Haljit Basuljevic—Reporter Every year, a group of students gather together to celebrate service and volunteer work through The Big Event, a day spent doing community service. This year, over 150 members signed up. Students were grouped according to their pre-designated service site and transported by either school bus or minivan. The multitude of service tasks completed included mulching, trash-picking, renovating
Read moreJ’Mari Hughes—Reporter The New Haven Symphony Orchestra will be hosting a concert entitled “To Thee We Sing” in the Lyman auditorium on Thursday, April 4. The event, which begins at 7:30 p.m., marks the 80th anniversary of Marian Anderson’s performance at the Lincoln Memorial and as sophomore Jessica Maier said, will celebrate the perseverance of the human spirit and ability
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Matt Gad—Sports Writer On Saturday, Moore Field House hosted the annual “Girls and Women In Sports Day,” a national initiative, and young girls were lead through training drills along with members of various campus athletic teams and clubs. Athletes from the soccer, field hockey, track and field, softball, volleyball, cheerleading, dance, lacrosse and gymnastics all came out to show their
Read moreJ’Mari Hughes—Reporter The Muslim Student Association participated in the 12th annual Run for Refugees in New Haven. The race began at Wilbur Cross High School and was conducted to help raise money for the 68.1 million refugees. “They’re displaced from home,” said MSA President Haroon Chaudhry. “We raise money for them, we run for them to show that we appreciate
Read moreMax Bickley – General Assignment Reporter Southern’s mission statement says that it is “committed to academic excellence, access, social justice, and service for the public good,” and this past weekend the student run “Big Event” provided community service for the New Haven and Hamden area. Though the weather was grey, students from Southern in bright green were sent to different sites across
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