Girl, 10, injured in jet skiing accident Jul 15, 2007
The event, Climb it for the Climate, was organized by a group of New Hampshire college students to protest President Bush's environmental policy, said Bonnie Hemphill, one of the organizers. Amesbury Nuclear power plant's alarm malfunctions Police said they received hundreds of calls after false alarms from the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. (Boston Globe)
History Lessons Jul 14, 2007
Mr. Burns recalls taking only one history class while studying at Hampshire College, but was always interested in filmmaking. His Brooklyn origins called to him when making his first film, the Academy Award-nominated The Brooklyn Bridge, inspired by David McCullough's book The Great Bridge (Simon & Schuster, 1972). (Allentown Messenger Press, NJ)
Revolution aren't half bad Jul 8, 2007
Some spectacular stops by Preston Burpo, a former New Hampshire College goalkeeper, off point-blank headers preserved the tie for Chivas USA (6-5-3, 21 points). "We talked about it at halftime," said Ralston, whose corner kick produced his 114th assist, tying Carlos Valderrama's MLS career record. (Boston Globe)
Be patient with Oden, Blazers Jul 7, 2007
SI.com - Writers - Ian Thomsen: Be patient with Oden, Trail Blazers - Friday July 6, 2007 2:52PM. Just a little patience. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Soccer Camp, featuring well-renowned coaches, ready to kick into gear Jul 5, 2007
A 1991 graduate of New Hampshire College, Ofoje was a two-time Division II All-American and was named MVP for his 1989 National Championship team. Ofoje holds a United States Soccer Federation A license. (Crystal River Citrus County Chronicle, FL)
Shen 2006 grad opens solo art exhibit Jun 30, 2007
After graduating from Shen in 2006, the Halfmoon resident continued on with her course work that fall at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. She is majoring in dance, art, and child psychology. (Community News Weekly, NY)
Chivas USA shores up team with Cuban players Jun 29, 2007
Galindo played a season with the Seattle Sounders, surviving a broken cheekbone after a collision with former New Hampshire College goalkeeper Preston Burpo, now a teammate, in a preseason exhibition. Galindo joined Chivas USA this year, his soccer instincts and speed making him an effective complement to Ante Razov. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Clayton Hubbs, 70, teacher of literature, lover of travel Jun 24, 2007
"It is a beautiful, peaceful place full of tranquility," said his wife, Joanna, a retired professor of Russian history at Hampshire College ... Dr. Hubbs taught English literature at Hampshire College in Amherst from 1972 to 1989, when he retired to concentrate on his magazine ... That year they moved to Massachusetts, where he took a position as an English literature professor at Hampshire College and was also an international studies adviser. (Boston Globe)
Business briefs Jun 21, 2007
MacInnis, a resident of Hampton, N.H., holds a Master's in Business Administration from New Hampshire College as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire. She is currently on the Board of A Safe Place and holds the position of Treasurer. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
NBC 10 Presents Scholarships and Savings Bonds To Students Attending the Station's Adopted Schools Jun 20, 2007
The students are Hannah Horwitz who plans to attend Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and Andrew Dryden who will be attending Penn State in University Park. Furlong also presented 2 Conrad Middle School students in Wilmington, Delaware, with a $100 Savings Bond on Monday, June 4th. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Behind the Che bandannas, shades of potential militias Jun 18, 2007
The collective is among the most prominent of more than 40 groups, many of them armed and organized around various schools of leftist thought, that function throughout 23 de Enero, a sprawling housing complex interspersed with makeshift hovels, said Alejandro Velasco, a historian at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, who specializes in Venezuelan leftist movements. The decaying modernist rectangular apartment blocks, a Le Corbusier-inspired project built in the 1950s, have long been a... (International Herald Tribune)
Frager Announces Coaching Staff Hires For Stags Women's Basketball Team Jun 12, 2007
From 1999-2005 he was the head women's basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire College, a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. Masi then joined Frager for the first time, as an assistant coach at Southern Connecticut State University, helping the Owls to a national ranking of 14. (Fairfieldstags.com)
N.H. rejects change to college standards called for by Spellings Jun 12, 2007
Thomas Horgan, president and chief executive officer of the New Hampshire College and University Council, said he agrees colleges need to be more transparent about their spending. Students also need much more financial aid, especially in New Hampshire, where the average student debt for graduates is $22,793, nearly twice the national average. (Concord Monitor)
Foot soldiers in election battle Jun 6, 2007
