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On April 8th, Maude Barlow came to speak to an audience in Boyd 144 about the global water situation. Barlow was an advisor on water to the 63rd president of the United Nation’s general assembly, and is the cofounder of the Blue Planet Project.

Barlow’s speech is a part of Plym-outh State’s annual water week, which goes from April 8th to the

On Sept. 28, 2013 a TEDx (Technology, Entertainment and Design Independently Organized Event) conference is coming to Plym-outh State University. TED is a non-profit organization with the mission statement “Ideas worth spreading.” The slogan represents “the power of ideas being shared and celebrated,” said graduate assistant and TEDx organizer Roxana Fera.

TEDx conferences celebrate “achievements of humanity and it stands defiant in the face of the cur-rent media that presents so much of the negativity,” said Fera.

Previous TED speakers include Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Bono. TED’s speakers come up with “ pow-erful ideas that have the potential to change the world,” stated Fera. Fera later commented that TED speakers “can have a positive impact on the world.”

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12th . Water week’s goal is to inform Plymouth State University and the surrounding community about water consumption, and water’s role as a human right.

Barlow said the planet is “running out of clean accessible water.” Barlow later commented “22 countries in Africa are in crisis, one in three people in Africa do not have access to clean water.”

The global water crisis has also had a severe impact on the United States. The United States is on a verge of

a water crisis: “the Colorado River is only producing about half of the volume of water that it produced three decades ago,” commented Barlow. Barlow mentioned the cur-rent situation with the Great Lakes: “The Great Lake’s water level is the lowest it has ever been, since they started keeping statics in 1918.”

Another issue concerning the water crisis that Barlow addressed was bottled water. Bottled water has caused a great deal of pollution in the United States. “Empty bottles of

water can go to the moon and back 65 times,” said Barlow.

Barlow claims the bottled water crisis is caused by corporations desire to control access to water: “whoever controls access to water will be very powerful and wealthy.”

Although this is a major issue Barlow believes that the conflict is solvable, and is optimistic for the future. “I have a lot of hope. There is a consciousness among this age group that wasn’t there 10 years ago.”

Plymouth State University is cur-

rently involved in the water crisis. Students on campus are currently fighting to “ban the sale of bottled water,” said Math and Political Sci-ence major, Zack Goldenberg. Gold-enberg sees the ban on bottled water “passing this Sunday, and coming into effect.”

PSU is on the “verge of making this historic thing happen at this univer-sity, by banning the sale of bottled water,” said Barlow.

PSU’s decision to ban bottled water will be declared on Sunday, April 14th.

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TED speakers are given a time limit to “capture the power of an idea, the talk should be no shorter than 6 minutes and no longer than 18 minutes,” commented Fera. However, some speakers “come up with powerful ideas that have the potential to change the world and they have been displayed in even less than 6 minutes.".

A TEDx conference at PSU will make the university “one of the pioneers in New England,” said Fera. TEDx conferences have come to “New England, but not many. It seems to be more popular abroad than in the US,” stated Fera.

Fera mentioned the impact a TEDx conference can have on PSU. A TEDx conference will show the

“importance of connecting PSU to a global audience,” commented Fera.

One of Fera’s goal is to make PSU and the surrounding community informed about TEDx “there are still many people out there who are still not aware of what TED organization stands for or what TED TALKS are all about,” said Fera.

Fera described the impact a TEDx

conference will have on PSU’s future. “I am in awe of the possibilities of the future for this university, also knowing how innovative they are in pursuing global and local collabora-tive projects.”

Students who want to be involved with the TEDx conference should contact Roxana Fera.

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The University has hired an architecture company called Goody Clancy to help create a new and up to date campus. On April 2, 2013 the Director of Planning and Urban Design of Goody Clancy, David Spill-ane, came to Plymouth to discuss the changes that the University wishes to make.

This forum, held in Heritage Hall, was the second of three campus forums being held to decide which changes would be most suitable for the campus.

During the first forum, it was discussed and decided that Prospect Dining Hall was the most crucial

On March 7th, President Sara Jayne Steen held her State of the Uni-versity address at the Silver Center. President Steen’s address celebrates “some of the year’s success, and to delineate challenges and issues on which we must focus,” said President Steen.

The main focus of the President’s speech was “building for the next generation.” When asked what does “building for the next generation,” mean to President Steen, she com-mented “our thing all the time is about what students are going to need.”

President Steen mentioned the challenges that universities and col-leges face around the nation: “Higher education is in the midst of enormous upheaval, with some people question-ing the value of higher education in relation to its cost.” Another chal-lenge Steen described was “State support for public higher education nationally is at a new low.” Although the university has increased their cost, PSU plans to “put every dollar back to NH Students,” stated Presi-dent Steen.

Plymouth State University has responded to the high cost of attend-ing college by taking advantage of online classes. “Four undergraduate degrees are offered fully online as well as on site: Business, Communications and Media Studies, Criminal Justice, and Nursing,“ said President Steen. The President later commented on

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building to renovate, according to staff and students, and would be a large part in the Campus Master Plan. The current size of Prospect is 35,000 square feet and considering the number of students currently at the University, that square footage should be doubled. Student Rachel Joyce said “They definitely need a new dining hall. It gets way too crowded so quickly. Walking around getting food is a mess and depending on what time you get there, it can be impossible to find a table.”

Within this master plan there are three alternatives. All of these alter-natives take into consideration space needs, program locations, campus design, facility upgrades, as well as infrastructure and parking.

The first alternative is to build a new dining hall in the Hyde park-ing lot because of its larger square

footage. With a new building being made, that would leave room to make Prospect into a new academic build-ing with classrooms and office space. One large concern of this alternative is the need for more parking. To fix this problem, some of the student apartments closer to Hyde Hall would have to be taken down and made into a parking lot or garage.

The first option is what most stu-dents seem to be having a problem with. Junior Katie Johnson said “It would be great to have a new dining hall but having such a small campus makes that really hard. There isn’t enough room to make a change that big.” Talking specifically about the third alternative, Johnson stated, “Even though it won’t matter to me, I used to live in Smith and the Hyde parking lot was where everyone who lived there and people from Grafton

would move in and out. Taking over the parking lot would make it really hard for people living in those build-ings. ” Speaking about the same alter-native, Alex Moore, a junior, said, “There is no reason to take over a parking lot when there aren’t enough parking lots at this school as it is.”

Alternative two would be to expand the HUB as the primary dining option on campus. The rec-reation space, such as the upper and lower gym, would stay in place while the meeting spaces and retail would be moved into Prospect. To reconstruct most of the HUB into a dining space, that section of the building would need to be closed for about two years.

The third and final alternative consists of another expansion. This would keep Prospect as the main dining hall and expand it out onto

High Street, reaching the green in from of the HUB. This would be cutting off transportation of cars on this street, and so it would be con-verted into pedestrian walkways. This alternative would be making some changes to the HUB as well. Because Prospect will be so much larger the plan would be to take out all dining from the HUB to create more room for student organizations.

