On April 1, VTSU-Johnson held a Harambee, a discussion event for the campus community to bring awareness to problems and areas of improvement. This event, which is to become University tradition, gave students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to brainstorm solutions and improve the campus experience...

If you are a local Vermonter, you probably know of, or have been to, the Sunset Drive-In in Colchester. If you aren’t from Vermont, or haven’t been to the drive-in, let me just say that this is one of those things you need to experience before you leave. And you are in luck, because as of March,...

This semester has been a lot for us all. While students, staff, and faculty have begun to adjust to new orders or operation, there are still many challenges faced by the Johnson community. We are still facing low enrollment, heightened in part by the staff and faculty buyout, and students who chose to...

The Vermont State University - Johnson Softball program hosted a dramatic double header on Tues., April 16, securing back-to-back come-from-behind wins against the SUNY Canton Roos. The Badgers erased significant deficits late in each game for a pair of walk-off wins. The final scores were a 5-4 win...

It’s well into spring, a time when the sun has started to warm up the Vermont landscape and the mud has finally dried up. However, if you are a fan of Major League Baseball, there is a cloud on the Mudville horizon right now. That’s because MLB’s biggest star, one who has, over the past five years,...

With performances April 25-28, Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe was the Polaris Performing Arts Company’s final production under the umbrella of the Performance Arts and Technology Program. There will still be performances under the creative direction of part-time...

For clarification, we do not think that this will be Basement Medicine’s last issue. Key word: think. As mentioned in an article published in our last issue, the future of our beloved paper has been up in the air. Because it is operated on the Johnson campus as a class, being told that it was NOT...

Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Lyndon's "The Critic." For more information and relevant links, see the original piece here: Summer Housing Price Increase, Students React - The Critic - Residential Life (nvulyndoncritic.com) Summer housing applications have already opened for...

The Vermont State University (VTSU) libraries have gone through a lot in the past two years, and more is still to come. Currently, students use the library’s resources for classes, studying, tutoring, and printing, but the Willey Library on the Johnson campus has been under renovation since June 2023. You...

On March 18, Residential Life publicly announced that the Martinetti building will be closing its doors for student housing as of the 2024 Fall semester. From safety concerns with the kitchen, to lack of student presence, and with no clear plan of what will happen in the future, Director of Housing Operations...