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The student-run community news site of Vermont State University - Johnson

Basement Medicine

Dan and Willy Lindner with  Bob Amos and Catamount Crossing

Stearns hosts Vermont Bluegrass legends

Max Van Wie November 27, 2013

Stearns Performance Space was home to an interesting night of Bluegrass originals and traditional music Wednesday, Nov. 13. Opening the show, Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing mixed their distinctly...

Professor of Fine Arts Susan Calza

Susan Calza on art, Nepal, and heaven’s buffet

November 27, 2013

A Johnson State College professor for of 21 years, Susan Calza, talks about her art, life, and her future.  At the end of the spring semester she will be retiring to focus on her personal art and travel....

The author's soon-to-be demolished Reuben

Red Onion sandwiches hit the spot

Ben Simone November 27, 2013

On a cold November evening on Church Street in Burlington, my companion and I stood gazing at the gleaming red neon onion in the window just above a rack of bread loaves.   It looked warm and inviting,...

An Ashley Shotwell installation at the Julian Scott gallery

Exhibit showcases three BFA students

Brock Bill November 27, 2013

Ira Musty, Ashley Shotwell, and Brittany Daniels are students pursuing bachelor of fine arts degrees and have been working towards their final B.F.A. exhibits since they arrived at JSC. On Nov. 13, 2013,...

Volunteers deliver Thanksgiving food baskets

College and Sodexo put together 50 Thanksgiving baskets for local food shelf

Kayla Friedrich November 27, 2013

Johnson State College joined forces with Johnson Food Shelf and the neighboring communities the week before Thanksgiving to help feed hungry families. The holiday season often brings awareness of...

College to offer new accounting program

College to offer new accounting program

Kayla Friedrich November 27, 2013

In response to changes in the Vermont certified public accountant (CPA) exam requirements, Henrique Cezar, professor of business and economics at JSC, created the new certificate of proficiency in Accounting...

SGA President Nasser Abdel-Fatah

SGA struggles with sharply reduced budget

Josh Lemay November 27, 2013

The JSC Student Government Association began the current academic year with a sharply reduced budget, down by nearly a third from those in recent years. The current budget of $40,000 is $20,000 less...

R.A.D. offers women reasonable self-defense tactics

R.A.D. offers women reasonable self-defense tactics

Victoria Greenia November 27, 2013

Johnson State College teamed up with Lamoille County Special Investigation Unit to hold two days of Rape Aggression Defense sessions Nov. 16-17. The self-defense program was opened to any female in the...

What you get depends on who you are

Oxfam Hunger Banquet spotlights global hunger

November 27, 2013

  The issue of global hunger and poverty was brought to the Johnson State College campus on Thursday Nov. 14 with an Oxfam Hunger Banquet hosted by the SERVE office in coordination with Arthur Hall...

Former Vermont Governor Kunin

Former Vermont Governor Kunin: “I don’t know how to retire.”

Victoria Greenia November 27, 2013

  Leader. Motivator. Advocate. Steward. Feminist. Public servant. These words and many more shot out of the projector and onto the photographs displayed at the far end of the room. The room was full...

Norm McElvany retires after 22 years at JSC

Norm McElvany retires after 22 years at JSC

Story and photo by Victoria Greenia November 27, 2013

  Norm McElvany sits behind his desk, glasses perched on his nose as he talks. Although he hasn’t found any lost national artifacts (that he disclosed) or has been chased by violent cult members...

McCullock in action

McCullock earns First Team All-Conference Honors

Elaine Harvey November 26, 2013

Johnson State women’s soccer player, Amber McCullock, earned North Atlantic Conference (NAC) First Team All-Conference honors for her performance this season. McCullock, a junior from Morrisville, Vt.,...

McCullock in action

McCullock earns First Team All-Conference Honors

Elaine Harvey November 26, 2013

Johnson State women’s soccer player, Amber McCullock, earned North Atlantic Conference (NAC) First Team All-Conference honors for her performance this season. McCullock, a junior from Morrisville, Vt.,...

Peggy Edwards behind the vegan station in the Stearns Cafeteria

Vegan chef Peggy Edwards on a meaty diet—minus the meat

Mariah Howland November 22, 2013

Peggy Edwards works for Sodexo as the chef for the vegan and vegetarian station in the Stearns dining hall. Edwards, a vegan herself, serves up great-tasting healthy food from her own original recipes. How...

