Archive for April, 2011
Everybody comes out for the playoffs
Calling out some Boston bandwagon fans who only show up for the post-season Mike Steiner Sports Editor So who’s excited for the Royal Wedding? Oh right. Sports section. Well here’s something sports fans are probably in the middle of enjoying: the NBA and NHL playoffs. Lucky for me, both of my Boston teams [...]
A hands-on experience
Joel St. John Equinox Staff After covering the whitewater races this past weekend I was given the unique opportunity to ride the rapids with the club president and “whitewater wizard” Charlie Brackett. Brackett, a southeastern N.H. local, has been canoeing the rivers in this area for many years. He was the only person brave [...]
New Hampshire Whitewater championships
Joel St. John Equinox Staff Frigid rain, sleet, and water sports. Sound like fun? To a small group of whitewater enthusiasts this past Saturday it was heaven. The New Hampshire Whitewater championships were held at Otter Brook last weekend. With the Otter Brook Dam spitting water out at 300 cubic feet per minute, the [...]
Rap music inspires Libyan rebels to defeat Gadhafi
Sebastion Abbot Associated Press Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck’s stereo when he heads into battle against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces. He looks for inspiration from a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution. The music captures the anger and frustration [...]
KSC breaks Guinness rugby world record while raising money for cancer
Mike Steiner Sports Editor Located in a valley between four to five mountains in the northwest most part of Massachusetts sits Williams College. The location is typically an ordinary scene, but for one day, it was the scene of something far outside the ordinary. It was under the fog, hail, and snow that Keene [...]
An ode to the New York Knicks
A tortured fan looks back on the lost season Chris Thelin Equinox Staff The 2010-11 New York Knicks seasons started way before the first tip this year. The season started in way back in 2008. The point in time where everyone figured out that the summer of 2010 would have the best free agency [...]
Rebecca Black works to overcome ‘Friday’ infamy
Derrik J. Lang Associated Press It’s Friday. Instead of spending the last day of her spring break vacation on the beach or at a theme park like so many other teenagers, Rebecca Black is recording tunes at the suburban studio of Charlton Pettus, a music producer who has worked with such singers as Hilary Duff [...]
The end of an era for Owls lacrosse
KSC women’s lacrosse team graduates eight impact seniors Ryan Glavey Equinox Staff For the last three years, the Keene State College women’s lacrosse team has been lead by a distinct core group of players. Now seniors, these eight players have one last chance to leave their mark on KSC lacrosse. “We never really had [...]
Best indie albums from last 50 years
Aaron Mitta Equinox Staff Throughout the past fifty years or so, styles, genres, and attitudes towards music have come and gone. Waxing and waning with the social, political, and technological facets of each respective decade has been imperative on how musicians and groups approach and shape their music. Music – however pieced together – [...]
Last word on 90210
By Stuart Ross The last “90210” column ever. I know Boob Tube Banter readers, there’s a little tear in your eyes thinking that this will be the last time you have to read about “90210” in The Equinox. I’m holding back tears myself. I may have to start a blog or something to keep up [...]
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