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5 POLITICSFITZU 6 HEALTH 8 THE EASY LIFE In less than a year, We Are One hosts open Find out what’s hot in New Hampshire will discussion on young the oven, at the movies, host the First-in-the- people’s mental health, and in your closet. Here’s Nation Primary in the providing resources what our own staff is 2020 Presidential and support to capture doing when they’re not Election Cycle. issues early. in class or studying. MARCH 25, 2019 PierceThe Student Newspaper of Franklin Pierce University since 1964 Arrowwww.piercearrow.org With a large rising senior class, TYLER PETERSON ’20 some will be left out of Lakeview, creating a domino effect on the housing options for rising juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. Big Class on Campus Large rising senior class will need to take spots from juniors in the towers By Casey Eldred ’21 housing lottery, according to Kat Dough- take over populating our class in the way still dorm style. erty, the director of Residential Life. that they did [as] it effects our class’s Juniors displaced out of the tow- The incoming senior class of 302 students “I expect that there will be one full housing and the housing of the other er apartments will have first choice of is the largest class in the University’s his- tower of senior students living in North- students,” said junior Ashley King. “It’s Cheshire, Edgewood, or Monadnock Hall, tory, and as the housing lottery approach- woods or Mountain View,” Dougherty said. unfair to the students (who) will end up according to Dougherty. The incoming es, the question becomes: how will this The number of students expecting to having to live in worse housing than they junior class is projected to have 240 affect students’ housing? enter the lottery is produced by a math- expected to be in for their senior year.” students in need of housing, but with a Senior housing consists of the Lakev- ematical projection equation calculated This issue of housing space will have full tower of senior students in their living iew town houses and efficiency apart- by Residential Life each year. Students a domino effect for the incoming junior area, a group of juniors will be placed in ments, as well as the Sawmill apartments. are ordered by the sum of their GPA and class. Junior students may end up living sophomore housing. In total, 240 students can be housed in credits multiplied and then combined with in the sophomore dorm halls: Cheshire, For students who do end up in hous- the senior housing. their roommate’s number. First, the entire Edgewood, or Monadnock. ing outside of their expected area, there Junior housing--Northwoods and incoming senior class will select, and the The reason for concern is due to the is a “upgrade list,” according to Dough- Mountain View apartments--also holds incoming juniors will follow. major differences between sophomore erty. These students will be given the 240 students, according to the Franklin Due to the size of their class, students and junior housing. Lakeview, Sawmills, opportunity to move into better housing if Pierce University website. in the incoming senior class that they will Northwoods, and Mountain View all openings become available. For the upcoming year, it is expected be displaced from senior housing. include kitchens, living spaces and private The housing lottery date varies de- that 260 students will go into the senior “I think that the school made a mis- bathrooms, while the sophomore halls are pending on grade. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! FOLLOW, LIKE, AND SUPPORT US! JOIN OUR TEAM! 1 Pierce Arrow March 25, 2019 FROM THE EDITOR The Pierce Arrow Reimagined Dear Readers, You may have noticed something different about the Pierce Arrow. We have done a complete redesign for a fresh new look. SIZING ’21 JACKIE It’s no secret the journalism industry has gone through significant changes in recent years, especially with print journalism. Technology, such as computers and smartphones, has allowed readers to receive most of their news from online sources. With Franklin Pierce University being one of the few schools having a print newspaper, we wanted to bring back the same excitement of reading the news after Associate Professor of Digital Media Design Christopher Previte. picking up the paper at the end of your driveway. We were able to bring in a talented art director who looked at our current layout design and help us completely transform it. FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: CHRISTOPHER PREVITE The redesign leads What you have in your hands right now us towards the future is the result of that experience. I encourage you to flip through these of the Pierce Arrow. pages, which are filled with your classmates’ It will continue to articles and photographs. We have added new sections, such as PoliticsFitzU, Granite “I’m all about inform students with