Women earn 9th place at NAC Championships

November 20, 2013

Johnson State placed 9th in the 2013 Women’s Cross Country Championship at Quarry Road Park hosted by Thomas College on Sunday afternoon. New England College took top honors, winning the event for the...

Kanye West on stage during one performance in his Yeezus Tour

Kanye’s “Yeezus” tour heals author’s vertigo

Tom Benton, Surrogate Jimmy Stewart November 19, 2013

                  Kanye West is in the middle of his "Yeezus Tour," his first tour in five years (the last one supported his...

Barbara Murphy

Murphy authorizes five full-time faculty replacements, announces $1 million bequest

Kayla Friedrich November 17, 2013

  During her annual State of the College conversation on Nov. 4, JSC President Barbara Murphy discussed the continuing decline in enrollment, presented an overview of the college’s progress...

A peasant (Danielle Godjikian) makes an appeal in the JSC production of “Pippin”

“Pippin” spreads a little sunshine, Dibden-style

Tom Benton November 16, 2013

  Kudos to director Patrick Houle for picking the liveliest play performed in Dibden in years (excluding Liz Thompson’s senior play, “The American Dream,” performed last semester). That’s...

Jamey Ventura

Athletic & Recreation dept. to launch capital funding campaign

Josh LeMay November 16, 2013

  The Athletics and Recreation Department at JSC is starting to move forward on a large scale five year plan to upgrade and enhance many aspects of sports and recreation on campus. “We...

Victoria Greenia

Veteran’s Day: a personal perspective

Victoria Greenia November 15, 2013

  Nearly 100 years ago, then-President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11 Armistice Day. He said, “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in...

Maddison Prescott

Student athlete of the week: Maddison Prescott

Mason Phillips November 14, 2013

What captured your enthusiasm to play the sport of soccer? I have always been a competitive person and playing soccer helped me get some of that competitiveness out. After a few years of playing I found...

Blood Drive yields over 100 pints

Deb Bouton November 14, 2013

  On Thursday, Oct. 24, Johnson State College hosted its annual fall American Red Cross Blood Drive. Students, staff, faculty and community members combined for 122 appointments that produced...

New course to focus on climate change

Kayla Friedrich November 14, 2013

  The impact of global increases of carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel use, and increases of methane and nitrous oxide due to agriculture is the primary factor that many scientists believe could...

Nash Garceau surveys the terrain park

Work begins on terrain park rehab

Max van Wie November 14, 2013

The snowboard park is undergoing significant renovations in preparation for winter with the Ski and Ride Club using money raised from the October Fest RailJam to help fund excavations in the park. Preliminary...

Award highlights essential function of academic advisors

Travis LeClair November 14, 2013

At the end of each school year one of the awards conferred at Honors Convocation recognizes excellence in advising and highlights a faculty/staff function that is easy to overlook yet often crucial in...

Brenden Walsh

Walsh honored as All-Conference Second Team runner

Elaine Harvey, Elaine Harvey November 14, 2013

Johnson State runner, Brendan Walsh has been named to the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) All-Conference Second Team. Walsh’s performance (30:19.68) at the NAC Championships on Sunday, Nov. 2 earned...

Whitmore encouraged by freshmen and transfer response

Kayla Friedrich November 14, 2013

  Freshmen and Transfer students who have yet to complete the AlcoholEdu and Haven initiatives will be contacted by Assistant Dean of Students Michele Whitmore within the next couple of weeks. Typically...

SLAP seeks student input for event planning

Victoria Greenia November 14, 2013

  Provocative acronym aside, Student Led Activity Programming, which is behind many of the Student Government Association-sponsored activities on campus, is a concept that has gone back decades...

Editorial: GNH

Tom Benton, Editor-in-Chief November 14, 2013

  I just read a scary thing. At this rate, the number of Americans out of work will surpass the number of employed Americans in four years. Four years. Our labor-force participation rate is...

Breeeeeeeathe.

Words of Wellness: Focusing on the body to manage stress

Cynthia Hennard, Counseling Center Director November 14, 2013

  Most of you probably already know that some stress is good. We need to activate some alertness and vigilance to function at our best. Stress activates the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)...

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