Matt Gad—Sports Writer Friday night the NE10 Tournament opened for basketball, but there was one problem: the Owls had one team playing at home and one team on the road out of the state, playing a first-round game at Merrimack in upstate Mass. Sure, with a better record the women could have also been awarded a coveted home game, resulting
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Jacob Waring—Opinions & Feature Editor Governor Lamont proposal of new or increased “sin tax” laws is a shameful attempt at revenue generation. The law will create either new or increased taxes on sugary drinks like soda, alcohol and beer, and it will also apply to other items such as e-cigarettes and plastic bag. We already have taxes on beer, soda
Read moreHunter O. Lyle—Sports Editor There seems to be a campaign going on around the country to make every aspect of life less combative and physical. From video games to school yard scuffles, everything seems to have become a PG-13 version of what it once was. Even sports have seen a decrease in physical contest. The NFL is under heavy fire
Read moreJacob Waring—Opinions & Features Editor I always tell people who do not vaccinate their children that they should invest in caskets that are firetruck red and dollhouse pink. I know that sounds harsh, but you know what? I do not care. They are risking their children’s lives and others with their unfounded anti-vaccine rhetoric which has been tiredly debunked. According
Read moreAmanda Cavoto—Arts & Entertainment Editor A public university is what some college students look for affordability, flexibility, and individualized circumstances that would otherwise not be feasible in a private university. So why is this being compromised? Specifically, I am talking about SCSU’s office of Residence Life and Chartwells Higher Ed, who give no alternative to non-kitchen residents and first-year students
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J’Mari Hughes—Reporter In elementary school, I, like many others would wake up in the winter and read the bottom of the WTNH screen hoping to see the name of my school on the cancellation list. I remember one day when I was in high school, my sisters and I woke up at 6 a.m., got dressed, and walked to our
Read moreJacob Waring—Opinions and Features Editor Another mass shooting. This time in Aurora, IL. The massacre took place at Henry Pratt Co., a manufacturing business. Five died. Five more names to add to the never-ending list of casualties in the epidemic of mass shootings in the U.S. I wonder if I am wasting ink writing this piece, as at this point
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