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VIDEO: Take Back the Night 2017

This week, the SNHU Deborah L. Coffin Women's Center hosted Southern New Hampshire University's eighth annual Take Back the Night event and march. If you couldn't make it to this year's event, our staff went behind the scenes interviewing director of the Women's Center Brooke Gilmore, Women's Center staff members Amy Mercedes, Dee Dube and Jasmine McFarlin, and poetry performer Olivia Gatwood. If you'd
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Sarah Stearns is the New Director of Academic Advising

As of this year, Sarah Stearns has taken on a new role at SNHU. Recently, she has been titled Director of Academic Advising. Located in the Green Center, Sarah Stearns can be found in the Academic Advising Office for Campus undergraduate day students. The overall vision of the Advising Office is to educate and empower all students in their academic development at SNHU. Beyond
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Take Back the Night Sends Message of Support to Victims of Sexual Assault

The Deborah L. Coffin Women’s Center held the eighth annual Take Back the Night march on September 27 on the Green Space. Organized over the course of two months, Take Back the Night is an international event and non-profit organization with the mission of ending sexual assault and domestic violence in all forms. Brooke Gilmore, director of the Women’s Center, commented on the goals
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Give a Little Feed a Lot Breaks Donation Records

The Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) hosted their ninth annual Give a Little, Feed a Lot food drive on Saturday, September 16. Starting at about 9:30 a.m., student volunteers began showing up on the Green Space for registration. Students received t-shirts and were assigned teams before they boarded school buses that brought them to various neighborhoods around Manchester. Each team was given a
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Email Malfunction Leads to University Wide Chain

Over 350 emails were exchanged on the University College Student (UC_Student) listserv beginning late in the evening of Friday, September 22, with the final email being sent almost 24 hours later. This email chain spurred a variety of responses from students ranging in amusement, anger, frustration, memes, and even sender’s locations and phone numbers. Heather Lorenz, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of
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Meet Your New SGA Senators

September 22 marks the beginning journeys of 12 new Student Government Association (SGA) senators. SGA President Ashlee Lindsey shared her excitement about the new senators and their role. “Our senators will bring a fresh perspective,” Lindsey said. “Every single member has various connections with people on and off campus… It is refreshing to have a new group becoming a part of SGA, because they
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Gunshots Heard from Campus – Public Safety Responds

Gunshots could be heard from campus on the morning of September 21. Public Safety’s Captain Roger St. Onge confirmed that these sounds were a result of a routine firearms training conducted at the Hooksett Police Department’s facility near the Merrimack River. The Hooksett Police Department confirmed that Manchester SWAT was using their facility. St. Onge stated that these events are “year-round occurrences” and that,
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Granite State Comic-Con Rocks New Hampshire for 15th Straight Year

MANCHESTER, NH - Granite State Comicon (Granitecon), celebrated its fifteenth annual convention at the Radisson on Elm St. September 16-17. Produced by Double Midnight Productions (owners of Manchester’s Double Midnight Comics) and priding “[them]selves in providing a more intimate experience” Granitecon featured vendors, artists, exhibitors, cosplayers and special celebrity guests alike who had the “chance to mingle and chat and enjoy each other’s company.”