworm and tuberculo-sis.Greenwich election officials seeking poll workers STAMFORD, Conn.— Greenwich election of-ficials are having a problem for the upcoming presidential primary — not enough poll work-ers.

The town's two registrars of voters say there's a shortage of people to greet voters, read bal-lots and check IDs for the Feb. 5 primary.

GOP Registrar Veronica Baron Musca says moving up the presidential primary by a month has created a hardship for her office, which relies on many elderly residents to work the polls.

The two registrars say Greenwich still needs at least 35 more poll workers for Super Tues-day.

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A Word with President KaplanSports: students

like to read about them, cheer their in-dividual teams on and, most of all, see their school win on the field. Winning, though, is hard when there's no one to play against, and that was the case with UNH's football team earlier this decade. No foot-ball-playing confer-ence was available to the University at that time, so football was abandoned.

But football is back- even before we have actually fielded a team- with a ven-geance, some would

say. We have hired a coach, Peter Rosso-mando, who was on UNH's coaching staff during the team's huge-ly successful years of 1994-1998. His work here coincided with that of head coach Tony Sparano's stay at UNH. Tony's work at UNH has been men-tioned repeatedly in news reports through-out the country after he was hired in Janu-ary as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.

Sparano is a UNH alum who graduated with a B.S. in Crimi-nal Justice in 1984, and who was born in

West Haven. For those of you who might be interested, he grew up a die-hard New York Giants fan. His win-ning legacy will live on at the University in the presence of Coach Rossomando. Sparano and Rossomando took UNH's 1995 football team to the NCAA playoffs and the 1997 team to the NCAA Division II champion-ship game.

Football also fig-ured in our decision to join the Northeast-10, which is considered the best Division II conference in the na-tion and includes insti-

tutions such as Bentley College, St. Anselm College, Stonehill College, Southern New Hampshire Uni-versity, and a cross-town rival, Southern Connecticut State University. We made the move because we wanted a conference that was academi-cally and athletically appropriate for us. We wanted a confer-ence that would spon-sor a variety of sports that would push us to reach a little deeper, run a little faster, hit a little harder. We also made the move be-cause we believe that

attending a school that is highly recognized both academically and athletically increases the value of your ex-perience here.

More than that, we wanted a conference that could offer us a competitive football schedule. The North-east-10 does just that. It also, conveniently, gives us a cross-town rivalry that allows UNH greater visibil-ity in the area. And being in the North-east-10 lets people know that we are a university that values both academic and athletic prowess. It

also helps us to attract even more students who have a competi-tive edge. Playing in a more competitive conference also draws student interest, which increases school spir-it. Who among us doesn't enjoy compet-ing against an equally gifted competitor?

With every move we make, we are work-ing to increase the value of your diploma and your experience at the University of New Haven. Welcome to the Northeast-10, wel-come to Coach Rosso-mando, and welcome back football!

nament.University of

Bridgeport Director of Athletics Jay Mo-ran stated, “We are ex-cited as an institution and as a conference to be able to show-case the University of Bridgeport and the East Coast Confer-ence to the nation as a whole. Bridgeport and New Haven have a long-standing, intense friendly rivalry, and it is an honor to show-case through CSTV and the NCAA the quality of women’s basketball played by these two Connecticut schools.”

This is the second year of the Division II/CSTV regular-sea-son and broadband

Televised Game Wins UNH National Recognition

package. In addition to the six regular-sea-son basketball games and national semifi-nals, the package in-cludes four regular-season football games and several Division II championship finals in men’s and women’s soccer, women’s la-crosse, softball, and baseball. Tim Pernetti, CSTV Executive Vice President, said the col-laboration with Divi-sion II has exceeded expectations.

“It’s given Division II a solid national plat-form to take advantage of that they haven’t had in the past,” he said. For basketball- as with football- Pernetti said, the NCAA worked closely with CSTV to showcase some of the

best match-ups and at-mospheres in Division II basketball.

Division II Vice President Mike Racy praised the partner-ship with CSTV be-cause it provides the division with a na-tional platform to help tell the story about Division II member institutions and con-ferences. “There are many positive initia-tives in Division II right now, all cen-tered on our division’s strategic-positioning platform,” Racy said, “The broadcasts with CSTV are the perfect stage to shine the light on Division II attri-butes and success sto-ries.”

Don’t forget to go out and support the women’s basketball team as it faces off against the University of

Bridgeport on Saturday, February 2 at noon. There will be prizes!

UNH President Steven H. Kaplan, Peter Rossomando, and Director of Athletics Deborah Chin hold a jersey with the number 9 on it, signifying the 2009 UNH football team.

