October is breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women between the ages of 40 and 85. Every year, 211,000 women will be diagnosed with the disease (one every two minutes), and 43,300 of them will die from it, according to the National Breast […]
Month: October 2004
Women’s Tennis Win 3 of 4 Home Games
Plymouth NH – The Plymouth State women’s tennis team sandwiched a tough loss to Rhode Island College with two commanding victories against Endicott and Castleton. In the last three of four consecutive home games this week, the Panthers brought their season record to 5-4. On September 30, the Panthers took […]
Women’s Rugby is Blowing Away the Competition
Plymouth N.H. – This Saturday 3 the Plymouth State Women’s Rugby Club won its first home game of the season against Norwich University 66-5, leaving them at a convincing 2-0 for the fall season. Jenny Larochelle started everything off when two minutes into the game the ball was spun out […]
Panthers lose hard-fought homecoming game 45-13.
The Panthers lost the Homecoming game to the Western Connecticut Colonials 45-13 at Currier field. The Colonials had a big first quarter in which they scored three touchdowns. With the loss, the Panthers move their record to 0-5 on the season. The Colonials started the game with touchdowns on each […]
Vice Presidential Debate Heats Up the Race for the White House
Vice-President Dick Cheney and Senator John Edwards went head to head Tuesday night in the first and only vice-presidential debate of the 2004 election year. The rival candidates met at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio to debate on many issues of public interest. Among the debate issues were […]
Homecoming Busts
On Saturday, October 2, fourteen people were arrested during the raid of Phi Beta Upsilon, an unrecognized fraternity at 8 Weeks St. A majority of the arrests were Plymouth State University students and underage drinkers. When the police raided the apartment building, which was leased by members of the unrecognized […]
Go Wireless, Plymouth State
Plymouth, N.H.-Information Technology Services (ITS) recently announced the “rollout” of wireless service across the Plymouth State campus. The new service is free for faculty, students and staff. Properly equipped laptop computers may access this new service in various Hot Spots on campus. Current Hot Spots include the Hartman Union Building […]
Salvation Army Santa Banned from Target
Plymouth, N.H.-Target, one of the nation’s largest retailers has banned Salvation Army’s volunteer workers from ringing their bells and collecting donations in their kettles outside of the retail stores. The Salvation Army has collected an average of 9 million dollars in donations from Target’s customers last year. This ban has […]
Out and About with Granny “D”
At the age of 94, Doris “Granny D” Haddock is disgusted by the “tight grip corporate special interests have on our government.” In 1999, she embarked on a cross-country journey, walking ten miles a day for fourteen months to promote the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. In June of this […]
CEA Funding for Student Organizations
Plymouth, N.H.-On Sunday, October 3, representatives from student organizations attended the Student Senate meeting to put forth their CEA funding requests. CEA is a process student organizations go through in order to receive money for activities, conferences, or events that they have planned. They are eligible to receive at most […]