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Basement Medicine

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Cohen Repaci, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Oh, so much to talk about. For starters: I decided to do my masters right after I graduate with my undergrad (God willing). I had an incredible offer I simply cannot pass up… Albany/APCA was fun! Exhausting,...

VTSU thank you letters

Raymonda Parchment December 10, 2024

To Maya Nasta, Johnson Campus From not only the bottom of my heart, but from every crack and crevice: thank you. It’s because of you that I have had such a positive experience with my time at this...

Repaci holding up a hotdog!

Repaci’s Dawg Review #35

Cohen Repaci December 10, 2024

Hi, all! My name’s Cohen Repaci and I review hot dogs! I started this phenomenon in September of 2023 and it’s been a personality trait ever since. It brings me, and others, a wide amount of joy to...

The Election Happened. Now What?

Sage Mkazas Selec December 10, 2024

Politics is a very polarising topic, and this is not something which needs to be said. Over the course of human civilization, there have always been disputes and arguments about politics. What is the best...

Hoochie culture and sexual agency  for Black women

Hoochie culture and sexual agency for Black women

Dayne Bell December 10, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is the third issue of the blog Black Talk: A Zine. Do you remember when WAP was released? Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B had the internet reeling in 2020 when they debuted the chart-topping...

Editorial

Dayne Bell December 10, 2024

American politics have always been a hot-button issue at dinner tables and community gatherings, but from the current political climate has emerged a new kind of division. One side of the bridge feels...

Johnson track athlete Olivia Davis

Basketball Snapshots, Score Updates, Track and Feild

Joshua Beckett December 10, 2024

All your favorite Track & Field events ... during the winter season! More shot put, 100m, 4x4, high jump, discus, hurdles, etc. ... In the 2023-2024 school year, the VTSU Johnson Athletic...

Art Tips 7: Landscapes and Backgrounds

Art Tips 7: Landscapes and Backgrounds

Sage Mkazas Selec December 10, 2024

Hello gaymers, welcome back to the monthly rant of the month where I feed you guys delicious and sometimes questionable art tips and advice which I have received from multiple sources all cobbled into...

Jill Pressman's take on the very real sasquatch

Sasquatch, myth or great ape?

Jill Pressman December 10, 2024

Have you ever wondered if Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, was real? Yes, I know I sound crazy. I don’t blame you for thinking that. Not everyone believes in Bigfoot, and why should you? There’s no...

The Koolest Kat On Campus

The Koolest Kat On Campus

Cohen Repaci December 10, 2024

Katrin Cote is in her senior year here at Johnson. She’s a Holistic Health major, president of the Campus Activities Board (CAB) and Meditation Club, and a pretty cool person, if I do say so myself! If...

Die Alone, Together

Isabell Spencer December 10, 2024

The killer’s footsteps were so similar he could see them replaying over and over in his mind at different locations. From at the beach in the sand to the muddy trails in the forest, they seemed to be...

What’s up Gaymers: Night in the Woods

What’s up Gaymers: Night in the Woods

Wilbur Hayes December 10, 2024

Night in the Woods is an adventure game set in a fictional town called Possum Springs. For a fictional town, it feels especially real for a native Vermonter. It’s your average small town, populated with...

Voices

Jill Pressman December 10, 2024

In the dark of night, I hear them. The voices. I hear the voices in my head. Reminding me. Mocking me. Showing me. Telling me. In the light of the day, I hear them still. The voices. The voices...

Campus employment: Working as a Johnson student

Cohen Repaci December 10, 2024

For college students, juggling exams, social events, and a part-time job might sound like a superpower in the making. And in some cases, it is. Campus jobs are the unsung heroes of the college experience,...

Johnson ENG options dwindling

Johnson ENG options dwindling

Dayne Bell December 10, 2024

Beach gone M.I.A. On Wednesday, September 25, students in Professor Jensen Beach’s Literature Survey course received an announcement in their online class forum. The message was from Kristi Castleberry,...

The Burger Barn

Burger Barn: a next level snack bar

Cohen Repaci December 10, 2024

When I was inhabited by my youth, I wanted to make a living by being a Taco Bell taste tester. I thought it was the coolest thing ever to be able to try things before everyone else got to try it. I wanted...

Holding Space: 2024 WICKED Film V. The Musical

Holding Space: 2024 WICKED Film V. The Musical

Heike Chaney December 9, 2024

Alexa. Play “Defying Gravity.” Have you been lucky to see the new film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical, Wicked? In the beginning, there were talks for the newly released film adaptation to...

The Curtain Strikes Again!

Heike Chaney December 9, 2024

Two productions from members of the Polaris Performing Arts Company made their way to the Dibden Stage: Portrait of a Town, an originally devised production based on the artistic works of Ruth Greene Mould,...

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