Candid about culture shock at Napier University
Magnificent Schmidl, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2019
When I arrived at my Napier student accommodation in September, I was excited to meet my new flat mates. I knew that they would be fellow exchange students, but I didn’t know where they would be from or who they would be. With no way for me to contact any of them beforehand, I let my imagination take...
Going barefoot in Venice: the flood this time
December 12, 2019
It takes a certain amount of recklessness to walk through the flood-ravaged streets of an ancient city. But there we were, three Americans and an Australian, walking barefoot in Venice, Italy. We were there for a weekend holiday, just a week after the city was declared to be in a state of emergency...
Mutt’s ado about Bodie: thereby hangs a tail
Adriana Eldred, Photo & Web Editor
December 12, 2019
Adopting a new dog is the equivalent to the excitement of having a baby. I’ve never had a baby, but owning a dog is the closest I’ve gotten so far, and I would certainly compare dog ownership to parenthood. Many people do, in some way, adopt a baby. Puppies are adopted far more often than dogs...
It’s on the House
November 22, 2019
Basement Medicine spoke with freshman Maddie House, a dual-athlete, playing soccer and basketball, and environmental advocate for the beautiful world around her. House is from Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey and loves her bulldog, Meatball. She dominates on the field, controls the court, and spread...
“The Last Elephants” is informative, heartbreaking and well-worth the time
Lisa Monique-Kent, Student
November 7, 2019
I didn’t know. I really didn’t know that taking ivory from elephants meant their deaths. I thought that poachers took part of the ivory, but left the animals alive. That’s not exactly better, but at least in my version the elephant lived. In reality, the animals are left where they are felled,...
A love letter to HONK!
Ari Erlbaum, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
Full disclosure: I sometimes jump around playing saxophone in a red jumpsuit. Last weekend, my brass band, Brass Balagan, played as one of 25 bands at the HONK! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts. The bands at HONK! are all “activist street bands.” This is a broad category, but they all tend...
Sights to see in Edinburgh
Magnificent Schmidl, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
I walk out my door on a cloudy morning to see the Union Canal across the street. The sky is grey, as it usually is in the morning, but like most days, it will clear up and be sunny by about 2 p.m. There are mallard ducks, swans, seagulls and magpies milling around as people walk, run or ride by on bikes. What...
24 hour comics: setting my inner eight-year-old free
Ari Erlbaum, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
“Cool,” I begin my interview with Stephanie Zuppo. “Umm…” “Yup,” they respond, chewing a bagel. They’re wearing fuzzy dragon pajamas. We’re not at the height of our conversational prowess. It’s 7:00 AM, and we’ve been up since 9:00 the day before, though Zuppo took a few naps....
Chattin’ with Ian
Thomas Streeter, Staff Reporter
October 24, 2019
Basement Medicine sat down with Studio Arts major Ian Bowen. Ian is a fan of Jimi Hendrix and is not a fan of Donald Trump. Ian is originally from Long Island, New York, but now lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with plans to move to Johnson, Vermont. What inspires you? I am inspired by many things a...
True blue Shane Stacey
Adriana Eldred, Photo & Web Editor
October 3, 2019
Shane Stacey is the math and sciences specialist in Academic Support Services. He has been involved with the college for decades, as a student, alum, and then staff. He sat down with BM to talk about coffee, poker, and unicorns. How did you end up at Johnson? I started coming to this campus in t...
WDEV: We’re on air
Ari Erlbaum, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2019
I’m going to try not to let this article turn into a straight love note to WDEV, but I don’t know if I’ll succeed. The radio station has been a fixture in central Vermont my whole life. Every time I tune in, I am grateful for the unpretentious way it makes the Central Vermont community feel like...
Naughty and nice at ViceLand
September 20, 2019
Johnson residents and students who tentatively make their way into ‘ViceLand, a Store for Adults’ might think twice about their prejudices. While the community’s initial reaction on Front Porch Forum was that of disgust, Owner Kayce Massey would like the community to know that ViceLand is not just...
Round the planet Janet!
September 20, 2019
Dr. Janet Bennion, professor of Sociology and Anthropology, sat down with Basement Medicine to discuss her research and her passions. What is unique about you? I grew up in Utah, and I grew up in a Mormon community. I’m no longer orthodox, and haven’t been for some time, but I grew up in a v...
She can’t go home again
September 20, 2019
The campus of Green Mountain College currently sits dead. All the residence halls are empty, not filled with students anymore. The doors to Griswold Library are locked, but the shelves are still filled with books, magazines, and research materials. Our beloved community-based farm is now overgrown, the...
Soylent: “The most vomitous thing I ever put in my mouth”
September 20, 2019
“I’m sorry,” I said, to no one in particular. “This does not taste like food, let alone something that I could stomach eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner for three days.” The nobody in particular didn’t say anything, probably because I was sitting in an empty library, and said nobody...
