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
Town Hall meeting confronts growing deficit and budget
The highest cost is expected to be the upcoming faculty raises, estimated at around $6 million.
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.
SCSU Rapid Response Team talks gun violence amid walkouts
Melanie Espinal – Arts and Entertainment Editor “The Book of Death” is a large plastic binded white printed book with a skull and crossbones on it. In it was 38,658 printed skull
Emotional Damage Cannot Always be Repaired
August Pelliccio – News Writer Henry Theriault said the idea of reparation after mass violence is crucial, because emotional damage cannot always be repaired. Society, he said, must not give in to
Reflection on the horror of genocide
August Pelliccio – News Writer Harry Weitzel said among his earliest memories is the sounds of shattered glass, as the Nazi’s broke through his home’s front window. Rosalyn Amenta said her father
Discovery Day designed for Accepted Students
Tyler Korponai – Online Editor Accepted Students Day this year was revamped as Discovery Day, which encompasses a spring open house session for prospective students. Alexis Haakonsen, Director of Admissions, broke down
Khizr Khan gives keynote speech at annual conference
Jeff Lamson – General Assignment Reporter The value of kindness from instructors to students is something that Khizr Khan places an abundance of value in, according to his keynote speech Friday, April
Khizr Khan speaks with students in the Veterans Center
Josh LaBella – News Editor Khizr Khan told veterans in the Southern Connecticut State University Veterans’ Center that the country is better and safer because of their service. Khan, a Pakistani-American Gold
New Higher Education Bill Won’t Include State Schools Right Away
August Pelliccio – News Writer A new house bill being put through Connecticut’s senate could make pursuing an associates degree completely free for some lower income students, but Beth Bye said the
Change in front desk attendant hours to come fall 2018
Shavey Ortiz working as a front desk attendent in Schwartz Hall, New Haven, Conn, April 2, 2018. (August Pelliccio). August Pelliccio – News Writer Southern’s Office of Residence Life plans to cut
Southern named first breastfeeding-friendly campus
August Pelliccio – News Writer Two Southern alumni now co-chair a coalition whose initiative is to bring the social justice angle to accommodating new parents who are community members in our faculty
Students say quality of dorm maintenance varies
August Pelliccio – News Writer Sam Lonardo said there is definitely a stigma attached to the facilities operations in charge of maintaining Southern’s dormitories. Lonardo, a junior in the School of Business,