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A large college graduation is the stuff of nightmares for epidemiologists during a global pandemic.
The sheer number of people that attend violates, by a hundred fold, one of the cardinal rules of public health: gather, if you gather at all, in small groups. Family members who’ve traveled from across the country to sit in densely packed sports stands spew spittle as they scream their graduate’s name. Thousands of people embrace each other at almost every opportunity they hug friends, kiss family, shake professors’ hands.
This spring, the University of New Hampshire will attempt to transform a celebration ripe with transmission opportunities into a COVID-safe event. If successful, the event may serve as a blueprint for organizers hoping to bring thousands of people together while the pandemic drags on.
April 13, 2021
Keene State’s Hungry Owl Food Pantry was recognized by the NH Food Bank, in the monthly spotlight section of the agency’s newsletter, for the service that the Hungry Owl provides to Keene State students suffering from food insecurity.
The Hungry Owl is a an on-campus student-run food pantry that provides nutritious foods and personal care items for Keene State students, faculty, and staff that are in need. They are located in the basement of Joslin Hall on campus and have five satellite locations around campus. Originally the Hungry Owl only provided non-perishable foods to the community but have expanded to providing fresh produce and hygiene items as well.
A large college graduation is the stuff of nightmares for epidemiologists during a global pandemic.
The sheer number of people that attend violates one of the cardinal rules of public health gather, if you gather at all, in small groups a hundred fold. Family members who’ve traveled from across the country to sit in densely packed sports stands spew spittle as they scream their graduate’s name. Thousands of people embrace each other at almost every opportunity they hug friends, kiss family, shake professors’ hands.
This spring, the University of New Hampshire will attempt to transform a celebration ripe with transmission opportunities into a COVID-safe event, one of the first indications we might be entering the “bigger and better” summer Gov. Chris Sununu has long promised.
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CONCORD In 2015, a tattoo artist named Raymond Stevens pleaded guilty to criminal mischief after defacing the homes of refugees in Concord with racist graffiti.
The hateful words scrawled on the siding were literal and clear: You are not welcome here. Under the state s Civil Rights Act, prosecutors applied a hate crime enhancement to Stevens sentence, resulting in a year of imprisonment in a county jail.
Hate crimes are often referred to as message crimes those that target and intimidate an entire group as well as the direct victim. In a 2012 study published in the International Review of Victimology, researchers found that people who were aware of hate-based violence against someone in their community experienced similar symptoms to victims of vicarious trauma, reporting feelings of shock, anger, fear and inferiority.