The main concern of the Campus Master Plan is to create a new or enlarged dining hall, but there are also other construction options being discussed. Other factors in this plan include renovating Hyde, Rounds and Samuel Reed Hall, reworking the library, and changing building locations and housing replacements. Within the next few years Plymouth State University will have its fair share of changes and new beginnings.

the success of PSU’s online program, and stated “This year, the national learning review GetEducated.com ranked PSU’s program in the top 20 on its list of ‘Best Online MBA programs’ in the country.”

The President described PSU’s commitment to New Hampshire and a changing world. “New Hampshire has an aging population and a need for health care professionals, as does the nation. PSU recently established a nursing program, geared toward the advanced ‘nurse of the future,’” com-mented President Steen.

President Steen discussed New Hampshire’s, as well as the nations, need for STEM (Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering, and Math) majors: “Business and industry partners confirm that the state needs STEM professionals.” She later commented, “We are working to increase student enrollment in STEM fields.”

The President’s overall main goal was to improve students’ learning conditions. She made mention to a picture from Plymouth Normal School class of 1913. President Steen described that during 1913 students at Plymouth Normal School and the nation were “dealing with storms and floods. There were wars overseas.” The President later related the class of 1913 to Plymouth State’s current freshman class. “Building for the next generation will require intelligence and flexibility and a willingness to take appropriate risks. It was not easy in 1913, but they accomplished much, and so will we.”

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Be it on the lonesome ride home from work, in the shower, or even for the sake of public performance, President Dan Hale of the Pemige-wasset Choral Society of Central New Hampshire believes that everyone has a voice to be heard.

Founded 41 years ago by a rather small (29 members to be exact), organized adult community chorus, the Pemigewasset Choral Society of Central New Hampshire has transi-tioned with the times.

At it’s largest, the Pemigewasset Choral Society had more than triple the amount of its original members; and in the geographical sense, the choral group evolved from a virtually local society, to its current member disbursement from all corners of the state of New Hampshire.

The participant demographic is an impressive facet on its own, as the group’s past and present participants have attracted the likes of teaching professionals, bankers, and even phy-sicians – not including the students here at Plymouth State.

Within the University, past mem-bers have studied various majors, from business, to visual art, and

even the social and physical sci-ences. Simply put, the Pemigewasset Choral Society opens its arms to all of those who are interested in singing, regardless of their native community, scholastic or working status.

This diverse and welcoming envi-ronment is exactly what separates this choral group apart from any other musical society that we at The Clock have ever heard of. The requirement, which is more so a group similarity, is simply this: to possess the love for song. You do not need to acquire the ability to read music, nor dance. The only instrument that one is required to use is the one which we are all born with- a voice.

The personal fulfillment is not the only perk of joining the Pemigewas-set Choral society, however. Not only does the organization help to forge dues of those who participate in the organization’s fundraising, but the society additionally awards generous scholarships annually.

This year, however, the Pemige-wasset Choral Society is not quite complete, as the number of student participants has dropped. “We truly miss the students,” claims President Hale, “their presence broadens the richness of our group.”

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joining process is simple. All meet-ings, with the exception of the first meeting, run fairly smoothly. The first meeting however, takes a little more time due to the registration process, which is held at 7:00 p.m. on September 9th 2013.

All other in-season rehearsals are held on Monday nights from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. in the Plymouth State University Silver Center for the Arts.

The Pemigewasset Choral Society hosts two annual concerts, the first in early December, and this year, the second falls on Mother’s Day weekend. To convene clashing work and school schedules, the Choral Society holds 3 separate, consecutive concerts. This year, the first concert will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2013 in the Gilford Community Church in Gilford, NH at 7:30 p.m.; the second concert will be held on Friday, May 10 2013 in the St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Franklin, NH at 7:30 p.m.

The last but most certainly not least, final performance of the season will take place on this upcoming Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the Silver Center for the Arts.

As a community-fostering group such as the Pemigewasset Choral Society would have it, the organiza-tion can and will make accommoda-tions for those who have transporta-tion difficulties. If you fall into this category, please contact the choral group via email at: [email protected].

“I do not believe that chorus has to stop in middle school,” continues President Hale, who concludes by saying that, “You can sing your entire life without stopping.” All it takes, as the President emphasized, is “pas-sion”- a premise that is in juxtaposi-tion with the very belief held here at Plymouth State University – and that is, that anything is possible.

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Plymouth State University’s campus is considered to be a safe place to live, work, and stroll around. However, the reality in all commu-nities large or small is that sexual assault, dating violence, sexual harass-ment, stalking and hate violence exists and can occur anywhere and at any time.

Voices Against Violence, also called Voices, is a nonprofit off-cam-pus organization designed to provide information and support to victims of sexual/domestic violence, and harass-ment, stalking, and bullying.

The month of April has been designated Sexual Assault Aware-ness Month (SAAM) in the United

States. The goal of this month is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate communities on how to prevent sexual violence.

“Studies show that the first six weeks of a young woman’s college career is when she is most likely to be the victim of sexual violence,” said VAV Volunteer freshman Christina Behr.

Voices Against Violence is a fully confidential organization that Plym-outh State partners with to break the cycle of violence by providing com-prehensive services for all victims and survivors.

“Voices responds when they are called for a sexual assault on campus, but they are an independent orga-nization that is part of a statewide coalition of crisis centers. Voices serves 14 towns in lower Grafton

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County,” said PSU Professor and Voices Member of the Board of Directors Robin DeRosa.

Voices Against Violence (VAV) Organization provides information and support to victims and survivors, their family and friends, commu-nity members, sexual or domestic violence, harassment, stalking, and bullying.

The Clothesline Project is coming to Plymouth's Town Common on Main Street on April 19, 2013, “The Clothesline Project is an annual event put on by Voices Against Violence that addresses violence against women. It gives the women a chance to anonymously express their emotions, and for non-victims to help raise awareness on domestic violence,” said Behr.

A clothesline is drawn along Main

Street with Tee shirts designed to end domestic and sexual violence. Personal stories are written on the shirts, and signatures of student organizations, “Voices is proud to bring this event to Plymouth and to surrounding times on a yearly basis,” said DeRosa.

“For help, folks can call our hotline or stop in to the office above Chase Street,” said DeRosa.

An advocate from Voices Against Violence (877) 221-6167 is available 24 hours a day to support and guide victims with all their questions, con-cerns, and needs.

Voices can help students with treatments, assist with emergency medical services, and guide and support victims throughout the University judicial process. The organization also helps students get

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back on track academically, and try to resolve absence and/or assignment and other course issues. They will also provide other campus resources and services to students depending on the situation.

