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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

Paul Bento and Tom Fondakowski

Sodexo introduces mindful dining, Late Night changes

Josh Lemay September 25, 2013

Coming out of its first year at JSC, food service provider Sodexo is aiming to change the way we look at our food. The initiative, known as Mindful Dining on Campus, is a new way for students to monitor...

A Havana street scene

Cuba trip planned for April break

Lindsay Brown September 25, 2013

This spring, a group of students and teachers will travel to Cuba and immerse themselves in the culture of Havana as part of a 3-credit course, "The Art and Culture of Cuba." Approximately 12 students...

Students eagerly await the mysterys unraveling

Mayan bone mystery probed in EHS series

Victoria Greenia September 25, 2013

The second in the series of extra-curricular science lectures at JSC, "What Does DNA From Ancient Maya Skeletons Reveal?" packed Bentley 206 on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Hosted by Dr. Nancy Elwess, a Vermont...

JSC and local community members move and stack wood for the United Way of Lamoille County Firewood Project as part of the colleges SERVE Local program, which sponsors local service opportunities during the academic year.

SERVE Local offers a variety of options

Ben Simone September 25, 2013

Nine Johnson State Students participated in The United Way’s annual Firewood Program on Sept. 14 through Johnson’s SERVE Local Project. The United Way’s Firewood Project, which according to former...

Angela Smith, a recipient of one of the Outstanding Alumni Awards

Alums claim awards

Mariah Howland September 25, 2013

The 2013 President’s Alumni Awards honored nine distinguished JSC alumni for their personal and career success. JSC President Barbara Murphy presented the awards at the Sept. 21 ceremony. Five alumni...

Greg Eckman

Work study changes benefit students

Mariah Howland September 25, 2013

Student employment at JSC has been changed to provide increased benefits for students, supervisors, and the Financial Aid office with the addition of applications that mimic those of off-campus jobs, pay...

Martha Lance

Academic coaching: a two-way street

Melissa Rixon September 25, 2013

Academic Support Services provides resources to students such as equipment necessary for classes, and services such as advising and note-taking. One service, formerly known as "tutoring," is changing. Now...

One excited resident

Wi-Fi in line for downtown Johnson

Lindsay Brown September 25, 2013

The town of Johnson will soon be equipped with free Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi will run from the downtown shopping plaza to the Johnson Woolen Mills. The Wi-Fi will be established in part from a grant provided...

Center promotes empowerment

Center promotes empowerment

Elizabeth Corbin September 25, 2013

The Women’s Center is tucked next to the ATM by the back entrance of Dewey Hall, just across from the Public Safety office provides a center for women’s issues on campus and in the wider community. "The...

Charlie LeDuff on the air

“Detroit” author LeDuff coming to JSC

Kayla Friedrich September 24, 2013

As a follow-up to this year’s Common Reading Initiative, Author Charlie LeDuff will be on campus Sept. 26, 2013 for a book-signing and lecture, followed by a Q and A on the Dibden stage. During his...

JSC and local community members move and stack wood for the United Way of Lamoille County Firewood Project as part of the college’s “SERVE Local” program, which sponsors local service opportunities during the academic year.

JSC community works with the United Way Firewood Project

Samantha Flint, SERVE graduate assistant September 18, 2013

On Saturday, Sept. 14, ten Johnson State College (JSC) community members participated in the annual United Way of Lamoille County Firewood Project.  Volunteers spent the day stacking and moving firewood....

Shelves and freezers await stocking in Johnsons Sterling Market. The old Grand Union space has been gutted and rebuilt.

New village market set for early October opening

Lindsay Brown September 11, 2013

The long-awaited Johnson’s Sterling Market, owned by entrepreneur Mike Comeau, is slated to open Oct. 1 to start serving the residents of Johnson as well as adjoining towns. The former Grand Union building...

Robert Gervais

Gervais tapped for key IT postition

Don Eaton September 11, 2013

Long-sought relief for the Information Technology (IT) department at JSC is on the way after the search committee landed a guru with roots in the area, deep ties to JSC and a proven ability to lead, educate,...

On the way to Journeys End

New deal preserves Journey’s End access for future generations

Kayla Friedrich September 11, 2013

Thanks to a soon-to-be-inked agreement, a popular local swimming hole will remain open to the public. Journey’s End swimming hole will be owned by the town of Johnson in partnership with the Vermont...

