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Volume XXII, Issue 9 March 9, 2016 [email protected] Manchester, NH SNHU HITting THE FIELD at ANIME BOSTON 2016 Nicole Kenney the theme determines the an - Staff Writer nual logo, the opening and clos - ing ceremonies, and the topic of is year, anime and sports many panel discussions within will collide at Anime Boston the convention. For 2016, the 2016 on Mar. 25 through Mar. theme is Undōkai: Sports Day. 27. Anime Boston is an annual In the recent years, a major convention that, in addition to trend in anime has been sports. Japanese anime, celebrates all Sport animes have topped the March 9: forms of animation and enter - charts in popularity and elicited tainment. is convention is a high number of sports-inspired National Napping Day held for one weekend, Friday cosplays at Anime Boston 2015. through Sunday, in the spring From swimming, to volleyball, to at the Hynes Convention Center basketball, anime has it covered within the Prudential Center in and Anime Boston has chosen to Boston, Massachusetts. highlight this phenomenon. eduinreview.com Convention goers o en at - Special guests attend An - tend Anime Boston in costumes, ime Boston each year and o en or “cosplays,” of almost any char - include anime directors, Pius char - Nikki Cyan Cyan acter possible. Others who attend acter designers, anime voice ac - Anime Boston may be artists tors, and Japanese musicians. Magenta Magenta planning on selling their artwork is year, the convention will Nikki Pius and Andy Monahan cosplaying Attack on Titan. in the Artist’s Alley. e rest may welcome anime directors Kyo - What's Inside: attend to take part in the panel hei Ishigurio and Yukiko Aikei, 6-ish years, the Animation and In addition to animation ap - discussions, anime or movie musicians ALI PROJECT and Art Forms club has been going preciation, Pius said, “[ e club] News | Front & 2-5 viewings, Japanese rock con - nano. RIPE, and a plethora of [to] Anime Boston. Since our also [goes] to Anime Boston to certs, contests, and autographing English-dubbed anime voice ac - club focuses on the di erent ani - show how the members of the Penmen Abroad | 6 events. Last year marked Anime tors. Southern New Hampshire mation forms and how anima - club can relate their majors back Black Boston’s highest count of attend - University’s Animation and Art tion di ers and stays the same, to the real world. Many students Arts & Entertainment | 7-9 ees surpassing 27,000, and it is Forms Club will be attending Anime Boston is a great way for who are part of the Animation only expected to grow this year. Anime Boston 2016. our club to experience a form of and Art Forms Club are video Creative | 10 Every year, Anime Boston Senior and club president animation that we all love and game majors or creative writing/ has a theme to its convention; Nikki Pius said, “For the past enjoy.” English majors.” Penmen Corner | 11 Opinion | 12-13 revitalizing manchester's rex theater Health & Wellness | 14 Melanie Friese hall to transform and give back Copy Editor to the greater Manchester com - Sports | 15-16 munity. e historic Rex eatre lo - In a promotional video for cated on 23 Amherst Street in the project, Matt Wilhelm said, downtown Manchester is up for “We saw rsthand the power of bid. e Manchester Develop - music to bring people together Featuring: ment Corporation (MDC) pur - and make a di erence in local chased the property in January communities around the world... SNHU Ambassadors | Page 2 and is looking for a business to this 350 seat not-for-pro t per - renovate and operate the former formance space and commu - Women's History Month theatre as a part of their ongoing nity center would... [support] the | Page 4 project to revitalize Manchester greater Manchester community neighborhoods. Productions Sol Old beyond just being a concert ven - What is Penmen Cash? | Page 5 In their request for proposals, ue.” the MDC said that they have “the Old Sol Music Hall would do Culture Abroad | Page 6 goal of seeing it transformed into three things to support its mis - a venue for live music, theatre, sion: donate $1 per ticket to a do - e Legend of Zelda | Page 8 movies, community events or nor advised organization through another creative concept that will Historic Rex eatre in Manchester in need of renovation. their More an Music Fund, e Ugly Truth | Page 12 transform this building and im - organize a donation drive at ev - prove Manchester’s downtown.” posal to renovate the Rex eater and Jody Wilhelm, along with ery show, and facilitate pre-show e Mumps | Page 14 ey are accepting proposals un - and turn it into Old Sol Music other members of Old Sol Pro - service projects for student orga - til Tuesday, Mar. 15 at 4 p.m. Hall, Inc. e music hall would ductions, want to restore the the - nizations, patrons, community Men's Basketball Earns Old Sol Productions, Limit - lease the building from Old Sol ater and transform it into a posi - members, and other civic groups. Big Wins | Page 16 ed-Liability Company (LLC), a Productions and would operate tive social hub for the city. eir new company looking to build a the venue as a not-for-pro t. tagline, “More an Music,” rep - . music venue, is working on a pro - Manchester residents Matt resents their vision for the music Please continue to page 2. 