BY ANTHONY CAVARRETTASTAFF WRITER The women’s ice hockey team continued to make history as they defeated Saint Anselm College with a score of 1-0 to capture the 2020 New England Women’s Hockey Alliance title in their inaugural season on Sunday, Feb. 23. The championship win marks the first Division I…
Posts published in February 2020
BY JADE BURNSSTAFF WRITER At the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year, the Student Body Boutique moved to its new location across from Starbucks in Hillwood Commons, and now the store is in the process of a branding evolution. In the fall semester, the Boutique went through change of board…
BY CHANEL LUBSEYSTAFF WRITER Editor’s Note: Michael Atkinson is the professor of the JOU 41 Newspaper Laboratory course. In a poll conducted by The Pioneer on Feb. 23, it was determined that 77 percent of students and alumni have referred to the rating website RateMyProfessor.com before choosing a professor or…
BY EMMA ROBINSONSTAFF WRITER Resident Assistants (RA) in Post Hall started a new program that promotes going meatless every Monday. Sabina Muharemovic, senior nursing major, started the program in the spring 2020 semester because she is vegan and learned a lot in her health classes about how meat is often…
BY SOPHIA STRAUSSSTAFF WRITER The Pioneer reported on the loss of trees along Chipmunk Trail on Feb. 5. Since then, Roy Fergus, director of facilities, elaborated on the diminished forestry, and Dr. Wendy Ryden, professor of English, submitted a letter to the editors explaining the environmental consequences caused by their…
BY LEAH ARROYOSTAFF WRITER Promise staff members hosted Cultural Explosion on Thursday, Feb. 20 in Hillwood Commons. The annual event celebrates different cultures from around the world. This year Promise held “Taste of Promise” where everyone in the office brought dishes from their own specific culture. “We did our best…
BY CHANEL LUBSEYSTAFF WRITER Valentine’s Day may be over, but love could still be in the air. The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity is hosting a speed dating event called Matchmaker on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:11 p.m. in the Hillwood Commons Fishbowl. “What’s in store is for everyone to have…
BY JILLIAN MEHTAASST. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Film program alum Brian DiLorenzo (‘10), released his first feature film “Myth” in 2019. The movie is currently circulating around film festivals and has won several awards. The film takes place in upstate New York where aspiring filmmaker Alex, played by Nick Tucci,…
BY DYLAN VALICFEATURES EDITOR The Esports Club and the Rainbow Alliance are hosting a game night on Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Endzone. Admission will be $5 and food from Abeetza and Buffalo Wild Wings will be served to everyone in attendance. The event will feature different card and board…
BY SOPHIA STRAUSSSTAFF WRITER The sculpture gallery hosted the art of Emily Schmitz, first year MFA in fine art, from Monday, Feb. 17 to Friday, Feb. 21. Schmitz titled her exhibition, “Embrace,” to encourage viewers to imagine warmth and hugs. The artist said she felt as though when a person…