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Lena Dunham, a writer and director, and Naomi Fry, staff writer at The New Yorker speaking at FAMESICK: An Evening of Stories and Togetherness in the John Lyman Center on Friday, May 1. Photos by Wade Barillaro
05/06/2026

Lena Dunham hosts slumber party at Lyman

The John Lyman Center became the host of a teenage sleepover as Lena Dunham, a writer and director, took the stage on Saturday, May 1, for an evening of storytelling, conversation and
Interim President Sandra Bulmer leading the Town Hall meeting in the Adanti Student Center Ballroom on Friday, May 1. Photo by Victoria Cruz
05/06/2026

Town Hall meeting confronts growing deficit and budget

The highest cost is expected to be the upcoming faculty raises, estimated at around $6 million.
Reusable pads made by students in the Makerspace room that will be sent to communities in Madagascar. Photo by Brianna Wallen
05/06/2026

Students sew reusable pads for girls abroad

Students are creating Reusable Menstrual Pads, RUMPS, to address a critical barrier that prevents many girls in parts of Africa from staying in school: limited access to menstrual products.
Students gather in SCSU's Adanti Student Center Ballroom. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 6, 2018. (August Pelliccio)

Racial slur in classroom promptly addressed

August Pelliccio – News Writer Southern Connecticut State University Wellness class usually starts with professor Eric Triffin dancing, singing and spreading cheer, but when he slipped a racial slur in, several students
02/07/2018

My March with Dr. King

August Pelliccio – News Writer Today, most recognize and respect the mark Martin Luther King Jr. left; but only as far back as 1986, Dr. Yan Searcy remembers seeing a thrown brick
02/05/2018
New England Patriots at Washington Redskins 08/28/09

Can Philly Stop Touchdown Tom?

Kevin Crompton – Sports Editor Vegas has the Philadelphia Eagles as the biggest Super Bowl underdogs since 2009, but do not let that fool you. Super Bowl LII will be far from
02/01/2018

Owls Stun Purple Knights In Overtime

Matt Gad – Sports Writer Women’s Basketball improved to 15-7 this past Saturday with a back- and-forth 64-63 overtime win over Saint Michael’s College. For the Owls, it was also their ninth
01/31/2018

New Strong School coming 2019

August Pelliccio – News Writer All Southern students received word from Patrick Dilger via email that to commuter students, parking lot eight would no longer be available. In place of the parking
01/31/2018

Unsung Hero Megan Rudne Hoffecker

Jeff Lamson – General Assignment Reporter Megan Rudne Hoffecker, assistant director of academic advising in the First-Year Experience Program, has deep roots in being involved at Southern since her experience here as
01/30/2018
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