Southern News

11/15/2010 By: Makayla Silva Managing Editor It was my 21st birthday. Typically, this is a relatively exciting birthday. Is there really anything exciting after 21? I haven’t seen many Facebook photos of

12/01/2010 By: Joe Kirschner Staff Writer The importance of having a good teacher in your classroom is a very serious necessity in any school you might have gone to or will attend.

11/15/2010 By: Jessica Giannone Staff Writer It is hard to imagine that when someone does something nice for you, it’s really to benefit themselves. Well, maybe it’s not that difficult to believe,

11/15/2010 By: Gideon Yilma Staff Writer Considering myself a Democrat, I never thought I’d find myself quoting Republican President Ronald Reagan who said “Freedom is never more than one generation away from

11/15/2010 By: Allison Townsend Editor in Chief It’s almost that time again. Yep. “Black Friday” holiday shopping: rude people, long lines and for us college kids – spending money we don’t have.

11/15/2010 By: Andrew Laudicina Staff Writer If you haven’t heard about Four Loko by now, you must be living under a giant rock. It’s an alcoholic energy drink, having different a percentage

11/15/2010 By: Kaitlin O’Brien Staff Writer Derek Jeter is single-handedly one of the best baseball players, ever. You don’t have to be a die-hard Yankees fan like to me to know what

11/11/2010 By: Makayla Silva Managing Editor It was going to be my final fall semester. Unlike the majority of the Southern population, I was completing my bachelor’s degree exactly four years after

11/15/2010 By: Steven Taliaferro Staff Writer I have a friend in Norwalk who likes to watch the television series, “House M.D.” She enjoys the main character, Dr. Gregory House, played by British

11/15/2010 By: Samantah McKelvie Staff Writer The first time I watched Jersey Shore in my dorm room with my roommates, I laughed hysterically. I wasn’t laughing because I thought it was funny