Lyndon State College’s Men’s Soccer team has had an up-and-down season so far. The team is currently sitting at a 6-9-1 record. It is 3-4-1 against opponents in the North Atlantic Conference. Senior Striker Shane O’Donnell-Leach believes that the team has the talent to compete at a high level. […]
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Intramural Field Gets a Makeover
Renovations on the intramural practice field have begun. What was originally one field shared by several teams will now become two. Lyndon State College Athletic Director Chris Ummer is in support of the decision to make another field. “We desperately needed a new practice field for our teams,” Ummer […]
Rally Demands Reasonable Reform
Shouts for “Free Pizza!” resonated throughout the Alexander Twilight Theatre Lobby during a rally for higher education Thursday, offering a slice for a signature. A petition that addressed the Vermont Legislature calling for “reasonable, incremental increases in state funding for the Vermont State Colleges in order to maintain high quality […]
America Leads the World…In Protest
All over America, people are taking to the streets in protest. It began with the “Occupy Wall Street” initiative in New York and rapidly spread from city to city. Wall Street was never occupied; New York’s “Finest” saw to that. But demonstrators moved to nearby areas to hold up […]
Angry Ani Speaks Out: Meatheads in Mirrors Make Me Mad!
So I woke up on this perfect fall morning in New England, in a great mood… and then I went on Facebook and I got really angry. That’s usually how it goes though, right? What made me so angry was that the first post in my news feed was […]
What’s Going on in Whitelaw?
#8220;Underage drinking.” “Smoking violation.” “Marijuana.” These are some of the recent incidents in the Whitelaw residence hall that have appeared in Lyndon State College’s Public Safety log. While it may seem that there have been a lot of violations this semester in the first year residence halls—particularly Whitelaw—there really […]
Vox Populi: Got Flu Shot?
Between 30,000 and 125,000 Vermont residents suffer from influenza in an typical year. Alarmingly, influenza immunization rates fall far short every year. We are all at risk of contracting the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends everyone six months of age and older receive an […]
Angry Ani Speaks Out: Cute Food and Pet Names: REALLY? REALLY?
I’M BACK BITCHES! So you made it two weeks without having to hear about how angry I am, but think of that as a vacation, because two weeks later, I’m Ani and I’m angry. When I woke up this morning for breakfast I had a bagel. One freaking average […]
One State for All
Can you imagine being born in a refugee camp, living out your entire life in the camp, and finally dying there. Yet this is what a good many Palestinians have experienced. More than sixty years ago, innocent people were uprooted from their homes and forced to live in a […]
A State for the Stateless
Many news stories seem to repeat themselves endlessly. A case in point: the decades old attempt, mainly by the United States, to get Israel and Palestine to the negotiation table to assist them in resolving differences regarding Palestinian statehood. I use the word assist loosely. I see it more […]