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By MELISSA PROULXSTAFF WRITER

Its more than just a simple numbers game when trying to gure out the validity of UNHs party school reputation.

A recently published report on Rehabs.com named the colleges and universities in the United States that hold the highest drug and alcohol arrests based on data collected from 2009 to 2011. In the report, UNH was ranked 37 out of 50 for most on-campus drug arrests per 1,000 students and 20 out of 50 for most on-campus alcohol arrests per 1,000 students. In all, the university was ranked eight out of 20 for drug and alcohol arrests per 1,000 students.

When looking at UNHs arrest statistics from the last three years on the UNH Police Departments website, it is clear that these arrests make up a majority of the criminal activity on campus, providing some evi-dence for the ndings.

The UNH Police Department, which posts the crime statistics for the past three years on its website, recorded that between 2010 and 2012, 717 students were arrested on campus for violating liquor laws and 294 were arrested on campus for drug posses-sion.

These numbers, which do not include the drug and alcohol violations referred for disciplinary action during those years, are signi cantly higher than the other categories shown on the website. For example, dur-

ing those years, only 18 individuals were charged with aggravated assault on campus.

But all of these statistics raise another question: is it simply a matter of geography? New Hampshire has, in the past, had its own reputation of having some of the high-est drug use and alcohol consumption rates in the country.

A look at the national statistics for the region only further explains these numbers. In its 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that in the New England Area alone, 56 percent of those who answered the survey reported using illicit drugs in their lifetime, with 17.6 percent saying that they had in the past year

and 11.4 percent in the past month. These numbers were higher than the national aver-ages, which were 49.6 percent, 14.9 percent and 8.8 percent, respectively.

And when it comes to drinking, the re-sults were about the same. The 2010 SAM-HSA report found that in New England, 92 percent said that they had consumed alcohol in their lifetime, with 78.3 percent saying they had in the past year and 67.8 saying they had in the past month. The national av-erages for these statistics were 87.5 percent, 70.4 percent, and 55.9 percent for the three categories.

And when compared to other schools in

UNH ranks high in college arrest statisticsSchool o cials view ranking as a sign of strong policy enforcement

Vol. 103, No. 29

Lee Daniels shares his own story of struggle

By CATIE HALLSTAFF WRITER

Film producer and director Lee Daniels walked down the rows of seats yelling, Hi, everybody! Hi! His voice lled the Granite State Room while he marched, wearing casual jeans and a white dress shirt, to his spot at the podium.

If his 200-member audience on Wednes-day night expected to hear only about Daniels movies or his upcoming TV show, they got more than they bargained for as Daniels painted the picture of his childhood, his fame and his home. Much like his movies, the true story of the night was one of triumph over adversity.

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Before titles, before fame, young Lee Dan-iels walked down the stairs, his small feet slid-ing inside his mothers heels. While his moth-er may have laughed a sweet melody to a childs ears his father did not.

As he descended the staircase in his moth-ers shoes, his father picked him up.

Youre trash, his father said, and he put the little boy in the garbage.

His father was not the only person in his life that attacked Daniels.

I was bullied on. I knew that I was a gay guy, real skinny. About half the size I am now, Daniels said. Kids dont know what their sexu-ality is four, ve, or six but you know

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Lee Daniels, director of The Butler, visited UNH on Wednesday and spoke before a crowded Granite State Room.

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After falling to Vermont, the UNH mens hockey team looks to rebound against Boston University.

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By MELISSA PROULXSTAFF WRITER

A proposed piece of legislation could mean a change in the way the judicial sys-tem reacts to and treats victims of rape.

Last week, New Hampshire lawmakers considered a bill that would terminate paren-tal rights for convicted rapists as well as lim-it the rights of those who have been tried and not convicted. As of right now, New Hamp-shire is one of 21 states that dont require termination upon, or even after, conviction. This change in legislation would potentially help those who are currently dealing with relevant cases in court, as well as the one out of every four women who falls victim to sexual assault each year.

According to Shauna Prewitt, a nation-al voice for these complicated issues who spoke to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Concord on Tuesday, Feb. 4, the maintenance of the current law has to do with the way the country views and treats women who become pregnant after rape.

Prewitt is considered a national expert on the subject, as she has both professional and personal experience with this sort of legislation.

While in law school, she wrote a paper on the issue that was eventually published in the Georgetown Law Journal advocating ending parental rights for convicted rapists. She said that the change in legislation would only match those standards of the legislation dealing with the other choices that a woman

can make in regards to her baby. We know that a woman [who has been

raped] has ultimately three choices once she nd out shes pregnant, Prewitt said. A lot of states have legislation that help with ter-mination and adoption, but when it came to women who were raising their child, I was really surprised to nd out that far fewer states had protections in place for them.

Prewitts desire to take action also came from her own experiences. Prewitt herself was raped while in college and learned shortly after that she was pregnant. After deciding to keep her baby she attempted to move on with her life. But in one last nal attack, her rapist, who had not yet been con-

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UNHs Ballroom Dance Club continues to grow and accomplish its goals.

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