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WCSU Receives Grant To Reduce Sexual Assault, Dating Violence
In an effort to educate bystanders more, the Avon Foundation for Women recently gave Western Connecticut State University a $10,000 grant. The grant was given through Avon’s “Speak Out Against Domestic Violence” initiative. It will be used to fund WCSU’s Bystander Intervention initiatives, specifically the “Where Do You Stand?” campaign and training to reduce…
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Home of the Scared: Let’s not do to the Syrians what we did to the Jews
Jordan A. Sprogis Editor-in-Chief I’m starting to wonder whether people forgot that the photos they shared of the families who drowned in the Mediterranean were Syrians, or if they’ve just become rather xenophobic since then. After Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that Connecticut would continue allowing Syrian refugees into the state, the decision sparked…
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Germantown Volunteer Fire Department hosts its first open house
Sunlight danced on the bright red trucks as a cordial young man, decked out in his Class A uniform, welcomed children and their families to the Germantown Volunteer Fire Department’s first open house since 1912.
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Weezer taunts Christian pastors in new music video
Dakota Sarantos Managing Editor Weezer is keeping the faith. The band know for their quirky videos, like the Hugh Heffner featured “Beverly Hills” and YouTube star filled “Pork and Beans,” released a music video Monday morning for their new song “Thank God for Girls.” The video is a departure from standard Weezer practice and features…
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Kamber
Alana Branch Arts and Entertainment Editor http://static.wixstatic.com/media/1d7358_60aba4d64a9244f1bf90eadda5c35a33.jpg?dn=man-eyes.jpg He made going to school okay He acted like he cared about me I didn’t care about where he came from… … until he made me mad, And then the racist in me would appear; Regret quickly followed. But I think I loved him Though he crushed on…
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5:46 A.M. I will never be able to un-hold your face.
Shiny S. Patel General Sections Editor I will never be able to un-hold your face in my hands and un-look into your eyes. You were your gaze, the dilation in your eyes because I was your drug, your joint. I will never be able to un-feel your breath on my face or your hand on the small of my back. I wanted to…
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5:46 A.M. I will never be able to un-hold your face.
http://static.wixstatic.com/media/1d7358_e8d5578b85214f1cbc450e96b1492be3.jpg?dn=IMG_6876.JPG.jpg I will never be able to un-hold your face in my hands and un-look into your eyes. You were your gaze, the dilation in your eyes because I was your drug, your joint. I will never be able to un-feel your breath on my face or your hand on the small of my back. I wanted to lie in your arms forever because…
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Terror in Paris
Paris, a romantic city to all, is now a nightmare as a shooting rampage kills more than 100 people on Friday night. According to French television, it all started at the Bataclan Concert Hall where numerous hostages were held before ultimately being shot and killed. Reportedly two gunmen were shot by police at the scene.…
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