Keene Equinox

A Keene State College student was killed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting his roommate, also a KSC student, at their off-campus apartment in Keene early this morning, according to Keene Police. Michael Dyke, 21, of Orford, N.H. allegedly shot Jason Lillibridge, 20, in the buttocks before turning the gun on himself when confronted by police.… Post the First Comment

A Boston investment company with ties to genocide has been revealed to be one of the investment options for the nearly 4,300 employees under the University System of New Hampshire, including Keene State College staff. Fidelity Investments has come under fire for its connections to several Chinese oil companies doing business with the Sudanese government, which is accused of committing genocide against its country's people by various human rights organizations.… Post the First Comment

Senior Stephanie Melfi said when she learned about the crises in Darfur in class, she thought, "I wish there was something I could do to help." With the help of Therese Seibert, of the sociology department, the Red Cross and numerous students, her vision became reality April 29, when bands gathered in a benefit concert for Darfur in the Mabel Brown Room, raising over $500 for refugees displaced by genocide.… Post the First Comment

Keene mayor Michael E.J. Blastos is not the textbook definition of a politician. Although he takes his job very seriously and has only missed one counsel meeting in his political career, his start in politics is one most wouldn't expect. After a childhood in Lynn, Mass.… Post the First Comment

After a year without a place to call home, the Alpha Pi Tau fraternity is in the final stage of purchasing a house on 91 Water Street. "We see it as an investment, a place for our brothers to live," said senior Tom Loughman, who was in charge of getting and seeking financing for a house.… Post the First Comment

Development on local wetlands has raised water levels in the Ashuelot River, creating drenched athletic fields and minor floods in the Winchester Street parking lot of Keene State College. Jim Lewis, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager for Otter Brook and Surry Mountain Dams, said that construction on local wetlands, specifically the Monadnock Marketplace, has increased the flow of water leaving Keene through the Ashuelot River.… Post the First Comment

The Keene State College policy on smoking may be changing after a focus group met and discussed issues that both non-smokers and smokers had with the current policy. The focus group was made up of 10 students who ranged from freshman to senior smokers and non-smokers.… Post the First Comment