Campus Life

CrossoverAthletes

Senior women’s basketball player Allie Smith is also one of the goalkeepers for the women’s soccer team. Allie Smith at Moore Field House. (Steve JeanSimon/Crescent Magazine) “It’s been great being involved in two sports because it allows me to be more involved in athletics as well as learn from both teams and coaching staffs,” Smith says. “Coach Lynch...

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10 Questions

In a Q&A with August Pelliccio from Crescent magazine, both Campus Watch Director Jake Lahiff and Chief of Southern Police Department Joseph Dooley were asked 10 questions about themselves and their jobs on campus. Campus Watch Director Jake Lahiff.(August Pelliccio/Crescent Magazine) Chief of Southern Police Department Joseph Dooley.(August Pelliccio/Crescent Magazine) 1. How did you first get involved in...

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Top 5 Sitting Spots

Top 5 Sitting Spots

Academic Science and Laboratory Building Academic Science and Laboratory Building (Megan Grabowski/Crescent Magazine) There are hidden gems located in our very own new science building. From each room, you have a nice view of the rock garden that is in front of the building. There are even small study rooms where students can focus and get work done....

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Collecting Dust

Within the walls of the Hilton C. Buley Library lies a vast, 1,500-piece art collection— a collection that has existed since the 1970s, established by Olaf Zeidenberg, a former Southern art professor. As the priceless collection grew, interest in establishing a functioning gallery, complete with a director, did not. Thus the collection, including works from former faculty members,...

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10 Questions

In this Q&A, both Student Government President Julie Gagliardi and Southern Connecticut State University President Joe Bertolino were asked 10 questions about themselves and their experiences on campus. 1. Why did you decide to come to Southern? Student Government President, Julie Gagliardi Student Government President Julie Gagliardi: I was really attracted to the Honors College, that’s what first...

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Murray’s Moment

Sophomore Amanda Murray says when she was in high school she was afraid her diabetes diagnosis would scare away the recruiters of college teams. She had her parents tell the respective college coaches about it, in fear that her recruitments would dry up. Her diagnosis did not scare away former Southern women’s lacrosse head coach Maureen Spellman, who...

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Identity

Identity: It is what makes us, or more so, what we make of ourselves. Over time, we may find that we have different interests, believe in different things, and present ourselves in different ways. Sometimes, however, we hold tight to who we are, and regardless of the experiences and time that bypass us, our identity remains unchanged. For...

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Faces of FACE

Faces of FACE

FACE Model (Meghan Olson/Crescent Magazine) FACE Models, short for “fashionable artistic creative elegance,” is an organization offering the opportunity for fashion oriented students to model in shows, photo shoots, promotions and more. President Monique Harriott, an IDS major, says FACE welcome all shapes, shades and sizes. If students wish to pursue modeling outside of school, this organization will...

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Across the  Pond

Across the Pond

Through a partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, Southern students can study in the United Kingdom, and students from Liverpool can study in New Haven. Launched in 2015, the program takes advantage of common programs and missions between the two universities, while giving students at each school a chance to experience a different culture. Alex Lowe and Ryan...

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Declaring a Major

Declaring a Major

(Laryssa Rosada/Crescent Magazine) Declaring and sticking to a major in college can either be one of the hardest or easiest decisions a student is faced with during their four years. Frank LaDore, the director of Academic and Career Advising, says students will, on average, change their major three to five times throughout their time at a school. “Students...

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