Volume XXII, Issue 4 November 4, 2015 [email protected] Manchester, NH homecoming: Do You Believe In Magic? Nicole Clark News Editor Alex Del Greco Sta Writer A magical weekend took place at Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) 2015 Homecoming. November 4: This annual Homecoming Appreciate Your Elders Day was held Oct. 16 through Oct. 18 and was run by Alumni Engagement and Student Involvement Teams. Each year, this event is held to bring the SNHU Cyan parature.com Community together through fun, games, and other Magenta Magenta Cyan Cyan activities. SGA To kick off the weekend, Magenta Magenta there was an alumni, family, e Green Space lled with students, family, and friends to enjoy the activities and festivities as well and friends golf tournament as the brisk fall weather. that was held at Passaconway What's Inside: Country Club in Litchfield. Hospitality Building, and a the fifth annual homecoming and carnival rides. There were many workshop on how to use 3D 5K run/walk to start off the The new green space was Black innovative workshops like printers which took place in day. Then a street fair lined News | Front & 3-5 showcasing hands-on baking Black library. the middle of campus with of pizza and chocolate at the On Saturday, there was games, pumpkin painting, Please continue to page 2. Editorials | 2 Opinion | 6-7 ASCD Holds first annual conference Arts & Entertainment | 8 Megan Palmer the Gap Between Home and Copy Editor Creative | 9 School for Non-English Speakers”. Students attended the sessions that 1 e Association forbest pertained to the interests of Health & Wellness | 10 Supervision and Curriculum the student. Development (ASCD) student e schedule included keynote Sports |11 11-12 chapter at Southern New speaker Nabil Migalli who spoke Hampshire University (SNHU) about multicultural perspectives held their rst annual conference in education. His presentation on Oct. 24 in the Academic Center. allowed for audience participation Featuring: e brainchild of ASCD and for students to share their President Renée Morrissette, the opinion and ideas about diversity conference was formed with the Editorial | Page 2 in the classroom. goal of bringing new ideasfrom the Lunch gave the students in New Sound on the Block| Page 3 eld to students. attendance the ability to discuss Morrissette stated how the what they had learned with each Battleship Recap | Page 5 aim of this conference was for other and to share their thoughts upcoming educators, not ones about the day. Rogers Audrey Ugly Truth | Page 6 already in the eld. Unlike many Elementary Education Major conferences she had attended, this and frehman Dakota Hamele Bathroom Navigation | Page 7 new ASCD endeavor was "about had positive comments regarding the students. It's geared towards Net ick of the Week | Page 8 the conference's importance. She students." stated, “It helps me to prepare Education Majors having lunch at the ASCD Conference. Fit Tip | Page 10 e day featured breako today to be a better teacher sessions for students to attend. tomorrow.” personal experiences. “I keep doing it because I learn Men's Golf | Page 11 ese were geared towards the e day concluded with a When asked why they more from the kids. Every year. emerging educator featuring panel discussion featuring the keep doing what they’re Why would I want to do anything Soccer Wrap-Up | Page 12 topics such as “Opening the Doors speakers from the day. is doing in education despite the else? All these families that touch for Your First Job”, “Surviving portion provided students the struggles, educator Tina Proulx you. It doesn’t feel like a job.” Your First Year Teaching”, and opportunity ask questions and (McLaughlin Middle School) ASCD ew high on the success “Cultural Story Telling: Bridging for the presenters to share their ended the day with the response, of their rst conference. 1 editorial The Penmen Press Staff It's not all doom and gloom 2015-2016 e Penmen Press is a submitted by students outside things go right, students don’t publication that di ers from of our organization. ey are have an opinion. When things any other on Southern New oen written in frustration, are xed, students don’t have Hampshire University’sanger, and sometimes even an opinion. CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF Bryan Creevy (SNHU) campus. is is with a bit of malice (we tend We wanted to acknowledge [email protected] because students o en come to not to print those ones). that the Penmen Press has been CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF Tyler Leighton us with problems and concerns But what we rarely print given the joy to see that a lot of [email protected] that they have about the events are articles about the solutions what we have been critical of in