“I didn’t know that there would be this much support for me when I left. Victims need to know people will listen, believe them, and offer whatever they can do to help. It is only with strong community support that we are able to help the many vic-tims in our area and end the cycle of violence,” stated a Voices Advocate.

Voices Against Violence is com-mitted to educating, advocating, and supporting college students affected by violence. To find out more infor-mation visit http://voicesagainstvio-lence.net/ or call the organization at (603)-536-3423.

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The Perks of Being a Cat LadyCats. Cats. Cats. Brenda Shively

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Readers and kittens across the globe,

This miserable week, I again find myself cat-less. Catless, catatonic, cataclysmic, catastrophe It is a particular predicament to persist in a cat-lady existence and perpetually be catless. My heart of hearts tells me that I’m a feline female, a meowing madame, a princess with a predilec-tion for purrs, but without a kitty, what meow? I still have the sweaters to be qualify as a cat lady, but something still feels like a lie. To avoid the dismal depths of this dark rut I find myself in, I’ve been resorting to other methods to fill the void where once a kitty purred: Youtube.

Praise be to the almighty kitty gods for the Youtube. What else would I be doing with my life if the Youtube didn’t exist? Homework? Applying to real life, big kid jobs? Volunteering? Exercise? Nah, ain’t nobody got time for that.

Instead, I choose to devote my time to a true life obsession: catsoncatsoncatsoncats. I suppose there is a geyser of alternative procras-tination methods available on the internets, but Youtube really knows how to get the job done. It’s like it knows me intimately or something.

For example, I type in the word “cat.” Five seconds later, SO MANY KITTEN OPTIONS. There are kitties with bowties, kit-ties in shark costumes, meowing kitties, meow-ing kitties underwater, purring kitties, snoring kitties, snuggin’ kitties, kitties who high five, kitties who are afraid of their own reflection in the mirror, science kitties, math kitties, space kitties... It’s almost overwhelming.

Well, it would be overwhelming, but I’m a professional after all. If you’re a beginner with the finer feline aspects of Youtube, start with some general videos. Try beginning “Kittens Inspired by Kittens.” In this classic rendition, a purrrcocious young girl narrates an ancient kitten text, giving it her own sense of flair and purrfection.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll probably cry from laughing. It’s a perfect snippet for the whole family too. Maybe play it at work for your boss. Download it on your phone so when you’re at any kind of social, you’ll be the cool kid in the cable knit sweater and the adorable, yet provocative kitty video. After the fact, you and all your friends will have material to embar-rassingly quote for days. Shhh, just let it happen.

If “Kittens inspired by Kittens” really tickles your feline fancy, next go for another classic “Funny cats in water, EPIC.” If you like a little swimming kitty, then this video is purrfect for you. Nothing like a sassy, soggy kitty to brighten up your day.

Once you’ve experienced a few gateway kitty videos, advance to the next level. Just keep searching for kitties and kitties and kit-ties. You’ll figure out what you like and maybe what compilations are a tad bit overrated and unnecessary. There’s a whole world full of kitties out there. All you need is a computer, wifi, and the stubbornness of a cat to experience it all.

On a side note, I’m taking a letterpress workshop class where we do old timey prints with actual old timey presses. My first print was a business card labeled “Brenda M. Shively, Professional Cat Lady.” Too much? Nope, not at all. I’ma bring these purrfect gems on all the job interviews.

On an additional side note, my coworker and I recently just took the time to explain to our boss what the term “motorboating” meant and that yes, she was using it out of context. On a sider side note, motorboating a cat seems totally legitimate. Give me a fluffball, and I’ll motorboat that meow mix day and night.

Oh wait, here’s another turn of events: I’ve also been considering switching to dogs lately. Last print issue, there was a scathing editorial written about the benefits of being a dog person over a cat person. While I felt this shallow and pedantic piece was a personal vendetta against my column and all felines across America, per-haps it raises a good point. Maybe it’s time for a big change... No, no, definitely not. That edito-rial was miserable, biased, and mildly offensive. Jokes on you, Ms. Editor. I will never simply “Stop meowing on Facebook and go buy a dog.” I’m in a committed relationship with my future kitties. Cats4lyfe.

This has been your local Plymouth State Cat Lady. Pick up a copy of our next print issue to read more about the perks of being a cat lady. If you have any cat issues, you would like me to address, send me an email at [email protected]

But really, send me cat questions. No one ever sends me cat questions so I just go on kitten rants. I mean, I’m not that upset by the fact that I get to talk about my kitten choice of the week, but I also have a wealth of knowledge ready to serve your kitten needs. Email me meow.

As always, sass on and stay purrfect.

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It’s really a shame to see how many good things in our world go to waste. Whether it is a relationship, our resources, a brilliant idea, an education, or even a human life, being wasteful of precious things is an awful daily occurrence.

There is such a thing as time well wasted, but what about an idea. One amazing idea from any unsuspecting creator could change the world forever. Credit is only ever given to those who act on their ideas, like when Edison decided he was sick of only having sunlight or candlelight to read by. To quote Langston Hughes, ‘what happens to a dream deferred?’

We are given roughly eighty years of life to find multiple dreams and do our best to make them all come true, but the majority of people spend precious time wrapped up in things that keep us from true happiness because they are too afraid to change their ways. They would rather sit home and watch TV, drown them-selves in altering substances, and pretend like they are the victims of a life they can’t control.

Don’t waste time. Don’t waste other people’s money. Don’t throw away ten plastic bottles a week when you could be refilling them for next week. Don’t give up on those amazing ideas that no one else in the world has ever thought of or acted on. The word ‘well’ in the phrase ‘time well wasted’ means that whatever you are doing is fulfilling yourself and also making others happy. Don’t waste your life drowning in your own pity, that time could be used to better your life and make a change.

You cannot ask people to do things anymore; you need to tell them if you want them to do it. So I’m telling you: you’ve got about 80 years if you’re lucky, don’t waste a second.

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I, like many of my fellow students, am beyond unimpressed with PSU’s social media activity lately. Pages like PSU Blackout and PSU Confes-sions are deteriorating the positive reputation Plymouth has built and are negating the value of the degree that you have been working on. While it’s understandable that some people may consider some of these posts funny or appropriate, truth is they’re not. One student’s choice to post a photo or about a ridiculous night is affecting everyone else on campus. Not looking for a job now? You will be in a few years, and these pages and posts don’t just disappear. You can delete posts, photos or entire pages until the cows come home, but pages like waybackmachine.com, spokeo.com and zabasearch.com are just a few websites that’s entire purpose is to archive internet sites. Anyone, including your family and future employers can use these sites to search you. That middle-name-as-a-last-name on Facebook trick won’t help you here.

