Tyler Fisher – Contributor Five is the magic number. Tuesday’s state of the university address established new ground and broke the old with it. “We must focus on the future. We must accept where we are and say, ‘what’s next?’, ” said University President Joe Bertolino. Several key issues were addressed during Bertolino’s speech, so many in fact that the
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Sam Tapper – Editor-in-Chief Abby Epstein – Managing Editor Campus life next fall will be as normal as it can be in COVID-19 times. Even with a 1 percent infection rate this spring, President Joe Bertolino said at his Town Hall meeting that he still wants the campus community to follow CDC guidelines and get vaccinated. The university will not
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Sam Tapper – Editor-in-Chief The 2021 recipients of the Henry Barnard Distinguished Student Award have been announced: psychology major Camryn Arpino-Brown, chemistry major Therese Ziaks, psychology major Paul McKee and political science and philosophy double-major Asma Rahimyar. “These awards are the highest honor that the Connecticut State Universities awards to students,” said University President Joe Bertolino at his Town Hall
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Madeline S. Scharf – Reporter On Saturday, Apr. 17, Weekend Warriors and Residence Hall Association brought the big screen to students on campus. “Bad Boys for Life” played in the Residence Quad, starting at 8 p.m. The staff for both Weekend Warriors and Residence Hall Association collaborated to pull off this event. Graduate intern Reaunna Bartell works as a coordinator
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Sam Tapper – Editor-in-Chief The Pine Rock Townhouses have been sitting vacant just off campus vacant for almost an entire school year, after the property was abruptly shut down in August due to financial struggles as a result of the pandemic. In the memo sent out to tenants in August — of which I was a recipient — PR Student
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