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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.

Sports Commentary: Thank you all

PETE PAGUAGA — Sports Editor After a year-and-a-half as Sports Editor of the Southern News, this will be my final col­umn. Other than this being the last issue of the school year,
05/01/2012

Pageant raises money for Cystic Fibrosis

Sarah Green Copy Editor Students could sense the excitement in the room as Ashley Ishman and some of the other sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon threw giveaways, like Spring Fest T-shirts, into
05/01/2012

Waiting for the other shoe to drop

JESSICA GIANNONE — Opiniosn Editor When a person imagines his or her life ahead— given all the hopes, fears, questions and dreams held onto, after all the accomplishments, struggles, memories and chances
05/01/2012

Campus club sells ‘Cupcakes for Cancer’

SIMONE VIRZI — News Writer Pirate funfetti, Oreo, and chocolate root beer float were just a few cupcakes offered last Thursday, April 19, at the Cupcakes for Cancer fundraiser, hosted by Southern’s
04/28/2012

Students debunk stereotypes

Elizabeth Dishian — Staff Writer Judging a book by its cover can be hurtful to the students on Southern’s campus, because most stereotypes are untrue, according to Jim Hoffecker, graduate intern for
04/28/2012

Students catch summer bug

Stephany Kaufman — Staff Writer As the weather gets warmer, students are growing anxious for the spring semester to come to an end and for summer to finally begin. The temptation to
04/28/2012

U.S. lives worth a tax dollar

 Christopher McBriarty — Staff Writer Last week the touching story of Drew Cox, a 6-year-old from Gladewater, Texas, gathering more than $10,000 in one day at a lemonade stand he set up
04/28/2012

The men who defend us all

SIMONE VIRZI — News Writer Last month in Seattle, a guy outside of a bar started talking to me. But this isn’t a typical intoxication story. He was friendly and asked if
04/28/2012
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