Be smart about what you post. I’m not trying to be anyone’s parent, but think twice before putting up pictures with alcohol, especially if you’re under-age. Looking like a hot mess online (or

in real life for that matter) isn’t a cute look for anyone. I’m not saying not to go out with your friends, get a little crazy and dance on the occasional table, BUT the whole world doesn’t need to know about it. Keep in mind that you as an individual have a brand, as does Plymouth State. Plymouth obviously does not want to be asso-ciated with the drunken debauchery a few people with too much time on their hands have developed - as a university we’re better than that. And you shouldn’t be okay with that brand representing you either! Some of the students, faculty and staff on this campus are absolutely amazing. Why not write about that instead?

So, if you are a PSU Confessions or Blackout frequenter, I am asking you, in the nicest way possible to get it together, grow up and stop posting such disgusting, appalling and frankly embarrassing crap online. It’s not just your future you’re playing with; you’re messing with everybody else’s too. And honestly, I care way more about my future than I do about your stupid, most-likely-made-up-to-impress-someone anecdotes.

Stay classy, Plymouth State.

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This past week has been Plymouth State University’s Annual Water Week. Events were held to spread the word about how our society uses and abuses water, as well as the importance of the containers we carry it in.

This past week Mon., Apr. 8 through Fri., Apr. 12 there have been tables and events throughout the HUB, promot-ing water awareness, and the positives of reusing bottled water, and promoting recycling.

The local groups Common Ground, the Office of Environmental Sustainabil-ity (OES), and Ending Genocide Around the World (EGAW) have put in a tremen-dous amount of effort to organize each of the events and displays that have been on campus this week. Representatives from these groups have been tabling in the HUB all week showing an interest-ing variety of displays that are definitely worth taking a moment to see.

A gigantic water bottle display has been placed in the middle of the Alumni Green all week. It is a representation of the amount plastic water bottles that

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PSU students waste each week, roughly 2,800 water bottles.

“I think that the display in front of the HUB is a good demonstration of how wasteful we are and our society needs a better understanding of just how much we are wasting,” said senior Kara Ryan.

On Wednesday, while tabling in the HUB, senior Zach Goldenberg spoke about water week and some of the events. He promoted the film screening, “Water on the Table” that was shown in the HUB Hage room. The movie featured water rights activist & author, Maude Barlow, and her viewpoints on water and human rights.

The film also was about the creation of landfills in America. According to the sign in front of the water bottle display, roughly 80 percent of plastic water bottles end up burned or in landfills.

“Although landfills are meant to be envi-ronmentally safe, they often aren’t and the film is a great demonstration of how it all works, ” said Goldenberg.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals group (PETA) held the exhibit “Glass Walls Tour about Factory Farming”, which took place outside of the HUB on Friday, and demonstrated how factory farms work.

The local groups Common Ground, OES, and EGAW are working on removing bottled water from campus. “For the most part everyone has been very supportive of the idea, it’s a really good thing,” said Janelle

Emerson.On the other hand there are some

students that disagree with the idea of the removal of water bottles in vending machines, “I feel more comfortable drinking bottled water, knowing that it’s a hundred purified and readily available in vending machines,” said sophomore Katlyn Hall.

There is a petition that is circulat-ing around campus to ban water bottle sales through vending machines on campus. If you are looking for a reus-able water bottle, contact Common Ground, they are selling them for $5 each.

Water week demonstrated the abuse of water bottles, and the positive alternatives. The activist groups hoped that students, faculty, and community members saw something that made them think twice about using water bottles, recycling, and had an effect on them.

The goal of Water Week was to raise awareness of PSU’s water consump-tion, as well as human rights issues related to water clean water access. Water Week encouraged the use of tap water and misuse of bottled water, and water in general. Everyone was encour-aged to buy reusable water bottles and start filling them at water fountains to help the environment, so “tap out, and bottle up.”

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Alright NBC, you’ve proven yourself worthy in the grand scheme of television. You have a great comedy and now a great drama. “Hannibal” is quite possibly the most intriguing and risky show that NBC has ever aired. While not as terrifying as the just plain awful “Animal Hospital,” “Hannibal” is more of a psycho-mind-bending-thriller as opposed to all-out horror. Violence is prevalent, but the show does not make it the main focus point. Which is praise-worthy, since

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some scenes may render hemophiliacs catatonic.

The show is based off of the series of novel and characters by Thomas Harris and likely influenced by the famous film adaptations of these characters as well. It is in and of itself, a prequel in an alternative universe set in the present. Following FBI special agent Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) who, sometimes seeming less men-tally stable than the cannibal that the show is named after, is called to con-sult on a case dealing with a seemingly “new” kind of psychopath. Hugh Dancy gives a puzzling cocktail of a performance as a mixture of one part

genius and one part chaos. While he leaves a confusing, yet memorable taste in your mouth, Agent Jack Crawford (played by Laurence Fish-burne) is a less complicated character. Fishburne plays it excellently as he does most roles. He is a commanding presence on screen, quite literally as Fishburne is just a big man in general, but he is also the voice of reason in this twisted tale.

Finally, there is the man himself, Dr. Hannibal Lecter; a sophisticated, brilliant psychiatrist by day and a ruthless, cannibalistic serial killer by night. Mads Mikkelsen (of Casino Royale fame) plays the doctor fairly

well yet his Danish accent makes some dialog virtually incomprehen-sible. It is the one downside to this drama.

From the dark, alternate dream sequences where we get to delve into the mind of Graham’s psyche and then back to the real world, the show keeps the viewer paying attention to what is real and what is not. NBC is clearly showing its might among the top devilish dramas out today. With FOX’s “The Following” and A&E’s “Bates Motel” out now, NBC appears to be muscling their way into this booming genre of gory wickedness that is ever present on television

screens across the nation.The flow of blood that is present

in the first episode alone is sure to increase as time progresses in the series as well. While this may turn some viewers away, it will entice the horror lovers of America to tune in each week. Hopefully this show can rack up those ratings that NBC loves so much and stay on the air for many weeks to come. It’s safe to assume that although some scenes are repul-sively bloody and violent, the network will be right at home airing something as intentionally scary as some of their previous unintentionally revolting sitcoms.

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Alex HollatzA&E EditorA few days ago I took a look

at all the mixtapes I have made, reminded of their existence thanks to my friend Ben King making one for me, and I came across a random playlist I had made in my iTunes. I stared at it for a bit in confusion, reading the track list over and over, and then it hit me. I had made a playlist/mix tape for an ex that I had for some reason never burned onto a CD to give to her.

Born Under PunchesBring Back Mixtapes

Naturally curious about it once I remembered the story behind it, I took a listen to it and it made me remember how powerful mixtapes, or music in general, can be. I knew exactly why every song I put on that playlist was there. Every song had a meaning and a reason behind it and I could feel it. It brought back a lot of memories I never would have remembered without that mix tapes existence.

Afterwards I thought a little bit about maybe sending it to her, but it’s kind of lost its luster now, I think. It would have meant so much more in the moment. Either way, this discovery led to me making some realizations.