Dance Club working out in new studio

McClelland summer of love yields new dance studios, student lounge, offices and other enhancements

Lindsay Brown September 11, 2013

McClelland Hall underwent several renovations this summer, largest of which was the relocation of the dance studio and the addition of a dance practice studio on the bottom floor of the building. Other...

Nasser Abdel-Fatah

SGA budget takes a $20,000 hit

Melissa Rixon September 11, 2013

As the 2013-2014 academic year begins, money is on the minds of nearly everyone, including Student Government Association (SGA) President Nasser Abdel-Fatah. Between this year and last, the SGA budget...

Jacob White

Writing and Lit. department hopes to fill White’s position

Kayla Friedrich September 11, 2013

The Writing and Literature department hopes to launch a nation-wide search for a new creative writing professor later this fall, in the wake of Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature Jacob White’s...

Take a seat!

Arthur Hall lays down a royal flush

Mariah Howland September 11, 2013

Renovations of the suite bathrooms in Arthur Hall were completed over the summer, marking the end of a 10-year project to upgrade bathrooms in each residence hall. The new bathrooms, painted in peach...

Staff union, VSC negotiations stalled

Lindsay Brown September 11, 2013

Vermont State Colleges (VSC) and the Vermont State Employees Association (VSEA), representing about 250 administrative and service employees at four Vermont State Colleges, have reached impasse over negotiations...

Braaaiiins!

Humans vs. Zombies: Fight of the living dead

Mariah Howland September 11, 2013

Johnson State College is about to be the scene of an apocalypse—a zombie apocalypse. Four students have organized several games of Humans vs. Zombies, a campus-wide event in which players must either...

The Long Trail Tavern is back new and improved

Long Trail Tavern open for business

Victoria Greenia September 11, 2013

Garth Cross is one of the few bar owners who enjoys hearing new customers describe his recently-renovated bar with expletives. In fact, he sits by the front door just to hear them. "Most people who have...

Karen Madden

TRiO dodges major sequestration effects

Kayla Friedrich September 11, 2013

This semester, Johnson State College’s TRiO Program will not feel any major effects of the congressionally mandated across-the-board cuts known as sequestration that began with a 3 percent budget cut...

Hooked: a portrait of addiction in Lamoille County

Hooked: a portrait of addiction in Lamoille County

Emma Post June 6, 2013

Editor's note: This is the first in a series on opiate addiction in Vermont. Some names have been changed to protect the anonymity of the sources. Carly sits across the counter, peeling bright pink...

Detroit: An American Autopsy chosen as fall common book

“Detroit: An American Autopsy” chosen as fall common book

Kayla Friedrich May 24, 2013

In its seventh year, the Common Book program will give JSC’s incoming freshman an inside look at life in Detroit through the eyes of a journalist native to Detroit. “Detroit: An American Autopsy”...

New Johnson market set for late summer opening

New Johnson market set for late summer opening

Lindsay Brown May 24, 2013

It has been a long wait for residents of Johnson, but the lease has been signed, and work has begun on a new grocery store in the downtown shopping plaza. “I am delighted,” said Town Manager Duncan...

Verderber teaching Natural History Photography course in the fall

Verderber teaching Natural History Photography course in the fall

Tom Benton May 18, 2013

Gustav Verderber knows the difference between a wood frog and a green frog. "You hear a sound like a taut rubber band, that’s a green frog," he said. "A wood frog sounds like a duck quacking." He also...

Student faces multiple charges

Tom Benton May 17, 2013

A Johnson State College student has been ordered to appear in Vermont Superior Court in connection with charges of cultivation and possession of hallucinogenic drugs following a search of his Fairfax home...

JSC Confessions raises anonymity concerns

KC Cousineau, Don Eaton & Kayla Friedrich May 6, 2013

JSC Confessions joined the Facebook world April 4, over Spring Break. The page has captured the attention of 629 Facebook users as of April 25 and is past 1200 posts in just four weeks. According to the...

SGA President Nasser Abdel-Fatah

Abdel-Fatah elected new SGA president

Michelle Sawyers May 4, 2013

Johnson State College sophomore Nasser Abdel-Fatah, the newly elected SGA president, intends to focus his efforts next year on higher-ed funding, fixing the snowboard park and cleaning the frolf course. Abdel-Fatah...

Afghanistan experiences inspire Warzone Medicine class

Afghanistan experiences inspire Warzone Medicine class

Kayla Friedrich May 4, 2013

Warzone Medicine, a course which has been taught for four semesters, emerged from challenges that one Johnson State faculty member was working with in Afghanistan. While overseas, part-time instructor...

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