AHH-KNEE. That’s it.  That’s how you pronounce my name. It’s not ANNIE, or ANNA, it’s ANI (AHH-KNEE).  It makes me angry when I hear people calling my column angry Annie.  The name Annie – MAKES  ME ANGRY.  I don’t know why exactly this name makes me angry, maybe because […]

In the film version of the Wizard of Oz, the unmasked and defrocked carnival pitchman had to think fast to remain in control. The Scarecrow had a head full of straw where a brain should be. What to do? The erstwhile Wizard had a ready answer: “Back where I […]

The dot-com bubble is a dim memory for most Americans and no memory at all for many college students who were barely out of kindergarten when the bubble burst. But, except for some high-tech entrepreneurs who put their homes in hock to play the game and some venture capitalists […]

YEAH PLAYAH! Third week of Angry Ani! Go me.  It’s weird, the more I write about the things that make me angry, the angrier I get.  Though, I do go to Lyndon State, therefore I have a student body that never seems to let me down… in the angry […]

Whats up bitches?  So as you all look through the second edition of this semester’s The Critic, half of you flipped right to the opinions column to see if I was still angry one week later, and the other half of you flipped to the opinions column hoping that […]

Janet Napolitano has been making the rounds of American universities to promote the idea of keeping your eyes and ears open for “suspicious” activity. The catchy title for this endeavor, possibly dreamed up by some well-paid Madison Avenue agency is “If You See Something, Say Something.” Napolitano, of course, […]

With a new year at LSC, comes new faces, one of these being Steve Gold, interim LSC president. With new faces comes promising prospects, which is what Gold seems to bring to the table. His sincerity to want to engage the students of Lyndon was apparent as he extended forth […]

For those of you who are reading this column for the first time, which is all of you, considering this is my first vent-sesh, my name is Ani, and a lot of things make me angry.  Instead of verbally divulging all of my anger and irritating subjects on my […]

What is Patriotism? Nathan Hale was the quintessential patriot who went to his death regretting that he had but one life to give for his country. Among Americans, patriotism has a special flavor, perhaps because America was born out of a belief in principles that were once thought to […]

Lyndon State’s Ski and Ride Club endorses Nick for SGA executive vice president.  Nick’s short time as financial controller exemplifies professionalism and his willingness to work with the student body. The Ski and Ride Club supports Nick’s candidacy to provide a well organized and transparent student government. Nick is an […]