First, mixtapes are awesome as hell and are something that never should have faded in popularity. I, and every-one else for that matter, need to start making them again. They’re incred-ibly personal documents that can mean just as much, and possibly more in my case due to my absurd love of

music, than any love letter could ever mean. I’m kind of depressed that the cassette culture died now because it made mixes so prevalent. That being said, if cassettes were still around, mixtapes would probably be the only thing I’d like about them.

To be clear, this is not a bash against our current Mp3 centered culture, but now all we do is put our hard drives in each others computers and deposit 5 gigs of music into the computer. That kind of sounds like sex doesn’t it? USB drive being the female and the hard drive being the boy here. This is getting weird isn’t it? Where was I going with this?

Oh, right, the romance! Holy crap, the romance. Our culture just wants the all or nothing straight to the point stuff. Our logic has fallen to the point of why give me ten songs that you spent hours pouring over and changing the order of a hundred times to make the perfect mix that shows how I make you feel when you can give me 500 songs in about thirty

seconds? This modern way of things is

stupid. That mix I told you about at the beginning? Spent a few hours on that thing. And you know what, despite the fact that girl can’t hold a CD in her hand that has her name written on it in my shitty handwrit-ing, I’m glad as hell I made that thing. I may never think about that rela-tionship again, but reliving it through that mixtape was one of those weird moments that meant a lot to me.

More than anything, I just love mixes. People put so much love and care into those things it’s hard not to. And I’d like to think a lot of other people think the same way as I do. Which leads to the question, why are we getting rid of this grand romantic gesture in favor of a lame data dump of a bunch of files? We deserve that awkward moment of handing someone a CD with a note and a track listing inside. Because hell, if you do that and the person you gave it to manages to like you, they’re

probably going to mean a hell of a lot to you somehow.

So go out and make a mix this week. I dare you. You don’t have to give it to someone else. Make it for yourself if you have to. But do it. It’s worth it. I promise you that.

Now, in return for reading this week’s column about this subject, here’s a mix for you guys.

Make sure you play it loud:

Kurt Vile- Baby’s ArmsNick Cave- Into My ArmsLou Reed- Perfect DayGlen Hansard- Maybe Not

TonightJeff Buckley- Lover, You Should

Have Come Over (Live at Sin-e)The Gaslight Anthem- Here’s

Looking At You KidLucero- My Best GirlThe Menzingers- CaseyBest Coast- Up All Night

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Jurassic Park has gotten a recent 3D rerelease for its 20th anniversary. While it shouldn't be necessary to talk about the plot of the film (it’s been out for 20 years by now, people!), you may need a reminder. John Hammond’s (played by Rich-ard Attenborough) company InGen has found a way to bring dinosaurs back. By using mosquitoes trapped in amber, which contain prehistoric blood, and the use frog DNA to fill in gaps has allowed the resurrec-tion of dinosaurs through cloning. With this power, John Hammond decides to open the first dinosaur zoo called “Jurassic Park” which will dazzle every single person on Earth. However, when putting a prehistoric predator into a cage, one of the work-ers is killed and the park is deemed unsafe by InGen’s investors until proven otherwise.

John Hammond decides to bring in two ancient experts to show that everything is safe. World renowned paleontologist, Dr. Alan Grant (played by Sam Neill), is chosen for his expertise in fossils and theory that dinosaurs evolved into birds. His partner and paleobotanist, (study of ancient plants) Dr. Ellie Sattler (played by Laura Dern), is chosen for her expertise with plants which will help with dinosaur health. Along with these two, is Dr. Ian Malcom (played by Jeff Goldblum) who is recruited by Donald Gennaro (played by Martin Ferrero), the lawyer representing the investors.

When they get to the island, the professionals and John Hammond’s grandchildren Lex (played by Ariana Richards) and Tim (played by Joseph Mazzello) go on a tour around the island. The tour is conducted with motorized cars which go to the dif-ferent exhibits. However, a storm and a disgruntled computer programmer named Dennis Nedry (played by Wayne Knight) cause hell to break loose on the park. When this hap-pens the fences keeping the dinosaurs in are shut down and the dinosaurs escape.

For this viewing I went down to the Cinemagic IMAX 3D showing in Hooksett, NH and while the ticket price is high, it’s well worth it. If you’ve never seen this movie in theaters before then drop whatever you’re doing and go see it now. Even if you have saw this movie in theaters when it came out, go and see it again. It’s completely worth it.

One of the main concerns people had when this film was announced was if the 3D was going to actually look decent. It seems that Universal made sure that this film got the proper 3D treatment, since it came out fantastic. The famous scene where the T-Rex breaks out of its pen and starts attacking the cars is a particular highlight.

Another thing interesting about the film is that the CGI still manages to look well done twenty years later. It might start showing its age to those with hawk eyes, but to the naked eye it’s still impressive. The mixing of dinosaur animatronics and CGI does look a little off on occasion, but that

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only happened once or twice. When looking on the film now, you can’t help but when CGI was brand new and remember when you first saw the film in awe.

While everyone says that the dino-saurs are the best part of the film, this film knows how to foreshadow. It’s no secret that the most deadly of the dinosaurs is the velociraptor, which actually makes its formal appearance

near the end of the film. However, they’re referenced throughout the film, which makes you nervous for when they’re coming and it’s a sur-prise when they do. This foreshadow-ing does most of the work that the effects will eventually make a reality.

The actors do a good job for what are more simplistic characters and bring some life into them. The most memorable, of course, is the

ever quotable Ian Malcolm with Jeff Goldblum’s weird mannerisms. It’s actually quite surprising that the kids aren’t too annoying (even though it’s said that Joseph Mazzello isn’t proud of his performance of Timmy). Sam Neill is very convincing as Alan Grant and pulls off his subplot without any snags.

Overall, it’s “Jurassic Park,” so what more convincing do you need?

It’s simply a great 3D re-release of a great film. Go out and watch it while you can. And here’s a thought for you when you go to watch it again, so you can maybe find something new in this film. Pay close attention to how John Hammond acts, speaks and the park itself. There are many comparisons to him and God, besides the fact that he’s an old man wearing white and having a white beard.

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Holderness, NH- Things just keep rolling for Plymouth State Men’s lacrosse as they improve their record to 5-1, whiles being undefeated in their own conference (2-0). They receive their third straight victory over confer-ence rival Salem State making them have an overall record of 6-3, but a losing record in the Little East (0-2).

The 13-8 win started from PSU’s Nick Morello (North Billerica, Mass), after being assisted early by Shawn McEvoy (Spring, Texas). Salem State quickly responded, making the first quarter tied 1-1. Plymouth responded quickly in the 2nd, with four unassisted goals and by half time they had the 5-4 advantage.