UNH Takes Steps toRebuild Football Team

con’t from page 1NCAA Division II Championship game and the 1995 NCAA playoffs.

"I'm extremely happy with our deci-sion to hire Peter Ros-somando as the next head coach in UNH football history," said President Steven H. Kaplan.

Director of Ath-letics Deborah Chin noted during the press conference, "We had a number of well-qual-ified candidates and this was not an easy decision. But as we progressed through the interview process,

it became apparent to our entire selection committee that Peter was a rising star and the perfect choice to re-start our program.”

"I was lucky enough to work at UAlbany under a head coach that has been at the same school for 35 years," Rossomando said during the press

conference. "And one of the things that Tony Sparano taught me is if you find the right place, with the right people, you can stay forever. Today I've found the right place, and I think we've found the right people

for our program to be successful."

Sparano, UNH's head coach at the time and the new head coach for the NFL's Miami Dolphins, phoned in his remarks during the press con-ference. "Pete has an impressive coaching background and he's a solid recruiter, and

he's just the person to lead our program back to where we want it to be.”

A native of Staten Island, N.Y., Rosso-mando and his wife, Jessica, have three children, Reese, Gi-anna and Nicholas.

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USGA President’s CornerUSGA This Semester

Louis Eswood IIIUSGA President

By JULIE WINKELDIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELA-TIONS

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Hello everyone and welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your five weeks of vacation time now that it's time to hit the books again.

This semester's USGA meetings will be held on Mondays at 1:45 p.m. in the Alumni Lounge. The USGA is also ex-tremely excited to be operating on our new voting procedure. This new procedure separates the House of Representatives from the Senate and requires a motion to pass in both houses to be approved. This new system is only a

semester-long trial so we are very excited to see how it goes. The USGA also has sever-al open senate seats. If you are interested in being a senator please fill out an application and drop them off to my office on the third floor of Bartels Hall

as soon as possible. Senator applications stay on file until the end of the fiscal year.

The USGA execu-tive board will soon start to plan an event called Last Man Standing. This com-petition combines mental and physical challenges that weed out the weak and leave one person left standing. The winner is then handsomely rewarded. Last year's winner walked away with a trip to either Las Vegas or the Ba-hamas. Keep an eye out for more details!

“Father” of Black Hawk Helicopter to

Lecture at UNH

WEST HAVEN— Ray Leoni, patent holder for design of the legendary Black Hawk helicopter, will lecture on design and innovation during National Engineers Week at the Univer-sity of New Haven on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 5:00 p.m. Leoni’s lecture is one of sev-eral events offered by the Tagliatela Col-lege of Engineering at UNH during the week of Feb.17 – 23.

Leoni’s book, Black Hawk: The Story of a World Class Helicop-ter, was published in 2007. A book signing will follow the lecture and the entire event is free and open to the public.

Leoni will discuss how the Black Hawk came into being and how its design require-ments were shaped by helicopter operations during the Vietnam War. He will outline the intense competi-tion among the largest American helicopter companies to win the

coveted award for the prototype of the Black Hawk, during a period when Sikorsky Air-craft – which won the contract – was near-ing the bottom of its worst business decline and its survival was at stake.

He will also dis-cuss the technologies and ballistic and crash survivability design features that formed the basis of Sikorsky’s proposed design, the strategies used by the company to win the contract, and the daunting technical problems encountered soon after the first flight in 1974.

Leoni’s profes-sional career with Sikorsky Aircraft last-ed through 41 years of service and three years of advance de-sign consulting work until his retirement. He started as a design engineer of helicopter transmission and rotor systems, and conduct-ed concept formula-tion studies for the Army UTTAS pro-gram and led the team whose design was proposed to the Army for what later became

the Black Hawk heli-copter.

Leoni was appoint-ed program engineer-ing manager responsi-ble for all Black Hawk engineering design and test activities, and was later awarded a patent for the Black Hawk and nine other designs.

Leoni was ap-pointed vice presi-dent for research and engineering shortly after his Black Hawk assignments and later became senior vice president, of engi-neering and advanced programs.

He received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Brown University and a master’s in en-gineering from Yale University. A long-time member of the American Helicopter Society, he received an AHS Fellow Award in 1990. He is also a member of the Ameri-can Institute of Aero-nautics and Astronau-tics and serves as a trustee of the Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, Inc.

Come to our meetings every Monday at 1:30 pm in the Charger Bulletin office on the third floor of Bar-

tels Hall

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Southern Hospitality vs. Northern AnxietyOver winter break,

I had the opportu-nity to go to Daytona Beach, Florida to vis-it my grandparents, who were staying at a friend’s second home. It was during this trip that I really noticed the distinct difference between northerners and southerners.

