PSU professors encourage active parental involvement, but only to a certain extent.The media has coined a phrase for the overactive parents of today’s students. They call them “helicopter” parents, after the way they hover over their children, ready to swoop down at the first sign of trouble. Employers and educators […]
Month: April 2008
Celebrate Poetry Month in April
When people think of major dates in April, they generally think of April Fool’s Day or Earth Day. For those who aren’t pranksters, or haven’t devoted much thought to “go green,” April may mean something else – a time to celebrate the art of poetry.According to Poets.org, the Academy of […]
Anthropology/Sociology club plans trip to MFA
The Anthropology/Sociology Club (AN/SO) is planning a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts on Saturday April 19. The trip is open to students who are not in the club. For those unfamiliar with this club on campus, the club is for Anthropology/Sociology majors or those simply […]
My Music Life
William Faulkner once said “…music is the easiest means in which to express, but since words are my talent, I must try to express clumsily in words what the pure music would have done better.” So it is with this in mind, many a failed band behind me that I […]
Fusion for a groovin’: All NE Jazz Festival
Tuesday, April 1 brought the All New England Jazz Festival to Plymouth State’s Silver Center. The event began at five o’clock and ran for just over an hour, featuring jazz ensembles from Laconia, Newfound Regional, Alvirne and Dover high schools as well as Plymouth’s own jazz band playing alongside jazz […]
PSU celebrates musical diversity by welcoming The Grascals
The Grascals, a bluegrass band, opened to an enthusiastic crowd at the Silver Center for the Arts’ Hanaway Theatre on March 27. The group includes members Aaron McDaris on the banjo, Danny Roberts on mandolin, Terry Eldredge on vocals and guitar, Jamie Johnson also on vocals and guitar, Terry Smith […]
Artist to watch: Shaun Dever
Students see him performing at Open Mic, but does anyone really know Shaun Dever? After sitting with the Plymouth State junior, it’s easy to see that this Plymouth, Mass. native has much more to offer the average college student with an acoustic guitar. With upcoming shows throughout the month of […]
PSU Softball stomps UMass Darthmouth in double-header
The Plymouth State University Softball team traveled to UMass Dartmouth this past Saturday and swept the Corsairs in two games by the scores 8-0 and 11-3 in their season opener. The victory extends their winning streak from their Florida trip to an impressive 10 games. The first win for PSU […]
Rhode Island College
The Plymouth State Baseball team lost their doubleheader to the Rhode Island College Anchormen last Saturday, March 29. The weather was beautiful, but the wind chill factor made for a hard day of baseball. The Panthers lost the first game 9-7 and the second game 12-2. PSU led for most […]