PSU Wins Its Third StraightWith nearly six minutes off the clock in the

3rd, Plymouth striked on another unassisted goal at the hands of senior Ty Long (Dover, NH). Plymouth’s offense decided to get hot after that, scoring five more goals, while hold-ing Salem to only two. The dominant scoring of Plymouth continued in the fourth quarter, with goals by Zach Frank (Wakefield, Mass) and once again Nick Morello, who finished what he started making the final score 13-8.

Players of the game go to Zach Frank and Chris Annunciata (Waltham, Mass). Annunciata had a team high three goals, improving his point total to 16 (14 Goals, 2 Assists). Leading point scorer Zach Frank continues to power this offense, as he earns his second straight player of the game. His point total now tallies at 27 points (8 Goals, and 19 Assists).

PSU looks to keep the fire burning with a 4th straight victory over non-conference enemy Clark University, game start scheduled Wednesday night at 7:00.

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The Panthers brought a ten-game winning streak to in-conference Rhode Island College. They left with a two-game losing streak as an extra-inning heartbreaker and a blow-out gave Plymouth their first two LEC losses of the year.

Game 1: RIC – 4 PSU – 3 (8 innings)The Panthers battled back from a 2-1 deficit in the seventh to

take the lead, but RIC wouldn’t go away, tying it in the bottom of the seventh and winning in the bottom of the eighth.

Going into the seventh down 2-1, Plymouth would claw their way back to take the lead. Up to that point they had produced little on offense. Their only run came on a fourth-inning Bekah Jackson (junior; Nashua, NH) single to center that the center-fielder misplayed, allowing Jackson to score. Nora Galvin (junior; Windham, NH) had pitched well, only giving up two runs, to keep the Panthers in the game.

The seventh started with a Vanessa Przybylo (freshman; Queensbury, NY) walk. Shirley Butterfield (freshman; Atkinson, NH) followed with a single, putting runners on first and second.

Taylor Mancini (junior; Gansevoort, NY) bunted the runners over to third and second. With two outs and the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, Jenn Bove (senior; Medford, MA) singled to centerfield, plating both runners, taking the lead 3-2.

Defensive miscues would be the Panthers downfall. An error in the seventh put the tying run on second. A RBI single later in the inning tied up the game with the unearned run.

With the game knotted at 3-3, Plymouth couldn’t get anything going in the top of the eighth. RIC would win it in the bottom of the eighth. A walk, intentional walk, and a single loaded the bases. With one out, RIC was able to score on an error, and the game was over 4-3.

Bove had the clutch hit, going 1-for-3 in the game with two RBIs. Butterfield had a good day at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Galvin finished the game with eight strikeouts, seven walks, while allowing 11 hits, and four runs (two earned) in 7.1 innings of work.

Game 2: RIC – 11 PSU – 3 (5 innings)A RIC grandslam in the fourth inning broke open the game,

and the Panthers couldn’t fight back, dropping their second straight game.

RIC put runs on the board in both the first and second inning to take a quick 2-0 lead. They erupted for five third-inning runs,

including a three-run homerun to jump out with a 7-0 lead.Plymouth would battle back in the top of the fourth. Przy-

bylo led off the inning with a single. Mancini followed up with a double to put runners on second and third. Bove reached on a fielder’s choice, driving in Przybylo. Jackson followed with an RBI groundout to make the score 7-2. Calli DeGrace (senior; Plymouth, NH) followed with a RBI single single to center, cutting the lead to 7-3.

RIC answered right-back with a grandslam to make the score 11-3. RIC won going away as Plymouth couldn’t answer. The Panthers’ record falls to 12-9 on the year and 2-2 in the LEC.

Jackson and DeGrace both went 1-for-3 with a RBI, and Bove was 1-for-2 with a RBI in a quiet offensive game for the Panthers. Whitney Roberts (sophomore; Chocorua, NH) took the loss allowing seven hits and five runs (four earned) in 2 innings of work. Cynthia Barata (sophomore; New Fairfield, CT) had two walks, while allowing four hits, and six runs in 1.1 innings. Ali Keith (senior; Northfield, NH) retired the only two batters she faced in 0.2 innings.

The Panthers now travel to Castleton on Tuesday, April 9th for an out-of-conference double-header. First pitch at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

To start this off, I feel like absolute shit this week, so don’t anticipate any type of structure or anything to make any type of sense this week. Not too sure what is going on with my head, but, whoa, it has terrible since I woke up on Sunday morning.

The NBA is finally starting to get somewhere, as the Eastern Conference has had what teams will represent them in the playoffs solidified, but we have known who it was going to be for quite some time. In the Western

Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers are still trying to figure out what their identity is, but it is too little too late for them. They weren’t going to get any where in the play-offs as it was, anyway. The team to watch in the Western Conference is the Denver Nuggets. Despite most likely being the third seed in the conference, their home record is ridiculous (35-3), and they have enough role players that give them the ability to have literally six leading scorers for any given game. The San Antonio Spurs aren’t getting any younger, and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant can’t figure out who should get more shots per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least bit if the Houston Rockets beat the Thunder in the first round. In the East, don’t think that the Knicks are going to give the Miami Heat any type of threat.

In the National Hockey League, parity is the name of the league, as a number of teams still have a realistic shot to make the playoffs. I am not sure if this is because of the lockout, but to have 25 teams within a pretty close distance of playoff contention is great for the game. In order for the NHL to draw as much attention as it did last year, they need to have that underdog team make a deep run in the playoffs. Despite saying that, I have a feeling that a Minnesota Wild/Pittsburgh Penguins Stanley Cup final will occur. Both teams are deep enough to make deep runs in the playoffs, and the injuries/trades that the Penguins have made will allow them to succeed.

In other Irrelevant (though I find interesting) sports news:

-Pretty surprised that Louisville was able to capture the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament championship. It doesn’t happen often that the #1 team going in the tourna-ment wins the championship.

-Rob Gronkowski just doesn’t have any type of luck. How many surgeries is he going to go through?

-A lot of games that are going to be in Plymouth this weekend, so go out and support your college’s teams!!!

-Congrats to Rew Wilson, who is a pitcher on the base-ball team. He got some national recognition this week, as he was named to the D3 national team of the week.

-The awards continue for PSU’s teams, as Caitlin Swan-son, Amanda Richardson, and Amy MacDonald were all named LEC players of the week over the past two weeks.

Non-Sports Information of the Week-Rant of the Week- I hate how all of these papers just add

up all of a sudden with classes. It almost seems like all of the proffessors come together to stack stuff onto a kid’s plate.

-I guess the ski season had to come to an end sooner or later.

-I need a nap/go to sleep, so this is coming to an end too quick.

-Yea, I think that does it for the week peeps, sorry, just ain’t feelin it.

‘Till two weeks from now, I’m outta here…..


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Explain your background in lacrosse before you got to PSU.

What was your favorite part of the Spring Break trip to Colorado?

Aside from Spring Break, what moment has stood out the most to

you this year?

What will lead to this team having a successful 2013 season?

