NESCom Students Learn at The Bangor Daily News

On November 3, 2009, seven journalism and radio broadcast students from The New England School of Communications went with advisor Anne O’Reilly to The Bangor Daily news to cover the election and produce coverage for 89.3FM WHSN.

Bruins Falling Rapidly

To say the Boston Bruins have had a surprising, albeit disappointing, first half of the season is an understatement. Though many top ranked teams were struggling at the beginning of the season, Boston has not been able to find its footing, as they previously have been able to do. With the Buffalo Sabres having a surprisingly great season, the Bruins are falling fast in the rankings after picked to be a top five team in the league.

NESCom Writer Publishes Novel

Twilight and Harry Potter may have a new fiction series to compete with called the Xsardis Chronicles. Book one of the series called “Issym” came out in November and the author, 17-year-old Jessie Mae Hodsdon, is barely older than the main characters Seth and Rachel. “They, like many kids, have an imagination where dragons, fairies and the like exist. When they grow up they get sucked into this world they imagined,” Hodsdon says. While on the mystical continent of Issym, Seth …

Couselor’s Corner

Once upon a time, there was…

Once upon a time, there was a man, who in his wisdom, guided many. Not all, to whom he offered his guidance, liked him or his words. Perhaps that’s because he was a judge by profession. By nature, Judge William Silsby was a gentle, kind and brilliant man.

What enduring wisdom can we borrow from Judge Silsby? There are two major characteristics that immediately come to my mind. The first is virtue and the other is integrity.

Virtue is …