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Basement Medicine

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

Basement Medicine

A note from the SGA

A note from the SGA

Mary Fafard November 3, 2015

The first Student Government Association’s Senate project was approved at the SGA’s weekly meeting on Monday Oct. 12. Senator Brendan Walsh has proposed a project to create directional signs to the...

Down with the Sickness

Down with the Sickness

Avery Bliss November 3, 2015

It’s that time of the year again, when campus will soon be overrun by the sniffles, mountains of tissues and copious amounts of cough syrup. So to help you make your way through these times, here are...

Patchworks Place needs new location to open this year

Patchworks Place needs new location to open this year

Kayla Friedrich November 3, 2015

Editor’s note: This article was used with permission from News & Citizen. The Lamoille County Continuum of Care is working with St. John’s in the Mountains Episcopal Church and Capstone Community...

“Promise of a Pencil” inspires

Travis LeClair November 3, 2015

Entrepreneur and author Adam Braun has spoken in front of the White House, the United Nations and the Clinton Global Initiative. On Monday, Oct. 26, the founder of Pencils of Promise presented before a...

Stephanie Lockhart and Ringo

You can’t always lead a horse to water

Marilyn Tagliavia November 3, 2015

For the second time this year, The Center for America’s First Horse in Johnson, Vermont is experiencing a water system failure. The 501(c)3 non-profit organization offers programs with the goal of providing...

Parking tickets to help cover maintenance $$

Parking tickets to help cover maintenance $$

Elena Houriet October 19, 2015

With the costs of obtaining a college education so high, some students are outraged by the requirement of paying for a parking permit every year. At Johnson State College parking permits are $50 per...

Sue Minter and Bill Doyle

Newly minted gubernatorial candidate talks politics

Ian Major October 19, 2015

Newly-announced Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate, Sue Minter visited Johnson State College on Sep. 28 to discuss many topics including the future of higher education in Vermont. Minter was at JSC...

Karen Madden

Emergency fund helps students

Sam Hartley October 19, 2015

You’ve been attending classes at Johnson State College for a semester. Suddenly you’re struck by an unforeseen and costly accident. For example, you’ve lost your glasses that you depend on to read,...

Toby Stewart

Martinetti water system repaired

Briana Morin October 19, 2015

In the late afternoon of Monday, Sept. 21, Students walking into Martinetti Hall would have noticed water pouring out of the side door leading to the water pump. Not long after this began, Martinetti...

Sharron Scott

Cable for wifi: a good exchange?

Avery Bliss October 19, 2015

Over the course of the summer, cable connections in the residence halls at Johnson State College were removed, in order to install better wireless internet connections, says Sharron Scott, dean of administration...

Matt Hayes becomes first-year events coordinator

Matt Hayes becomes first-year events coordinator

Marilyn Tagliavia October 19, 2015

As the newest addition to Johnson State College’s First-Year Experience Office, Matt Hayes brings his enthusiastic personality and a love for the arts to his position as first-year events coordinator....

Thomas Gunn

Thomas Gunn: from home-school to college to acting

Marilyn Tagliavia October 19, 2015

“I am not Danny Zuko,” said Thomas Gunn, who played Danny Zuko in last year’s performance of “Grease” at Johnson State College. “I am not Danny Zuko at all.” Since age seven, Gunn has...

BAB decides on spring 2016 community service locations

Avery Bliss October 19, 2015

A trip to Nicaragua here, a dash off to Detroit there, and a swift jaunt over to the Grand Canyon. These are the voyages of the Badger Alternative Breaks, Johnson State College’s globetrotting community...

JSC Student competes for NASA

JSC Student competes for NASA

Briana Morin October 19, 2015

When asked what they want to be when they grow up, a fair number of children will respond enthusiastically that they want to be an astronaut. But how likely is that to actually happen? As it turns out,...