To make the 2013 season a suc-cessful one everyone on the team needs to come prepared mentally and physically everyday. It is impor-tant that every member on the team understands their role on the team. Our coaching staff is very capable of pushing us to our highest potential, but it is also very important that every member on the team believes in what the coaching staff is teachings and telling us. Talent alone will not win

championships.

Dedication, Determination and loving the sport and playing each and every game, every single second with as much heart as possible. Our girls’ work hard, each and every girl on the team has so much talent. We all want to win, and we all work hard. If we follow each game plan, show up to each practice, film session, and game mentally and physically prepared and in the moment at all times then there is no doubt that this team will

be successful.

Similar to what I just touched on just having faith in ourselves, being confident but never comfortable. Always have a hard work ethic and never underestimate your competi-tion. Aside from that staying focused and being diligent in our work outside of practice! BE HUNGRY AND

WANT IT! Simple as that!

Hard work! If we can just keep up the momentum and keep working harder than we ever have before, we will be unstoppable! This time in our season is so exhausting and eventful, and we just can’t lose sight of our goals, we need to be in tune

with them now more than ever.

The victory in overtime over Conn. College was amazing. It proved to the lacrosse world that Plymouth State lacrosse was and is here to stay and that we are not a team to take lightly. It also proved to us how amazing we can be, and the potential that we have as a program if we are willing to come out everyday ready to learn

and work hard.

I feel like there are just so many! This fall was just incredible in itself, everyone came ready and then con-tinued to work through fall and winter and showed up so prepared and willing to accept the challenges in preseason. Each game has been an incredible learning experience and it has been so amazing seeing our team grow! Every day that I am with my team has been an incredible moment, we are always having fun and loving

our team and sport!

Most definitely beating Con-necticut College!! They are a great team in a great conference. I think it proved not only to other teams but to ourselves as well that we are amongst the best. I always kind of thought it would be awesome to make it to NCAA’s but then we would probably just get smoked…but this is proof that PSU is on the map and we are coming for you. We can make it far so long as we keep believing in ourselves and

never get comfortable.

The moment that has stood out for me this year the most was defi-nitely winning against Connecticut College. It felt surreal when Amy scored the winning goal. I just remember sprinting over to her and my entire team screaming and hugging. I will never forget how I felt in that instant. I could not have been more proud of my teammates and I knew we were on the path to

something really incredible.

There was so much amazing things we did in Colorado, It's hard to pin point one thing. We had the opportu-nity to go horseback ridding through the Garden of the Gods and it was absolutely breath-taking. We also had he opportunity to go to the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, and just being there was inspirational to me as an athlete. We are so blessed to be a part of a program that takes

us on so many amazing trips.

Leaving with 2 W's was abso-lutely amazing! It really showed a lot about our team, being about to travel to a completely new place and still challenge ourselves to play our best against some great and different competition. It was also just wonderful spending a full week with this amazing team. We are all so close, a strong family unit, and I am convinced this trip helped us to grow even closer. Our coaching staff took such good care of us...as they usually do! They truly worked hard to make it one of the most memorable experiences I know I will ever have!!

Thanks Coaches!!!

My favorite part of Colorado was probably horseback riding through the Garden of the Gods. It was so

beautiful!!

Visiting the zoo! I haven’t been to a zoo in years and I forgot how much fun they can be. There were animals there that I hadn’t seen before that I found so fascinating! My favorites were the giraffes and monkeys. I spent a solid hour just watching a newborn monkey latch

on to his mother.

I started playing lacrosse in the middle school. I played hockey all my life, so lacrosse came pretty easy to me. I fell in love with it almost as soon as I started playing. I stated playing goalie in 8th grade because there wasn't anyone on my team who wanted to play, so I stepped up. In high school I played and my sophomore, junior and senior year was the team MVP. My junior and senior year I was the league all-star. My post-graduate year, I was also the league MVP and my team MVP.

I started in about 5th grade with a little team in Wolfeboro called Abenaki, then once I went to High School I became part of a really amaz-ing group. I was fortunate enough to have two amazing Coaches, Hoffman/Cushing and Reilly. I was on JV my Freshman year, then unfortunately couldn't play Sophomore year due to back problems, but then I came back for Junior and Senior year on the Varsity team. I was absolutely nothing special, but we really had an amazing group of girls on our team who loved the sport and really wanted to be there. The coaching staff was just amazing, Coach Hoffman/Cush-ing actually played here at PSU so I was lucky to hear about the all of the amazing things about the PSU W. LAX back then!!

I have been playing lacrosse since I was ten years old at a youth program that my dad started for the Plymouth area. My first year I actually played boys lacrosse because there wasn’t a girls program yet! I played for Plym-outh Regional High School, where I started all four years and was a captain my senior year. There was a huge gap in experience level though, when I got to college, it was just a more advanced level than what I was used to playing at. My lacrosse skill and knowledge was very limited so coming to Plym-outh I just tried to be a sponge and soak it all up as quickly as possible!

I started playing lacrosse in middle school and continued to play throughout high school at Kearsarge Regional High in Sutton, NH. I was coached by Scott Slogic who led us to the state champion-ship game my senior year. Unfortu-nately we lost to Hollis Brookline whose star player was their goalie, Lorin Field!

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What has allowed this program to become so successful in the

past three and a half years?

This senior class is full of lead-ers, and is truly the backbone to the team. What does it mean to you to have such a strong class?

How has PSU lacrosse changed to who you are today?

How far can this team go this year?

I feel that we have the skills and drive to not only dominate the LEC,

but the NCAA as a whole.

All the way. We can; I know it. We just have to go out there and play our game with our game plan and the heart that each girl on this team has! I have no doubt that this team is the most amazing team in our con-ference to say the very least. Coach prepares us in the best possible way and it is our job to execute. We can

and will go all the way.

All the way baby. See you there.

Our goal has been to win our con-ference, and win NCAA’s this year. If we can keep putting in the effort and keeping an eye on our goals I

know we will do it!

When I came to Plymouth, I came in very cocky think I was the best thing to ever come to Plymouth. This team, especially Coach Blanchette has helped me to become a much better person and for that I am forever grateful. She and the other coaches drive me to be the best person I can be both on and off the field because I never want to disappoint them, or let my

team down.

I have become a much more responsible, mature, well-rounded individual because of this program. It has taught me to become a leader, to work extremely hard, to have fun, love, and passion for whatever you’re doing in that very moment. So many things that I have learned by being apart of this team and from Coach, I apply to everyday life and I am forever grateful for it. I don't think many people will ever in their lifetime experience and learn the things we girls do in the four years

as a part of this team.

Oh jeeze, where do I begin!!! I can say without a doubt that being a part of this program has positively impacted every aspect of my life! It is the reason that I was so suc-cessful in college. It taught me life lessons every day. Professors in my business classes would start talking about communication skills or goal setting or how to manage and lead a group of people and I already had first hand experience it in. I had stories that I could relate to what they were saying. I think my expe-rience as player on this team is the reason that I have a job waiting for me when I leave college this year.

