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Brand New Student Organization: VOX

Women’s rights on the UNH campus just took a big step forward.

VOX, or Voices of Planned Parenthood, is an organization for raising awareness for some controversial feminist issues such as positive body images and reproductive rights, and was recently founded on UNH campus by activists Hannah Dooling, Jess Wojenski, Emily Sorey, and Emily Dickman. 

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Swing Dance

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Obama to Renew Drive for Cuts in Nuclear Arms

In a move that I certainly didn't anticipate, Obama stated that his State of the Union address will have at least a partial focus on reducing the world's nuclear arsenal, of which the US had cut a a full third of its arsenal already.

He is unlikely to put out any specific numbers during the address, but officials say it will brought down to, hopefully, around 1,000 standing nuclear weapons, which will drop the current total down about 700. It seems like an odd move from Mr. Obama, but the political ramifications and likely retaliation from the republican party from this stance will make themselves known in full after he makes his speech on Tuesday.

Big Snow in the Big City

After the unfortunate affair with the snowstorm leaving our class stranded at UNH and unable to attend the conference, I thought I would talk about what happened on the Boston end of this system.

They got hit harder than UNH did, if that is to be believable, with a whooping 24.9 inches of snow, which closed down Logan airport for almost 24 hours Friday to Saturday. As of today, the city itself still has many unplowed, narrow, or dead end streets, which is Mayor Meninos' first priority for tonight into Monday. Had our class actually attempted to go to the conference (which was cancelled both in terms of our trip and as an event) there would have been no parking due to the snow emergency and winter parking bans.
















Photo from Boston Globe

Attack of the Grammar Corrections

I find myself more and more correcting other peoples grammar as we delve deeper into this course. IN fact, just today my friend told me she was "disinviting me from he cabin this summer" and I couldn't help but correct her (it's uninviting). I think it is possible I was doing this before, but because I'm actually having to focus on the minute details of grammar I am beginning to notice it more.

Surprisingly enough is actually causing some issues, not huge ones, but people are noticeably more edgy when I make a comment of that nature and are quick to mock if I make make a grammatical mistake myself, which is fine because I can take what I dish out, but it is interesting to note.

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You never know what "will" happen next? I think?

Guns in Mass

If there is one thing that will usually get me riled up about something, its guns. The fact that our country has such an obvious, pressing using in the form of gun control and we are doing so little about it is truly terrifying on some level and sad for all of those who have died at the hands of gun violence.

(Boston Globe Guns) Even the state held up as a pillar of gun control, Massachusetts, has seen an increase of gun violence since they passed a series of gun control laws in 1998. Unfortunately, it would appear as if guns are being funneled from out of state, particularly New Hampshire and Maine and other states with more lax gun control. Gun control advocates are calling for stricter gun control in other states to protect what Massachusetts is trying to do.

Below is an info graphic provided by the Boston globe in conjunction with their article.

John Kerry, reports for position as Secretary of State

As of today, John Kerry official takes the position of Secretary of State. He has a lot to live up to from his predecessor  Hillary Clinton. In his own words saying he had "large heels to fill." Pun aside, this is a big moment for this country and for Kerry himself.

After reading the article on the Boston Globe (Big Heels To Fill), I was a little confused as to the importance of the story Kerry told about living in Berlin and crossing the Iron Curtain. It had some pertinence to the story, I suppose, but if I were the editor I would have possibly looked twice at it before moving it to print, as the article itself was a short one to begin with, and some of the facts could have been more rounded out and beefed up a bit.