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Clean-up Crew starts cleanup initiative

Bret Belden April 11, 2016

Cans, bottles, pillows, couches, televisions, computers, you name it: it’s probably been dumped somewhere on the UNH campus.  In the back of the woods or right along the road, trash roams and piles...

Exploring Republican candidates’ ignorance, phobias

Bret Belden April 10, 2016

American religious extremism has been around since this country’s inception. Jefferson saw where it failed in Europe and decided to be quite clear on how great of an idea a secular government would be....

From The Left: N.C. gender act a mistake, insult

Bret Belden March 31, 2016

Charlotte, North Carolina recently made the unforgivable mistake of moving into the 21st century by passing an anti-discrimination bill protecting the LGBTQ+ community. The North Carolina state government...

Professor remembers brother and reflects on 9/11

Bret Belden March 21, 2016

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...

UNH professor finalist for book prize

Bret Belden March 20, 2016

By Mark Kobzik STAFF WRITER Janet Polasky, presidential professor of history, has been named as one of seven finalists to win the George Washington Book Prize. The book’s title is “Revolutions Without...

Shaking the establishment

Bret Belden March 20, 2016

People are pissed. Americans, who are for the most part are lazy and apathetic voters, turned out in Iowa on Feb. 1 and in New Hampshire on Feb. 9 to send one hell of a wake-up call to both the GOP and...

Clinton, Sanders set to debate on campus

Bret Belden February 22, 2016

Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will take the stage in the Johnson Theatre at the Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC) Thursday night for the last debate before the New Hampshire primary...

From the Left: A history of amnesia in the US

Bret Belden February 1, 2016

Gore Vidal famously quipped, “We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.” Vidal was known for his brutal honesty about American politics and those who voted...

Poli sci professor Dante Scala co-authors a book on GOP factions, nominations

Bret Belden February 1, 2016

Dante Scala, a UNH political science professor and faculty fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy, recently co-authored a book with his associate Henry Olsen called “The Four Faces of the Republican...

Legislators must not succumb to fear

December 8, 2015

By Mark Kobzik The United States has long been an occupier of foreign lands. Since the post-World War II-era, we have become entangled in the far reaches of the past colonial worlds. From Vietnam to Nicaragua...

Petition to ban plastic water bottles gains traction

December 8, 2015

By Mark Kobzik Staff Writer In an effort to make UNH more sustainable, Choose 2 Reuse started a petition last semester that will seek to end the sale of single use water bottles on UNH campus. As of right...

Student body government aims to ban smoking on campus

December 8, 2015

By Mark Kobzik Staff Writer UNH’s Student Senate will be voting on a smoking ban for all UNH properties on Nov. 22. The smoking ban will mean that students, faculty, and staff will be prohibited from...

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