Month: February 2014

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Alternative Ski Day

The most endearing privilege that the Plymouth State higher ups bestow upon us, is the one-day vacation, lovingly called Ski day. The students who wish to spend their time on the slopes can get their gear all set up and head out, while the students who are more inclined to […]

Arts & Entertainment

U2 Partners with RED and Bank of America to Launch Invisible

  Irish rock legends U2 made worldwide headlines during Sunday’s Super Bowl, when they premiered their new single, entitled Invisible. The single was listed on iTunes the same day for free in order to raise awareness for AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The band, partnered with the RED Partnership and Bank […]

Arts & Entertainment

2014: The State of Entertainment

  Let’s be honest, 2014 was a bit of a bummer entertainment wise.  We lost Roger Ebert, Superman snapped a guy’s neck, and Arrested Development returned to middling, confused fanfare.  That doesn’t mean we can’t get excited about what’s to come in 2014 though. In fact, it’s filling us with […]

Arts & Entertainment

Super Bowl Ads Bark Up the Wrong Tree

  While many Super Bowl viewers focus on the teams and the score, there are many who turn their attention to the multi-million dollar commercials. This year was not the best.  Sure, there were a couple of laughs, but the body-builders, cows, Greek yogurt, and “dober-huahua”?  This year’s commercials were […]

Features

Cabin Fever Preventatives

  Well, the winter weather has returned again bringing with it the multitudes of snow and ice. This leaves us few options for getting place to place and gives us no choice but to wait in our rooms for the coming spring to get a little breath of fresh air. […]

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Women’s Basketball Falls Despite Strong First Half

The Plymouth State Women’s basketball team traveled to Western Connecticut State University where the Colonials defeated the Panthers, 58-44. With the loss, the Lady Panthers fell to 1-9 in the Little East Conference. The Panthers held the lead in a tightly matched first half.  Twice, PSU was able to break […]

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High Hopes: NH Rolling Towards Legalizing Marijuana?

CONCORD, NH- On Jan. 30, Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, a self-confessed alcoholic, passionately urged the New Hampshire Legislature to reject legalization of marijuana in favor of more spending on substance-abuse treatment and youth education.  Kennedy and former White House drug policy czar Kevin Sabet spoke at the Legislative […]

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Real Sports Talk with E$

There are so many ways that I could start this column off this week. To keep it sports related for now (I guess), my bad for not coming up with one of these over Winter break. Kept saying “oh I’ll make one tomorrow,” but, clearly, it never happened. With that […]

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Olympic-Break NHL Power Rankings: Mighty Ducks on Top

1.     Anaheim Ducks: Sitting on top of the whole NHL with a 40-12-5 record leaves little room for argument as to why they are the top ranked team so far. Corey Perry has posted 29 goals and 30 assists in 58 games for the Ducks. They may be able to […]

Sports

Lady Panthers Look to Rebound Against West Conn

The Plymouth State Women’s Basketball team traveled to Eastern Connecticut State University for a Little East Conference game. The Panthers unfortunately came up short against the Warriors, losing 76-42.   Plymouth played strong the first six minutes of the game. At 14:00, the score was tied, 8-8, when Eastern Connecticut […]