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MYSTERY MAN HIDES SKETCHY PAST

Authorities investigate the mystery of Clark Rockefeller, who may be hiding a dirty past.

CELEBRITY GOSSIP

Celina’s Salacious Celebrity Gossip is back and so is Amy Winehouse...dun dun dun.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Volume 87, Issue 2

I’M HUNGRY, WHERE SHOULD I GO?

Your favorite restaurant review is back. Check out The Escargot!

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The student newspaper of the University of New Haven since 1938

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INDEX

Arts & EntertainmentPages 8 and 11

Bulletin BoardPage 15

Community & AdvicePage 9

EditorialsPage 6

Fun & GamesPages 12 and 13

National/World NewsPage 3

New Haven NewsPage 4

SportsPage 10

Freshmen flex their muscles at the hypnotist on Tuesday, Aug. 26.A DAN OSIPOVITCH PHOTO

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By SARA MCGUIRESTAFF WRITER

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YANKEES SAY GOODBYE TO YANKEE STADIUM

Our sports writer sounds off on George Steinbrenner, the new stadium, and the history of the old one.

By CELINA NATOLAEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Performers Turn Welcome Week into One Big Show

WEST HAVEN—Wel-come Week 2008 has come and gone. While the week was filled with a variety of great activities, the week’s performers were major highlights.

Hypnotist Jim Spinnato helped students prepare for their first day of classes by putting on a hilarious show. Pulling about 15 student volunteers on stage, Spin-nato proceeded to hypnotize

them and a member of the audience! The volunteers’ hypnotized stunts ranged from getting pinched on the butt when the word “chargers” was spoken to reenacting the dance to the song “You’re the One That I Want” from Grease. Spin-nato ended with his musi-cal acts, which were by far the biggest crowd pleasers. Students jumped out of their seats to see the volun-teers dance to “The Booty Song,” compete in a mus-cle competition, and dance like Chippendale’s dancers

to “You Spin Me R i g h t Round.” T h e w h o l e s h o w sent the audience into con-s i s t e n t l a u g h -ter and s u r e l y c a u s e d the fresh-men vol-un t ee r s to leave quite a lasting first impression for their new friends.

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, students let loose at the luau in the Quad. Paired with Hawaiian-themed dinner, a trio of beautiful hula dancers wowed the crowd with skillfully cho-reographed dances. After demonstrating a couple of dances themselves, they proceeded to teach a group of students how to hula dance. The amateur danc-

ers were taught basic hula moves and then a more complicated dance, which told the story of a Hawai-ian fishing town. The per-formance was a very en-tertaining glimpse into an amazing tradition.

Bringing students back to laughter were the come-dians Alex House and Craig Carmean. House opened up with a very conversa-tional show, which mostly

Elm City’s Revives Summer Pro-duction for Welcome Week

WEST HAVEN—The first drama production of the se-mester went off without a hitch last Wednesday, Aug. 27.

Elm City Theater Com-pany, a student-run theatri-cal group on campus, put on an encore presentation of their summer produc-

tion, 1959 Pink Thunder-bird. The play, which is a combination of two one-act pieces by James McLure, attracted an impressive crowd, and not without reason.

The first act of the night was a play entitled Laun-dry and Bourbon, directed by Elm City regular Ally-son Cosgrove. The audi-ence rumbled with laughter throughout the piece, a co-

medic take on life and love in the south for a woman whose husband, recently returned from Vietnam, hadn’t been himself as of late.

UNH senior Katie Mor-ris starred as Elizabeth, the wife of the returned soldier. Kerry Powers (Hattie) and Allyson Cosgrove (Amy-Lee) also starred in the play as friends of Elizabeth and also feuding enemies,

whose antics kept those watching very entertained.

The play takes place entirely on Elizabeth’s back porch, where she at-tempts to fold laundry and, you’ve guessed it, serves a constant stream of bourbon to her increasingly agitated friends. The close of Laun-dry and Bourbon brings the audience to realize that

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UNHers learn how to hula at the luau on Wednesday, Aug. 27.A DAN OSIPOVITCH PHOTO

Campus Events, Etc.The Charger Bulletin | September 3, 2008

That new center thing in Maxcy looks really nice; at least better than the two classrooms that used to be there. Too bad we have to ship freshmen off campus for classes now. I wonder why.

Welcome Week was a great success with a wide variety of events. As always, some events are better attended than others, but for the most part there was good attendance-especially with the co-medians and the hypnotist. Some guys on this campus will never watch the movie Grease again.

D e a n Johnson and Lisa Saverese stepped up last week and drove students to Saw Mill Road when they couldn’t get there by shuttle. It’s nice to know that there are some people that are willing to help when students are in need.

RIP C-store.

Staff having to park off-cam-pus? Ridiculous. We’re creating an overcrowded environment where we already have crabby, unhappy students. Add in unhappy staff and soon the learning environment around campus is going to degrade. I rarely hear anyone speaking of positives.

The Old Café situation is ridiculous. No cups, no drinks, lines almost out of Bartels. Yeah, extended hours but people are still

hungry at dinnertime! Nice try but I don’t think it’s

working.

We used to have activities like ballroom dancing les-sons for free. Now it’s $120. Rip-off much? W e h a v e HOW much in student ac-tivity money t h i s y e a r ? That’s what I thought.

Positives NegativesA weekly recap of the positives & negatives at UNH

By Dan Osipovitch

Sept 5th: Hot Dog Contest (Win a 26” TV)- Quad at5pm. Signup in Scope Office on Sept. 3rdHarley Newman Pro Lunatic/Stunt Show- Quad at 8pm

Sept 6th: Jim Karol Psychic Madman- Dodds at 7:30pm

Sept 12th: Free Tiki Bar- Bartels from 4-8pm Movie Trivia (Win $300 in prizes)- 7pm

Sept 13th: Six Flags New England Trip- $10 bus fee. Signup in Scope Office on Sept. 3rd Spots are limited.

Sept. 19th: Scavenger Hunt- Maxcy Quad at 8:30pm. Sign up in Scope Office starting Sept. 3rd. Spots are limited.

Sept. 20th: Big “E” Trip- Sign up in Scope Of-fice starting Sept. 3rd. Spots are limited.