Greg Boguslavsky, chairman of the New Hampshire College Republicans group, says his recruits are "in for the long haul". Frequent visits by candidates to state campuses, including one by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee last week, are helping to keep the students - many of whom will be voting for the first time - highly motivated, he adds. (BBC News -- Americas)
When Porn Stars Get Offended May 30, 2007
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Espada: The Republic of Poetry May 26, 2007
Hampshire College Commencement Address ... To the graduates, their families, the faculty and staff of Hampshire College ... Speaking of which, let us thank the janitors of Hampshire College. (Zmag.org)
Yesterday's commencements May 20, 2007
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Amherst. GRADUATES: 325. (Boston Globe)
Hello, Dalai: Buddhist leader makes a stop in Stamford May 11, 2007
The visit was organized by Smith College, Hampshire College and the Tibetan Association of Western Massachusetts. It was held in honor of the Five College Tibetan Studies in India, an exchange program with exiled Tibetan students in India, which was started by Hampshire College. (Stamford Advocate)
Dalai Lama: Quietly Serious, And Funny May 10, 2007
The Dalai Lama's message of human kindness and religious tolerance was particularly well received by a crowd made up of members of Tibetan associations from around New England and students and faculty from Smith and Hampshire College, which sponsored the event. The Dalai Lama, a Buddhist, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet, which was occupied by China in 1959; since then the Dalai Lama has resided in northern India, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. (Hartford Courant)
Family says shooting did not stem from argument May 9, 2007
His roommate, Michael Dyke, killed himself as police responded to the shooting at the New Hampshire college early Friday morning. The college had posted a message to the Keene State Web site saying that police believed the shooting stemmed from an argument. (Newsday -- State)
Playing politics on campuses May 6, 2007
"I heard today that Kucinich filed papers to impeach Cheney," said Josh Stuhr, a member of the University of New Hampshire College Democrats, before a group meeting a couple of weeks ago. "I think the Democrats are avoiding that because of what happened last time," said Laura Jones, president of the group. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Klare: Warships Everywhere May 5, 2007
Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and author of. . (Zmag.org)
Elizabeth Edwards: My Husband Will Do More to Help Women May 2, 2007
Earlier, Elizabeth Edwards told Southern New Hampshire College students that empowering women is about more than seeing women attain high offices. It's about providing higher wages, health care and educational opportunities to women at the margins of society. (Fox News -- Politics)
Mrs. Edwards joins abortion rights advocate in N.H. campaign trip May 1, 2007
Earlier, Edwards told Southern New Hampshire College students that empowering women is about more than seeing women attain high offices. It's about providing higher wages, health care and educational opportunities to women at the margins of society, she said. (Concord Monitor)
College blogs tell it like it is Apr 16, 2007
Hampshire College in Amherst is known for being nontraditional, and third-year student Katharine Duckett lives up to that reputation with her blog under the name Katharine Hott McAwesome. In one entry, she brings up actress Naomi Watts , writing, "but this is not the blog for hot, deluded lesbian fantasies. (If you want that blog, though, just let me know and I'll get you the link. . .)." She writes that Watts is having a baby with actor Liev Schreiber , a Hampshire graduate. (Boston Globe)
SPIESS-TACULAR: Michele Spiess Breaks Record In 4-3 Win Over Quinnipiac Apr 12, 2007
Due to the inclement weather expected, the match will be held indoors at the Bay Road Tennis Club on the campus of Hampshire College. She is the only senior on this year's squad and will be honored prior to the 7:30 p.m. match. (Umassathletics.com)
N.H. SBA honors Herald editor Apr 12, 2007
She received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from New Hampshire College in 1996. She is a board member of New Hampshire Public Radio and the New Hampshire Political Library. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Michele Spiess Goes For Record Against Quinnipiac, Rhode Island Apr 10, 2007
If the weather conditions make it unplayable, then the match will be moved indoors to the Bay Road Tennis Club on the campus of Hampshire College. In that case, the ceremonies will begin at approximately 7:30 in the evening, with the match to follow. (Umassathletics.com)
A smorgasbord of thoughts on the sporting world Apr 9, 2007
" Exeter resident Bruce Joyce has begun his 20th season as head coach at Southern New Hampshire University. When Joyce first took the helm for the Penmen (the school was New Hampshire College back then), some of his players weren't born. And though that comment could make Joyce sound old, he still looks almost as young as some of his players. Must be that Exeter water. " Speaking of SNHU baseball, Seabrook resident and former Winnacunnet High School (Class of 2006) baseball standout Mike Evans... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Off-leash' play area for kids Mar 27, 2007