Johnson Skatepark sees upgrades

Rusty Freeman October 19, 2015

As anyone who treads Johnson State College’s campus has probably realized, the spirit of skateboarding is alive here. It’s hard to walk to class on a sunny day without spotting at least one other student...

Trees falling near tennis court prompt caution

Trees falling near tennis court prompt caution

Ian Major October 19, 2015

Old dead trees located in the woods behind the Johnson State College tennis courts are becoming a safety concern for JSC’s Public Safety. On Sep. 15, JSC Public Safety Officer Michael Laflin, was...

Therapy Animals

Therapy Animals

Agathe Fredette October 19, 2015

Resembling a scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with swirls of golden caramel, Cupcake makes soft chattering noises as she munches through a pile of mixed greens, acquired by her human from the dining...

Magic the Gathering

Cayla Fronhofer October 19, 2015

Friday night, 6 p.m., Dewey Hall, room 132: It’s where the Magic happens. This is the meeting place of a club dedicated to playing Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game that has been around since...

Colin Ryan

Colin Ryan talks money issues with a packed room

Briana Morin October 19, 2015

Debt, saving money, and other financial topics continue to be a major point of interest for college students across the country. So why don’t many students don’t know how to pay off debt and save...

Vandals strike Senators Lot

Ian Major September 29, 2015

When JSC Junior Avery Bliss approached his car on the morning of Sept. 12 he noticed that the back side of his vehicle had several marks of poorly drafted graffiti on it. “Somebody was spray painting...

Goodbye health; hello wellness

Goodbye health; hello wellness

Agathe Fredette September 29, 2015

After almost 15 years of partnership, the CEO of the Community Health Services of Lamoille Valley decided to terminate its contract with Johnson State College last April, resulting in the college’s Health...

 Tom Fondakowski

Sodexo nixes Mountain Top Market, expands Common Grounds

Cayla Fronhofer September 29, 2015

Despite its title, JSC’s on-campus convenience store has been closed primarily because of its inconvenient location. According to Tom Fondakowski, general manager of JSC’s Sodexo branch, the Mountaintop...

Where your student activity fee goes

Where your student activity fee goes

Kayla Friedrich September 29, 2015

The student activity fee on every student’s college bill has raised questions among the campus community as it appears every semester, and nobody knew what the fee encompassed. Set by the Vermont...

NSE offers many options

Elena Houriet September 29, 2015

Alaska, California, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are just a few of the locations available to students looking for a change of pace in a new environment while continuing their college education...

Collins to convene student advisory council

Collins to convene student advisory council

Briana Morin September 29, 2015

It’s no question that students are the primary focus and driving force of college systems around the world. But, too often, the student voice goes either unheard or unacknowledged. That’s precisely...

Shap Smith's delicate dance with Shumlin's shadow

Shap Smith’s delicate dance with Shumlin’s shadow

Sam Hartley September 29, 2015

Gubernatorial candidate and current speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives Shap Smith stopped by Johnson State last Tuesday for a brief stump speech and Q&A with students as part of Politics Week,...

Veteran Center finds a new home

Avery Bliss September 29, 2015

The Veterans Center for Johnson State College has found a new location in Dewey, in the space that once belonged to the Mountaintop Market. It was moved from its old location in what is now the advising...

Beard's swimming hole

SGA helps fund public swimming hole

Mary Fafard September 29, 2015

The Johnson State College Student Government Association will donate $1,000 to a local swimming hole to be protected by the Town of Johnson, and the Vermont River Conservancy. The donation has been...

Shepard kicks off fall author series

Travis LeClair September 29, 2015

The Writing and Literature Department is inviting a former JSC professor, an alumnus, and a lawyer/poet for this semester’s Visiting Authors Series. All writers are award winning. Former JSC professor...

Politics Club seeks new members

Politics Club seeks new members

Avery Bliss September 29, 2015

The Politics Club, founded last semester by Ben Simone and John Dabrowski, is finally open and accepting new members to fill their ranks. “We’re really passionate about local and national, and international...

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