Sept. 26th: What Does Your Name Mean (Free Name Plates)- Bartels from 6-10pm

Sept. 27th: Ventriloquist- Dodds at 8:30pm

SCOPE Weekend Events:September

Wednesday, September 3

Comedian: Alexandra McHale German Club, 7:30pm and 9:30pm

Friday, September 5 Pro Lunatic

Residential Quad, 6pm Movie: Don’t Mess With the

Zohan Alumni Lounge, 7pm Women’s Volleyball vs.

Georgian Court University North Campus, 5pm

Saturday, September 6 Jim Karol

Dodds Theater, 7:30pm and 9:30pm Women’s Volleyball vs.

Bridgeport North Campus, 10am Women’s Volleyball vs.

Armstrong Atlantic State University North Campus, 1pm

Sunday, September 7 Movie: Don’t Mess With the

Zohan Alumni Lounge, 7pm

Tuesday, September 9

Pop Culture Trivia

Alumni Lounge, 7:30pm Women’s Soccer vs. St.

Anselm College Turf Field, 4pm

Thursday, September 4 No Events Scheduled Look for an event calendar in your e-mail from the Office of Student Activities

National/World NewsThe Charger Bulletin | September 3, 2008

NEWS BrIEfSBy Associated Press Writers

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By MELANIE ROVINSKYSTAFF WRITER

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By KAT COWLEYSTAFF WRITER

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Authorities confer at the former home of the Sohuses, who went missing in 1985, which may be connected to the mys-tery of the man known as Clark Rockefeller.

AN AP/ NICK UT PHOTO

DENVER—With the Democratic National Convention under-way, local and federal authorities flocked to the site in order to deal with as many as 30,000 protestors who were expected to disrupt the week’s events.

Secret Service of-ficials and FBI agents were not be alone in their mission to keep

Protestors Question Breach of First Amendment

the peace; over $2 mil-lion was spent on pro-tection equipment for local police officers in an attempt to quell the anticipated distur-bance. Similar to most current issues regard-ing the first amend-ment, the preparations against the protestors caused quite a contro-versy.

Dr. Weinstein, a CNN contributor, has devised a “code of ethics for protest-ing” in response to the situation. Weinstein’s

code consists of seven points for individuals on both sides of the protest to consider. A few of the most im-portant include: obey the law or be willing to accept the conse-quences, be tolerant, accept that fairness is a bedrock of democ-racy, and take the high road. According to Weinstein “The goal of any protest is a moral one… however, this concern must be balanced against the ethical obligations to

do no harm, respect others, and be fair.”

Whether any of the protestors pres-ent at the Democratic National Convention found Dr. Weinstein’s code beneficial is un-known. However, it is likely that just as many, if not more, protests are planned for the Republican National Convention taking place in Min-nesota during the first week of September.

Chicago students to skip first day, lobby for cash CHICAGO—Maurisha Gaiter didn't raise her two daughters to be honor roll students by let-ting them skip class.But that's what they plan to do Tuesday when the Chicago Public School year starts. And they have their mother's blessing.

Frustrated with overcrowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and a shortage of comput-ers, Gaiter is sending 11-year-old Maurisha and 14-year-old Sakiijdra into some of the state's wealthiest suburbs to join hundreds and possi-bly thousands of other Chicago students in pro-testing an unequal system for funding schools.

"I don't want to send my kids to any second-class school anymore," she said. "If I have to keep my kids out for a whole month, I'm will-ing to do that."

State Sen. James Meeks and a group of 85 pastors have been drumming up support for a mass boycott to draw attention to funding dis-parities in Illinois public schools.

More than a hundred church buses are ready to take thousands of students to Winnetka, where they'll attempt to register at the affluent New Trier High School and Sunset Ridge El-ementary School. Students must pay tuition to attend schools outside their home district.

Like many states, Illinois uses property tax revenue to operate public schools. Property tax-es here account for about 70 percent of school funding. Rural and inner city schools gener-ally end up with less to spend per student than suburban schools in areas with higher property values.

Administrators at New Trier High School said they're preparing for up to 2,000 students from Chicago on Tuesday. Boycott organizers say they plan to set up impromptu classrooms led by retired teachers in the lobbies of area businesses after the first day of protests.Wolcott settles with only woman officer WOLCOTT, Conn.—The Wolcott Police De-partment's only female police officer will re-ceive $300,000 to settle a discrimination case against the town.

Officer Doreen Spiotti alleged in her 2004 lawsuit that her superiors harassed and dis-criminated against her based on her gender and status as a mother. She said she was berated after requesting family leave in 2003, and was told she had become a "soft" police officer af-ter becoming a mother.

The town does not acknowledge any wrong-doing, but as part of the settlement, all manag-ers will be required to undergo sexual harass-ment training.

The case was settled June 30, but the terms of the settlement became public Sunday after the Republican-American newspaper filed a request for them under the state's Freedom of Information Act.

A man arrested in Baltimore accused of kidnapping his daugh-ter is claiming to be Clark Rockefeller. He states he spent “six glorious and wonder-ful days” with the girl while evading police, but he will not speak of his life before 1993.

Police say Rock-

Kidnapper’s Past Comes Un-der Extreme Scrutiny

view with The Boston Globe, Gerhartsre-iter said he decided to take Reigh the day before the supervised visit. However, police claim he spent months setting up the alleged kidnapping. He was taken into custody in early August in Bal-timore; he was hop-ing to start a new life there.

The interview was supervised by Ger-hartsreiter’s attorney,

efeller is actu-ally a German i m m i g r a n t named Chris-tian Gerhartsre-iter. California police want to question him with regard to the disap-pearance of a couple in 1985. Gerhartsreiter plead not guilty to charges of k i d n a p p i n g his daughter, Reigh Boss, during a super-vised visit after losing custody to his ex-wife, Sandra Boss.

During a jail inter-

Stephen Hrones, dur-ing which Gerhartsre-iter claimed his name was Clark Rockefeller.

He depicted himself as a devoted father, stat-ing that he read poetry to his daughter, as well as taught her to read newspapers and sci-entific journals before the age of three.

Representatives of the Rockefeller fam-ily stated Gerhartsre-iter is not related to the descendants of John D. Rockefeller. He said his Rockefell-er name was given to him by a man named

Harry Copeland, he described him as his godfather from New York who died in the

late 1990s.Hrones averted any

questions about Ger-hartsreiter’s life be-fore 1993, including the time authorities state he spent renting a guesthouse in San Marino. California au-thorities want to ques-tion Gertsreiter about the 1985 disappear-ance of newlyweds Jonathan and Linda Sohus. The guest-house Gerhartsreiter rented was owned by

the mother of Jona-than Sohus. The Los

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By HANKO DOBIUNH LIBRARIAN

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A DAN OSIPOVITCH PHOTO

A freshmen performs ballet while he was hypnotized.

