Margo Multi Media: Thai Bamboo Resturant
by Margaret O’Connell
Four fire departments on scene for fire in New Hampshire residential hall
No students injured in a fire inside New Hampshire residential hall
The Exchange 2021 - News, Features, Opinion
The Exchange is an online newspaper produced by the 47 students in Journalism 1, Journalism 2 and Feature Writing.
Latest Campus News
Raven’s Athletics Director speaks to revised sports schedule
Burlson explains why the athletic schedule were changed.
Zumba classes are on their way to the Bubble
Students are dancing their way through the rest of the semester in the new classes provided at the Bubble.
ALANA plans annual MLK Jr. Award Ceremony
The diversity committee will be organizing the MLK Jr. award event.
Meet the new SGA executive board
The results are in. See who the winners are.
Latest Opinion Pieces
Franklin Pierce fire needs more support
Fire safety needs to be priority #1
Left Cold
Some students are leaving their food cold out of fear.
Media Production classes are very restricted from Covid-19
Media production students are operating under COVID-19 restrictions and are struggling to adjust.
Latest Explainers
Explainer: How Denim Day spreads awareness
“Denim Day is a great way to keep on reminding and educating the community about sexual assault” at FPU.
How to make your job interview a success
Job interviews can be the most important part of the job search.
How to deal with group projects
Group projects are a pain. Here’s how you can make them better.
Feature articles
FPU’s feature writing students focus on short, conflict-driven stories.
Rachel Swenson Article
by Magnolia McComish Rachel Swenson huddled in a music closet with 30 other students at Reed Intermate School. She passed […]
Sarah Aznive stressed by pandemic retail work
“I wish more management would practice what they preach.”
Katie’s horrible haircut
Not even a bad haircut can ruin a good friendship.
Fighting dogs shake the house
“I wish we could go back to how they used to be together, but I’m too scared to even try,” […]
Alyssa Lewis crashes with regrets
Snow quickly began to pile up on the windshield. They had just collided with the guardrail on the side of Route […]
Kellen McDonald learns lessons during month-long quarantine
“I actually hated when I had to leave Granite, because I was actually comfortable”
Covid stories from last spring
When campus closed last March, journalism students continued to write and report.
The Exchange has engaged in other reporting projects, including this and
past years’ Academic Showcase.
Its staff has also regularly engaged in telling the story of A Day in
the Life of Franklin Pierce, every spring.
Past columns
Column: The return of the Sunday drive
It’s time for the Sunday drive to make a comeback.
Column: Elvis Lara cares for the elderly
Supplying food to the elderly
Column: Playing the Silent Sound of Music
No more music…
Column: accepted job offer for the assisted living to help make a difference during covid-19
“I’m on the verge of my life being over and people are treating their life as if it’s already ended.”
Past sports articles
Franklin Pierce student-athletes come to grips with shortened spring season
“Obviously, it’s very, very frustrating. We put in the work, not only for this semester, but for the entire year.”
A great turnout for men’s ice hockey
“They really deserved this.”
The Exchange also runs visual stories and podcasts.
Multimedia: the road back from injury
Greg Perez, in only a short period of time on the team, is back from injury is now a captain on the Ultimate Frisbee team
Visual Story: Brigid’s passion for tennis
Senior here at Franklin Pierce Brigid Washburn, shows a lot of passion when playing tennis
Visual story: Jim O’Loughlin goes to the court to learn volleyball
Jim O’Loughlin takes time out of his busy schedule to learn some volleyball skills with the Franklin Pierce team
Handmade glass being sold at Sustainability Fair
by Kobie Adams Senior, Jarred Perley plans to be a part of the Sustainability Fair, hosted in Spagnolli Hall, on October 17th from 3 -5 pm. Jarred started glass blowing last year and in...
Visual Story: Skydiving
Michael Gardner discusses his passion of skydiving and how it enriches his life.
Visual Story: Adventure Rec Hut opens for the season
by Casey Eldred
Visual Story: Franklin Pierce Lib Cafe
by Zach Masiello
Visual story: I.T. discusses wifi on campus with SGA
“Anyone from the outside world could come on to campus and use our system and we wouldn’t be able to track that … it was a necessity for the security of our transactions,” said Tom Tolbert, Director of I.T.