GBLT Puts on a Drag Show
By: Chris Bouchard
BANGOR – On April 1st a very special cross-dressing event was held at the Furman Center on the Husson/Nescom Campus, courtesy of GBLT. GBLT is a Gay Straight Alliance group on campus, and it certainly showed that they put a remarkable amount of effort into the drag show. Not only did [...]
UMaine To Be Smoke Free By 2012
By: Robert Nesbitt
ORONO – After three years of research the University of Maine has put together a plan that would slowly introduce the idea of being a smoke free campus by 2012. The schools smoke free initiative is a three-year plan according to UMaine Director of Alcohol and Substance Abuse services Lauri [...]
NESCOM’s Mandate for Apple Requirements Is On Hiatus
By: Nikky Raney
(Bangor) – The decision to mandate Apple computers to New England School of Communications’ incoming freshmen has been postponed.
In the beginning of the spring semester a survey was taken by 292 students regarding the Apple mandate. The survey featured nine questions including “Would the purchase of [...]
Treasure Hunting Comes To Life
By: Alicia Strusa
BANGOR -Fishing, canoeing, rock-climbing and many more outdoor activities are involved in the spring and summer seasons.
There’s another popular activity added and students who take part in it regularly have spread the word.
It’s called geocaching.
Geocaching, pronounced geo-cashing, is a worldwide game of [...]
Future of Journalism
By: Andrew Heywood
New York City, NY -
What is the future of journalism? What will the future journalist look like and how will they work? These are great questions for a time like now. A time where the economy is hurting forcing news papers to stop going to press and rely on the internet; [...]
Student Activities Persona
By: Kenn Merchant
Calling organizations and locales to schedule an event is harder work than it may appear to be. After talking with Anne Schmidt from the Student Activities office, it turns out there is more work involved in setting up the big event calendar that students depend on for pastimes.
Despite advertisements [...]
The Real McCoy
By: Leigh-Anne Hurley
Dutch Harbor, Alaska – Port to the hardened crab fishermen who take on the Bering Sea to bring back a catch. It is also home to world traveler and resilient climber Scott Darsney, who is based in Dutch, which is located on the remote Aleutian Island. Darsney, who is a native New Englander, [...]
Tess Gerritsen To Lecture at Husson University
By: Tiffany Harvey
As a member of the Criminal Justice Club students have many opportunities to engage in various activities that enrich our campus. For example, last spring the club held a car wash to raise money for a book fund for Criminal Justice majors. The club also collected coats last fall [...]
Husson Goes Green
By: Leigh-Anne Hurley
It does not take much to notice the amount of litter on the planet, let alone on the campus of Husson University and the New England School of Communications. All a person needs to do is walk through the Campus Center at night or on the weekend to see loose [...]
Gold And Silver Honors Awarded to NESCOM
By: Patricia Plourde
The New England School of Communications was recently recognized with a total of six awards from two industry groups.
First, from the Service Industry Advertising Awards (SIAA) NESCom received Silver awards for our School Video, a Merit award for our Meet & Tweet Campaign, and a Merit Award for [...]