WEST HAVEN—The Marvin K. Peterson library is providing students a new service this fall. Dell laptop computers are now available for use with-in the library. A laptop can be taken to any location in the library because the entire building is a Wireless Zone.

If you want a quiet study area, you can go to the Upper Level with its picturesque views of the quad-rangle on one side and Long Island Sound on the other. There are a number of individual study carrels to pro-vide a quiet setting for studying, reading, and research. Or, you can use the Lower Level where conversational talking is allowed. You can work with a group of students at one of the many study tables on this floor. There are also easy chairs and a

Laptops Available in the Library

sofa for more relaxed seating.

Maybe you prefer using the laptop in one of the Group Study Rooms on the main level. If you have a class project that re-quires a presentation, this is an ideal place to practice with your colleagues before giv-ing the presentation in class. Or, you might want a cup of coffee, a cookie, a sandwich, a soda, bottled water, or bagel in the Jazzman’s Café on the main lev-el.

Just come to the Circulation Desk on the main level of the library with your cur-rent UNH picture ID and ask to borrow a laptop for a three-hour time period. You will be asked to sign a Laptop Loan Agree-ment at that time. You can also charge out a power cord and mouse to use with the library laptop. Each laptop has the Microsoft Of-fice Suite and SPSS. Laptops automatically

connect to the UNH campus network when booted up. Laptops are able to print to the Pharos print manage-ment system in the Li-brary. Save your work though, because all items will be erased when the laptop is powered off.

The library’s Lap-top In-House Loan Policy is located on the web at http://www.newhaven.edu/library/Services/Com-puters/23895/ or you are welcome to call 203-932-7197 with any questions regard-ing policies and pro-cedures for library laptops. We hope that you will take advan-tage of this new ser-vice that the library offers UNH students, faculty and staff.

Many thanks go to Christine Edgar for preparing the li-brary laptop policies and procedures and to Jason Williams of Information Services for making the laptops user-ready.

revolved around col-lege, motherhood, and being politically correct. She won over the crowd by picking on audience members and not being afraid to say what was on her mind. She used her surroundings as fuel for a lot of her material, including the “circus tent” the show was under and the people walking by the tent.

Carmean followed, starting off with some musical numbers on his guitar, specifi-cally an ode to Ramen Noodles and a tour through unintelligible bands of the nineties, which was surprising-ly accurate. He also performed an original song, the hilariously revolting “Dirty San-chez.” Like House, Carmean couldn’t help but discuss the scantily-clad club-bound female students as they walking by in a never-ending pa-rade of sequins. Push-ing every joke to the

Performers Shine During Welcome Week Events

edge, Carmean made the audience boom in laughter every time.

As Welcome Week came to a close with

a couple of parties, off-campus trips, and the drive-in movie, first-year students and upperclassmen alike got the chance to get back into the grind of

the school year. The week’s performers stood out as the most impressive events while they entertained

audiences with hu-mor or a relaxing hula dance. Hopefully, per-formers of such caliber will continue to visit campus throughout the rest of the year.

love and marriage are about more than just emotion, but also about the strength one must have in the face of adversity.

After intermission, the second play of the evening began, a play called Lone Star. This piece focused on the other side of the story that was recounted in the first act. Directed by Katie Morris, this play stared Jeremy Tortora as Roy, Eliz-abeth’s husband, as well as Nick Theodo-seau (Ray) and Dan-iel O’Mara (Cletus)

Elm City Opening Performance Impresses Fresh UNH Audience

as Roy’s brother and fellow townsman, re-spectively.

This play focused on the struggles re-turned servicemen and women face back at home. When the audience first meets Roy, he is sitting out-side the local bar with a bag of his beverage of choice, Lone Star, while he acts out sui-cide attempt in a less-than-sober manner. His brother Ray joins him outside and the two converse through-out the majority of the piece, eventually joined by Cletus. The

play is just as comedic as the first, and, like the first, Lone Star also covers a serious issue in a very accu-rate manner.

The audience laughed as the brothers fought and bickered, but could recognize the tone and mes-sage of the piece at its close; you can never chose your family, but you can always count on them to help you through anything, re-gardless of any screw-ups and mistakes (or, in this case, adultery and car accidents).

Another spectacular

part of the show were the sets themselves. Built by Brian Mor-ris and Matt Cusma-no, the set truly cap-tured the atmosphere of both settings: the backyard porch and the small-town bar. The set pieces were inspired and original, and it was clear to see that a lot of work went into their construction. While the lighting and transitions left some-thing to be desired, the technical aspect of the show and the set were, as a whole, rather fit-ting.

All in all, the first

Elm City Show of the year was a true success. The audience clearly showed its approval in the shear volume of the applause after the show. Over the past few years, this com-pany has gone from a barely noticeable organization to a suc-cessful company that is finally getting all the notice and com-mendation it deserves. If this success contin-ues, the company can certainly look forward to a bright future.

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USGA President’s Corner

USGA Welcomes the Class of 2012

Louis Eswood IIIUSGA President

Over the past week the USGA has been working hard to wel-come back students and greet the class of 2012. Many USGA senators have been volunteering for sev-eral events around campus.

On Aug. 26, the USGA sponsored a massive club fair un-der the large tent in the quad. At the event were over 75 dif-ferent organizations from USGA-recog-nized organizations, university-recognized organizations to some of our local West Ha-ven vendors. With ap-proximately 1000 stu-dents on hand, many organizations saw a sharp increase in their club's membership. I even heard that one organization had to switch the location of their meetings to a larger venue to ac-commodate the large group of interested

students. The USGA executive board was on hand at the USGA table to answer ques-tions students had about USGA and to try and recruit new members.

On Friday, Aug. 29 the USGA set up a ta-ble in the quad by the stairs to hand out free key chains. Over the summer, the USGA purchased small soft vinyl key chains with the USGA logo on one side and Charger-Voice.com printed on the other. Members of the USGA were at the table for a good part of the morning giv-ing out key chains and answering questions related to USGA. All 500 key chains were distributed to students by approximately 1:30 in the afternoon.

