President Steen and Vice President Hage spoke on Tuesday, April 24 to a group of students and faculty about the recent death of senior Jared Barrows and the arrest of first year Benjamin Grew. The Fireplace Lounge filled with approximately 100 people with questions and concerns about the events that […]
Month: April 2007
Pop goes the lesbian: Poppy Chaplin cracks up Plymouth
Before a small predominantly female crowd on Friday, April 20, Poppy Chaplin began her night of stand-up comedy with a moment of silence for the students lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy. Then, quickly switching gears and lightening the mood, she polled the audience for alcoholics. Among the audience Chaplin […]
What’s up with Jose’s now?
Many times during their time at Plymouth State, students have found themselves complaining because there was nothing fun to do. How many nights have they spent hanging out with the same friends, at the same house, watching the same television shows? And how many times have students suggested that all […]
Plymouth State students come out for Virginia Tech
Even the chill April evening could not quench the fire of the human – and Panther – spirit as well over 1\250 students attended the Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil outside the HUB at 7 P.M. on the 25th. Event organizers passed out candles to mourners and the crowd swelled before […]
All Well Sporting Facility proposed at Student Senate Meeting
Bill Crangle, Vice President of Financial Affairs, went before Student Senate last Sunday with the Administration’s proposed plan for the new All Well Sporting Facility. Since they started planning a year ago, they have seen approximately 15 different designs by various architects. The most recent has captured their interest above […]
Drop in college enrollment not expected to hurt PSU
Over the coming years, New England colleges are expecting a slight decline in enrollment but PSU is not planning on being adversely affected. Bill Crangle, the Vice President of Financial Affairs, is involved in creating a strategic plan to help PSU avoid any negative effects of the decline. “We are […]
New website introduced to campus
Out with the old, in with the new. On Sunday, Information Technologist, Ken Kochien from ITS went in front of Student Senate to show a preview of the new version of PSU’s myPlymouth website, which will be introduced shortly after the end of the semester. The change will be made […]
Psi Beta Gamma regains recognition
This past week, sorority Psi Beta Gamma went before the Student Senate to regain campus recognition. After losing their charter several years ago due to a costly insurance policy, the sorority was approved for re-recognition by Student Senate on Sunday, April 22. The sorority started lobbying for re-recognition in 2005. […]
$1.1 million allocatedto renovating USNH presidential estates
With Keene State College now led by Dr. Helen F. Giles-Gee, PSU under the leadership of Dr. Sara Jayne Steen, and the newly elected president of UNH, Dr. Mark Huddleston, assuming his position in July of 2007, the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees instituted an initiative to […]
Updates in parking at Plymouth State
On Friday, April 13, the Parking Committee made several recommendations to help improve recurring parking issues on our campus. They requested that the parking permits for the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008 school year do not increase in price. The committee also voiced its support toward filling the […]