Residents of Tristan da
Cunha, a volcanic island in the south Atlantic, have developed a severe
breathing problem.
There are approximately 271 Britons living on this
island. The island needs to make sure that their medical supplies do not run
out; however it does not have an airstrip, which makes seeking more medicine
impossible.
Michael Swales, chairman of the Tristan da Cunha association,
said that "viruses have swept through the island before but I cannot recall
medicines becoming exhausted on previous occasions."
The island is
concerned about the health mainly for young children and elderly. The
disease is said to make i t hard for people to breathe.
An
operation to get the residents help is being led by the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office.
Hostage
taker gives first interview since incident
Leeland Eisenburg, the man
accused of holding hostages at Hilary Clinton's campaign office
in Rochester, New Hampshire, gave his first interview since the
situation ended.
"I knew once the last hostage went out the door, there
would be no reason for them (the police) to have restraint,”
Eisenburg said. He walked out without his hands up in hopes of
being shot to death.
He is accused of taking 6 hostages while demanding to
speak to Hilary Clinton because he wanted to talk to her about
how mentally ill people were being treated.
"I just snapped," he said. "I kept hearing these voices
saying to me that I need to sacrifice myself to make a statement
for mental health for everybody, to bring this issue to the
forefront."
Eisenburg is being held on $500,000 cash bail and is
being ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, according
to CBS news.
ARTS & ENTERAINMENT
With the recent release of the
2007
Grammy nominations, Casey Bolduc checks out just how
these nominations came to be.
A former Virginia State
Trooper (who stayed anonymous) gave six tips to AOL Auto about
how to react when you get pulled over. This tips will keep the
experience of being pulled over from being a harrowing one.
Pull over
in a safe area as soon as it is reasonable and safe to do
so. Do not pull into a place that will put you or the
officer in danger.
Don’t
Coast for several blocks before pulling over, it will make
the officer suspicious
Keep the
engine running, especially if you drive an unreliable car
Keep your
hands on the wheel when the trooper is approaching the
vehicle, this is another move that will keep the trooper
from becoming suspicious of you.
Stay in
the car
Be careful
what you say. Treat the officer with respect.
THE EXCHANGE: WHO WE ARE
The
Exchange is a student-produced newspaper
that appears weekly. This week's
managing editor
is Beth Tedeschi.
Fines are
adding up for students dealing with excessive vandalism in
the sophomore dorms. But safety is also a big concern
when a water pipe in Edgewood is pulled out of its brackets.
How well would
a dating
game show on FPTV grab an audience? "I’d watch it
all the time, and now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be
a bad way to meet people either."
"Cumulative exams don't
help students at all," said a student at the
Socrates Cafe as they debated the use of final exams and the
effect the tests have on the students.
News Briefs:
The votes are in. A safari theme has been
chosen for this year's Up All Night theme. The event, to be
held February 22, 2008, is open to all students, faculty, and registered
guests. This popular spring semester event "is a fun carnival style event
that fills the Bubble with 750-1100 people each year," according to the
director of Campus Recreation, Doug Carty. (Reported by Michelle Santos)
An all day reading by African
American authors will be taking place on Monday, February 4, in Pierce Hall.
The International English Honor Society and the Humanities Division will be
reading books authored by African Americans, both amateur and professional,
in a mini-marathon event to celebrate African American literacy during Black
History Month.
Karaoke night, an event sponsored by the New
Hampshire community assistants, will be taking place on Friday, December 7
in the community room in Cheshire hall. This event was set up for freshmen,
but all students are allowed to attend so they can see just how well their
friends can sing. (Reported by Jeff Silva)
A benefit concert to support
the Silas Bennett Cancer Fund, featuring Luther Guitar
Johnson and the Magic Rockers, will be held at
McCue’s Billiards and Sports Lounge in Keene on Saturday,
December 15 at 7 p.m. 29-year-old Silas Bennett, a native of
Cheshire County, has recently been diagnosed with a
life-threatening cancer and is without health insurance. All
proceeds raised from the show (with special guests; The
Great GrooveTheory and Hipology) will be
donated to defray Bennett’s medical and living expenses.
EDITORIALS
"They are
as clean as a
sewer rat's a**," said a student complaining
about the dorm bathrooms, in Ashlee Medeiros' editorial.
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences researchers show that eating garlic appears to boost our
natural supply of hydrogen sulfide, which acts as an antioxidant and
transmits cellular signals that relax blood vessels and increase blood
flow. In the study, performed at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, researchers extracted juice from garlic and added small
amounts to human red blood cells. The cells began emitting hydrogen
sulfide immediately. This may explain why someone with a diet that is
rich in garlic appear to be protected against various cancers, including
breast, prostate and colon cancer.
Researchers at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine earlier this year found that injecting hydrogen
sulfide into mice prevented the damage to heart muscle caused by a heart
attack. The benefits of garlic have been known for centuries, the
Greeks used to feed it to their athletes before they competed in Olympic
Games.
Doctors recommend that when you use garlic you should crush it
at room temperature and let it sit for about 15 minutes. This triggers
an enzyme reaction that boosts the healthy compounds in garlic.
WEEKEND'S BEST BETS
On Friday December 7 the Sunflower Cafe
in Fitzwilliam will host Rasa, a country music band at 6 p.m.
On Saturday
December 8 McCues Billiard & Sports Lounge in Keene
will showcase live music
from Turn it Loose at 9 p.m.
* "maybe this year
will be better than the last, I cant remember all the times I tried
to tell myself to hold onto these moments as they pass." Courtesy of Counting Crows'
"A Long December."
Severe
pollution in Tristan da Cunha 
Hostage
taker gives first interview since incident 
In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences researchers show that eating garlic appears to boost our
natural supply of hydrogen sulfide, which acts as an antioxidant and
transmits cellular signals that relax blood vessels and increase blood
flow. In the study, performed at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, researchers extracted juice from garlic and added small
amounts to human red blood cells. The cells began emitting hydrogen
sulfide immediately. This may explain why someone with a diet that is
rich in garlic appear to be protected against various cancers, including
breast, prostate and colon cancer.