Many USGA sena-tors also played a large role in the All Day Q&A event spon-sored by the Office

of Student Activities. Eleven of our USGA senators volunteered to wear bright yellow shirts all day to iden-tify themselves as stu-dent leaders who could help students with any questions. Many of the USGA sena-tors reported that stu-dents took advantage of their yellow shirts and they were able to answer any question they were asked.

Our first USGA meeting was yester-day, Sept. 2, and I hope that you were able to attend. I look forward to seeing you in an upcoming USGA meeting!

Angeles County Sher-iff’s Department has labeled Gerhartsreiter a “person of interest,” but he has declined to talk to their investiga-tions.

Gerhartsreiter re-fused to go into spe-cifics about the al-leged kidnapping, only saying that he loved his daughter and that “you know, I lost, I lost big time in Boston.”

When he and San-dra Boss divorced in December, he refused to show proof of his

Authorities Look for An-swers About Mystery Man

identity and the court awarded custody of the daughter to Sandra Boss. Garharsreiter refused to detail his decision not to show proof of his identity during the divorce proceedings and said he couldn’t remember entire chapters of his life.

In Bergen, Ger-many, Alexander Ger-hartsreiter told Boston Herald reporters that the man in custody is his brother. He said his brother moved from Germany to Connecti-cut as a student and

never returned, and had not been in touch with his family since 1985.

Gary Koops, a spokesman for Boss, said she was focused on her daughter.

“In light of Mr. Gerhartsreiter’s his-tory of deceitful be-havior, any statements made by him should be viewed with ex-treme skepticism,” Koops told the Globe.

Investigators say they are still digging into Gerhartsreiter’s past, which they say is built on lies.

ORLANDO—Casey Anthony, 22, was ar-rested last week after reporting to Orlando, Florida authorities that her two-year-old daughter, Caylee Ma-rie Anthony, had been missing since June 9. She has been charged with child neglect and criminal obstruction.

Cindy Anthony, Casey’s mother, who’s daughter is be-ing held without bail and was due in court again yesterday, has appeared on NBC’s Today to tell the world that Casey should be released so she can help authorities find Caylee. Cindy says that her daughter knows who has the little girl, but “doesn’t know where they’re at right at the moment.” Casey’s lawyer, Jose Baez, has also told the media that she is willing to work with the authorities to help

Florida Authorities Look Towards Moth-

er for Missing GirlUSGA Meetings are at 1:45 every Tuesday in

the Alumni Lounge. All are welcome!By HEATHER BROWNSTAFF WRITER

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find her daughter.Orlando authorities

are wary of releasing Casey Anthony be-cause they allege that she has already been deceitful. She origi-nally told detectives that she didn’t call them immediately after she discovered her daughter missing because she was busy conducting an inves-tigation of her own. She also led authori-ties to the apartment where she said she dropped her daugh-ter off. The apartment had been vacant for months and the wom-an who should have been living there and watching Caylee has never heard of or met them before. Casey Anthony also gave a false employer, a manager’s name and work number. This is all according to the charging affidavit.

Investigators have had cadaver-sniffing dogs search her house, car, and yard for any signs of a dead body.

The dogs indicated that there was a place in the backyard that there had been a dead body and neighbors told authorities that Casey asked to bor-row a shovel around the time her daughter went missing.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputy Car-los Padilla said that Anthony’s lawyer, Baez, has not re-sponded to calls for a meeting to let An-thony help find her daughter. Padilla has urged the kidnapper to drop Caylee off at a hospital or firehouse if he/she is afraid of being caught. He has also said that “the key lies in the mother, and we would hope the lawyer would al-low the detectives to speak to her in his presence to find out exactly where this child is. This lawyer has taken the time to take this to the media, but he’s not yet re-turned the phone calls to discuss this.”

EditorialsThe Charger Bulletin | September 3, 2008

Celina NatolaEditor-in-Chief

In Defense of the Freshmen: Part One

Zack RosenAssistant Editor

The Change We Certainly Do Not NeedAccording to the

US Census, Wasilla, Alaska is home to less than 5,500 residents and less than 2,000 homes. Less than 0.70% of the popula-tion is black, and over 35% of the population don’t even work in the city. The mayor of this small town for a short time was Sarah Palin, who was just recently announced as John McCain’s vice presi-dential running mate.

Many supporters of both Barack Obama and John McCain have worried that, without an appropriate run-ning mate, their candi-dacies may fail. It has long been argued that Barack Obama has a limited foreign policy

experience–his choice of Joe Biden, chair-man of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, has turned around any worries of inexperience on the Democrats’ ticket.

John McCain, many of whom have worried about his eco-nomic experience, is not in such a sturdy boat. Sarah Palin has experience oversee-ing five thousand residents, but that is certainly nothing compared to the popu-lation of the United States. Not to mention the fact that choosing her will open the door regarding McCain’s age even wider.

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that

John McCain’s choice of Palin is superficially genius. Although Hil-lary Clinton’s speech at the DNC last week certainly brought over many of her support-ers that w e r e n ’ t yet ready to move over to O b a m a , there were still a few left over that have promised to vote for McCain. It is without doubt that Senior McCain (or is it Senator? I often forget!) chose Sarah Palin to attract the fe-male voter.

But the fact of the matter is within the past week, more wom-en have moved onto the Obama bandwag-on–there is no doubt that Hillary Clinton’s

inspir ing s p e e c h We d n e s -day night d u r i n g the DNC h e l p e d this. Palin, however, is pro-life–something that is un-doubtedly t u r n i n g off many

women who consid-ered voting for her. She also believes that healthcare should be business-driven, that

men can only marry women, and she is a lifetime member of the NRA. She’s also younger than Ba-rack Obama; young enough, in fact, to be John McCain’s daughter.

In a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll, one of the most reputable polls in the country, 50% say that she is unqualified for a posi-tion as Vice President. In fact, 75% say that the only reason Mc-Cain picked her was because she is female. For these reasons and more, almost half of all respondents say that McCain made a bad choice.

Many say that

besides her “stint as chairman” of Alaska’s commission on oil (remember, Alaska is younger than John McCain…), she has had no experience dealing with the huge oil companies–some-thing that she will, un-doubtedly, need as a vice presidential can-didate.

