Wes Serafine Equinox Staff This past weekend Keene State College held the Annual Film Festival, a chance for Keene State College’s Film students to show off their hard work, as well as have the student population see their final projects, be they three-minute trailers, documentaries, or even feature length films. Throughout the weekend, several [...]
With a 15 percent incident report increase from January to April as compared to last year’s data of the same time period, it is clear to see that Keene has statistically become more crime ridden. Moreover, many of the crimes this city, and by extension, this campus have seen, have been violent crimes, or crimes [...]
KSC students deem academic year ‘unusual’ in terms of crime and violence Julie Conlon Managing Executive Editor With time comes change and with change comes adjustment. No year at Keene State College is the same as the year before. Students evolve and the campus goes with it. The 2012-13 academic school year was [...]
The Equinox has named KSC senior, Glenn Guilmette the annual Athlete of the Year. Glenn Guilmette from Kensington, N.H. is competing for his fourth year as a member of the Keene State College Men’s Outdoor Track and Field team. According to rankings released by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association [...]
Angela Scionti Equinox Staff Saving a life has never been easier. This past Saturday afternoon, a bone marrow screening event, “Be the Match Registry” sponsored by the Monadnock Middle School Destination Imagination (DI), was held outside the L.P. Young Student Center. Across campus, informative flyers were posted and volunteers passed out colorful pamphlets. Destination [...]
On Wednesday, April 17, the mother of slain Newtown teacher, Lauren Rousseau, met with over forty Keene State College Journalism students. Terri Rousseau has stepped out from her copy editor desk at The Danbury News Times to talk about her daughter, gun control, and the impact of losing a child. Lauren was thirty years-old, and [...]
Alicia Ferraiuolo Ads Manager Emeritus There are several well-known buildings on campus—L.P. Young Student Center, Rhodes Hall, Redfern Arts Center, “The Hotel Huntress”—and now, 324 Main St. may become a possible addition to those landmarks. “The toilet paper house” on Main Street solely houses toilet paper, paper towels and other paper products for the [...]
Ryan Glavey Administrative Executive Editor Emeritus Battling injury at the Division III New England Championships at Colby College, this week’s Athlete of the Week is Maggie Fitter of the Keene State College Women’s Track and Field team. Running with a stress fracture, Fitter finished third in the 800-meter race. Despite the injury, she posted [...]
Michelle Berthiaume Sports Editor Emeritus Records are set to be broken. This year, one Keene State College athlete exceeded all expectations and etched her name in the record books. Freshman Mariah Crisp, the ace pitcher for the KSC softball team recently broke the single season strikeout record, previously held by Lindsey Blood with 193. [...]
Wes Serafine Equinox Staff As a special treat for what will be my final comic review as a Keene State Student, I thought I would share with you my favorite single comic book issue of all time. Sure there are story arcs and books as a whole that I like better, but this is [...]
Michael Woodworth Equinox Staff The drug and alcohol scene exploded in the music industry during and after the Woodstock music festival in 1969. From Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” in 1967 to Kanye West’s “Mercy” in 2012, drugs have seemingly become more and more prominent in lyric writing. Musicians today such as West, Wiz Khalifa, [...]
Sam Norton A&E Editor As journalists, it’s your word against everyone else’s. Your words are used to inform, to educate and to provide insight. And most of the time we forget this, which can undoubtedly lead to miscommunication and misinformation. When news came out of the Boston Marathon bombing, the world desperately searched for [...]
Sam Norton A&E Editor They say that pictures are worth 1,000 words, and ever since the camera obscura was invented in 1000 A.D. by Alhazen, this tool has served as a way to document our history and portray what words can’t. Photography is one medium that has become essential to our society; it goes [...]
There are many perspectives in which the world may be viewed. In my opinion, the most universal perspective stems from empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. For example, a mosquito biting you is just a little guy trying to get food the only way he knows how. The [...]
The Obama administration has betrayed its Democratic base once again. The Justice Department plans to appeal a ruling made by the federal court that will allow morning-after pills available to women of all ages without a prescription. This drug has been deemed safe by the Food and Drug Administration for all females able to to [...]
Every week during the Spring 2013 semester, Keene State College students from Holloway go to Stonewall Farm to complete community service. See how the students are impacting the farm, but also how Stonewall is helping out the community. Multimedia Director Kateland Dittig
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