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Knife in hand: A fight broke out between two QU students, leaving both in the hospital

Hamden Police are investigating a fight between two Quinnipiac University roommates that took place early Friday morning and left one hospitalized after suffering a stab wound to the neck. The victim, unnamed at this time, was released from the hospital. The university suspended the suspect, also unnamed, according to Quinnipiac’s Interim Chief of Public Safety…

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Activists, students and human trafficking survivors attempt to change Connecticut law

Two survivors of human trafficking, their advocates and a Quinnipiac law student are working to pass an amendment to a Connecticut law that would allow survivors to clear their records of charges and convictions they acquired because they were being trafficked.  The current Connecticut vacatur statute, allows for victims of human trafficking to vacate convictions…

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Hamden businesses hoping customers will show love on Valentine’s Day

At Quinnipiac University, Student Programming Board is organizing alternative events.

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Are COVID protocols at QU working? Hamden residents aren’t sure

Local residents give mixed reviews about Quinnipiac students returning for the spring semester.

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QU’s class of 2021 is walking across a stage, but the class before it gets a drive-by ceremony

Quinnipiac’s class of 2021 will walk across the stage during commencement. Class of 2020 graduates will be able to re-visit campus the following weekend.

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COVID-19 won’t stop the Super Bowl, but it will alter the celebrations at QU and local restaurants

The day that sports fans usually spend crowded around TVs and shared bowls of popcorn is going to look a lot different this year due to COVID-19, but Quinnipiac University students and the Hamden community are finding ways to adapt. “I think it’s going to be weird to not have a big Super Bowl party,…

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Plow. Drive. Repeat: The snowstorm that kept me up all night

As 16 inches of snow dumped on Hamden on Monday and into Tuesday, one local college student didn’t get the day off. Matthew Bruin, a senior Quinnipiac University student and HQNN staffer, spends snow days working for his family’s snow plow company in Mendham, New Jersey. Here is his account of his last two days,…

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HQNN is an entirely student-run online publication that lets Quinnipiac senior journalism students experience real newsroom culture while also providing information that is useful to the community.

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In the age of COVID, students make their own experience

What happens when work at home and study at home meet

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COVID-19’s impact on Connecticut’s special education services

Many special-needs students were forced into a world of remote learning due to COVID-19, and as a result new challenges, with some positives, were introduced to the new virtual world.