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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.

The new English #language

Savannah Mul – Opinions Editor – #YOLO, translated to you only live once. #TAM, meaning that awkward moment… #FirstWorldProblems. #FF, Follow Friday. #Winning. These are all another form of the English language, which
11/27/2012
Mackenzie Hurlbert | Southern News Cate Barber and SCSU residents do arts and crafts during the Building a Better You program series.

Program for SCSU students to build a better you

Mackenzie Hurlbert – General Assignment Reporter – Being selfish is usually considered a negative characteristic, but students met in the Farnham Programming Room to focus on being just that. Counseling Services sponsored the
11/27/2012
Robin Glynn | Southern News Southern’s new solar powered garbage and recycling bins.

Sustainability is a continual goal at Southern

Robin Glynn – General Assignment Report – Students looking for ways to live a sustainable life attended the sustainable living event to learn way to live a cleaner, greener life. Megan Rudne Hoffecker,
11/27/2012
Photo Courtesy | Ashley Perrone Left to Right: Ashley Perrone, Advisor Helen Marx, and Sarah Lewis in California for the conference

SCSU’s future teachers organization travels to San Diego

Mackenzie Hurlbert – General Assignment Report – Southern’s Future Teachers Organization took California by storm this November for the National Education Association Conference in San Diego. The trip to the conference was fully
11/27/2012

Commuter students continue to get involved

Jourdan Duncan – Staff Writer – Junior public health major Monique Beason said as the commuter programming board representative of Programs Council, she can also be known as the voice of the PB&J
11/27/2012

Smoking: habit for some, an annoyance for others

Nicole Dellolio – Staff Writer – Merrill Cotrina, a junior nursing student at SCSU, said students and professors constantly ignore the signs posted all over campus that say “no smoking.” “Nobody wants
11/27/2012
Ivylee Rosario | Southern News Melissa Richard answering e-mails for the professional clothing drive.

Professional clothing drive to help ex-offenders

Ivylee Rosario – News Reporter – For Melissa Richard, a professional clothing drive was the best idea to help the most amounts of people who needed to find jobs in a timely manner,
11/27/2012
Josh Falcone | Southern News Residence Life hosts events for America Recycles Day.

America and SCSU recycle

Josh Falcone – General Assignment Reporter – Robert DeMezzo, associate director of Residence Life wants Southern students to know how amazing LED light bulbs are compared to incandescent bulbs. “These bulbs last 22
11/27/2012

Salary increases raise questions

Ivylee Rosario – News Reporter – There has been an increased concern by both students and faculty about the decisions made by the Board of Regents for Higher Education in Connecticut about their control
11/27/2012
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