The Charger Bulletin

BSU Hosts Night of Dinner and Music

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 29, 2012

Live music, hot food, and students from across campus filled the German Club on Thursday for the Black Student Union’s semiannual Soulfoul dinner and performance. The dinner featured Johnny Graham...

OIT, Facilities Department Developing Plans to Firm Up Networking Access

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 29, 2012

In August 2011, Tropical Storm Irene knocked out power to UNH’s campus for days. In October, an unprecedented snowstorm knocked the university’s Internet services out for the entire weekend. Since...

Artists’ Explorations of ‘Aesthetic Language’ on Display in Seton Gallery

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 29, 2012

Artists John Arabolos and Heidi Lewis Coleman took different approaches to arrive at oddly similar results. Those results are the subject of their joint exhibit, called "Intuitive/Systemic Symmetries,"...

Tips on Arguing: Use Qualifiers Carefully

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 29, 2012

A qualifier is any word or phrase that provides a "reference point" for a claim. Knowing how to use them can both increase the strength of an argument and shield it from attacks. English is full of qualifiers...

Though Crucial, Science Building Still Has a Long Way to Go

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 22, 2012

Steven H. Kaplan has thought UNH needed a building dedicated to the sciences since he first became president of the university in 2004. Last month that goal came closer to reality when an anonymous donor...

Tips on Arguing: Argument from Authority

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 22, 2012

If someone told you that alchemy must be a legitimate science because Isaac Newton practiced it, would you start trying to turn lead into gold? Of course not. Yet that is exactly how the argument from...

4G Not Here Yet, Explains UNH Professor

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 15, 2012

We still have a far way to go before we reach a world of 4G technology, Dr. Amir Esmailpour, assistant professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, said during...

UNH Receives Second Anonymous Donation

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 15, 2012

For the second time in month, the University of New Haven has received a large sum of money from an anonymous donor. According to a press release from the university, three million dollars was donated...

Tips on Arguing: Formal Debates

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 15, 2012

Formal debates take many forms. Some are sponsored through national or international organizations, but they may also be conducted in an impromptu fashion within high school and college classrooms. The...

New Challenges, Opportunities as UNH’s International Student Population Grows

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 8, 2012

It took Fahad Almutairi 16 months to learn English well enough before he was ready to go to college in the United States. Almutairi, a 20-year- old native of Saudi Arabia, wanted to earn a bachelor’s...

Tips on Arguing: Active Versus Passive Voice

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 8, 2012

The way you phrase a sentence can influence its meaning. The choice between using active and passive voice is one of the more common examples of how sentence structure matters. The difference is subtle,...

Changes to Liquor Laws Unlikely to Impact UNH

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 1, 2012

A proposal by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to ease Connecticut’s restrictions on alcohol sales would be unlikely to have much of an impact on campus life at UNH. Currently, stores in the state cannot...

Westport Group to Hold Fourth Annual Darwin Day Dinner

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 1, 2012

The Southern Connecticut Darwin Day Committee will hold its fourth celebration of science and humanity on Feb. 11 at the Inn at Longshore in Westport. This year’s Darwin Day Dinner will feature...

Tips on Arguing: Admit When You’re Wrong

Brandon T. Bisceglia February 1, 2012

We’d all like to win our arguments. We’d all like to believe that our positions are the "right" ones. We’d all like to have the facts on our side. But life isn’t that simple. Circumstances change....

UNH President Receives National Experiential Education Award

Brandon T. Bisceglia January 25, 2012

UNH President Dr. Steven H. Kaplan was awarded the National Society for Experiential Education’s highest award in October at the society’s fortieth annual conference in Dallas, Texas. The William...

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