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Student Spotlight: Sabrina Siegel
COURTESY PHOTO You can find her working in the Writing Center, or outside on a nice day. Second-year student Sabrina Siegel is someone that you can always find with a smile on her face, a positive attitude, and if you’re lucky enough, she’ll even be carrying her beloved pug Jax […]
Why You Should Eat an Avocado Every Day
We all have heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but who knew other foods could be just as beneficial for your body and keep that doctor away!? The avocado has become a super trendy fruit (yes, fruit!), from its smooth creamy texture to its transformation […]
Defamiliarize Yourself by Reading Foreign Literature
Reading foreign literature can be challenging but also rewarding. It involves a process of learning another nation’s culture and pragmatics. By “foreign literature” I don’t mean the original text of the author but instead the translation into English (if that is the language you intend to read the literature in). […]
Prostitution is Human Trafficking
With the Robert Kraft scandal breaking headlines and making people rethink the owner of the Patriot’s values, a large piece of the story was missed. That’s the story of the prostitute. Not many people have considered this perspective and need to realize that this woman was a victim of human […]
Spring Break Trips That Won’t Break Your Bank
Spring Break, the week that every college student looks forward too. Where everyone who can afford it, goes somewhere warm or filled with fun and adventure. Equaling seven days of pure bliss. However, most students will be stuck up here in the snow-covered mountains of New Hampshire or just retreat […]
Love Your Body Week – Breaking Down Stigmatization
This week prior, PSU hosted its 22nd annual Love Your Body Week. As a part of National Eating Disorders Awareness, the goal of the week-long string of events and presentations is to convey the dangers and risk that eating disorders can have. Love Your Body Week set up displays in […]
The Sidore Lecture Series Returns
The Sidore Lecture Series returned this semester on Tuesday, February 19, continuing its year-long discussion on climate change. The first lecture of this spring semester was presented by Dr. Adrienne Kovach. Dr. Kovach is a biologist who has been working at UNH since 2001. She grew up in the Midwest […]
Steve Irwin: How He Brought Us Together
COURTESY PHOTO Last week, Google reminded us of one of the greatest individuals to grace the Earth. Steve Irwin unfortunately passed away a little less than thirteen years ago, in 2006; he would have been 57 this year. Irwin died doing what he loved, which was involving himself with nature. […]
Ghost Hunt With PSU Paranormal Research Club
Ask any student on this campus, and they can tell you one thing about Plymouth State University: it’s haunted. There are stories that surround the underground tunnels between Blair and Mary Lyon, people seeing the figure of a little girl in Merrill, or the figure of a boy in the […]