In a small room near the Mail Center in the HUB sits a collection of the most CDs I’ve ever seen in one place. That room is also home to 91.7 WPCR, Plymouth State University’s campus radio station. The station has held their meetings in Memorial Hall almost every year […]
Author: Grace Dawson
Interaction Between Refugees And Non-refugee Families Is Beneficial To Both Parties
With the recent increased awareness of the refugee crises taking place across the world, the topic has become one for debate with many saying that refugees take a negative toll on the countries to which they relocate. Regardless of issues relating to resources, there is a clear cultural benefit to […]
RIP Rover
The day has finally come when the world must say goodbye to the Mars rover Opportunity. The rover, which (or who, depending on how much you care to personify the robot) was sent to the fourth planet of our solar system on July 7, 2003. He came into tragic contact […]
Mars Part II
Carmine's was dimly lit and smelled of beer and old wooden floors. The walls were painted a dark blue and held records, framed photos, and autographs scattered in fame ranging from college bands to more famous artists. Mars led them to her usual table under a Janis Joplin photo and […]
Mars Albedo
Dust swirled through the air like tiny insects, floating on the surface of the rays of sunlight that filtered in through the grand, airy windows. Mars watched as dust settled on the page of her open notebook, landing on the thin blue lines and everywhere in between. Her sweater tickled […]
“A Christmas Carol” Renews Christmas Magic
ldquo;Imagine, a Christmas Eve without Ebenezer Scrooge.” PHOTO BY SAM DIGGINS On December 6th, 7th, and 8th, the Plymouth State University theatre department put on a reinvented musical rendition of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” It opened with party guests, composed of Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew Fred (Jacob Tilton) and his […]
Students Decide Trial Outcome in “The Defamation Experience”
COURTESY PHOTO DR. FRANCIS WILLIAMS On November 6th, “The Defamation Experience” was brought to Plymouth State University. The play, written by Todd Logan and brought to the university by Dr. Francis Williams of the Criminal Justice department, focuses on the issues of race, class, religion, and gender. It examines the […]
Dracula’s Decadent Dinner Party
COURTESY PHOTO BRIANNA STEVENS The iconic windows of Heritage Commons glowed red, setting the mood on the nights of October 31st, November 3rd, and November 4th as dinner guests filed into the hall and took their seats for Dracula’s Decadent Dinner Party. The event was organized by Katherine Pereira and John […]
Angel Tree
PHOTO BY SAMANTHA LATOS Every year, the Center for Transformation holds the Angel Tree, a charity event to help less fortunate families buy presents for their young children. The event runs from mid-November to early December. Different organizations in the community gather information from the families and put it on […]
A Night of Magic: Mary Poppins at the Silver Center
COURTESY PHOTO OF BRIANNA STEVENS As soon as the lights go down, the voices go down with them. The audience, filled with everyone from grandparents to classmates to little siblings, starts to turn their heads toward the stage, and within a few seconds the lights dim and the music starts […]