In 1943, during World War II, the first adventure playground opened in Denmark, said Lia Sutton, who wrote about the movement as part of her senior thesis at Hampshire College in Massachusetts. Now they can be found in Japan and Europe, especially Germany, England, Denmark, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tigers skate into quarters Mar 9, 2007
Ivy League schools may be known for the privileges they offer students, but the men's hockey team is determined to make sure that a certain New Hampshire college doesn't take an unfair portion of the championship spoils. Last weekend in Hanover, N.H., the Dartmouth women captured the 2006-07 Eastern College Athletic Conference Hockey League championship, challenging the Tigers to prevent the men's Big Green squad from moving one step closer to doing the same in this weekend's best-of-three... (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
'Second-tier'Dems seekfair shake Mar 8, 2007
"I've been around so long that if I win or lose this election, I'm going to do it on my own terms," Biden told a New Hampshire college crowd of about 100. He later spoke to about 350 at Dartmouth College. (MSNBC -- Politics)
College Republicans hit conservative conference Mar 5, 2007
" The Dartmouth students considered Romney's camp to be the most impressive at the conference. His supporters were everywhere, pushing "Vote Mitt" T-shirts and posters supporting the candidate. "In think the general consensus was that Mitt Romney had strengthened himself as a leading contender for the race," said Rahul Sangwan '07, state vice chair of the New Hampshire College Republicans. "I think some of his substantive issues such as cutting the budget every year at inflation minus one... (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
Living in a post-rhetorical world? Mar 2, 2007
Indeed, had Mr. Weimert done just a little genuine scholarly research he would have learned that, in one form or another, the discipline of rhetoric has existed within the curriculum of the university since its days in Hanover as the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Moreover, rhetoric is still taught at the undergraduate, and even the graduate level, at major research universities across the country including Wisconsin, Penn State, Texas, Washington, Georgia, Northwestern,... (The New Hampshire, NH)
Biden campaign sets sights on Iraq Feb 28, 2007
The Dartmouth Online. Wednesday, February 28, 2007. (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
'It' girl interrupted Feb 24, 2007
Rogow, who is now a freshman at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. says the experience was intensely exciting. (Los Angeles Times)
Women's Tennis Travels To Dartmouth Friday, Hosts Fordham In A-10 Opener On Sunday Feb 23, 2007
Sunday's match will be held at the Bay Road Tennis Club on the campus of Hampshire College. It is the last home match until April 6th when they host Boston University at the new Mullins Courts on campus. (Umassathletics.com)
Presidential candidates stumping early in N.H. Feb 22, 2007
"Others on the Dartmouth campus share this rationale."I think moving the election cycle up as a whole is damaging because we are campaigning two years before the presidential election," said Rahul Sangwan '07, former president of the College Republicans and state vice-chairman for the New Hampshire College Republicans."Not only can it damage a president's ability to govern but it also removes all attention from governing to campaigning. "Ultimately, scholars agree that voters will have less... (The Dartmouth Online, NH)
Klare: Global Warming Feb 20, 2007
Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, and the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependence on Imported Petroleum (Metropolitan Books, 2004). . (Zmag.org)
Women's Tennis Falls To Brown 5-2 Feb 18, 2007
The home match is scheduled to start at noon at the Bay Road Tennis Club on the campus of Hampshire College. Doubles: #1 Michelle Pautler/Sara Mansur (B) def. (Umassathletics.com)
Study Of Diabetes And Race Reveals The Imperfect Science Of Defining Ethnic Groups Feb 16, 2007
Montoya s detailed ethnographic research on Mexican American diabetes shows us just how problematical it is to link health inequalities in any way to genetic variation rather than structural inequalities, said Alan Goodman, president of the American Anthropological Association and professor at Hampshire College. Montoya found that some genetic scientists are concerned about how race is politicized in their research. (Science Daily)
Strong, silent types Feb 9, 2007
That's been the story since Al Shields put his first team on the floor in 1963, when the school was still on Boylston Street in Boston and the schedule included Durfee Tech, the MIT JV, the Tufts Frosh, and the New Hampshire College of Accounting. "The basketball reputation was built at Bentley in the '60 and '70s," said Lawson, whose record over 16 years is 294-162 with just one losing season, in 1994-95. (Boston Globe)
Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize Feb 8, 2007
