Positives

The new UNH Meditation and Spirituality Center opened this week! The center’s hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and facilitated mediation sessions begin September 19, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. It is conveniently located in the bottom floor of Ruden apartment number 15. Sign-ups for campus card access to the center are located in the Dean of Students’ Office.

UNH’s football team had their first home opener this past weekend, Saturday September 14. Our team whopped Pace University 65 to zero…. now that’s embarrassing. I hope this streak will continue; go Chargers!!!

Negatives

The beloved Henry C. Lee building is being renamed to John and Leona Gehring Hall… are those individuals really more relevant to the study of Forensic Science than Henry C. Lee? And they think handing out free gifts at the dedication ceremony will make it all better… you can just go to SCOPE events for those.

Both the Dattco apartment shuttle and Forest Hills shuttles have been less than punctual lately. I was waiting for the shuttle in front of Dodd’s one evening, and the driver was taking a break on the side of the road. I asked him if he was going to drive, and showed him the schedule, yet he still insisted that this was his break time. I think it’s time to invest in a bicycle, or a razor scooter. Both sound more reliable than the shuttle systems.

The Battery Charge

What is up with all our buildings being renamed? From New Hall last year, to now Sound View, the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science, and Health Services. (Good thing these three buildings this year don’t have names starting with the letter B; I’m glad the university realized that there are 25 other letters of the alphabet).