It’s been a slippery slope, but Ski and Ride members are back on their feet. The club has received the funding it needed to purchase an artificial snow surface—again. The motion passed by a vote of 159 (69%) to 72 (31%) yesterday. Club president Samuel Pierog was ecstatic about […]
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Second Largest Class Enters LSC
This year’s freshmen are not just bringing their laptops and mattress pads on campus, they are also bringing along some questions. With enrollment reaching record numbers this year, LSC is welcoming 281 Vermonters and 262 out-of-state students, making the class of 2015 the second largest class in Lyndon’s 100-year history. […]
School Spends Millions
Returning students will notice many improvements to the LSC campus this fall. The largest project was the renovation of the Stonehenge parking lot, according to Tom Archer, director of the Physical Plant. The parking lot was completely torn up and replaced, and new LED lighting was installed. All outdoor […]
A New Face in the Library
Up-to-date resources for LSC students are becoming more available, thanks to newly hired Public Services Librarian, Graham Sherriff. Sherriff is looking to continue the progress the library has made in recent years in providing students with an excellent, and up to date resources for their studies. Sherriff has lived […]
Doll Replaces DeLeo
New LSC Mountain Recreation Management Professor Sean Doll has worked in almost every department of the ski industry; now he has come to teach it. “I’ve always enjoyed being a mentor when I was working in the field,” says Doll. “I have a higher ability to do that in […]
Ten Years Later, LSC Vets Still Remember
The room was tense. The tragedy of 9/11 can be hard for many Americans to talk about, but for those affected directly by the attacks or the consequent events, it strikes an even closer cord. So when I asked the Lyndon State Veterans Club to reflect on the tenth […]
LSC is Golden
Lyndon State College is not in a financial crisis. Since coming onboard as interim president at LSC in early July, Steve Gold had only a couple months to get his bearings and deal with a college that he thought was in flux, but quickly found out that that was not […]
Student Body Presidents Submit Petition to President Obama on Debt Ceiling
Student Body Presidents Speak Out on Debt 116 Student Body Presidents representing nearly 2 million college students from 40 states, have one question for Washington: Do We Have a Deal Yet? Washington, DC – A coalition of nearly 120 collegiate student body presidents released a letter today calling on […]
Lab fees give students experience
In a tight economy every dollar counts. Budgets are balanced and followed more strictly than they have ever been; lab fees give the breathing room for departments to do what they do. “They are sacred funds to us,” said Barclay Tucker, the chair of the Visual Arts […]
Some summer courses too expensive
With the spring semester almost finished and only a week left, many students are still trying to figure out whether they are taking a summer course or not. At Lyndon State College, it costs $343 per credit for a Vermonter, and for a non-Vermonter it costs $514 per […]