Similar projects are under way at about a dozen other institutions nationwide, including the University of Connecticut in Storrs; the University of Notre Dame; Furman University in Greenville, S.C., where a retirement community on campus is being planned; and Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass ... It;s part of a pattern of colleges and universities realizing that they have elements that are appealing to a population far broader than 18- to 25-year-olds,; said Ralph J. Hexter, president of... (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Growing Number of Colleges Provide Tuition Aid to AmeriCorps Alums Feb 8, 2007
List of Colleges and Universities that Match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK University of Arkansas -- Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock, AR CA Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA Mills College, Oakland, CA Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, CA University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA University of Delaware, Newark, DE George Washington University -- School of Public Policy, Washington, DC Southeastern University,... (PR Newswire)
Weighing the risks before rolling the dice Feb 7, 2007
On the high end is Hampshire College professor Robert Goodman, the author of "The Luck Business: The Devastating Consequences and Broken Promises of America's Gambling Explosion." In a rough conservative estimate over the phone, Goodman said the social costs created from a 1 percent rise in problem gamblers in Massachusetts could be $400 million a year. "It costs a lot when people don't pay debts, borrow as much money as they can, go bankrupt, commit fraud on credit cards and insurance, and in... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Women's Tennis Opens Spring Season With Convincing 6-1 Victory Over Albany Feb 5, 2007
Both matches will be played at 12 noon at the Bay Road Tennis Club, on the campus of Hampshire College. Doubles: #1 Michele Spiess/Ellen de Jong (UMass) def. (Umassathletics.com)
Calvin Plimpton; physician led Amherst, Beirut colleges Feb 3, 2007
While at Amherst, he also secured funding to begin creating Hampshire College, which became the fifth of the five-college system in the Pioneer Valley, along with Amherst, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts. In 1971, Dr. Plimpton left Amherst for Downstate Medical School in New York, where he was president for several years and then professor of medicine. (Boston Globe)
No jackpot with casino gambling Feb 3, 2007
"And what happens if we build casinos in Massachusetts? Do you think Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are going to sit still?" asked Robert Goodman, the Hampshire College environmental design professor who wrote the "The Luck Business: The Devastating Consequences and Broken Promises of America's Gambling Explosion." He was also the director of the US Gambling Research Institute. Patrick indeed should study casinos. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Tennis Hosts Albany On Sunday In Spring Season Opener Jan 31, 2007
They will hit the courts at Hampshire College starting at 12 noon ... Minutewomen Host Albany In Season Opener The Minutewomen begin their quest for an Atlantic 10 Title on Sunday February 4 as they host the University of Albany at the Bay Road Tennis Club on the campus of Hampshire College ... How To Get To Hampshire College Please note that although this is a home match, it will be held on the campus of nearby Hampshire College. (Umassathletics.com)
Reno urges major campaign to keep college grads in NH Jan 20, 2007
LEE - The head of New Hampshire's university system is calling for an all-out campaign to keep more New Hampshire college graduates in the state. Chancellor Stephen Reno recommends higher education, business, and government work together to showcase New Hampshire's job opportunities and quality of life to encourage more college graduates to stay. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Klare: Global Energy Race I Jan 16, 2007
Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of (Owl Books). . (Zmag.org)
A choreographer challenges dancers, tastes, and himself Jan 13, 2007
In fact, he didn't begin to dance until his freshman year at Hampshire College. But he got hooked with his first contact improvisation class, and after graduation he became a member of choreographer Trisha Brown's company for six years. (Boston Globe)
\'Apprentice\' reject sues Trump, claims age discrimination Jan 9, 2007
Hewett claimed in his lawsuit which he wrote and filed without a lawyer that his qualifications include graduating magna cum laude from New Hampshire College. He has "many years of experience maintaining large commercial properties, with particular expertise managing the electrical, HVAC and informational technology departments," he states. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Financial planner wins quality award Jan 4, 2007
Andrew, a resident of Hooksett, N.H., holds a degree in management from New Hampshire College. His most recent position was vice president of lending at St. Mary's Bank, New Hampshire's first credit union, where he has 15 years of experience. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Full Story » Jan 2, 2007
Most of the schools allowing men and women to room together have liberal reputations, including Swarthmore in Pennsylvania, Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and Sarah Lawrence College in New York. In the past year, some state schools like the University of California at Riverside have joined them. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)