Month: November 2006

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PSU Tennis Season Recap

As the old saying goes, “A little hard work eventually pays off.” The Plymouth State University Women’s Tennis team bought home victory from the Little East Conference Tournament Championships; defeating rival and LEC defending champions Rhode Island College by a single point to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament […]

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“Borat” succeeds for make benefit in theatres

Prepare to laugh, gasp, wince and cringe during the political farce, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” which was released in theaters today, Friday, November 3. The character of Borat Sogdiyev, played by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Ali G Show”), travels to America […]

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Back from St. Louis!

From October 25 to the 29, most of The Clock staff traveled to St. Louis, Missouri to attend the 2006 Associated College Press National Convention. We went to meet other college newspaper staffs, attend sessions to improve the newspaper, and of course, do a little sightseeing. We, as a staff, […]

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Offended by language

In reponse [sic] to you [sic] editorial, “Vandalism getting worse?”, I am offended. I am not offended that the fact that you are bringing this subject up, yes it happens. What I am offended by is the inappropriateness [sic] use of language within the article. The last paragraph starts with […]

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PSU Football blows past MIT 35-3

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Despite blustery wind conditions, the Plymouth State Football team defeated the MIT Engineers 35-3 on Sunday at Steinbrenner Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The win raised the Panthers’ win record to 3-5 overall, with a 3-3 Boyd Division record in the New England Football Conference. MIT’s loss knocks […]

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15th annual Pumpkin Festival at Keene

Keene’s annual Pumpkin Festival was another huge success this year, breaking their attendance record- previously set in 2004 at 70,000- with a whopping 80,000 pumpkin perusers. The beautiful weather certainly had a positive effect on the event, with clear skies and-not-too chilly temperatures bringing locals as well as out-of-staters from […]

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Governor candidate Jim Colburn comes to PSU

On Friday, October 20 at 1 p.m., the Fireplace Lounge was host to a small turnout for Republican Gubernatorial hopeful New Hampshire State Representative Jim Coburn’s platform talk. Participants included The Clock at Plymouth State, The Citizen and Nicholas Gunn, the president of PSU College Democrats. The session was intended […]

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Plymouth State shocked during recent storm

Three fire engines, two police vehicles and a PSU golf cart arrived at Holmes House on Friday in time to save it from the aftermath of an errant lightning strike – a fire that Plymouth Fire Department estimates to have caused about $10,000 of damage. Around 4:30 on Friday afternoon […]

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Manchester mourns a fallen hero

Manchester lost one of its finest last week in a tragic shooting. Officer Michael Briggs, a five-year member of the Manchester Police Department, died Tuesday, October 17. He was shot in the head in a Manchester alley around 3 a.m. Monday morning after a routine domestic dispute call. A bike […]

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“The Prestige” promises a good time at the theater

#8220;The Prestige” swept the box office during its opening week, pulling in $14,818,000 this weekend alone according to movies.yahoo.com. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the all-star cast includes Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and Michael Caine and the best part is that none of them disappointed the audience. Kirk Honeycutt from TheHollywoodReporter.com […]