Up here in New England, I noticed, we are so impersonal. We go around carry-ing our “personal bub-bles” close to us at all times, keeping to our-selves as much as pos-sible around strangers. Very few of us would say “Hi” to someone sitting next to us on an airplane and very few of us would offer up directions to some-where familiar to us when we overheard a stranger asking some-one else for them. It

seems that everyone from the north is too focused on stressing out about something (work, germs, their self image, etc.) to be pleasant to any stranger.

In the south, I ex-perienced a whole dif-ferent kind of people. Every stranger I met during my week-long stay was in some way interested in getting to know me person-ally; every waiter, ev-ery person at the next barstool, and even the guy sitting next to me on the plane. I won’t lie I had no idea how to respond to this kind of obvious kindness.

I soon developed a theory to explain why southerners are more likely to simply say “hello” or start a simple conversation. They are relaxed. At

2:00 in the afternoon, you can easily find a bustling city street because no one seems to work. If there are three-foot swells at the beach on a Mon-day, people will be there bright and early with their surfboards. The people that do work don’t seem to let it bother them. This care-free envi-ronment sharply con-trasts the north’s aura of constant stress and anxiety.

This in no way means that southern-ers have less work to do. Somehow they seem to have careers and a wealth of hob-bies at the same time (a feat that many New Englanders can’t seem to overcome). Daytona Beach is fa-mous for three things: NASCAR (the Dayto-

na 500 of course), mo-torcycles (they host a yearly Bike Week that welcomes thousands of Harleys), and the beach (just like many Floridian cities). It is difficult to meet someone in Daytona that does not have a faint interest in one or more of these areas. Every New England city has just as many, if not more, things to do as Daytona Beach. However, the most time people spend for themselves is often a yoga class squeezed into a lunch hour.

When did we stop relaxing? Why do we seem to worry about everything? I admit that I am guilty of be-ing just as stressed out and uptight as the next guy, but it doesn’t mean it’s right. Some-how, southerners have

been able to live with ease, while northerners struggle to live with-out stress ruining their lives. As my plane was leaving Daytona International Airport,

my pilot bragged that he was going to “fly it like he stole it” in or-der to get us to Atlanta as fast as possible. Be-sides me, most of the passengers responded with cheers. I was left speechless. Good luck to that man if he ever

uses that phrase when flying out of JFK or Logan. The whole plane will probably react like I did, or maybe more violent-ly. I can hear the awe now.

After spending a week in the south, I realize that Daytona truly has it right. I’m sure it doesn’t hurt to be polite to strangers. I’m sure we would still live if we didn’t try to stay as far away from strangers as possible (we survive subways don’t we?). I’m also sure that if we took a day or two off from work to do something fun, we would be much hap-pier. We just need to relax and race some cars.

Why I’m Voting for Barack ObamaOne of the most

significant rights we as Americans have is the right to vote– the right to choose who will lead our cam-puses, our cities, our states, and our coun-try. There is a large selection of individu-als, however, who feel that their one vote doesn’t matter. Perhaps you, reading this, may be one of those people.

For those of you who know me, you know that I am strong-ly against George W. Bush. I pretty much always have been. And it wasn’t un-til a few months ago that I honestly began feeling like I was for someone in politics instead of against: Barack Obama. Al-though the majority of his views I agree on, I will admit that there

are a few that I do not. But something has come over me– and I’m not exactly sure what– that has made me actually realize

you cannot effortless-ly please everybody. But if everyone were to try a little, then you can sure come awful-ly close.

I was recently read-ing popular online columnist Matt Litt-man’s endorsement of Barack Obama, in

which he said:“I believe in Ba-

rack Obama's mes-sage and in his ability to get the job done. I believe that we need change and I believe in the kind of change Senator Obama es-pouses, and the changes are:

“1-Changes in pol-icy. For many years, we have either ne-glected or willfully ignored our biggest problems: more than 40 million Americans without health care, rising health care costs, global warm-ing, the mortgage cri-sis, an education sys-tem that once was the envy of the world and is now falling behind at the same time the world is becoming more competitive and education is becom-ing more important. Who will best address

these issues? I trust Barack Obama.

“2-Changes in the way we are perceived in the world. Any-one who has traveled abroad (and many of those who haven't had the chance) know that the rest of the world has an unprecedent-ed level of distrust and anger toward the U.S. They despise our President and they are baffled as to why the American people would re-elect George W. Bush. How do we change the perception of the United States? I believe it is Barack Obama who will help the U.S. regain the world's trust, which will make us a stron-ger, safer nation.”

