J’Mari Hughes — Copy Editor This semester, Southern welcomed a new faculty member, Alick Letang, who is filling the role of the director for the Office of Admissions. The newest addition to Southern staff, is working for the public schooling system for the first time. After spending numerous years in both profit and non-profit private schooling, he said experience the publicschool
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Amy Kulikowski – Special to the Southern News Within the four state universities in Connecticut, SCSU has adopted the term as being a five-year school. Southern has fallen behind Central Connecticut State University at a 52 percent graduation rate, and Eastern Connecticut State University at 52.7 percent, according to data from College Measures. Marianne Kennedy, associate vice president for academic
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Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor Well even though it did not quite end like most in Blue Crew nation may have liked, boy was the ride fun. The men’s basketball season came to an end over the break in the NCAA Tournament Regional final against Southern New Hampshire. The Owls finished the season 24-8 and a game away from getting
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Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor March was in the air Monday night at the Moore Field House, as the Southern Connecticut State men’s basketball team rallied from 10 points down in the second half to defeat Merrimack College 92-85. It was not looking good for the Owls for much of the evening. Merrimack had come in and completely dictated the
Read morePhilip Zoppi – Special to the Southern News Most college students are either working, traveling, or attending classes during the summer. Michael Mallory wasn’t doing any such thing. Instead, he was working with professionals from his hometown, Waterbury, Conn. playing in summer basketball leagues to improve his game. “I’m just trying to elevate my game to get where they’re at,”
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