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Basement Medicine

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

Basement Medicine

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

Basement Medicine

JSC student Amanda Rae Bolduc catches her breath as Johnson Water Rescue helps her out of the icy water

Bone-chilling water, heart-warming cause

Kayla Friedrich February 19, 2014

The frigid February temperatures of Lake Elmore are far from suitable for swimming at only 35 degrees, but nonetheless, 89 people took the plunge through the ice on Saturday, Feb. 15, raising $23,579 to...

At the first meditation session in the SHAPE function room on Jan. 30, students and faculty focus on their thoughts.

Sit and Breathe

Victoria Greenia February 15, 2014

A year of slogging through a backlog of homework, research papers, and presentations for four or more classes while also trying to hold down a job and still spend time with friends and family can overwhelm...

Margo Warden

College seeks to solve retention riddle

Kayla Friedrich February 6, 2014

Johnson State College’s administration, staff, and faculty are working to raise the current retention rate of 63 percent between first and second-year students, which is below the average among the state...

Dan Regan

JSC launches search for eight new faculty

Josh LeMay February 6, 2014

A plan to fill eight new full-time faculty positions is now underway at Johnson State College. This extensive process began last semester with the chairs of each department consulting with their colleagues...

Chris Ferguson

Bye, Hub; Hi, Downtown Pizzeria and Pub

Max Van Wie February 6, 2014

Local bar and restaurant, the Hub, has been sold and is under the new ownership. Chris Ferguson, the former manager of The Hub, and Allison Tafuri will  be the managers of the restaurant. Ferguson...

Sara Kinerson

College welcomes 30 spring transfer students

Ben Simone February 6, 2014

This semester Johnson State College is welcoming 30 transfer students from across the Vermont and out of state. “We certainly have worked hard on the support end to improve what kinds of support and...

Professor of Behavioral Sciences Gina Mireault

Mireault suggests students speed date–sort of

Ben Simone February 6, 2014

Get lost. Speed date. Be a baby. Such was the advice Professor of Behavioral Sciences Gina Mirault offered on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in her talk titled “Where are you now? and other (Dis) orienting Questions.” Margo...

SGA looks to a packed spring agenda

Josh LeMay February 6, 2014

The first meeting of the spring semester saw the Student Government Association discussing student petitions, club fairs, and Casino Night on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The next big project the SGA will undertake...

Job Heintz, speaking in the Stearns Performance Space

Himalayan Cataract Project opening eyes

Victoria Greenia February 6, 2014

“Be willing to take advantage of opportunities you might not think is in the area of where you are going,” Job Heintz, Vermont lawyer and chief executive officer of the Himalaya Cataract Project, said...

Film highlights a national scourge

Film highlights a national scourge

Travis LeClair December 5, 2013

Students, faculty, and community members were gathered in Bentley 207 to watch the 2012 documentary “A Place at the Table,” which explored in depth the problem of food insufficiency in America.  Nearly...

College to offer new accounting program

College to offer new accounting program

Kayla Friedrich November 27, 2013

In response to changes in the Vermont certified public accountant (CPA) exam requirements, Henrique Cezar, professor of business and economics at JSC, created the new certificate of proficiency in Accounting...

SGA President Nasser Abdel-Fatah

SGA struggles with sharply reduced budget

Josh Lemay November 27, 2013

The JSC Student Government Association began the current academic year with a sharply reduced budget, down by nearly a third from those in recent years. The current budget of $40,000 is $20,000 less...

What you get depends on who you are

Oxfam Hunger Banquet spotlights global hunger

November 27, 2013

  The issue of global hunger and poverty was brought to the Johnson State College campus on Thursday Nov. 14 with an Oxfam Hunger Banquet hosted by the SERVE office in coordination with Arthur Hall...

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