Barack Obama is the only candidate that seems to think vertically as opposed to left and right, lib-

eral and conservative, Democrat and Repub-lican. Obama treats everyone in the same category: American.

His ability to bring together what undoubt-edly will be record numbers of younger voters this year, his amazing speaking ability (did you know he was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Work Album in 2006?), his blatant sincerity and trust-worthiness, and his uncorrupted persona (yes– uncorrupted,

not inexperienced) are just a few of the reasons I will be vot-ing for Barack Obama on Feb. 5, and plan to again in November.

Hopefully you, reading this, have already registered to vote and plan on voting in the prima-ries next Tuesday. If you’re unregistered, hopefully you will register in time for the general elections. You don’t think that one vote can make a difference? Prove me wrong.

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

By Kaitlyn Glatt

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El Torero- Milford, CT• Type of food: Mexican • Bar: 21+

• Average sit-down meal cost: $30 • My favorite thing: The atmosphere

While walking into El Torero in Milford, I noticed that this place was a lot larger and a lot more comfortable than I would have ex-pected. In New Jersey, where I’m from, I walk into a Mexican restau-rant and seat myself then eat fried junk that I could have easily made in my kitchen at home. A great relief came upon me when I was seated by the host, and greeted by fellow University of New Haven undergrad Ainsley.

I couldn’t believe how homelike this restaurant was, and I was glad to experi-ence a more authentic Mexican atmosphere

in a suburban Con-necticut city. Although I went at night, you can tell that during the day it is lit up with beautiful colors from all the stained glass windows. It is a very soothing atmosphere, and the tequila vases and oil candles defi-nitely helped set the mood.

The best thing about the beginning of this meal was the endless tortilla chips with a mild to me-dium smooth salsa. You do not even real-ize how many you’ve eaten until they ask you if you would like another serving! The first thing we ordered was a pitcher of mar-

garitas on the rocks for $19.95, which equaled about five margaritas and was definitely worth the money. The appetizers all looked amazing, so my guest and I decid-ed to get the sampler plate, which included jalapeño poppers, chicken and beef em-panadas, and chalu-pitas. For $8.50, this was a deal and a half. I could not believe how fast it came out and it was definitely a relief to know that this restaurant took great care in making sure your food was excel-lent and came out in a timely fashion.

My guest and I decided on the Steak

Ranchero ($15.95) and the Steak Burrito Su-preme ($11.00) for our main courses. Filled with many different ingredients, these two main courses are prob-ably a great hit with college students like us. It includes many vegetables, beans, and steak with an amaz-ing Mexican flavor that the average per-son would not be able to easily duplicate in their home kitchen. So far, I definitely did not have any complaints.

After I got the leftovers of my meal bagged, I moved on and tried two differ-ent desserts. We or-dered the fried ice cream with caramel

sauce, and a piece of cheesecake topped with whipped cream. The only word that I can use to describe the fried ice cream is “wow.” This is prob-ably one of the most amazing desserts I’ve ever tried in my life, and I highly recom-mended it to anyone who steps foot into El Torero. The cheese-cake was extremely decadent, and is a wonderful alterna-tive dessert for some-one who is not an ice cream fan.

After meeting the manager and getting a short tour of this lovely restaurant, I would highly recom-mend any student at

the University of New Haven to dine here. On February 3, for the Super Bowl, El Torero is hosting a party to honor the big event. There are going to be plenty of televisions, girls in jerseys and hot pants, and $20 buckets of Coronas for anyone who is interested. In my opinion, it sounds like a great Super Bowl party and I’m hoping to taste some of their hot wings while catching a glimpse of the game! All in all, El Torero was a great ex-perience for me, and they can expect to see me back there in the near future.

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Katherine Heigl stars in the latest romantic comedy, 27 Dresses.

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Wedding Flick Enjoyably for All Crowds

It is a rare occur-rence that one comes across a movie that can be deemed a chick flick that is perfect for everyone, including guys.

The title of the move itself, 27 Dress-es, leads one to expect full-on wedding ma-nia. And the movie doesn’t quite disap-point there, but the plot and the charac-ters carry the film to a totally unexpected level.

Katherine Heigl plays Jane, a quint-essential example of the cliché “always a bridesmaid, never a

bride.” With her clos-et full of bridesmaid dresses (twenty-seven of them, hence the

title of the film) from all of the weddings she’s been in over the years, Jane is just be-ginning to muster up

the courage to set her life in a direction that would get her wearing a dress of a different

kind.Secretly in love

with her boss, George (played by Edward Burns), Jane believes

that things are starting to change in her life. Unfortunately for her, George is unaware of her feelings as the goofily ignorant own-er of an eco-friendly business, yet Burns shines as a hopelessly loveable character.

