Left to Right: Beni Griffin, Emma Canning, Ava Raleigh. Canning holds a sign that reads “Our future should NOT be your ‘favorite cut’”. At 4pm on Wednesday September 10th, students gathered on the UNH’s Great Lawn to protest the state budget cuts. A state budget passed in June cut nearly $18 million in funding for... Continue Reading →
Behind the BobCATS
“I had absolutely no idea it was that bad,” I whispered as I gawked at giant pictures of extreme socio-economic stratification. The right side of the screen: luxury apartments surrounded by parks. The other side: overcrowded, poverty-stricken neighborhoods packed with desolate houses. It was just another day in my University of New Hampshire (UNH) sociology... Continue Reading →
Inclusive Leadership for UNH’s First Generation Students
The year is 2012. Rachel Kim has begun her freshman year at the University of New Hampshire, as a first-generation college student of color. She has no mentor and no family experiences to help her during the transition after high school. Parting through the sea of white students, she holds her head high, already breaking... Continue Reading →
Hillary Clinton Visits UNH
On September 28th, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders spoke at the University of New Hampshire. Clinton, who had just debated against her opponent Donald Trump at Hofstra University, arrived in Durham early Wednesday morning [...]
