Month: February 2010

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Overwhelming turnout for local hero

Saturday, the 6th of February, friends and family gathered at Plymouth Regional High School to say goodbye to their son, brother, teammate, soldier and friend Marc Paul Decoteau. Marc was killed in the line of duty while serving our country in Afghanistan. Over one thousand people attended the services. The […]

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Book Review: Under the Dome by Stephen King

Over winter break my mother bought me several books for Christmas with the sole intention that I have something to read over Winterim. As break went on, I found myself reading only one and that was Stephen King’s novel “Under the Dome.” Stephen King has penned some of the greatest […]

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Southern Maine edges PSU Women’s Basketball

The University of Southern Maine edged the PSU Women’s Basketball team by a score of 67-60 on Tuesday, February 9 in front of a packed house at Foley Gymnasium. PSU had a woeful shooting night from the field, only making 28% of their shots while USM knocked down 37% of […]

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Ski Team Finishes Strong

The Plymouth State University Ski teams wrapped up the MacConnell Division regular season championships on Sunday, February 7 after a strong performance in a giant slalom race while competing in Boston College/Brown University Carnival held at Wildcat Mountain in Jackson, NH. The men finished in first during both days of […]

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Panthers Go 2-1 at Springfield Quad

#8220;The team is really wrestling well and peaking at the right time of year. Our team trained really hard over winterim and it is paying off,” Plymouth State Wrestling coach Tommy Prairie said as the Panthers finished their dual-meet season at .500. The Panthers would upset Trinity College and Springfield […]

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Panthers Cruise Past Huskies 71-57

The PSU men’s basketball team took an early lead in the second half of the game and never looked back as they dominated the Southern Maine Huskies 71-57 in a home contest at Foley Gymnasium on February 9th. The game featured a prolific offense and a physical defense on behalf […]

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What could smoke huts do for PSU?

As a non-smoker on campus, it is next to impossible to get to and from class without being exposed to second-hand smoke. Though there is currently a policy at PSU that states that smokers must be twenty feet from any building while smoking, this rule is rarely enforced and regularly […]

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Student Support Foundation: A Free Service for Students

Are you a PSU student feeling the financial crunch of the current economy? For those who may feel they have “reached the end of their rope,” there is a place to turn. The Student Support Foundation is a free, confidential resource for graduate and undergraduate students experiencing financial emergencies. “One […]

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Fake Bassist and Phony Drummers

Songs such as The Monkees’ “Daydream Believer” or the famous words “this one goes up to eleven” as said by Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap are certain to go down in history. One could say that these two bands are real “characters,” but no, really, they are. These two bands […]

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Updates around campus

Plymouth State University students returning from winter break were greeted with repairs in the HUB. The HUB, now in its fifteenth year, underwent several different revitalization projects over the winter break. Some of these projects are taking longer than expected and continue to linger into the second week of the […]