The movie opens with Heigl’s charac-ter as a young girl at one of her cousin’s weddings. Young Jane helps the bride in a time of need, and dis-covers that she was meant to help make people happy on their most important day. We flash forward about fifteen years and meet Jane again, running between two weddings in a chaos that is reminiscent of

Wedding Crashers. At one of these wed-dings, Heigl meets Kevin Doyle (James Marsden), who helps her when she is knocked unconscious in a frenzy of hope-ful bouquet-catchers. The two share a cab at the close of the re-ception, when Jane discovers Kevin is not only a cynic, but one who hates weddings. In a deeply cliché move, Jane forgets her planner behind in the cab and Kevin, who is revealed to be a wedding announce-ments columnist at a mainstream New York newspaper, retrieves it and decides to write an article on the woman he discovers has been

in seven weddings alone that year.

Marsden truly makes the role of Kev-in his own and was the perfect choice for the lead character, but the one flaw his character has is a lack of flaws. A peek into his past reveals why Kevin is the way he is, but the segment isn’t given the proper drama and time it deserves to provide the viewer with adequate insight into the character.

As the movie pro-gresses, more of Kevin’s character is revealed, especially after Jane’s younger sister, Tess, blows into town and falls in love

Revamped Miss America Pageant Aired on TLC

LAS VEGAS— Miss Michigan Kirsten Ha-glund, a 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star, was crowned Miss America 2008 on Saturday, Jan. 26 in a live show billed as the unveiling of the 87-year-old pageant's new, hipper look.

Haglund, of Farm-ington Hills, Mich., sang "Over the Rain-bow" and walked a crowd-pleasing strut in a black and gold bikini to clinch the title. She beat Miss Indiana Nicole Eliza-beth Rash, the first runner up, and Miss Washington Elyse Umemoto, the sec-ond runner up for the $50,000 scholarship and year of travel that comes with the crown.

Haglund, who stud-

ies music at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati, grew up in a pageant family. Her mother is an active volunteer, and her grandmother Iora Hunt, competed for the crown as Miss Michigan 1944. Hunt joined Haglund at a news conference.

"The only words that come to my mind is that this is a dream come true, not just for me but for my family as well," Haglund said. "I'm not just standing up here alone."

Haglund, a cheery, classic blond, wore a revealing silver sequined dress and black bikini during the evening gown and swimsuit portions of the pageant. As her platform issue, she promised to advocate for awareness of eat-ing disorders, an ill-ness from which she has recovered.

The crowning at the

Planet Hollywood Re-sort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip was aired for the first time on TLC. It capped a four-week reality series, "Miss Amer-ica: Reality Check," which followed the contestants as they were pushed to shed

tempts to find an audi-ence with a younger demographic after more than a decade of declining ratings.

The 52 newly made-over aspiring beauty queens who sought the top tiara sported updated hair-dos, sassy attitudes

the dated look of Miss Americas past and adopt a more updated style.

The show was the latest in a series of at-

and red carpet-worthy fashion throughout the competition.

Usually tame by

Marlon Brando’s Son Dies at 49

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LOS ANGELES— Christian Brando, the troubled eldest son of the late actor Marlon Brando, has died from pneumonia at a Los Angeles hospital, an attorney said Satur-day, Jan. 26. He was 49.

Brando died Satur-day morning at Hol-lywood Presbyterian Medical Center, said David Seeley, an at-torney representing Marlon Brando's es-tate. Seeley said Bran-do was taken to the hospital on Jan. 11.

"This is a sad and difficult time for the family," Seeley said.

Born on May 11, 1958, Brando was a high school dropout and never had much of a career. He had small roles in a hand-ful of movies, includ-

ing 1968's I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! but he was better known for his brushes with the law.

He spent five years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1990 for killing his sister's boyfriend, Dag Drollet, at the Brando family's hilltop estate.

Brando said he ac-cidentally shot Drollet as they struggled for a gun during an ar-gument over whether Drollet, 26, had beat-en Brando's pregnant half-sister, Cheyenne.

Cheyenne, who later gave birth to Drollet's son but lost custody of the child, committed suicide in 1995. She was 25. Family associates said she had been dis-traught since her boy-friend's death.

In a 1991 interview with the Los Angeles

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AN AP/ STEPHAN SAVIOA PHOTOTom Brady runs the ball against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

By JOHN OKOSPORTS WRITER

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The New England Patriots and the New York Giants are head-ed to Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz. Both teams advanced to the big game on Sunday, Jan. 20 when the Patriots defeated

Patriots and Giants Prepare for Showdownlines and was unable to help the Chargers.

