The Critic

Be a Peer Leader

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Club's cash requests cover wide margins, small to large

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A number of clubs on campus are looking to get their hands on more green during budgeting than in past years.

Other clubs are seeing small increases, no change, and even a decrease for one club.

Out of all the SGA sponsored clubs on campus, Sigma Zeta is the only one requesting less money than they received last year.

Lyndonville attorney announces bid for state senate

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

An alumnus of Lyndon State College announced a bid for the state senate, and is looking to return fiscal responsibility to Vermont.

Joe Benning, an attorney in Lyndonville, is a Republican and graduate of LSC and Vermont Law School, and has been practicing law in Vermont for 26 years.

Senior Week

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The next Senior Week* meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 8 at 9:30am in the commuter lounge (next to the student activities offices, beyond the snack bar). Please join us if you're interested in helping to plan the Senior Week events.

Small club, small budget, tiny cut

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Rotaract club requested the smallest amount of money out of all of the clubs, which proved to be a successful strategy during the first night of budgeting.

The club requested the least amount of money from SGA of all the associated clubs. At Wednesday's budgeting meeting, the SGA cut only $5 of their proposed budget.

Spirit Squad dances for no dollars

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Club representatives didn't dance around the issue of slashing the Spirit Squad's budget request Wednesday night's meeting.

Vice president of the Spirit Squad Katee Ingram defended the club's $7,095 total request, saying she hopes there is more of an interest in joining next year.

Students present Guatemala adventures, new club ideas

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Before the ruckus of budgeting began, a general business meeting was held before the student government association to discuss a new club, the Guatemala trip, and a trip to New York City on Wednesday evening.

The Society of Professional Journalists was inducted as a new club, after president Dylan Schlossberg explained the purpose.

The Point!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Timeline to repair Stonehenge parking lot still full of holes

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The maintenance department is not deaf to the cries from students to fix the Stonehenge parking lot.

"We are just as excited to have it done as the students are, and we definitely understand the need for it," said Tom Archer, director of the physical plant.

Vagina Monologues

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Vermont State College's chancellor makes annual visit

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Timothy Donovan, the chancellor of the Vermont State College system wants to get a better idea of what student life is like on the campus of Lyndon State College.

Timothy Donovan has been the chancellor for seven months and is in the process of doing campus wide visits to all five Vermont State Colleges and was at Lyndon on the Thursday before break.

Hockey goes to budgeting

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Lyndon's hockey club set its financial goals high entering budgeting on Wednesday.

The hockey club requested the largest dollar amount of any club at Wednesday's budgeting meeting. The majority of the requested budget survived the second phase of budgeting at the Student Government Association meeting.

Seniors bid farewell to Lyndon basketball

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Despite a disappointing departure on the court, senior basketball players reminisce fondly on the season.

Three seniors in the basketball program have said goodbye to their respective teams after a disappointing end to the season for both teams. Patrick McCarthy and Jacob Freeman have played several seasons with the men's team, while Shauna Buck had an opportunity to play one season with the Lady Hornets.

Speeding towards potential students

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Gregory J. Ledoux is a visiting Assistant Professor in the Exercise Science Department at Lyndon State College with an exhilerating hobby: in his spare time, he races Snocross for Lyndon State College Racing.

Snowmobile racing is a hobby that Ledoux is particularly passionate about.

The Daley Show

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Dan Daley sat behind the bench of a pee-wee hockey game with a full grown beard. After a 10-4 win over PBA, he left the locker room clean shaven, or kind of.

Daley promised his team that if they won the title they could shave his beard.

"That was fun," said Daley.

The Monroe Doctrine

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Our crazy world is made up of a lot of different species.

There is one particular breed that is on the endangered species list in the United States: hockey fans. The population of hockey fans has only shrunk over the past few seasons after the National Hockey League went on strike.

High school visual arts design competition a success

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The high school Visual Arts design competition, sponsored by Barclay Tucker, was a major success. Lyndon State College visual art students were able to help high school students interested in visual arts.

"The competition helps the students in a few ways," Tucker says.

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

I can recall fresh red fabric vivid against vibrant white,

Your oh so infamous blue star emblem shown brightly,

Proudly laced before I even left the five and dime store,

Many miles since we have walked to determined destinations I have sought,

From fa

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Here I sit on throne adorned with crown.

I fought and I struggled knowing the cost

knowing some would burn and the rest would drown,

but I am proud of those who have been lost.

Rushing and screaming into the blaze of battle

my men were valiant they did not ever cower,

even though they were slaughtered like bunches of cattle.

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

I stand before myself

And I stare

Into my eyes

Searching for life

When it seems I have

None.

I often have to wonder

If it's really me

Staring back out

Or,

Am I the reflection

Of the person staring back at me?

But a reflection disappears

When you move past the puddle.

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

We are setting off,

each riding a prize winner,

but neither of us

will make it to the finish.

We will lurch after,

with foaming mouths

and whipping hands,

this thing we call recovery.

The rules are simple.

We will dress nicer, and date

better

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

expelled like hot

piss from the body

one cannot simply

know the word

but return it,

like a bad check

not disbelieving

an extra wrinkle

on the heart,

but that it beats

hot-hard, in the chest

negotiating

itself in the dark.

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Did you know

that you can catch shooting stars

on your tongue?

My sister did it last night

in the dark of an incoming storm.

Did you know

you can brush your teeth

with an axe?

My brother did it one early morning

as the sun started to rise.

Did you know

that you can breathe

milk?

My cousin did it in the pool

as the sun was starting to set.

The Writers' Block

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

i have become overly aware of my own mortality and instead of freeing me i am drowning as i feel the weight of tears fill my stomach, my lungs, anchoring down my heart to this place, fearful to leave, knowing it will not come again.

i often spout a mantra, ever wishing that the sheer repetition will keep a mere hope alive, that without God we are free to face our common destinies and equally freed by this to animate every finite point of this world as we like.

Freedom or Fear? The 9/11 Legacy

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

FDR said it best: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Of course, when he said it Americans had a lot to fear. Banks were failing and, without FDIC protection, many lost their life savings. Jobs were scarce and there were no food stamps for the hungry.

It's only business

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

For those of you who have yet to hear: budgeting for SGA has begun.

Once again, some clubs are faring better than others. Most club representatives dread the walk into the room, standing before the assembled forces in defense of their club's massive budgets, doing a job that has to be done.