Student Life
Iraq to Keene to Germany: One student’s path
Student selected from 600 applicants nationwide to study in Germany Matthew Schwartz Equinox Staff From Hampton, New Hampshire to Iraq, and then to the German Bundestag: One Keene State student gets a worldly experience that will last a lifetime. One can say that senior James Lavimoniere is not your typical college student. Lavimoniere [...]
Grady and Efraimson take over
Megan Grenier Equinox Staff Jackie Efraimson, a junior at Keene State College was elected Student Body Vice President on April 22, 2013. Efraimson said she is excited to make changes at KSC during the 2013-2014 school year once she returns from being abroad in Spain this spring. Efraimson came to KSC from Plaistow, New [...]
Robberies rule fall, bottle bombs disrupt spring
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 [...]
Seniors crawl ’til they fall,’ flaws and all
Kattey Ortiz Equinox Staff The Senior Pub Crawl gave Keene State College seniors a final chance to ring in their last week of finals on Cinco De Mayo. Eight teams, 65 participants per team put on their drinking shoes and meandered through the streets of downtown Keene, stopping at a different bar at the [...]
Students say summer jobs are worth the hassle
Morgan Markley Senior Reporter With the school year winding down, Keene State College students sell back their books and begin switching gears from being a student to entering the workforce for the summer months. According to Forbes.com, some of the best summer jobs for students include being a freelance writer, server, and nanny. Kristin [...]
Looking abroad, finding momentum:
a semester in York, England Steve Humer, York England “Change and growth takes place when a person has risked himself and dares to become involved with experimenting with his own life.” – Herbert A. Otto I look in the bathroom mirror one last time, take a deep breath, and remind myself that my life [...]
Can it for a good cause
Megan Grenier Equinox Staff Imagine needing to choose between having medical care, paying rent, heating your home or buying food. According to nothing.org, one in nine New Hampshire residents needs help feeding themselves and their families. The Kappa Beta Gamma sorority held the Nothing In a Can fundraiser for the New Hampshire Food Bank [...]
U.S.A reigns over Appian Way at annual ‘Chalk Talk’
Julie Conlon Student Life Editor As of the last few weeks, “Sweet Caroline” and chants of “U.S.A.!” reigned across America. Flags were raised, flown and stretched proudly across the country. And on Thursday, April 25, the stars and stripes were chalked onto Appian Way at Keene State College for the annual Chalk Talk. Sophomore [...]
Heartbreak and healing
Learning to handle the unthinkable in midst of terror and pain Matthew Schwartz Equinox Staff In today’s society, traumatic events happen all too frequently. This can be seen in the recent events in Boston, Mass. and West, Texas. According to the American Psychological Association, a majority of people will experience a traumatic event [...]
Circle K raises enough for 24 kids to walk in brand new shoes
Whitney Cyr Managing Executive Editor A crowd of Keene State College students got a feel for what going shoeless actually meant as they participated in Circle K’s event, The Barefoot Walk on Sunday, April 28. Circle K raised over $700 for their cause. The event, in its second year, requires students to donate five [...]
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