Unlike the Patriots’ record, Tom Brady had a far from perfect game. Brady threw three interceptions, but the Chargers could not capitalize on all three by scoring a touchdown. Instead, the Chargers offense could only manage to

score four field goals in the entire game. In a controversial move by Chargers coach Norv

Turner, the Chargers punted the ball away to the Patriots with about five minutes left in the game think-ing they would hold the Patriots offense and get the ball back. Unfortunately for the Chargers, the Patriots were able to move the ball down the field and run out the clock

the San Di-ego Chargers 20-12 and the New York Gi-ants shocked the Green Bay Packers in overtime 23-20.

The Patriots were the first to advance to the Super Bowl taking out the Chargers Sun-day afternoon. The Patriots continued their u n d e f e a t e d season rising to an impressive 18-0. LaDainian Tom-linson was reduced to watching most of the game from the side-

without giv-ing the ball back to the Chargers.

P a t r i o t s fans cel-ebrated dur-ing the final minutes of the game knowing that the Chargers were out of time outs and could not stop the clock. The Patri-ots mobbed H e a d Coach Bill

Belichick as the game ended, knowing that he was once again tak-ing his team to the Su-

per Bowl. However, this time around the stakes are higher since they have the chance of becoming the first team to ever have a 19-0 record.

In the third coldest game in NFL his-tory, the New York Giants knocked off the Green Bay Packers in overtime at a frigged Lam-beau Field. The game got as cold as minus four degrees with a wind chill of minus 23 degrees. This however did not stop Eli Manning and the Giants from upset-ting the Packers.

Giants field goal kicker Lawrence Tynes, who missed two previous field goals (one that would have ended the game in regulation) con-nected with a dramatic game-winning 47-yard

field goal in overtime to send the Giants to their first Super Bowl since 2000. With the

win, the Giants also set a record becoming the first team to ever win 10 road games in a row.

With both the Gi-ants and Patriots win-ning in their respective league championship games they are set up to meet each other on Sunday, February 3. The Giants will most likely be double-digit

underdogs entering into the big game, but Giants fans have to feel a little confident

with the way the Giants have played, and more im-portantly Eli Manning.

The Patri-ots’ fate lies in Tom Bra-dy’s ankle and Pats fans ev-erywhere are praying it will be ready to go when he steps on the field. Te a m m a t e s have down-played the in-jury and have

said that Brady will be ready to go.

The Patriots and the Giants hooked up in the last week of the season with the Patri-ots squeaking out a victory at Giants Sta-dium. It will be very interesting to see how things play out on a natural field for Super Bowl XLII.

AN AP/ SCOTT AUDETTE PHOTOEli Manning throws a pass in the wildcard playoff game.

WEST HAVEN— The University of New Haven Depart-ment of Athletics is joining over 600 other schools in the fight against breast cancer by participat-ing in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) "Think Pink" initia-tive. UNH's week-long efforts center around the women's basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 9, and also include a mobile mammography van on

UNH Athletics Sponsor “Think Pink” Day to Fight Against Breast Cancer

campus Saturday, Feb. 16 and a "Be Bold, Go Bald!" competition among fraternities and sororities.

"The WBCA is very excited to pro-mote an initiative that touches all levels of our membership and unifies them for such a great cause," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "It has been re-markable to watch the support of this initia-tive grow from 120 schools last year to over 600 schools for 2008. With the help of each of our members, the women's basket-ball community can

make a difference in the fight against breast cancer."

Charger fans are encouraged to support the effort by wear-ing pink to the UNH women's basketball game against Molloy College on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 2:00 p.m. All fundraising proceeds will go to the Hospi-tal of Saint Raphael's Father Michael J. McGivney Center for Cancer Care. The UNH women's team will wear pink shoe-laces during the game to show their support, and UNH will have pink-themed give-

aways for fans in at-tendance. At the game, UNH will promote a visit to campus by the Yale-New Haven Hospital mobile mam-mography van, which will provide breast cancer screenings on Saturday, Feb. 16.

The "Think Pink" efforts to fight breast cancer aren't limited to just those two events, however. A full week of awareness will take place in Bartels Hall on the main UNH campus leading up to the game. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to stop by the student center

lobby from Feb. 4-8 and make a donation to sign either pink rib-bons, to be displayed in Charger Gymna-sium on Feb. 9, or pink t-shirts that will be worn by the UNH's women's basketball team during warm-ups that day.

A d d i t i o n a l l y , UNH's fraternities and sororities are chal-lenging one another in a "Be Bold, Go Bald!" fundraising initia-tive, where students can support the fight against breast cancer by shaving their heads to help raise money.