1 news The Penmen Press Staff 2015-2016 SNHU AMBASSADORS work with CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF Bryan Creevy [email protected] bREAKTHRough manchester CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF & Tyler Leighton Melanie Friese ARTS & [email protected] ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Copy Editor MANAGING ASSISTANT Brendon DiBiasio Southern New Hampshire [email protected] University (SNHU) Presidential Ambassadors collaborated with ADVERTISING EDITOR Ceilene Mitchell Breakthrough Manchester to put [email protected] on an inspirational Hero Art Day program for Breakthrough students ADVERTISING EDITOR Jaime Mailloux at the Derry eld School in Man - [email protected] chester on Saturday, Mar. 5. CO-COPY EDITOR Melanie Friese e SNHU Presidential Am - [email protected] bassadors are a group of 12 students who act as liaisons between the CO-COPY EDITOR Rebecca LeBoeuf university president and the stu - Melanie Friese Melanie [email protected] dent body. Recently, the group has started to do more outreach to the CO-LAYOUT EDITOR Laurelann Easton greater Manchester community. [email protected] Breakthrough Manchester is an CO-LAYOUT EDITOR May Mullen academic and leadership program Nate Fournier and Olivia Imprescia in a Breakthrough classroom. that works with a group of approxi - Cyan Cyan Cyan [email protected] mately 60 middle school students to roes, or a characteristic of a hero. not-for-pro t dedicated to human NEWS EDITOR Nicole Clark teach and inspire them. A er the activity, the students rights, bringing hope to children in- Magenta Magenta Magenta Magenta [email protected] High school students teach the and ambassadors gathered in the need, and providing young people students throughout the summer in McIninch Room in the Derry eld the opportunities to get involved in OPINION EDITOR Jesiree Carrera various academic subjects including School to see the performance of their communities and make a dif - [email protected] math, English, foreign languages, Rob Surette, an artist famous for his ference in the world. and science. e teachers develop speed paintings. Surette performed Surette said, “If I reach just one HEALTH & WELLNESS Kayla Durant his show, “Be Somebody,” in which kid in the audience, it makes this all EDITOR [email protected] lesson plans and work with stu - dents to supplement their regular he speed paints many easily recog - worth it. I would rather perform on Black Black SPORTS EDITOR Matthew Martin education. During the school year, nizable gures from history, includ - a Saturday than have a day o .” [email protected] students and teachers meet on a few ing Mother Teresa, Martin Luther e idea of the day was to get Saturdays that the program calls Su - King Jr., Albert Einstein, Rosa students to focus on heroes and the CREATIVE EDITOR Katerina Wilhelmi per Saturdays. Parks, and Abraham Lincoln. characteristics of heroes, and then [email protected] Seniors Melanie Friese and Ali - “It was a pleasure working with to make them act on their dreams. cia Frazier, two Presidential Ambas - the SNHU Ambassadors for this e entire day was an inspirational FACULTY ADVISER Jon Boroshok sadors, coordinated the event with event. All of our experiences work - event that encouraged these stu - [email protected] Breakthrough Manchester. As lead - ing with SNHU have been wonder - dents to pursue their dreams, be an EDITOR ABROAD Megan Palmer ers in the SNHU community, the ful,” said Becky Berk, Director of inspirational person, and make a [email protected] Presidential Ambassadors wanted Breakthrough. di erence in the world. to meet and talk to the children and “Working with the Break - e SNHU Ambassadors’ work EDITOR ABROAD Annie Boghigian teenagers about what it means to through program was a great expe - with Breakthrough Manchester is [email protected] be a hero and the characteristics of rience,” said Frazier. “Painting and just one example of how groups of a hero. talking with the kids about their he - SNHU students reach out to the e SNHU Ambassadors roes was eye opening and ground - greater Manchester community, e Southern New Hampshire University Penmen Press is a news publication bought small canvasses, paint, and ing. Heroes ranged from mom and and make a di erence.