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Student body election endorsement: Exemplary leadership skills

To the student body,            

Student body election endorsement: Knowledge and experience

Dear UNH Students,

How you can help “Wildcats STOP Street Harassment”

  The WMUR and TNH stories about the MUB wall launching SHARPP’s new “Wildcats STOP Street Harassment” campaign collectively generated an overwhelming amount of support over the past week. Countless people have reached out to me as well as other members of SHARPP expressing their disappointment and asking if there was any way that they could help. The support from students, faculty, administrators, and alumni has been a driving force for us to continue pushing the campaign and it is making our message even stronger than originally intended. If you stand with us on addressing the issue of street harassment on college campuses, here are  three ways you can help. 1. Start a dialogue: Our intention of the “Wildcats STOP Street Harassment” wall and campaign was to start a dialogue on an issue that affects students and demands our attention. Talk to people about your experiences with street harassment and how you felt when the awareness campaign around the issue was silenced.

The problem begins at the core for the Boston Bruins

I’ll be the first one to say I am not the biggest hockey fan, let alone a Boston Bruins fan. But being in one of the most influential hockey hotspots in the country, it’ll be impossible to ignore the sport. Also, being a sportswriter and sports fan myself I would be doing myself a disservice not to at least pay attention to the sport. With that being said, I have to say the Bruins have been the most lackluster team as of late.

Sticks and Stones

One of the songs that has really struck me in the past few years is the Hunter Hayes 2014 single, “Invisible.” For the most part, it stuck with me because it describes exactly how I felt throughout high school.

An important issue

I am writing to you from a young female student’s perspective regarding the important issue of women’s reproductive rights.     March 8 was International Women’s Day, a day in which many women and their allies nationwide participated in the “A Day Without a Woman” strike. I took a part in a local demonstration on the University of New Hampshire’s Durham campus where we stood in silence for 47 minutes in honor of the 47,000 people that die every year due to unsafe abortions.

In defense of an ‘inappropriate’ awareness campaign

Loving ‘Logan’

Spoilers.

Letters to the Editor on SBP elections

As students, we pay a hefty sum of money for four years of collegiate education and, fingers crossed, a degree at the end of it. As a result, Durham becomes our home for four years. When a place becomes your home, you care about its wellbeing. And if there’s a problem at home you or your neighbors, you want it fixed. We have a lot invested in our community, and though I’m proud to call the University of New Hampshire my home, there’s still many issues that need fixing and there is much to be improved.

Dear LaVar Ball, enough is enough

Like it or not, it had to be said. Ever since LaVar Ball, who seemed to come out of nowhere, uttered the words that his son, UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball, could be better than two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry, LaVar has been on a media firestorm.

Revenge with Rhythm

Although I tend to prefer to cover songs that have a positive or meaningful message, today I thought I’d discuss the trend throughout genres to use music to seek revenge on an ex. Sure, country music is known for its tales of heartbreak and pop has more recently been used, at least by some female singers, as a way to jeer at past loves who have caused pain. However, rock music is not particularly known for this. Still, the phenomenon does exist – even in older rock music – such as in Journey’s “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin.’”

The No Nawnsense March Madness Breakdown

Sorry, Duke Blue Devils fans. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but because your team could not surpass the pesky South Carolina Gamecocks, your 2017 March Madness brackets have officially been busted. I am not trying to call out my Sports Editor Brian Dunn, who picked the Blue Devils to win it all, but more or less am here to make you feel better as we gather to watch the Sweet 16 on Thursday and Friday.

Closer to Fine

So it’s a pretty old song and maybe discussing its meaning is a little redundant, but it’s a song that I really love and it doesn’t get talked about nearly enough. That is, “Closer To Fine” by the Indigo Girls.

Women of the newsroom

Yesterday, March 8, was International Women’s Day, a worldwide event celebrating women’s achievements. Since the early 1900s, this day has been observed and is not affiliated with any one group, but is meant to bring together anyone and everyone to celebrate the many female triumphs, from social, to professional and political, while also calling for gender equality.

Review: Marvel's 'Logan'

The newest Marvel motion picture, “Logan” was surprisingly full of sentimentality and compassion, as well as the usual well-orchestrated, super-human action.

Shaking the Stigma

This is the first time I’ll have ever said that I have social anxiety in a public format. I used to be unable to tell my family members, let alone friends or complete strangers about it. It’s a shame that our culture instills in many of us. To not be comfortable with who we are, the challenges we face and the many ways in which we deal with those challenges.

Cultural boundaries

In the Student Senate update on A1, one can read that the Student Senate passed a resolution condemning the stereotypes expressed by a guest speaker at last Wednesday’s “grand chapter,” a mandatory meeting for all members of UNH’s fraternity and sorority life. After this talk, concerned members of the community flooded into the newsroom to talk about the offensive, inappropriate and inaccurate definitions of cultural appropriation and appreciation the speaker presented. In the recent years the terms “cultural appropriation,” “cultural appreciation” and “cultural adoption” have been circling the media and causing a serious conversation on what boundaries need to be set when exposed to race and cultures that are not native to one’s own.

The Bruins are back: Bruce Cassidy’s teamis headed in the right direction

Ninety percent of the time I am joking on Twitter when I refer to the black and gold. I say it at least three times every game, “the Bruins are back,” but, in reality, it’s truly hard to believe that fans could be in a position to say that and, for the most part, not sound crazy at this stage in the season. But it begs the legitimate question: are the Bruins really back? Not back as in “2011 Stanley Cup Champion and dominant Eastern Conference presence” kind of back, but is this Boston Bruins team looking like a playoff team for the first time in three seasons? Yes. You have to recognize what this organization has done over the past couple of weeks to bring this Bruins team back to a somewhat legitimate standing from where they were only a couple of weeks ago.

Letter to the Editor:‘A clear violation of our principles’

  In the past couple of weeks New Hampshire law makers have been discussing a law that would restrict out-of-state students from voting in elections. This is a clear violation of our principles and values as Americans. Thinking of all the men and women who serve in our military and risk their lives to protect our rights and freedoms, this is a clear indication that we have lost sight of our American creed.     

Grotesquely Optimistic

  So why is Disney so popular, anyway? Even among us college kids, each new Disney movie sparks interest, whether it ends with controversy, derision, or awe. Well for one, the music in their movies continues to be not only beautiful, but it has become inspirational and awe-provoking at times. It also provides a lot of clarity either into other cultures than our own or into relatable individual and group mindsets of our own era or those long gone.