The NCAA has also

joined the WBCA's "Think Pink" initiative by implementing the "Calling for a Cure" campaign where all NCAA women's bas-ketball officials will be blowing a pink whistle Feb. 8-17. Ad-ditionally, officials are encouraged to make a donation to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

For more infor-mation about UNH's "Think Pink" Day on Feb. 9 please con-tact Associate Di-rector of Athletics Susan Zawacki at szawacki@newhaven.edu.

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Celina’s Salacious Celebrity GossipThe latest in celebrity news and gossip

By Celina Natola

Hollywood pays tribute to Heath Ledger during the 2008 SAG Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27.

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Chick Flick Appeals to More Than Just Chicks

to see in theaters. The chemistry between the two main charac-

so-called Wrong and Right guys in an over-used dilemma, the

world, but nearly destroys her as she can’t let her sister down when George and Tess become en-gaged and ask Jane to be the maid of honor. Throughout her sister’s engage-ment, Kevin is there to provide the pro-verbial “shoulder to cry on,” even when the crying consists mostly of Jane’s an-noyance with him and her explaining how she’s perfectly happy helping out her sister. Kevin points out to Jane that there comes a time when one has to say no, something Jane has difficulty doing when it comes to helping her friends and family.

All in all, this movie is worth going

ters is undeniable, and the movie is genuinely funny with each char-acter having at least some well-written quips. While the mov-ie itself is completely predictable with the

way the movie is writ-ten makes it a differ-ent kind of chick flick that guys just might drag their girlfriends to, regardless of the suggestive title.

Times, Brando said he never intended to kill Drollet, but wanted to scare him. "I just sat there and watched the life go out of this guy," Brando said.

At his son's trial, Marlon Brando plead-ed for leniency, telling the court: "I think that perhaps I failed as a father."

Brando's ex-wife, Deborah Brando, sued him for domestic vio-lence in 2005. She claimed that shortly after their 2004 mar-riage, Brando repeat-edly beat her and threatened to kill her in the presence of her teenage daughter.

Brando counter-sued, alleging that his ex-wife broke into his home and beat him because he wanted to annul their marriage only 10 weeks after exchanging vows.

The lawsuits were settled last year on un-disclosed terms.

Brando was charged January 2005 with two counts of spousal abuse and he later pleaded no con-test. He was placed on three years' probation and ordered to drug and alcohol rehabilita-tion as well as a spou-sal-abuse prevention program.

Brando also was the one-time lover of Bonnie Lee Bakley, who was shot to death in 2001. At one time, Bakley claimed Bran-do had fathered her child but tests showed it belonged to actor Robert Blake, whom she later married.

Blake was tried for her murder and acquit-ted but later ordered to pay $30 million in a wrongful death law-suit. During that civil case, Blake's lawyer

suggested Brando was the killer, although po-lice never implicated him. Brando denied any involvement.

Seeley said Brando was not married at the time of his death and did not leave any chil-dren.

Brando was the el-dest of the actor's nine children, according to a will the Oscar-win-ner left following his death in 2004. Bran-do's mother was ac-tress Anna Kashfi. She and Marlon Brando divorced after a year.

"I found him to be an extremely person-able, bright gentle-man," said Bruce Mar-golin, an attorney who represented Brando. "He was very well-loved in his family. I think his life was too short."

There are no funer-al plans yet scheduled, he added.

Troubled Brando Dies in Los Angeles

Hot young star diesI know everyone

already knows about it, but it is important to mention nonethe-less. Last week, actor Heath Ledger died at the age of 28.

Ledger was found in the Soho apartment he had been staying at by his housekeeper around 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Al-though he was sur-rounded by sleeping pills, reports so far claim that there seems to be no evidence of suicide. The toxicol-ogy reports are sup-posed to be turned in this week, but so far no illegal substances have been found in his

remains.Really, like many

other people, I find this so tragic. Ledger had a lot going for him: a successful past, a promising future, and a 2-year-old daugh-ter. Although he has been hanging around with Mary Kate Olsen lately, which I highly disapprove of, I have never been critical of anything he’s done.

Like many other teenage girls, I fell in love with Ledger the moment I saw 10 Things I Hate About You (still one of my most quotable mov-ies). However, the love for Ledger wasn’t your typical heartthrob

love, it was more of admiration towards a talented actor.

I am especially heartbroken because I was eagerly awaiting to see his portrayal of the Joker in Batman Begins: The Dark Knight, due out this summer. Now, there is talk about re-shooting the whole film after recasting the Joker. Not only do I feel like this would be a loss to the entire movie-going audience of America, but I feel it is disrespectful to just re-do his last work. Let’s remember- after Aaliyah died, Queen of the Damned was still released. I under-

stand that if his scenes are too rough-around-the-edges to make a substantial film that it makes no sense. Pro-duction of his most current movie, The Imaginarium of Doc-tor Parnassas, has al-

ready been scratched. It would be a shame to have such a talented actor’s last works both just thrown in the gar-bage.