Solutions, The Easy Life, Ravens Sports, news about the school. and One University. The Fitzwater Center is a founding partner in the Granite State News Collaborative, and the section the dog” Granite Solutions is filled with articles from the collaborative and FPU’s own students on the urgent issue of mental health. Also, the One University is a section dedicated Associate Professor of Digital Media De- pizza joints, to hospitals, to marketing to reporting news from all of our Franklin Pierce campuses: Rindge, Manchester, sign Christopher Previte started teaching organizations, to design studios are in the Portsmouth, Lebanon and Goodyear. at Franklin Pierce in January 2018 in digital content creation business – wheth- The redesign leads us towards the future of the Pierce Arrow. It will continue to Social Media and Emergent Technologies. er they realize it or not. Ultimately, quality inform students about news in the university. Newspapers will always be the root of He led the transition of this major to one digital content that effectively commu- communications and journalism, no matter how much time passes. in Digital Media Design, which focuses nicates with their customers, patients, Most importantly, I thank my staff for sticking by me and the Pierce Arrow. I am on being able to create, edit, and manage stake holders, or clients plays a huge role beyond proud of how this issue came out. visual, written, and audio web content, in their success. All students, regardless specifically for news outlets, education, of major, will find themselves in need of Jackie Sizing, editor-in-chief arts, business, and more. digital media skills when they enter the workforce. Competency in these skills, Where does your interest in digital at some level, is pretty much expected in The hardworking Pierce Arrow design stem from and what about it do most job situations. staff (and Marlin). you enjoy the most? What is your favorite thing to teach I wanted to be an artist of some kind since about digital design? third grade. I always did well in school, but most of my attention was given to draw- I love to teach the theories behind digital ing. I studied architecture at a technical design and how they dovetail with the high school and then communication de- history of art, communication, and society. sign and illustration in college. I learned all I love looking at the tools and techniques of this in the pre-digital age, but my last employed in digital design and exploring year at MassArt, a handful of Macintosh how they intersect with how humans KRISTEN D. NEVIOUS, PUBLISHER NEVIOUS, D. KRISTEN II computers was donated to the college consume content, communicate, and – loaded with very early versions of Pho- interpret things like color, typography, and toshop and Quark Express. I immediately image. I am also fascinated with the study fell in love with digital tools and knew that of human-centered design and our re- I would have to teach myself the software sponsibility to create content that honors and new workflows if I wanted to survive both documentation and impermanence. in the design industry. I promised myself I would never become a dinosaur and went What’s one of the biggest lessons on to voraciously read about and practice you’ve learned from studying and with as many digital tools as I could get teaching digital design? EDITORIAL STAFF About The Pierce Arrow: Franklin Pierce University my hands on. All the while, I was working and is a member of the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF PUBLISHER Franklin Pierce University Pierce Media Group. two jobs as both a freelance and full-time I have learned that, as fascinating and Jackie Sizing ’21 Kristen D. Nevious 40 University Drive The Pierce Arrow is a designer. engrossing as software and technology Rindge, NH 03461 ASSISTANT EDITOR REPORTERS student-run newspaper (603) 899-4169 can be, they are simply a means by which Casey Eldred ’21 Ashley Hescock ’20 founded in 1964, and it reports Walker John ’20 Kristen D. Nevious, Director on campus and community How do you think a knowledge of digi- we can create content that communicates SPORTS EDITOR John Gerke ’22 Marlin Fitzwater Center issues and events. The paper tal design is beneficial to students? effectively and thoughtfully and that Andrew Hoenig ’19 Jess Rehm ’21 for Communication is published monthly while speaks to different aspects of the human PHOTOGRAPHERS Jenn Rehm ’21 The Pierce Media Group school is in session. Hannah Cuzner ’21 Aya Poirier ’21 (603) 899-1039 The Pierce Arrow strives to Many industries today employ digital experience. I believe that good content Tyler Peterson ’20 Tyler Aragao ’20 [email protected] be a print and online collection tools and design workflows to produce should be platform agnostic and driven by Luke Tracy ’19 Paul Lambert ’22 of articles, columns, and The Pierce Arrow is part of internal and external content.