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Zumba! Zumba!
 Zumba! Zumba!

[Apr 24th 2012] Click to Watch Video From far away you can hear booming, fast paced, and simply fun Latino music! Then you walk into the dance studio and you notice hips swinging side to side, laughs echoing from the w... - read on...

Video Minecraft Xbox 360 Release

[Apr 24th 2012] Minecraft is set to be released on its second platform on May 9th of this year. Markus “Notch” Persson created the computer game Minecraft. He released it in a trial mode on May 17, 2009 and in another in December 2010. Throughout this prelimina... - read on...

Was It Worth It?

[Apr 24th 2012] After pulling an all-night with my girlfriend, we discussed, was what we spent the last four years of our life in school for, really what we want to do for the rest of it? I honestly don’t know. I didn’t always want to be a sports broadcaste... - read on...

Husson and NESCom Students Learn the Importance of Internships
Husson and NESCom Students Learn the Importance of Internships

[Apr 17th 2012] Photo Credit: Susan Jonason Husson student Katie Kenney posing with students enjoying a trip at the Challenger Learning Center of Maine! Graduation season is quickly approaching for seniors. While this is another milestone for many, gra... - read on...

Parenting Through College
 Parenting Through College

[Apr 15th 2012] Husson University does not have a day care center nor are there any special dormitory accommodations made for students who may have children. It's good to become educated and realize what these students go through and how they deal with life as ... - read on...

A Wedding on a College Budget
 A Wedding on a College Budget

[Apr 10th 2012] Weddings aren't cheap, and surprisingly enough quite a few people get married while paying for college. They manage to save the time and money in order to plan and pay for their dream weddings. According to a recent survey by The Knot the average... - read on...

Lecture Classes vs. Hands-on Learning Classes
Lecture Classes vs. Hands-on Learning Classes

[Apr 03rd 2012] College is an opportunity for students to develop into young adults and develop their own learning style. Some students prefer lecture classes, while others prefer learning hands on and being involved in the classroom. Out of a group of 15 peo... - read on...

A GBLT on RYE Pride Week
 A GBLT on RYE Pride Week

[Apr 03rd 2012] Pride is something everyone deserves, but when you are different that can be hard to attain. For the gay community, pride week is a way to celebrate yourself and who you are. Allies, Gay, BiSexual, Lesbian, Trans* on Real Youth Education, (A GBLT ... - read on...

Editorial: Sexual Violence on College Campuses

[Mar 31st 2012] Sexual assault continues to plague college campuses, and little is being done about it. According to the Chicago Tribune, “a survey of six schools in Illinois and Indiana found that police investigated 171 reported sex crimes since the fall of... - read on...

Never Give Up.
Never Give Up.

[Mar 27th 2012] “You would have to live with yourself if you quit. As long as you give it everything you’ve got, at least you gave it your all,” says Micky Ward, “you are faced with daily choices, sometimes easy, others hard. Don’t let quitting be an option.” ... - read on...

Textbook Budgeting

[Mar 27th 2012] Textbooks are not cheap, but they are necessary. The average cost of a college textbook in the academic year from 2007-2008 was $57, according to the National Association of College Stores; the average spending on textbooks per student per year ... - read on...

Penny Wars

[Mar 27th 2012] It started the week before spring break. Students were getting geared up for mid-terms and were going about their business. But within the Greek organizations a war broke out. The penny wars, is a competition between each Greek Organization... - read on...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a Reflection of the Movie Industry
 The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a Reflection of the Movie Industry

[Mar 20th 2012] Remember back to the first day of high school, and the uncertainty that surrounded that day. Now imagine that you had no friends. Being a teenager and an outcast, and starting high school are the experiences of Charlie in the book,The Perks of Bei... - read on...

A Parents Influence
A Parents Influence

[Mar 20th 2012] Photo Credit: Cody Watkins Choosing a college can be a difficult decision for many graduating high school students. For some students, choosing a major is even more difficult. With parenting pressures and high expectations, these students h... - read on...

Unexpected Perseverance: Yury Nabokov
 Unexpected Perseverance: Yury Nabokov

[Mar 13th 2012]   Raised in Krasnoyarsk, a Russian ghetto, Yury Nabokov thought it was normal that almost every kid in the block had a relative in jail. Now, he is living his dream of studying at an American university, with a new dream of becoming a citizen of t... - read on...

Quaker Silent Worship in the Chapel

[Feb 28th 2012] It was silent as the meeting began. It felt like there should have been an organ or piano, with voices singing praise, as it was a religious gathering after all. However, this was a Quaker meeting, and they worship through silence. According ... - read on...

College Headaches

[Feb 28th 2012] It’s every college student’s nightmare realizing this isn’t what he or she wants to do with the rest of their lives. Many students think that switching majors is an easy process, but little do they know that it may require students to double t... - read on...

Video Video: Why Maine has had less snow than past years

[Feb 20th 2012] BANGOR -- Maine is one of the hardest states to predict the weather forecast. Chief Meterologist Todd Simcox at WABI-TV Five in Bangor talks about why this year we have had less snow then in past years. “This year is more of a La Nina year, and... - read on...

Behind the Scenes with Kissy

[Dec 15th 2011] This article was originally published in The Spectator, March 2010. This past year has been an eventful one for Husson University’s Kissy Walker. A year with a North Atlantic Conference Championship, NAC Coach of the Year Award, coaching the N... - read on...

From the Thought Book

[Dec 15th 2011] This article was originally published in the Spectator, March 2010. Those that ran for office would have lasted longer if they walked instead. It is romantic to give someone flowers...It is love to give them water to put the flowers in. ... - read on...

How to Help a friend with an Eating Disorder

[Dec 15th 2011] This article was originally published in March of 2010, The Spectator This past February was the month when the National Eating Disorders Association had a week committed to raising awareness about the dangers surrounding eating disorders as we... - read on...

Enjoy Sunny Health With the "Sunshine Vitamin"

[Dec 15th 2011] This article was originally published in March 2010, The Spectator. Living in Maine can be a beautiful thing, but when it comes to our health, we can become deficient in a very important vitamin that comes from that bright fireball in the sky.... - read on...

The Real McCoy
 The Real McCoy

[Dec 15th 2011] 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 Aleutia... - read on...

Race for the Cure

[Oct 30th 2011] The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure is a 5 K (3.1 mile) race or walk in downtown Bangor and other cities around the world that brings people together to support breast cancer research, breast survivors, their families and friends. On S... - read on...

A War Within

[Oct 15th 2011] “Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. It can no longer be of concern to great powers alone. For a nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the gre... - read on...

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