Ledger’s death is truly a loss on many accounts: a loss to the

art of film, a loss to the acting communi-ty, a loss to admiring fans, a loss to family, and a loss to a culture in need of such posi-tive role models.

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Frequently Asked QuestionsDo I really need a UNH email account?

Yes! From now on, important university related information and notification of e-bill postings will be sent directly to your UNH e-mail account. If you do not have an account, or can’t remember your username or

password, please visit the Campus Card Office in Echlin Hall or call (203) 932-7054. You should check your UNH e-mail account regularly.

What is an e-bill notification?An e-bill notification comes in the form of an e-mail to your UNH account, alerting you that your billing state-

ment is available for viewing. Your e-bill will display the same information as a traditional paper bill.

Is this online payment system secure?Yes it is. UNH has partnered with Nelnet Business Solutions which ensures all transactions are handled in a

completely secure environment.

Can I get a paper bill instead?Yes. The university is planning to transition from paper bills to electronic bills in the fall semester. As a part of this transition, you will receive paper and electronic bills in the fall. Starting in December, you will only receive electronic bills. If you wish to continue to receive paper bills, you must submit an Electronic Billing Exemption Appeal Form for approval (available in the Bursar s Office). To receive an appeal form by mail or

electronically, please send a written request to bursar@newhaven.edu or UNH Bursars Office, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516.

UNH is pleased to unveil epay: a newelectronic billing and payment system.

With epay, you are able to view and pay your bill online from the convenience of your own home, or authorize someone else to pay on your be-half. epay is part of UNH’s “path to paperless” initiative, aimed at creating greater efficiencies through the use of technology, while at the same

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You will receive notification through your UNH e-mail account that an e-bill has been posted. You may also authorize someone else, such as a parent, to view and pay your bill. Students may log in to epay through Matrix self service at http://matrix-sws.newhaven.edu/student

modern TV standards, the swimwear com-petition kicked it up a notch. Most contes-tants wore black biki-nis, and some struck provocative poses and twirled as the audience howled. Contestants also wore blue jeans and added a bit of hu-mor to the traditional opening number, the parade of states.

Haglund's moves won howls from the audience. "I think for the audience, the swimwear and eve-ning wear was much more entertaining, am I right?" Haglund said when asked about the show's new look.

The changes in-cluded a chance for "Reality Check" view-ers to text message votes for their favorite contestant. Miss Utah, Jill Stevens, an Army medic who served in Afghanistan, was named "America's

Choice."Stevens did not

make to the final 10, but she took the disap-pointment with pluck. She dropped and gave the audience push ups before joining the oth-er losers on a riser on the side.

Producers added a twist to the interview portion, as well. They asked people on the street to pose ques-tions, and the results were edgier than usu-al. Contestents were asked about binge drinking, HIV and Britney Spears' preg-nant younger sister, Jamie Lynn.

"No I don't think she should be fired," Miss Indiana Nicole Elizabeth Rash said. "They're still people, they're still human be-ings. We all deserve second chances."

The long-strug-gling pageant had promised a new look for this year's beauty

battle. "Entertainment Tonight" reporter Mark Steines was the master of ceremonies of the show. Clinton Kelly of TLC's hit "What Not to Wear" also helped with the hosting duties.

The pageant sound-ed different, too. A deejay spun dance music from turntables set up on stage. Con-testants danced and waved to the audience during commercials breaks.

The show was the latest in a series of at-tempts to find a new audience after more than a decade of de-clining ratings. The fading institution was dropped from network television in 2004. It spent a two-year stint on Country Mu-sic Television before being picked up last summer by TLC, a cable channel reach-ing 93 million homes in the U.S.

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tics being used by the drug’s distributors that are tougher to stop. Mullen said simply, “The bad guy is mov-ing faster than we’re moving.”

A chairman for the Joint Chiefs noted that he was a little worried

U.S. Cocaine Statistics Drop, Gov-ernment Blames New Tactics

because the counter-drug mission was of lesser national prior-ity than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mullen also emit-ted worries over Iran pushing to strengthen its ties to Latin Amer-ica. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadine-

jad visited Bolivia, subsequently pledging $1 billion in invest-ments. Ahmadinejad later met with Venezu-elan President Hugo Chavez, a man whom the Bush administra-tion has accused of being a threat.

The U.S. Navy,

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