Lifestyle

https://youtu.be/butBCpfzRSo Mason Boeger, freshman, studio art major, with his skateboard. They are seen skating down the stairway at Buley Library, zooming past students on the way to classes and hanging around campus with their boards.  It seems as if skaters on campus are on the rise.   Gabriel Blessing, freshman, finance and accounting major, says he has a passion...

https://youtu.be/9mC5ryGKsTw The beginning process of star formation as projected in a show at the Planetarium in Morrill Hall. Studying planets, stars and galaxies are opportunities open to students on campus. The departments of Physics and Earth Science are collaborating on a proposal to offer a future minor, which currently is in draft form. In addition, Southern features a...

Alisa Gonzalez, sophomore, nursing. Education extends far beyond the confines of the classroom. It encompasses not only the transfer of knowledge, but the overall well-being of students.   Recognizing this, the university offers a vital resource that helps ensure students can focus on their studies without the burden of hunger.   The Food Pantry is located in the rear of...

https://youtu.be/9xMe26aBCEQ There are two minutes on the clock. The skaters are jamming and blocking while trying to make their way around the track. It’s a typical bout of roller derby for the Iron Angels at Roller Magic in Waterbury.  Southern student Mary Pelkey, known as Claire Voyant for the Iron Angels, has been skating with the team for...

Giuseppe Rositani packs parachutes, life rafts and prepares oxygen masks for the airplanes as part of his duties in the Connecticut Air National Guard.   Rositani is stationed at 103rd Airlift Wing, a unit of the Connecticut Air National Guard based in Windsor Locks. “I work in aircrew flight equipment. Anything that goes into safety on a plane, I...

From superheroes to anime characters, cosplayers use makeup, wigs, clothes, props, masks and more to become these people. “You can make that stuff from basically just cardboard. It isn’t as expensive as it looks like,” says Jacob Davila, senior psychology major. “You start to really figure out how to break down certain pieces, what parts of a character’s...

Wilson Valois working behind the camera. Wilson Valois has been creating and editing videos on YouTube since he was 12 years old.  Valois , a senior communication major, is focusing his studies on the film, television and production concentration in the department. “I was first going to be a graphic design major, but then I really just enjoyed...

Students that went abroad in front of Machu Picchu with Dr. Krol. Nursing students, who are facing a career of serving the public, are taking their campus education to people in need of health care in the villages of the South American country of Peru. The trip abroad was conducted in late fall as a mission to learn...

https://youtu.be/N24-EJFWzbQ Phoebe Schechner has participated in a polar plunge. Submerged her body into the Arctic Ocean. Slept in Tanzania’s Serengeti while lions roar throughout the night. Kayaked with humpback whales in Australia. And has lived to tell the tale.  Schechner, a sophomore sociology major, was assigned a project in her middle school art class which had asked her...

https://youtu.be/m4yfsrYC13s The possibilities for knitting and crochet artists are endless, from making multi-colored tote bags to winter scarves, hats and even teddy-bear sweaters.  Aedy VanHouten has hand-crafted each of these items, and has taken on an even bigger project creating a fiber works club called SCSU Yarns.  VanHouten, freshman studio art major in the Honors College. Despite being...