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Basement Medicine

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Basement Medicine

The student-run community news site of Vermont State University - Johnson

Basement Medicine

Ian applies p-tex

You can tune that gear yourself

Ian Major December 17, 2015

So this year you decided to go ahead and spend that substantial amount of money on a new pair of skis or snowboard. Now wouldn’t you like to be able to keep those new glorified planks in tiptop shape...

A note from the editor

Kayla Friedrich December 17, 2015

As the end of my final semester at Johnson State College approaches, I wanted to go out with a bang, and talk about something that would spark some interest on campus, and maybe this will. However, I’m...

Stone Hut

A chance to stay in Mt. Mansfield’s Stone Hut a matter of luck

Rusty Freeman December 17, 2015

Everyone loves to get away and relax, and for those who love to ski or ride, few things can compare to the iconic image of escaping from the cold into a warm, cozy cottage for some warm food, cold drinks...

The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who greeted people at Maple Addictions

Johnson Holiday Jubilee fosters a community

Kayla Friedrich December 17, 2015

Johnson Works motto i “There’s something happening in Johnson,” and on Friday, Dec. 4 big things happened as they pulled the community together for another year of the annual Johnson Holiday Jubilee. “The...

Professor of Writing and Literature Tyrone Shaw

Forever 5?

Marilyn Tagliavia December 17, 2015

Tyrone Shaw believes that dogs are essential to our humanity, thinks it would be really nice to get to know a bear and wonderful to have a donkey friend. He lives in East Fairfield with his wife Nancy,...

Shinedown members Brent Smith, Eric Bass, Zach Myers, and Barry Kerch

Rock concert ends in a bang

December 17, 2015

Rock concerts simply don’t work without an enormous venue into which hordes of eager fans and groupies can cram themselves for a night of bangin’ fun. In the case of Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown’s...

Cody Logan and Carolyn Larabee dance to “Crazy in Love”

Dance club performance well-rounded

Marilyn Tagliavia December 17, 2015

This semester’s Johnson State College dance club performance, a campus event always highly anticipated and well-attended by the JSC community, was well-rounded and found a good balance throughout dance...

McKee’s shepherd’s pie

McKee’s offers the comforts of home

Travis LeClair December 17, 2015

It’s that sweet smell of stale beer when I walk in. It’s that metronome of sports television – count them, 14, 15 boob tubes. It’s that jukebox playing country, or rap, or hair metal, 90’s...

Could be a sad day: Craig’s last waltz with 007?

Travis LeClair December 17, 2015

I speak to Daniel Craig lovers: it is a sad day. That’s not a spoiler, just a goodbye to the broody, moody Bond whose adventures have brought us through “Casino Royal,” “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall,”...

Riders on the Triple

Opening day at Jay: no pow-pow

Ian Major December 17, 2015

While many Vermonters take to the woods and their hunting camps after their Thanksgiving meals, the rest of us hit the slopes for opening weekend. After approximately six months of waiting, the day...

Jury members Patrick Monaghan, Shawn Weibel, Neil Bresnahan, Jody Kifner, Sam Lewis, Tim Melville, and Josh Baughn deliberate

Gunn’s “12 Angry Men” offers a provocative view of rough justice

Briana Morin December 17, 2015

The Johnson community got a glimpse into the complicated and controversial world of courtroom drama when the classic “12 Angry Men” was performed on the Dibden stage. “12 Angry Men” was written...

“Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” offers more Panem and more Katniss

“Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” offers more Panem and more Katniss

Travis LeClair December 17, 2015

So there I am, smack-dab in the middle of a theater full of fan-girls, high school groups, middle-aged loners, and families of Katniss worshippers. I wait for the fate of Panem to unravel, for Katniss...

EarthWalkers fixing a bridge

EarthWalk Vermont teaches teens lessons in sustainable living

Elena Houriet December 17, 2015

EarthWalk Vermont, a nonprofit nature education organization located in the Winooski River Valley in Plainfield, Vermont, on the Goddard College campus, prides itself on being a leader in innovative learning. Primarily...

Beth Walsh, Coordinator of Career Development

Mastering the art of the interview

Avery Bliss December 17, 2015

Throughout this past year, unemployment rates in America have dropped to 5 percent, which means more people are out there being hired. The first step in being able to get one of those jobs is mastering...

Thomas Gunn

Advisory council ponders multiple issues

Briana Morin December 17, 2015

Building renovations, college accreditation, and improvement of academic life were just a few of the subjects on the table at the latest Student Advisory Council meeting, which took place on Wednesday,...

“Baraka” is hypnotically watchable

“Baraka” is hypnotically watchable

Sam Hartley December 17, 2015

“Baraka” (1992) is an hour-and-a-half long visual experience that will leave you breathless or drooling from boredom, depending on whether or not you can stomach a film with no plot or characters. The...

Rogenski new chair of VSC Student Association

Mary Fafard December 17, 2015

Johnson State College SGA Senator Jacob Rogenski is the new chair or the Vermont State College Student Association (VSCSA). Rogenski was elected as chair of the VSCSA in October and joins fellow JSC student...

Lisa Kent's new book

Librarian’s second book published

Tom O’Leary December 17, 2015

Lisa Kent, Johnson State College Access Services Librarian and the online librarian for JSC’s External Degree Program, has released her second novel. “Raising Evangeline” is a sequel to her debut...

H.A. Manosh Corporation drilled the well at the center

Water crisis averted

Kayla Friedrich December 17, 2015

The Spanish mustangs that call The Center for America’s First Horse in Johnson home have water again, but the battle isn’t over just yet. Founder of the center Stephanie Lockhart has been working...

Hyde Park VFW Commander Tom Hemenway delivered brief remarks at the ceremony

Dinner for veterans highlights JSC’s outreach initiatives

Sam Hartley December 17, 2015

As part of its ongoing efforts to ramp up services for armed forces veterans, Johnson State College celebrated Veterans Day this year by hosting a dinner for veterans and other community members who wished...

Internship Program Coordinator Ellen Hill

Get a job! Hill and Walsh offer advice in seminar

Avery Bliss December 17, 2015

It’s that time of the year again, when the snow starts to fall, the semester draws to a close, and the deadline for springtime internships approaches. Questions start to arise in the student populace....

Jeb Spaulding

Board of trustees may rescind tuition freeze

Sam Hartley December 17, 2015

The Vermont State Colleges board of trustees is revisiting last year’s decision to freeze tuition for the 2016–17 school year. “I have asked the board of trustees as the chancellor to consider the...

Spitz chronicles Child’s life

Spitz chronicles Child’s life

Lisa Kent December 16, 2015

Once. I saw her just once, for a mere five seconds as my boyfriend surfed television channels. My next encounter was through Dan Akroyd during his Saturday Night Live French Chef skit. So when I started...

C.J. Johnson

Hypnotist mesmerizes JSC students

Hunter Mallette December 15, 2015

“Toxic,” an old Brittney Spears song, thumped from speakers as we gathered in Dibden Center for the Arts. Out of the shadows appeared a man wearing a black and purple suit, with hair spiked like Guy...

Former Vermont Governor Madeleine Kunin

Kunin: be informed citizens

Ian Major December 15, 2015

Former Vermont Governor, Madeleine Kunin visited Johnson State College on Nov. 16, leaving her audience with a admonition to be informed and be involved. Kunin was at JSC visiting Professor and State...

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