During his official acceptance speech last Thursday, Barack Obama made it clear that “the change we need doesn't come from Washington; it comes to Washing-ton.” Apparently it doesn’t come from this governor of Alas-ka, either.

On a regular basis, I am not often heard saying “Oh, those poor lil’ freshmen” or showing any pity to-wards freshmen at all. They walk too slow, they eat all the food in the café, and they nev-er understand the syl-labus. That being said, hold on to your hats: I think the freshmen have definitely got the short end of the stick this year.

Sure, they don’t have cars so they don’t need to fight for the few parking spots that exist on this campus. True, they also have power in numbers so if there is ever a fight between the classes, they will probably win. And I will even venture to say that almost everything on campus was changed for them, so that must be a nice feeling. However, they may be in a worse situation overall than us lucky-yet-pretty-bitter up-

perclassmen.The biggest prob-

lem for freshmen: housing. Not only are almost all rooms tri-pled (yes, even ones in New Hall), but fresh-men have been thrown basically anywhere that was open. New Hall has been turned completely into fresh-men housing. Yes, the three-year old up-perclassmen building now houses freshmen and six sophomores. Freshmen have also been placed in Dun-ham and Winchester. Six freshmen have even been put in the Regency Apartments. There are several is-sues that exist here.

First of all, how are freshmen supposed to interact if they are all spread out? For the poor kids at Regency, they can’t even get onto campus to go to events most of the time. According to the shuttle schedule on-line, the last shuttle

going to R e g e n c y l e a v e s UNH at 11:30 p.m. 11:30? Are we in high s c h o o l ? Did dad set our curfew at midnight? I guess that rules out going to a study session that might run late. The shuttle also barely runs in the af-ternoon. I guess it’s just too bad if some-one has an afternoon or evening class, be-cause from the looks of the schedule, they have to arrive at cam-pus around 3:30 and wait around. Lucky them.

As if that’s not bad enough, the shuttle doesn’t run on the weekends, despite what the schedule says. It was reported to me that someone was

a c t u a l l y told “the s h u t t l e doesn’t go to Regen-cy during weekends b e c a u s e only up-perclass-men live there so they can just drive to cam-p u s . ”

Only problem: fresh-men without cars live there too. So if they are hungry or want to see friends or want to go to an event, they are out of luck. Thanks for the tuition money, kids. For one unfortunate freshman at Regency, he might not be able to make hockey practices be-cause of the lack of shuttle. So while we encourage freshmen to get involved here, we are also making it impossible.

Even for fresh-

men on campus, in-teracting is tough. How are freshmen in Winchester supposed to get the freshmen experience that they should? My freshmen year, all of my friends lived in the same wing on the third floor of Botwinik as me. We all left our doors open and wandered from room to room. Apart-ment doors don’t of-ten stay open. Upper-classmen aren’t often welcoming toward freshmen.

In addition, Win-chester is a wet dorm. Freshmen dorms are dry for a reason. It be-comes a very weird en-vironment when some people can legally drink alcohol and not be shy about it, while it is illegal for others. When the 18 21-year-olds in Winchester walk in the building with alcohol in their hands, what kind of environment is that for freshmen that are be-

ing told they shouldn’t drink?

On top of that, my freshmen year, we weren’t even allowed to go inside Win-chester or Sheffield. Now freshmen can live there?

The whole situation just makes me feel bad. Freshman year is all about getting comfortable, meeting people, and feeling at home. Living on cam-pus in a reasonable living situation (no, a triple in Bixler doesn’t count as reasonable) is the basis of the fresh-man experience.

Fortunately or un-fortunately, depend-ing on the way you look at it, I have too much information for this editorial to ex-ist as a single article. I’ll wrap this up next week.


Upon approaching C.O. Jones Mexican Restaurant and Tequi-la Bar, I was very im-pressed with the open doors and the inviting feeling the restaurant had. Once I entered, however, I was a little unimpressed with the setup of the so called "restaurant." In my opinion, it should be called "Tequila Bar with A Little Bit of Food."

Still wanting to try it out because Mexi-can food is our call-ing, Kelley and I sat down in a booth near the bar and looked at the Happy Hour spe-cials. $4 house marga-ritas and a free burrito bar caught my eye and we ordered up to see if the margaritas were as good as they looked. In the meantime, we went over to the bur-rito bar and took some samples. It was prob-ably the worst burrito I’ve ever tasted. Sour

Kaitlyn: cream with a too-much-mayonna ise taste and a slightly warm bean and rice combo wasn't some-thing I had in mind when I bit into it. But hey, it was free so I can't give too many complaints on that.

We waited a little too long for our mar-garitas (which were absolutely delicious by the way), and or-dered an appetizer and a main course for us both to share. The first thing we ordered was the Ryan's Na-chos ($6.95) which, as the menu states, is "C.O. Jones chips with black beans, ja-lapeños, olives and Monterey Jack cheese topped with salsa, sour cream, and gua-camole." They forgot to add "everything came from a can and we didn't make any of it from scratch," so after one or two bites I got aggravated and moved onto the main

course we ordered.The Sweet Potato

Quesadilla ($7.95) is "caramelized sweet potatoes and onions, grilled zucchini, spin-ach and Monterey Jack cheese." To tell you the truth, it was pretty great compared to everything else that we had that night. Aside from the under-cooked sweet potatoes and mass load of spin-ach, it tasted almost ordinary. It does not make up for the ser-vice though, which is what I'm about to get to.

Ordering our first round of margaritas wasn't too bad, but for our second and third rounds I can say something different. After waiting for as long as ten minutes for a drink, we de-cided to get the check and get out of there for our own little mojito party. It wasn't just the bartender who was making me frown; the

waitress seemed like a person who hated her job. In addition to her being rude, she openly admitted that she did not know the contents of the guaca-mole and did not even bother to look them up for us.

I have actually been to C.O. Jones

glasses because the sun hits your eyes at such an angle that you’re blinded for the next couple of hours.

