Back Porch Development sounds more like a home renovation project than a band name, but in the two years since the band has formed, they’ve constructed a name for themselves. The band started two years ago behind 99 Highland Street. From there they practiced and worked on new songs. The BPD, as […]
Month: May 2007
Spring in Plymouth: a work in progress
It was Ben Franklin who said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” In Plymouth there are three: death, taxes and construction. When spring arrives in Plymouth, it doesn’t mean green grass and May flowers, but detours, roadwork and orange cones. A “big dig” can be a […]
Plymouth State gets Dropkicked at Spring Fling
In recent years, the Spring Fling headliners have been acts billed as hip-hop, R&B or rap. This year, however, the PSU campus was due for a change. During Spring Fling 2007, students were rocked by a stellar Battle of the Bands on Friday, May 4 and a killer rock-show from […]
Senior B.F.A. projects displayed in Silver and D&M
For the past year, many students have been studying and growing artistically by working on their senior projects. The final results were exhibited in the Silver and Draper and Maynard buildings, where many students passed through to stop and appreciate the amount of hard work that the seniors put forth. […]
Spring Fling – Plymouth State looks back
For three years, the Spring Fling Committee has debated whether or not Dropkick Murphys was a good idea to bring to Plymouth State as a Spring Fling act. Each year, the idea was shot down – too much security would be needed, the band was a bad match for the […]
Sports Spotlight: John P. Clark
#8220;The Student Athlete.” It’s a phrase that makes John Clark’s solemn eyes squint down as his grin widens from ear to ear, making his entire face hint at a smile. Clark is a rarity among Americans these days, a man that truly enjoys going to the office. He puts on […]
Dropkick’s Al Barr rocks and rolls The Clock
As we entered the dimly lit Hub Multipurpose Room just hours before the upcoming 2007 Spring Fling concert, we stared at the bands sitting at the tables by the windows and our nerves consumed us. The scene we saw was in no way what we had been expecting. Upon telling […]
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A small, excited crowd gathered together at the bar at Mandarin Taste to celebrate the release of the most recent volume of Centripetal, a Plymouth State University sponsored collection of short stories, poems, and artwork written by students and faculty. The Tuesday night release party was kicked off with the […]
PSU drops two to Rhode Island College in season wrap-up
PLYMOUTH – The Panthers needed a little help from UMass Dartmouth to slide into the last seed of the tournament, but their fate was sealed by Rhode Island College in Saturday’s doubleheader losses 3-1 and 12-6. “We are tied with UMass Dartmouth currently; they play The University of Southern Maine […]
Women’s Rugby competes in annual Spring Fling game
The PSU women’s rugby club took the field for their annual Spring Fling game against their alumni on Friday, May 4, for their last time this season: for the seniors, the last time of their college careers. As many may remember, the women’s rugby team went to Nationals last year […]