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https://youtu.be/ewrBOx4_lwQ The low hum of focused energy fills the Cheezic Tang Soo Do dojo.   Bare feet pat against the mat as students line up, eyes keen, bodies balanced between stillness and motion.   Among them, Morgan Johnson straightens her black belt. Her breathing stays even as she feels her moment to break through.   Johnson, a freshman, chemistry major, began her karate journey after receiving a...

https://youtu.be/cJc46fqlZ1g At a cliff’s edge, Tyler Ferullo prepares for his next freestyle jump. His face shows no fear and with a deep breath, he performs breathtaking aerial moves. “I get nervous before almost every jump. But helps me to lock in and stay focused,” says Ferullo, a junior tourism, hospitality and event management major. Ferullo is a freestyle...

From campus to the boxing ring  https://youtu.be/eQnyp6-wUSU Jalissa Rodriguez enters the dimly lit boxing club.   She wraps her hands, laces up her shoes and slips on her heavy gloves.   Prepared for her training session, she then steps into the ring to face a sparring opponent and starts her workout.  Three or four times a week Rodriguez makes the...

Students studying in Earth Science major say they have a ground’s view of the campus, state and world. They enthusiastically point to examples on campus, and off, when it comes to rocks, minerals, soils, ground and surface water and environmental history.   https://youtu.be/dF9mJ_wys4I The most interested among them, and some nonmajors, are members of the Earth Science Club where...

Tucked away on a little patch of grass behind Davis Hall is a garden. It’s a peaceful space, full of bright flowers and vegetables. As the bees and butterflies happily buzz by, it’s easy to forget you’re still on campus. The SCSU Community Garden was built by Southern’s Office of Sustainability in 2011 and during each growing season,...

The term novel is based on the Latin novellus, meaning new, young and fresh.  Many aspects of the new decade can be described as just that—shocking celebrity deaths, a tumultuous election season, natural disasters, climate change and social unrest: all under the umbrella of a looming pandemic.  When COVID-19 initially spread through Connecticut in early 2020, Southern Connecticut State...

Every performer hopes to take their talents to the public on stage. Student Kelsey Latham has achieved that dream taking her dancing talents to the world. Latham took a three-year hiatus from her Southern studies to join the traveling company for Riverdance.  Being a part of Riverdance meant Latham got to travel the world. Her first tour was...

https://youtu.be/48cZTcrCXh8 By August Pelliccio Almost three years ago, Kayla Krenicki was given an 11 percent chance of surviving a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. She had attended her orientation to Southern and selected a roommate by the time she was first hospitalized. Her high school graduation had transpired a few weeks before. In the seven months it took...