on campus. to those problems. at tends our opinion section this year is MANAGING ASSISTANT Brendon DiBiasio We at the Penmen Press to be because the solutions being addressed. [email protected] feel that printing these stories aren’t nearly as divisive to the We’ve had meeting and is one of the primary duties of student body as the problems. been sent emails showing us ADVERTISING MANAGER Ceilene Mitchell our publication. We’re able to No student is going to be that the University, Facilities, [email protected] give students the platform to opinionated when more Wi-Fi and the sta members on vocalize their opinions of the access points are added campus. campus are thinking about ADVERTISING MANAGER Jaime Mailloux campus as a whole in ways that ey’re going to be angry and what we write and taking it very [email protected] will get more recognition than motivated to write when they seriously. posts on Twitter or YikYak. can’t connect to the Wi-Fi to do So thank you to every CO-COPY EDITOR Megan Palmer is year, we’ve printed their homework. member of the sta and faculty [email protected] articles critiquing parking on In short, opinion is o en that have been reading our campus, construction updates, a section that is predicated on rants and tirades. CO-COPY EDITOR Rebecca LeBoeuf and the ever popular and what’s abnormal. On what we ank you for reading our [email protected] present story, “What’s the Deal perceive as being aws, and passionate arguments and Cyan Cyan with SNHU Internet?” what we believe needs more recognizing that the opinions of NEWS EDITOR Nicole Clark ese opinion pieces are attention by the campus. the student body are important. Cyan [email protected] Magenta Magenta constantly brought up in We wanted to write this And lastly, thank you for our meetings and are o en editorial to recognize that when supporting the Penmen Press. OPINION EDITOR Jesiree Carrera Magenta [email protected] ARTS & Tyler Leighton Homecoming ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR [email protected] Continued from Page 1 Black HEALTH & WELLNESS Annie Boghigian EDITOR [email protected] used to show off many Black organizations working SPORTS EDITOR Matthew Martin in collaboration. It had [email protected] bounce houses, obstacle courses, and food trucks to CREATIVE EDITOR Katerina Wilhelmi check out too. There were [email protected] also giant hamster balls that students could climb 2 FACULTY ADVISER Jon Boroshok into and race with one [email protected] another. Freshmen A. Cuddy said, “As I glanced at the carnival rides I surveyed a SGA e Southern New Hampshire University Penmen Press is a news publication produced by Southern New Hampshire University students and funded largely by the sea of jubilant faces from Student Government Association of the University. It is our responsibility to inform kids and parents alike.” SGA’s Homecoming Penmen Pride Polaroid Project winners the SNHU community about events on and around campus. e Penmen Press To wrap up the night, Brianna Ouellette, Arianna Woodward & Kimberley Withers. will print any material found to be factual and in good taste by the editorial sta of SNHU festured fireworks, the paper. e views published do not necessarily re ect the views of Southern New Magician Michael Kent, Hampshire University. e Penmen Press is published biweekly during the academic and Big Money Bingo. year and is printed by the Concord Monitor. To contact the newspaper, please e-mail Many families and us at [email protected]. friends attended this event and there was something for everybody to enjoy. Shannon Conway a freshman at SNHU said, “Homecoming this year was great! Having my family and my best friend We are looking to ll several editorial positions for the 2015-2016 academic school year. We would like to ll these positions ASAP in order to provide the there was really specialGreco Del to Alex proper training. Positions that are available for application and interviews are: me.” Homecoming presented Sta Writers | We are always looking for new sta writers and contributors to the Penmen Press! No interview or application for these positions necessary. an opportunity for students with their family If interested, please e-mail [email protected] with your information! and friends to enjoy all SNHU has to offer. Fireworks celebrate the SNHU Community in vibrant color. 2 news New sound on the block call me crazy Bridget Downy Lexi Emerson differently. They’re not fond Sta Writer Sta Writer of rules and they have no re - spect for the status quo. You For years, the Last Chap - On Monday Nov. 9 at 8 can quote them, you can dis - ter Pub in the Student Center p.m. in the Last Chapter Pub, agree with them you can glo - has been the on-campus hot Coordinators of Activities and rify or vilify them.