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UNH supports Chengdu in coronavirus battle

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

What started as a canceled spring semester abroad for some University of New Hampshire (UNH) students planning on attending China’s Chengdu University, ultimately led Yige Wang and a handful of others to pursue financial and medical donations to the Chengdu University Affiliated Hospital

Sanders joined by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, The Strokes in UNH rally

By Zach Lewis · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

The Whittemore Center at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) held a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) that featured The Strokes, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and others on Monday, the eve of the New Hampshire primary.

Durham firefighter awarded for nine-year AED project

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

Durham firefighter David Blatchford received the 2019 University of New Hampshire Fraternity and Sorority Life Health and Safety Impact Award on Friday, Feb. 7 for his work in the placement of automated external defibrillator machines (AED) units--in every fraternity and sorority house on campus.

Klobuchar calls for change at packed Huddleston rally

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

As presidential hopeful and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) greeted a packed house at the University of New Hampshire’s (UNH) Huddleston Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8, she began her Durham pitch with a promise to “barnstorm your state,” one driven by her passion to prevail in 2020’s “first-in-the-nation” contest.

Matter of UNH Student Senate

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

In November 2019 a former member of the UNH Student Senate (Senate) spoke with reporters and editors from The New Hampshire about their concerns that more experienced members of the Senate took advantage of their leadership positions to create a hostile environment of sexual harassment. The student spoke with the Dean of Students (Dean) in mid-December 2019 and repeated those concerns, expressing hope that structural reforms to the Senate would occur. The Dean and the UNH Title IX Coordinator appointed an investigator to undertake an independent inquiry of this campus governance body to help him and the Office of Affirmative Action and Equity assess the report they received.

How did Durham vote in the primary?

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

At the time of the writing of this article, with 98 percent of all New Hampshire precincts reporting, CNN has Bernie Sanders in first place at 25.8 percent of New Hampshire votes, followed closely by Pete Buttigieg at 24.5 percent, Amy Klobuchar at 19.8 percent, Elizabeth Warren at 9.3 percent, and Joe Biden at 8.4 percent. No other democratic candidate surpassed 5 percent, but there were 3,896 write-in candidates, which came out to be 1.4 percent of the vote. Sanders and Buttigieg are projected to net nine delegates each, with the remaining six going to Klobuchar. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) both suspended their campaigns Tuesday night. Deval Patrick suspended his on Wednesday afternoon.

Dr. Tyler Jamison on the other side of Valentine’s Day

By Hannah Donahue · Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020

Valentine’s Day is not just a day for exchanging candy hearts, going on a romantic date and eating an exquisite dinner, or having movie night in with your significant other. For many, Valentine’s Day is Feb. 14 – that’s it, just another day of the week.