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.
President Joe commits Southern as a social justice university
August Pelliccio – News Writer Southern is amidst a watershed moment, according to president Joe Bertolino. He said the community must recommit to becoming and being a social justice university. Bertolino opened
Reflection garden to open in May
August Pelliccio – News Writer The Reflection garden was a mere concept when first reported by Southern News in spring 2013. Bill Faraclas said the first piece, a remembrance garden, will be
Fire safety demonstration at North Campus
Victoria Bresnahan – General Assignment Reporter It took four and half minutes for a faux dormitory to be engulfed in flames during North Campus Residence Hall’s mock burn on Tuesday night. “You
Students question faculty on racial slur allegations
Katia Bagwell (right) speaking at Faculty Senate meeting, Adanti Student Center, New Haven, Connecticut. Feb. 14, 2018. Victoria Bresnahan – General Assignment Reporter After two Southern professors allegedly used racial slurs in a
Protest for racial justice on campus
Eric Clinton, with his hand raised, marching with students from Buley Library to West Campus. Josh LaBella – News Editor In response to two separate incidents where racial slurs were used in
Another use of “n” word sparks continued dialogue
Chloe Gorman, August Pelliccio & Lynandro Simmons – Managing Editor, News Writer & Editor in-chief Nearly a week after Eric Triffin, a public health professor at Southern, used the n- word in
Relocation of Digital Summit
August Pelliccio – News Writer Lack of clear communication is what a few university officials attribute to a turn of events that was portrayed as discrimination against the Republican community in two
Three years later: Brock Turner and sexual assault
Victoria Bresnahan – General Assignment Reporter Violence Prevention, Victim Advocacy, and Support Center (VPAS) graduate intern Mary Xatse said with new sexual assault allegations emerging, Brock Turner’s case has resurfaced. “There is
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
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