Amy Franklin, a junior at Plymouth State College, is the University System Student Body Trustee elect and is looking forward to the next year of serving as a representative of the Plymouth State College student body. Voting for this position was offered only online and Franklin was an uncontested candidate. […]
Month: February 2003
Avoid Commercialism with Homemade Gifts
It’s no secret; Christmas has gone the way of the superstar. Sold to the highest bidder for the making of greeting cards, collectable tree ornaments and happy-go-lucky commercials about polar bears who drink the ultimate cola and smile—it’s so warm and fuzzy. All seriousness aside, though, what happened to the […]
Caring for Our Parents: Tables Turn
Since we were born, our parents have been a constant in our lives. They cared for us in sickness, and in health. They rocked us to sleep and read us bedtime stories. They forced us to take our medicine when we thought it tasted yucky, and then tucked us into […]
Heath Bites
College students in the midst of finals and holiday preparations beware: ‘tis the season of sniffling, hacking, aching, exhausting and congesting. The time of the flu has arrived.Influenza, commonly referred to as “the flu,” is a contagious health condition caused by the influenza virus. Different from a cold and far […]
A Solar System Just Like Ours: New Evidence
Remember looking out the window at night as a kid, wondering if there was a green-hued alien child out there who looked just like you? Well, the fantasy of not being alone in the galaxy may not be entirely inaccurate. Scientists have recently found evidence of a solar system very […]
Horoscopes – 12/13/2002
AriesYou don’t lack for energy early in the week but try to keep your workload light as you begin to falter towards the latter part of the week. This attitude adjustment will allow you to enjoy the weekend as long as you don’t bite off more than you can chew. […]
Can You Hear Me Now? Good.
So you’re driving down I-93 on a bright and early Friday morning to head home. Bored from the faded Coldplay song scuffling out of your speakers from one of northern New Hampshire’s fuzzy radio stations, you decide to give your pal a ring to make the exit signs fly by […]
Christmas in July?
Have you ever wished that the holidays were what they used to be, when the holidays had true meanings of love and peace? Things have changed over the years and the commercialism that now exists with holidays, especially Christmas, has taken away a lot of its meanings.Back in the old […]
Winter Fantasia Brings Mother Nature and her Weather Patterns to Life Through Dance
On Friday, December 6, and Saturday, December 7, the Contemporary Dance Ensemble (CDE) at Plymouth State College put on their annual Winter Fantasia. Joan Wiegers was the artistic director for the event, with choreographer Carole Ann Morrison, the director of B.P. Studios and guest choreographer Priscilla Wagner coming together for […]
Sandler’s Latest: Eight Crazy Nights
It would be too easy to say that he’s animated enough without the cartoon treatment, but animation does justice to Adam Sandler. The comic formerly known as Opera Man and Nicky can be found on the big screen as a cartoon in Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights, the title of […]