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Residential Damage: Affecting the Student Body
At the end of each month, students living on campus receive a bill that includes damage fees towards the residential halls. Associate Director of Residential Life and Housing Jim Carley said that last year the first year residential halls totaled up to around $45,000 worth of damage. The student body is being impacted by the [...]
Administrator announces lack of support for Pumpkin Fest
Allie Bedell Equinox Staff On Tuesday, March 29, the Keene State College Student Assembly discussed the budget cuts proposed by the state legislature in regards to the University System of New Hampshire. These cuts would mean a rise in tuition for students, despite efforts by all of the colleges’ administrations to cut elsewhere. KSC [...]
SAC sells Spring Weekend tickets in record time for Lupe Fiasco
Sean O’Donnell News Editor This year the Social Activities Council is bringing Lupe Fiasco and Sam Adams to campus for Spring Weekend, and according to SAC Concert Coordinator Laura Bourque, this is the most popular show they have ever hosted. The event is being held in the Spaulding Gymnasium, which can hold 2,200 people, [...]
Students advocate for birth control
James Niedzinski Equinox Staff Abortion and the right to life are constant hot-button issues. However, one nationwide campaign, Birth Control Matters, hopes to reduce the numbers of unintended births as well as the safety of the mother and child. New Hampshire legislature is on the verge of covering birth control under a majority of [...]
Former oil exec visits KSC
Discussions include oil prices, hurricanes, and media portrayal Allie Bedell Equinox Staff Lindsey Arceci Equinox Staff On Thursday, March 24, Keene State College welcomed John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy, for a four-part day to discuss energy policy, effects of various current events on oil [...]
State budget cuts could cause tuition increase for N.H. students
Sean O’Donnell News Editor There is a proposal in the New Hampshire legislature that would cut state funding to the University System of New Hampshire by 45 percent. The system’s schools consist of Plymouth State University, the University of New Hampshire, Granite State College, and Keene State College. Collectively, they receive $100 million from [...]
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