I don’t even know where to begin. The lessons I have learned from playing lacrosse are lessons I take with me into the classroom, my jobs, and situations with friends etc. Coach Blanchette is a person that you can’t help but want to soak in every bit of knowledge she puts out there. I have read countless numbers of self-help books that she has recommended, and I can’t begin to describe how much they have changed my life. Really the bottom line is I have learned how to be a strong and confident person who lives every day with integrity. I have learned that I am not always going to make the right decisions, but as long as I have integrity and I am doing the right thing, great

things will come to me.

Our senior class is a very strong class we push each other and the team to the highest potential. We have seen this program for many ups and downs and have seen it grow to

he powerhouse we are today.

I am just truly honored and feel so blessed to be apart of this class. It’s been so great going through my four years of college with Kristen, Caitlin, Amanda, and Ally and it has been so great seeing us all grow! We have seen this program develop and we have been through more than I could have ever imagined. I don't know where I'd be without these girls, I'm so proud to call myself a member of this senior class, we are all so completely different but we all have become amazing leaders in my eyes and just really great well-rounded people. I just hope that we as a class leave a positive mark behind for the other girls and that we continue to grow as people and

leaders.

I think it is a prime example of coach’s vision for our team. I can tell you first hand that initially, we were like a group of misfits! We just needed the right coaching and once we got it, well I think the turnaround of the program speaks

for itself.

I am so grateful for the class I am a part of. I transferred into Plymouth after freshmen year and they all made me feel so welcomed. I have looked up to all of them my 3 years being on the team, and still do! They all carry such strong leader-ship abilities, in extremely different ways. I learn not only how to be the best player I can be from these girls, but also how to be a good person in general. They are always doing the right thing, without a care in the world of what people think of them. They are all people I strive to be like, and I think I can say the same for the rest of the girls on my team. Having strong leadership is so important for a team and I am happy I am able to be a part of such

an amazing group of girls.

I think that our program has become so successful over the year because of our coaching staff, and the team believing in everything they have told us. We may not always be the most talented team, but I know that we are the most prepared team both mentally and physically. Our team is very driven both physi-cally and mentally, to be the best in and out of the classroom. We are not only successful on the field, but in the classroom having the highest average GPA out of all the teams in

Plymouth.

Coach Blanchette. Since my freshman year, when she first got here, she has turned this team around! It has been amazing seeing the process too. She has been able to take a team and make it into something so wonderful and suc-cessful. She works day and nights finding ways to make our program as successful as it can be, and she has done an outstanding job. With that, the individuals who are the team, I have 100% confidence that they are meant to be here and want it so bad, because we have been able to find 22 girls who without a doubt would do anything for this team, we have become successful. I am so thankful for all that coach has done for this team and for the girls who make up

this team.

Kristin Blanchette and her culti-vation of the program. The seniors are so blessed to have come in at the time we did. We got all four years with coach and we were part of an amazing process and transformation

of the women’s lax program.

I think it is a mix of a few things. To start off it has been our coaching staff. We are honestly so blessed to have the coaches we do and I don’t really know if anyone truly under-stands what they sacrifice for us. Our head coach averages about 3 hours of sleep a night in season, and would do absolutely anything for any one of us that we needed, lacrosse or non-lacrosse related. We also are so lucky to have such a unique group of girls. I have never seen people work as hard as I see players on this team-work. This is in every aspect of life. There is just something about the mix of our talented coaches and hard working players eager to learn that leads us to be extremely successful,

on and off the field.

Do you have any pre-game rituals? If so, what are they?

Yes I do. I am a very superstitious person when it comes to sports. For every game, I put my equipment on in the same way every time. In the morning when I wake up I also must make my eggs in a particular way. On the bus I also need to listen to my pre-game mix. I know it is silly, but when I don't do the little things before the game I feel unprepared

and anxious.

There is nothing that gets me more pumped that having team "sing-a-longs" with the girls on the bus as we're getting ready to pull into the school that we're compet-ing against then continuing it in the locker room! I always read a section out of Mind Gym...a book that Coach suggested my freshman year: it is so helpful!! Then the team usually listens to an inspiration speech of some sort, which really gets us going. And of course Coach Blanchette and Caitlin Swanson have their amazing, "goose-bump giving" pre-game speeches that I

know everyone loves!!

The only pre-game ritual I have is that I have a few speeches that I like to listen to. They get me focused on the game and fired up to go out and fight to get a win and leave it all

on the field.

I’m actually not very superstitious when it comes to pre game rituals. I switch things up all the time. The only thing that I keep extremely consistent is doing every girls eye

black before a game.

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PLYMOUTH, N.H. – The Plymouth State baseball team used dominant pitching perfor-mances from senior Rew Wilson last Saturday as they swept a double-header with Western Connecticut winning the first game 4-2 and the second 6-3.

Wilson was the story all weekend. The reign-ing LEC and ECAC New England pitcher of the week pitched two-and-a-third innings of hitless relief in the front end of the twin bill, walking just one and striking out two to earn his first save of the season. In the nightcap, Wilson came out of the bullpen in the fourth inning, and was able to complete the rest of the game. The right hander threw five-and-two-thirds

PSU Baseball Sweeps Double Dip Against

Western Connecticut

innings of one-hit, no-walk baseball and struck out nine batters.

The Panthers benefited from an early lead in the first game, plating a run in the second and third innings. Sophomore Brian Thompson drove home a run in the second with a double and junior Brandon Cox brought in a run in the third with a line drive single. The Colonials didn’t go quietly, though, bringing home a run in the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game.

Plymouth was able to pull ahead in the sixth inning when freshman Dave Hall brought home another run with a single, and Cox came up big with a two out single in the seventh to up the lead to 4-2. Sophomore Cody Gilchrist got the win for the Panthers, pitching into the seventh and surrendering just two runs on six hits while striking out four.

PSU again jumped out to an early lead in

the night game, as Cox laced an RBI double and senior Dave Tammaro followed up with a sacrifice fly. Senior Steve Beard added another sacrifice fly as Plymouth took a 3-1 lead.

After Western Connecticut was able to score a third inning run on a single by Bobby Coyne, the Panthers retained their three-run lead when senior Ryan McIntosh doubled home another run. The Colonials would plate two more runs in the fourth inning, narrowing the lead to 4-3.

PSU wouldn’t give in, though, as they tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning thanks two another two-run double by Cox, who had three hits and three RBI during the nightcap.

The wins improved PSU’s record to 12-8 overall and 3-1 in the Little East, while Western Connecticut fell to 4-10 overall and 0-2 in the LEC. For his efforts, Rew Wilson was named to the D3 National team of the Week.

Dakota RandallAssistant Sports Editor

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