I’m guessing C.O. Jones is just known for their tequila/mar-garitas/happy hour because the food was, in simple terms, crappy. They offer a free burrito bar dur-ing happy hour which is basically beans, rice, a tortilla, and toppings. This I can understand because it is free. Both times I went, I ordered from the menu; the first time I ordered an asparagus burrito (because asparagus is my favorite food, don’t ask), which wasn’t bad. My sis-ter ordered a chicken burrito and was up sick until 4:00 a.m. When I visited again with Kaitlyn, like she said, we ordered Ry-an’s Nachos and the sweet potato quesa-dilla. Everything was

very ordinary; nothing that I would ever go back for again. But, as I said earlier, they are known for their te-quila. I’m also guess-ing the waitresses hate their jobs there be-cause everyone in the restaurant was order-ing $3 margaritas and mooching off of the free burrito bar, which equals less than a $5 tip.

Maybe Kaitlyn will not be coming back with me, but I can see myself frequenting C.O. Jones for some cheap drinks and free food!

In the end, we give this place a measly 2.5 stars. Instead of trek-king to State Street for this little "restaurant" catastrophe, go some-where else that won't waste your time or your money.

Requests? Com-ments? Arguments? Email Kaitlyn and Kelley at [email protected].

Kelley:twice (in the same week no less). The first time I went my sister was in town, and I had heard this place had good happy hour specials every day. The first thing I noticed was that they crammed in about 15 tables into a room that should hold about 7. I ordered a house mar-garita which was ac-tually one of the best ones I have ever had. It tasted homemade and not like the pre-made juice you buy to mix with tequila. Also, if you are to sit on the left wall, I would ad-vise you wear sun-

From the construc-tion of the new dorm to the napkin dispens-ers on the cafeteria ta-bles, there have been a lot of changes to UNH this year. These changes were brought on by this year’s larg-est enrollment in UNH history: more than 1,100 freshmen. That means enroll-ment jumped 60 per-cent for the fall 2008 semester.

Another thing that comes along with the record-breaking

The Freshmen Ate My Lettuce: An Editorialenrollment is over-crowding. I have never seen this cam-pus bustling with this many students. I feel a little overwhelmed.

The place I notice the overcrowding the most is the cafeteria. It used to take me 5-10 minutes to get my meal. It now takes me almost twice as long.

I try to eat healthy, so one day for lunch I decided to go for the salad bar. I love get-ting salads at lunch be-

cause I enjoy having my lettuce chopped up into smaller bits for me. The pre-chopped lettuce is just too big and I end up looking like a slob trying to fit a huge hunk of let-tuce into my mouth. I get in line for the salad bar. I saw my friends get their food as I waited in line for salad. I was bored so all I had to think about was each per-son getting their salad made. I watched the server place chicken

and vegetables into the bowl. I watched him drizzle cheese all around. I watched and listened to the chop-ping of the lettuce. I could not wait for my turn.

I waited over 20 minutes in that line. I thought about getting something else, but I had waited this long and was determined to get my salad.

It was finally my turn to order and of course, they ran out of the lettuce.

The pre-chopped lettuce was brought out and tossed into my bowl. WHAT? I waited almost an eternity for the pre-chopped lettuce I did not want.

I came to the con-clusion that if the cafeteria had less stu-dents, I would have gotten the lettuce I so desired. The freshmen ate my lettuce. They stole my spot in line and THE FRESH-MEN ATE MY LET-TUCE!

I chose UNH be-cause it was a small campus. I liked the sense of community and seeing everyone I knew on my short walk to class.

Will the growing undergraduate popu-lation maintain this neighborly feeling? I am not so sure if UNH was ready for this many students.

-Chelsea Fowler

The EscargotRestaurant Reviews by Kaitlyn Glatt and Kelley Lehmann

C.O. Jones Mexican Restaurant and Tequila BarLocation: New Haven

My Favorite Thing: the margaritasMy Least Favorite Thing: the service

Overall Rating:One Star

Arts & EntertainmentThe Charger Bulletin | September 3, 2008

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War of the Worlds for the Modern Day

On Halloween 1938, Orson Welles shocked a nation with a radio drama about Martians invading Earth. Listeners fled major cities, thinking aliens actually were marching towards New York City. De-spite all the shock and confusion, The War of the Worlds is the most well-known radio drama of all time.

In the era of iPods and podcasts comes a new age of radio dra-mas. Christof Laputka takes the stage with The Leviathan Chron-

icles. Ever since the Eleventh Century, Im-mortals have walked the earth. They remain hidden and use their extensive lifespans to further the pursuit of science. However, the mysterious Black Door Group is always trying to eliminate the Immortals. If that wasn’t enough, a civil war has erupted within the Immortals.

Join Macallan Or-sel, the center of it all, as she fights for her own survival from both sides. Though an Immortal herself, Ma-callan has allied with the Rebellion. She is the savior of the Im-mortals and poses a powerful threat against

the original Immortal. What’s in store for Macallan? You’ll just have to go to www.leviathanchronicles.com to find out.

The Leviathan Chronicles is master-fully done. Unlike

most podcasts of to-day, Leviathan has its own sound effects, over 60 actors, and an original music score.

“We don't use the wonky organ music of times past. We like fast paced, rock n’ roll ac-

tion. I'm t r y i n g to con-vert the Golden Age of Radio to Golden Age of iPods,” s a i d L a p u t -ka.

There are sadly very few “ m o d -

ern” audio dramas being produced to-day. At the end of the most recent episodes, Laputka puts on the trailers for other au-dio dramas. He also gives hints on what to expect in future

Leviathan episodes. Currently, the saga is eleven episodes long. There will be two sea-sons each containing 25 episodes.

Christof Laputka would love to hear what you think about The Leviathan Chron-icles. The main site has a link to contact the author. Since he is trying something new, Laputka wants to know how to make his creation even bet-ter. He is very quick to respond and will get back to you in a few days. The podcast is also available on iTunes in the podcast section as well as on its own site.

Jude Law Heads to the Mid-dle East to Promote Peace

By FISNIK ABRASHIASSOCIATED PRESS

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KABUL, Afghani-stan—Jude Law is visiting Afghanistan to promote peace in the war-ravaged coun-try.

Together with di-rector Jeremy Gilley, the Oscar-nominated Law has returned to Afghanistan to help maintain momentum for Peace Day-an an-nual day on Sept. 21 urging a global cease-fire and nonviolence.

The United Nations General Assembly ad-opted Peace Day in 2001, following a lob-bying campaign by Gilley which he doc-umented in the film Peace One Day.

"When I left Kabul last year, I was hugely moved not by the con-flict that I have read so much about, but by the people's courage

and the people's sense of hope," Law told reporters in Kabul on Monday.

