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UNH Dance Company hosts annual concert

From March 30 to April 3, the UNH Dance Company held its annual concert, an elaborate performance that had people young and old filling the seats of the Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) every night of the week. The night was split into two performances; a jazz, tap, aerial (JTA Company) performance entitled “Magic” and a one-act ballet “Les Esclaves” inspired by famous ballet “Le Corsaire” performed by the Ballet Company.

UNH Alumna 1st ever female nominated in Department of Defense to serve as a combatant commander

Before Gen. Lori Robinson was breaking barriers by being named as the first female combatant commander (pending senate confirmation) by President Obama, she was studying for her classes like any other Wildcat.

UNH organizations come together to raise awareness for climate change

The UNH Outing Club, the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), and NextGen Climate Action have collaborated to bring a high-octane ski film to UNH that addresses the ever-present concern of climate change.  The film “All I Can” was presented this past Tuesday in the MUB Theatre.

Buddies Without Borders hosts Irish-inspired luncheon

Lessons in leadership series brings advice to campus

Senior career send off with a side of brownies

Freedom Café hosts fondue protest party to raise awareness of human trafficking

Does chocolate taste sweeter when it has freedom in the recipe?

Soaring Spirit

On Tuesday March 31 UNH hosted the second annual Special Spirit game.

Problems arise for SCOPE ticket buyers

Software put in place earlier this year created new problems for SCOPE’s ticket process last Thursday, as students complained of several issues. All of the problems occurred when the ticket website received extremely high traffic. This, combined with impatient students, led to a number of problems that left a small number of people ticketless.

Phone battery running low, anxiety running high

Vendors set up shop in Union Court for ‘Mini Food Show’

Students who walked through the MUB’s Union Court on Wednesday were treated to a bit of free food as a part of What’s On Wednesday’s “Mini Food Show.”

You’ve got mail: GSS renovations coming end of May

The dread and frustration of waiting in line at the Granite Square Station (GSS) Mailroom is all too real, especially at the beginning of the year, with students not receiving messages regarding packages, getting large orders and mailroom employees just being overwhelmed.

UNH to welcome a new sorority in the fall

Phi Sigma Sigma will be joining UNH’s Fraternity and Sorority life in the fall of 2016.

Durham’s Town & Campus feeling pressure from dominant online retailers

The Durham community seems to be well aware of the constant turnover of downtown real estate but Town & Campus, a local staple for 56 years, is realizing that a decline in business is due to online and chain retailers.

Snow severity takes Clement by surprise

2016 commencement speaker announced

Diplomat Richard Haass was announced as the speaker for the class of 2016’s commencement ceremony Wednesday morning.

Geospatial crime map newly introduced to the Durham area

The town of Durham and UNH recently launched an interactive tool that will allow the community to track crime trends, violations and arrests.

Hamilton Smith face-lift

The mysterious case of ‘Jeffrey,’ the missing plant

On the cold Monday evening of Feb. 22, Jacob Reny sat down at his big square desk and began his nightly shift in the OSIL room at the MUB. As Reny was grabbing some keys out of a drawer, he heard fellow OSIL staff member Will McKernan scream, “Where the hell is Jeffrey!”  Panic ensued in the confines of the OSIL room as the two of them, in a state of utmost hysteria, rushed around the room in search of their six-month-old bamboo plant, ‘Jeffrey.’

Professor remembers brother and reflects on 9/11

UNH associate professor Julia Rodriguez arrived to her child’s day care on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 to find several parents talking about planes hitting the World Trade Centers. Immediately, Rodriguez had a bad feeling. Her brother worked in World Trade Tower One.