It’s that time of year again, when the weather gets colder, haunted houses pop up, and there’s pumpkin flavored, everything. To most people this means autumn has arrived, but around here it’s more fondly referred to as the end of the summer movie season. As Hollywood transitions from tent pole […]
Month: September 2013
From Up On Poppy Hill
Hayao Miyazaki is the man known as the Japanese Walt Disney. He has produced some of the best animated movies that the world enjoys today. He is the man who made the critically acclaimed “Spirited Away”, “My Neighbor Totoro”, “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and many more. Recently Hayao Miyazaki declared that […]
Tick Tock, Ask The Clock
It may be of no surprise that college students ask more questions than any other demographic. The amount of answers provided for each question, however, remains to be seen. This fall, The Clock has decided to create a forum where Plymouth State University community members are […]
PSU Style Files
In one season and out the next – the fashion scene is the only multi-billion dollar industry that can consistently recycle old trends and present them as if they were new. While we are all guilty of committing what Joan and Melissa Rivers would call fashion failures: the […]
Living on the Brink
What comes to mind when you think of poor and homeless? Does your mind go to an image of old men, mentally ill huddled around an impromptu fire to keep warm? Do you see the images from the evening news of “tent cities” that have crept up around […]
The Real World Hunger Games
Including both the American novel and film, The Hunger Games franchise acquired over one billion dollars world wide; additionally making history having had the third-best motion picture debut of all time. As a result of an increase in technology, audiences now have a penchant […]
Literature
#8220;Well, I don’t really read…to be honest, I can’t really remember the last time I picked up a book for fun…what’s that you’re reading…Ayn Rand? Who’s that?” Clenching my eyes shut, the wounded English major inside of me betrays an exasperated sigh. Growing up, an appreciation for history […]
Unionization Coming to Fruitition?
PLYMOUTH- NH "We like what's happening here….We have a voice in those things….Why would we want to change that?" Linda Levy, the Chair of the Department of Health Performance and the Athletic Training Program Director, asked. Some of her colleagues are asking that same question. Some of her colleagues are […]
The Right to Know
Do we really have a fundamental right to privacy? On Thurs., Sept. 19, 2013 faculty, students and neighbors gathered at Heritage Commons to celebrate Constitution Day and to explore the many rights being debated regarding the public’s right to privacy, the fight against terrorism and the gay rights movement. Retired […]
Fight Against Blood Cancer
PLYMOUTH, NH–Plymouth State University’s first ever bone marrow drive took place on Sept. 23, 2013. The Plymouth State University Student Nursing Association teamed with Delete Blood Cancer (DKMS), a well-established, non-profit organization, to host the event. Bone marrow transplants are for blood cancer patients. These patients require transplanted marrow […]