"It seemed that they really want to make this day, the Peace Day, work. And they did," Law said. "People recognize the day, because they rec-ognize that lives could be saved."

Noted for his roles in movies such as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, Law helped Gilley produce his second documentary film, called The Day After Peace.

The documentary, which also features former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, the Da-lai Lama, Angelina Jolie, Annie Lennox and Jonny Lee Miller, charts the way Peace Day can be used as a focus for lifesaving activity, Gilley said.

Law said the movie

"was the most impor-tant film I have been part of."

Law and Gilley, who arrived in Ka-bul on Sunday, are to meet President Hamid Karzai, top NATO and U.N. officials, and members of the aid community.

Last year, they traveled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan to help promote the day, on which they hope weapons will fall si-lent, allowing help to reach those most in need.

Gilley said in Af-ghanistan over 1.4 million children were able to be vaccinated against polio on Peace Day as a result.

"The world cel-ebrates so many days that often separate and segregate us ... and yet there is none that ties us all together," Law said.

He said ordinary Af-ghans, who marched and prayed as they marked Peace Day last year, are among the film's stars.

"It is Peace Day's commitment to take this film as a message from people of Af-ghanistan to the rest of the world," he said.

The visit coincides with one of Afghani-stan's most violent pe-riods since the ouster of the Taliban from power in 2001. More than 3,700 people — mostly militants — have died as a result of the war this year.

Law said that even as Kabul has become more dangerous, hope among its people has remained surprisingly high.

If "it is possible here, it is possible everywhere," Gilley said.

LOS ANGELES—Tropic Thunder hauled in $14.3 million to stay on top of the box office as Hollywood's solid summer wound down sleepily, with Hurricane Gustav contributing to a slow Labor Day weekend at theaters.

The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy was the No. 1 flick for the third-straight weekend, raising its total to $86.6 million, according to studio estimates Monday.

Debuting at No. 2 with $12 million over the four-day week-end was 20th Century Fox's sci-fi thriller Babylon A.D., star-ring Vin Diesel as a

Thunder Stays on Top of

Weekend Box Office

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mercenary smuggling a woman into New York City in a post-apocalyptic future.

With coastal Loui-siana nearly deserted because of Gustav, Hollywood business was virtually nonexis-tent in that region.

"The theaters are closed. There is just no business at all down there," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution at War-ner Bros., whose The Dark Knight was No. 3 with $11 million.

Gustav made a slow weekend even quieter. The top 12 movies pulled in $93.4 mil-lion, down 23 percent from the same week-end a year ago, when Halloween opened with $30.6 million.

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The House That the Boss Built

NEW YORK—After the 2008 season, Yan-kee Stadium will close its doors forever to move across the street to a new stadium. Yes it will still be called Yankee Stadium but it will not be the real Yankee Stadium.

Since 1923 Yan-kee Stadium has sat on 161st Street and River Ave. and had been a true baseball cathedral. With the likes of Babe Ruth (who was the sole reason the Yankees got a new stadium) Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lue Geh-rig, Whitey Ford, Reggie Jackson as well as the stars of to-day like Mariano Ri-vera and Derek Jeter have all made Yankee Stadium a legendary ballpark. So why tear down this legendary ballpark?

In my opinion, there are a handful of ballparks in worse condition then Yan-kee Stadium. Look at Fenway Park-a ballpark that is older and in my opinion in worse condition then Yankee Stadium. Yet the Red Sox franchise has enough respect for a historic ballpark like Fenway to keep it standing and keep its franchise playing in such a historic ball-park.

Another ballpark

older then the big ballpark in the Bronx is Wrigley Field in Chicago. Again this is a ballpark that will probably never be replaced at least for a long time because of the tradition there and the organization knows that and re-spects that.

So why is a new Yankee Stadium be-ing built? It’s simple: Money. The Yan-kees have convinced me that they are all about the money. Yes, George and the Stein-brenner family still wants to have the best team on the field pos-sible, but I feel their main objective is to get as much money as he can get into their pockets. All you have to do is look at the concession prices at the ball park.

Now with this new stadium the Stein-brenner family is go-ing to be earning even more money. There are going to be more luxury box seats in the new ballpark which means more money. Fewer seats in the new ballpark make the view of the action closer, but with that comes a higher ticket price. All you have to do is look at the pricing of seats behind home plate for the new ballpark. The first five to eight rows are going to cost any-where from $500 to $2,500 a seat! Upper deck seats for next

year are supposed to have a 75%-100% in-crease in price. It has gotten to the point where families can no longer enjoy a day at the ballpark for a rea-sonable price.

George also has an ego. That can not be debated. George has wanted a new stadium for years. When the Yankees were having losing seasons, the boss would constantly say that people are not coming not because the team is bad, but because the stadium is in bad condition. But when things began to turn around in the mid 90s the fans starting showing up to the sta-dium. Since 2000 the Yankees have been putting up record at-tendance numbers for home games. After this year the Yankees again are going to draw record numbers at the stadium. So it can’t be the ball-park that was keeping people away. If the stadium was that bad people would be com-plaining about the ap-pearance of it. I have not heard that many complaints about the condition of the sta-dium, and the ones I have heard are people that are nit picking and looking for things to complain about.

If the Stadium is really in that bad of shape there is a simple solution to this prob-lem: refurbish the sta-dium while the Yan-

kees play in the new Mets ballpark that is also opening next year. When Yankee Stadium had renova-tions in the mid 1970s the Yankees played in Shea while the stadi-um was going through some changes. There were no schedule problems because the Yankees would play when the Mets were out of town.

Another factor that will be brought down when Yankee Stadium is left behind for a new stadium is the Yankee Stadium mystique. Opposing players that come into the stadium have often said there is something differ-ent than any other park when you walk into Yankee Stadium. Many have said the nerves are often turned up when you play at the stadium because of the legends that have played in that park. When the Yan-kees move into their new park next year, no longer will there be any need for opposing players to feel a dif-ferent sense of nerves when playing.

The home field ad-vantage that used to make Yankee Stadium so unique will now be gone. No longer will they be entering the House that Ruth Built, but instead they will be entering the House the Boss Built.

Women’s Soc-cer Falls in

Season Open-er vs. Adelphi

WEST HAVEN—The University of New Haven women's soccer team fell by a score of 1-2 to Adel-phi University Thurs-day afternoon, Aug. 28 in their opening match of the season.

