Desteny Maragh – Reporter COVID-19 has pushed back the return of classes for the spring semester. President Joe Bertolino said, “in the interests of maintaining the continued health
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The university assesses social justice on campus
Donovan Wilson – Reporter Southern’s community, faculty and staff came together to assess where social justice is on the campus now, where it came from and where it’s slated to go in the near
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Spring break canceled extending winter break
Desteny Maragh – Reporter COVID-19 has pushed back the return of classes for the spring semester. President Joe Bertolino said, “in the interests of maintaining the continued health and safety of students, faculty
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Students travel back home for the end of the semester
Desteny Maragh – Reporter As Thanksgiving break is approaching, many students are saying goodbye to their dorms and are heading home for the holiday season. Finance & Administration Executive Vice President Mark Rozewski said in a statement that
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Looking back on the fall semester
Sam Tapper – Managing Editor As quickly as it began – it ended, and just after 14-weeks, the on-ground portion of the Fall 2020 semester has finally come to an end, with just 13 days before the winter break. The
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Students are stressing over oline finals
Desteny Maragh – Reporter With a challenge of balancing school in person and online, students are finding it stressful to prepare for online finals. “The fact that all of my finals
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Sweat unites the theatre with its campus with relevant racial themes
Donovan Wilson – Reporter Near the end of every semester, the campus theatre department holds a musical but with that being more difficult during COVID-19, a drama by the name
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Art department transitions fully back online
Bernadotte Sufka – Features & Opinions Editor Students finally return home for the end of the semester and finals. The university has required that courses continue through an online platform. The same goes for the Art Department’s studio sections which include drawing, ceramics, and printmaking. “It’s pretty simple this time compared to
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Veteran’s Day annual CELEBRATION goes virtual
Jessica Guerrucci – Editor-in-Chief The 45th Veteran’s Day program was held virtually, paying tribute to student veterans through a video featuring President Joe Bertolino, Jack Mordente coordinator for veterans and
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COVID-19 vaccine may keep numbers low
Desteny Maragh – Reporter A preliminary analysis shows that the first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90 percent of people from getting COVID-19. Some students at the unversity
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Harris named first female Vice President – Elect
Jessica Guerrucci – Editor-in-Chief It took 48 vice presidents and 232 years – but the news came with Joe Biden being named president-elect that the United States will have its
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News & Sports
Semester without sports
Mike Neville – Sports Editor The fall semester for the Owls has been anything but ordinary. COVID-19 ended fall sports before they could even begin.
Arts & Entertainment
Art department transitions fully back online
Bernadotte Sufka – Features & Opinions Editor Students finally return home for the end of the semester and finals. The university has required that courses continue through an online platform. The same goes for the Art Department’s studio sections which include drawing, ceramics, and printmaking. “It’s pretty
Are Horoscopes for you? Delve into the astrological part of your birth
Ellis McGinley – Copy Editor Horoscopes: a long-lived tradition, often printed in newspapers and shared on cheesy romance websites. Ask anyone what their sign is,
Lil Boat 3.5 melds Lil Yachty’s older happier sound and newer darker sounds for a bittersweet medium
Donovan Wilson – Reporter Lil Yachty burst onto the scene with his first album, Lil Boat, a collection of sunshine tinged tunes about how good
Sweat unites the theatre with its campus with relevant racial themes
Donovan Wilson – Reporter Near the end of every semester, the campus theatre department holds a musical but with that being more difficult during COVID-19,
People of Southern
Education is a way of life for Mayzlina
Leonardo Cisija – Contributor For most students at Southern, school ends on graduation day. But, for Russian-born Fanya Mayzlina, education is a way of life. Mayzlina has lived in the United

Unsung hero: T. Wiley Carr
Jeff Lamson – General Assignment Reporter It was never his plan to teach, but now T. Wiley Carr has been at Southern since 1992 teaching
College Life
Are Horoscopes for you? Delve into the astrological part of your birth
Ellis McGinley – Copy Editor Horoscopes: a long-lived tradition, often printed in newspapers and shared on cheesy romance websites. Ask anyone what their sign is,
Whose Land Is This?: The Urgency for Diverse Nature Writing In America
Shanti Madison – Contributor It wasn’t by accident that my first literary awakening to nature came from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature. The book advocated for
I’m thankful for my roots at Southern News
Jessica Guerrucci – Editor-in-Chief I remember standing outside the newsroom door my freshman year, ultimately deciding I was too scared to go in. Now, three
Students need to continue to be cautious until break
Sam Tapper – Managing Editor Thanksgiving break is a week away–one week until the campus shuts down and classes shift back to fully online. One