A Cuban journey of discovery
April 4, 2019
I spent the best week of my life in Cuba. Professors Tyrone Shaw and Ken Leslie bring a group of students every few years. Due to the merger, they were able to bring students from the Johnson and Lyndon campuses. This class, INT-3035, is known as Art and Culture of Cuba. I didn’t think it was...
A license to sail
February 21, 2019
Luna Crowley, a full-time NVU student, attained the title of Captain on Feb. 3 after passing a 56-hour captain’s course. The final exam took place in Danvers, Massachusetts, and ran six hours long. Crowley was the third to finish and pass in a class of 24. Crowley is a sophomore Resident Assistant...
Letter from Las Cruces: Hassle in El Paso
February 21, 2019
I went to a Trump Rally. Well, sort of. I didn’t get in. I waited three and a half hours in line, not including the half hour it took for me to find a parking spot. It was a Pastor parking spot. I took it anyway. As I walked to the El Paso County Coliseum, the crowd thickened, and traffic...
Loulou’s just desserts: Dream Cafe changes hands
by Mike King
February 8, 2019
Since purchasing the Dream Cafe on Jan. 17, new owners Lindzi Lacross and Brendon Mullikin have been hard at work tailoring Johnson’s 25-year-old business on Main Street to meet their own vision. The cafe name will no longer be the Dream Cafe, and will soon be called Loulou’s Coffee house. The...
Use the force, Robert!
December 14, 2018
Robert Ferullo is more than a mathematics and environmental science major. He’s also a proud Italian, a musician and a Star Wars superfan. The Massachusetts native spends the majority of his time on campus, where he is a senator for SGA as well as a full-time student. While his chock-full schedule mean...
Tisbert fighting for the future of farmers as Vermont Farm Bureau president
December 14, 2018
The Vermont Farm Bureau, which was founded in 1915, is the state’s largest non-profit trade association of agricultural producers. They now have over 4,000 member families from 14 counties throughout the state that work together to solve problems within the agricultural community and are considered...
Her best shot
Robbie Maher
December 6, 2018
Associate Dean of Students Michele Whitmore has been at Northern Vermont University Johnson for over two decades. The longtime badger is an avid tennis player, lifelong Pat Benatar fan and most importantly, family oriented. The full Q&A on Michele is below: In your long career as an educator, what was ...
Adapt and overcome: Valley Dream finds success in change
December 6, 2018
As the Vermont dairy industry continues to decline, more and more farms are fiscally forced into either transitioning to a different form of farming or dissolving entirely. However, some, like the Valley Dream Farm, were fortunate enough to have the foresight to abandon dairy before it was too late. Now,...
It’s the principal
Robbie Maher
November 9, 2018
.Morrisville native Dick Shanley has been at Northern Vermont Johnson for over a decade serving as an Adjunct Professor of Education, while supervising a multitude of student teachers over the last 14 years. Besides his tenure at NVU- Johnson, Shanley has been involved in education for nearly 40 year...
Facing hard times, Vermont’s dairy farms begin to diversify
November 9, 2018
Editor’s note: This is the second in a six-part series. As the dairy industry plunges further into crisis locally and nationwide, an alarming trend has begun to develop. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, farmers are responsible for more suicides than any other occupation w...
Michael J. Fox: Mountain Man
October 29, 2018
Michael J. Fox is Dean of Enrollment and Marketing at NVU. Were you ever made fun of for your name? No, aside from the ladies at church that would joke with me as a kid. Most of the time I would get the "Back to the Future" reference or Alex P. Keaton from "Family Ties" but it really depends on th...
Seana Speaks
Seana Rowell
October 25, 2018
The effects of depression and anxiety aren’t just in your head. Studies have shown that emotions and mental health can, and often do, have an impact on your physical health. If you are one of the many Americans living with a mental health disorder, your lived experience is very likely showing you t...
Tomfoolery
October 24, 2018
It’s official, the Boston Red Sox are returning to the World Series where they will face the Los Angeles Dodgers for a seven-game series beginning on Tues., Oct. 23. A franchise once known for epic collapses and ultimate choke-jobs during their 86-year title drought is now vying for their fourth c...
They didn’t give him the finger
October 2, 2018
Mike Metcalf is a part-time instructor of political science who teaches American Politics and Government at NVU-Johnson. You refer to yourself as a “Vermont Republican,” what does that mean? Vermont Republicans have tended to be, especially recently, socially liberal and fiscally moderate to cons...
More than horseplay
October 2, 2018
Stephanie Lockhart, founder of the Center for America’s First Horse in Johnson, Vermont, gives people the opportunity to work with horses to improve their lives through a method of assistance known as Equine Therapy, which is designed to help people deal with emotional challenges. These can include...
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