Former East Coast Conference opponent Adelphi University opened scoring with a shot that was scored off a rebound in the opening minutes. Just over 10-minutes later

the Panthers added their second goal of the game and grabbed a 2-0 lead at the 13:08 mark.

As the opening pe-riod wore on the Char-gers gradually started taking control of the game. In the final five-minutes of the half the Chargers riffled five

shots including a goal which was scored in the 43rd minute. Just seconds before scor-ing their first goal of the season, the Char-gers found the back of the net, but were called offside. All-American Selina Moylan scored her first goal of the season at 42:58, while Elin Mattsson was credited with the as-sist.

The Chargers con-trolled a majority of the second half as well, including nu-merous chances in-

side the Adel-phi box, but the Panthers' g o a l k e e p e r grabbed eight saves and held off the second-half Charger attack.

The Char-gers fall to 0-1-0 on the season and look to gain experience for

five freshmen who started Thursday’s game.

After a few games away, the Chargers re-turn home on Tuesday, Sept. 9 as they open their Northeast-10 Conference schedule against St. Anselm at Kayo Field.

All-American Selina Moylan of the UNH women’s soccer team.

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con’t from page 8

AN AP PHOTO

Amy Winehouse leaves a courthouse in London this past July..

Still, Hollywood finished a fraction ahead of 2007's re-cord summer revenue. From the first week-end in May through Labor Day, business totaled $4.2 billion, up from $4.18 billion during summer 2007, according to box-of-fice tracker Media By Numbers.

But accounting for higher ticket prices, attendance was down 3.5 percent.

"It's record revenue, but barely. Kind of an underwhelming end to a great summer," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By

Numbers.Amid a rush of

weak newcomers, The Dark Knight held up well, rising a notch from its fourth-place rank the previous weekend. The Bat-man sequel became the second movie in Hollywood history to top half a billion dollars domestically, climbing to $504.7 million, trailing only Titanic at $600.8 mil-lion.

Though The Dark Knight crossed the $500 million mark in record time of six weeks and three days — half the time it took Titanic to reach

that level — the stu-dio expects it to top out at about $530 mil-lion.

Titanic had a much slower climb up the charts but it main-tained momentum, holding on to the No. 1 box-office slot for months.

Factoring in infla-tion, The Dark Knight lags far behind Ti-tanic in terms of ac-tual admissions. The Dark Knight would need to take in about $900 million to match the number of tickets sold by Titanic.

Among other new movies, Overture Films' espionage

thriller Traitor, star-ring Don Cheadle, premiered at No. 5 with $10 million, while Lionsgate's spoof Disaster Movie debuted in seventh place with $6.9 mil-lion.

Disaster Movie was simply the latest in a rush of parody flicks, but coming three years after Hur-ricane Katrina struck New Orleans and with Gustav arriving the same weekend, "it was just an unfortu-nate choice of title," Dergarabedian said.

"I don't think it re-ally changed the box office for the movie,"

he said. "What Di-saster Movie is is a spoof of big summer movies. I don't think it was destined to be a huge movie."

MGM's campus comedy College opened well outside the top 10 with $2.6 million.

Estimated tick-et sales for Friday through Monday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Tues-day.

1. Tropic Thunder, $14.3 million.

2. Babylon A.D., $12 million.

3. The Dark Knight, $11 million.

4. The House Bun-ny, $10.2 million.

5. Traitor, $10 mil-lion.

6. Death Race, $8.2 million.

7. Disaster Movie, $6.9 million.

8. Mamma Mia!, $5.8 million.

9. Pineapple Ex-press, $4.5 million.

10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona, $3.5 mil-lion.

Stiller Comedy Rules the Labor Day Box Office

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

-By Celina NatolaWinehouse goes mental

According to Perez Hilton, troublemak-er Amy Winehouse might have brain dam-age. A friend of Wine-house supposedly re-ported that Winehouse has brain damage after crystal meth binges and cannabis poison-ing after a 36-hour marijuana marathon. This story is only the latest of Winehouse’s skirmishes with bad health, including an emphysema diagno-sis.

Not only did Wine-house ruin her ca-reer back when she dropped out of con-certs, but now as she kills herself slowly with drugs and ciga-rettes, she’s ruining her career even more. A report was issued a couple of months ago that if her emphysema goes untreated, she will lose her voice: the one thing that got her famous besides her

bad girl behavior.I think it’s time to

go to rehab.Timberlake becomes a daddy?

Speculation is un-

derway that Jessica Biel is pregnant with Justin Timberlake’s baby. The couple has been on and off for years now, but will

baby make three? Ac-cording to TMZ.com, Biel is sporting a belly lately, but nothing has been confirmed.

If the statements are true, the cou-ple is just a n o t h e r on the list of celeb-rity babies conceived o u t - o f -wedlock, following the likes of Ashlee Simpson and Jes-sica Alba.

It’s just my gut f e e l i n g , but I don’t think Jus-tin Tim-b e r l a k e is about to settle d o w n . He’s at the top of his game in terms

of celebrity on-off relationships. Why would he give that up for a kid? For the sake of Biel, I hope these speculations are false or else I think she (and the baby) might be kicked to the curb.Sex Rehab?

David Duchovny has checked into re-hab...for a sex addic-tion. Weird! The X-Files star apparently has a sex addiction.

I just find it hilari-ous that a celebrity has a sex addiction. On the more supportive side, I’m happy he’s going to get help. At least he’s smarter than Miss Winehouse.Ricky Martin takes some time off

Remember Ricky Martin? Yeah, he’s back. But he’s not “Livin’ La Vida Loca” anymore. Instead, he’s settling down with his newborn twins.

Martin issued a statement saying he intends to “take time

off” so he can get to know his babies.

Excuse me, but take time off from what? His busy celeb-rity schedule?

Apparently, he’s still a big deal in Latin America (he was an original member of Menudo so that makes sense), but seriously, is he that busy that he needs to “take time off” to spend time at home? I really don’t think so. Nice try though.Phillips busted...again

Soap star Mack-enzie Phillips was ar-rested for possession of drugs and syringes.

Phillips has a his-tory with drug prob-lems, but was treated a while ago. Appar-ently, she’s back into her old habits, which is very unfortunate. As a child of a 60s ce-lebrity, I guess it’s just a way of life, but it’s too bad to see her fall back off the bus.

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