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Yoga-nna Love Chocolate Therapy
By: Leslie Pizzagalli Sitting in yoga class, you know my ears perked up once I heard Professor Lara Ward explain there was “chocolate therapy” available in Western’s Holistic Health Center. Whatever it was, I needed to know more. After further investigation, I discovered that the Holistic Health Studies Center is located in Berkshire Hall, room 119C….
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First Annual Grit n’ Wit Lives up to Name
By: Trevor Lilly On Saturday, September 22, WCSU hosted its first annual Grit n’ Wit event. Students, faculty, and staff alike could compete in teams of up to 6 people in a mile-long obstacle course winding through most of the midtown campus. Keeping true to its name, the course featured both physical and mental challenges…
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Get to Know the Aussie Lingo
By: Allee Feuerman Since Australia does not speak a foreign language like most countries across the world, you would think it would be easy to understand what they are saying. But honestly, sometimes I think it would be easier to understand these Aussie’s if they were speaking Mandarin. Australian slang is something you will get…
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Marco DiNardo’s Hole-in-One
By: Bryan Brown WestConn Golf’s Marco DiNardo scored a hole-in-one in the final round of September’s Castleton Invitational and dedicated the play to his late grandfather. When the final round began, it was just another weekend playing golf for Marco DiNardo. He and the rest of the WestConn men’s golf team were at the Rutland…
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Ned Lamont at WCSU: Candidate Addresses Questions, Reaffirms Campaign Platforms
By: Joseph Oliveri Democratic gubernatorial Candidate Ned Lamont visited Western Connecticut University on Thursday, September 24th to address questions from students and faculty concerning his platform. The forum was held on WCSU’s Westside Campus. Lamont, a former cable magnate and 2006 Senate Candidate faces the Republican candidate, former GE and UBS executive Bob Stefanowski and…
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WCSU Students Travel the World: Students expand their horizons in Europe and Asia
By: Bill Silvia Over this past summer, WCSU students, faculty, and affiliates traveled to sites across Europe and Asia thanks to a variety of opportunities made available by the university. Travelers from the university community spent time in France, Taiwan, Spain, or Bulgaria with help from the Macricostas School of Arts & Sciences, the…
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A Conversation with Sam Bush: Bluegrass Icon plays Ives Center, Looks Back on Career as a Musical Innovator
By: Joseph Oliveri DANBURY-Being credited with starting a whole new sub-genre of music might come with some perks, but for Sam Bush, being referred to as the “Father of Newgrass” is overdoing it. “I certainly don’t call myself the father of anything other than a girl named Jessica,” Bush admonishes, chuckling. Despite his humility,…
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Western Day of Service: Another Year, Another Hit
By: Anna Simoes Western Connecticut State University’s Western Day of Service came and went this past Friday, with hundreds of students and faculty from across the university’s departments showing up, ready to help. The Western Day of Service encourages the university’s faculty and students alike to volunteer and help dozens of not-for-profit organizations based…
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