Disclaimer: Dave Dyer is both the Assistant Sports Editor for The Clock as well as the third-string quarterback for the Plymouth State football team. Dave didn’t have the chance to think about what he was going to write on Saturday, for two reasons. The first, because he was too busy […]
Month: October 2007
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The lights were bright and the stage set as the production “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was kicked off this past Thursday, October 11 in the Hanaway Theater. The cast and crew displayed their seasoned talents to a full house of eager viewers of this modern version of Shakespeare’s most admired […]
A whole bit of a lot of nothing
Those who’ve been watching the news lately or have been simply noticing small children experiencing chronic neurological problems, have also probably caught eye of the federal recalls regarding lead-based consumer goods, like kids’ toys. The lead-based paint-coated products that compels children’s tastes for paned-glass on short, yellow school buses to […]
Tom Tancredo visits PSU
Tom Tancredo, a Republican senator from Colorado spoke to a crowd of about 50 people on October 16 at Plymouth Sate University as another installment the Presidential Lecture Series. “I am a conservative. I have been a Republican all my life,” he said. Tancredo had recently signed papers to declare […]
Elizabeth Edwards speaks for husband at PSU
Elizabeth Edwards, wife of Presidential hopeful John Edwards, visited Plymouth State University on Sunday, October 7, campaigning for her husband, answering questions based off of his platform and urging people to vote for him. “My job is easy in a lot of ways,” said Edwards, opening her speech, “I just […]
Monetary agreement taskforce
The Student Senate approved the creation of the Monetary Agreement Taskforce on October 8, as well as a new allocation process for student organizations. Co-chairs Gene Martin and Ezra Dalton head the Monetary taskforce, which will incluce representatives from the Clock, PACE and WPCR. They will look into the uses […]
AWARE receives results for sexual violence survey
AWARE recently received the results of a survey they held last semester, in which they asked a series of questions about sexual assault in the Plymouth State University community. The survey was taken as part of a research project by AWARE with the overall goal of determining the levels of […]
Four PSU students awarded American Meteorological Society scholarships
Four Plymouth State University students were awarded the American Meteorological Society Scholarships on October 8, 2007. With only 21 AMS scholarships awarded this year, each student is hand selected by the AMS based on their academic merit/achievements and references from faculty or other professionals familiar with each on of them. […]
National Coming Out Day
#8220;Thank you for coming out, no pun intended,” joked Janelle Sprague as she opened the 2007 National Coming-Out Day Panel on October 10. She went on to give a brief explanation of the occasion. National Coming Out Day began in 1988 in commemoration of the first Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender march in Washington. […]
Voice of This American Life comes to PSU
National Public Radio personality Ira Glass, host of the popular weekly program This American Life, spoke on October 13 to a near full crowd in the Hanaway Theater at the Silver Center. “Radio is so powerful and used for such interesting things,” Glass said as he sat at a table […]