While the Faculty Federation does not generally comment on confidential personnel matters, the situation involving Professor Fred Wiseman at Johnson State College has generated so much press coverage and...
Melissa Rixon, SGA Public Relations Officer
• September 28, 2012
In response to the confusion and frustration on campus, the Student Government Association wants to explain what happened with the Movie Nights.
The SGA hadn’t received the DVD when “Magic Mike”...
It doesn’t read "We, the Jury" under the Basement Medicine masthead. It’s a Bob Dylan quote. In the spirit of that quote, today we’re on the pavement thinking about confidentiality.
The issue of...
Dear Naughty Nonna,
Lately when my girlfriend and I have had sex, I’ve been having a hard time going for as long as I need to to satisfy my lady. What do guys think about to slow themselves down during...
Have you started exercising yet? Did you measure your abdomen as I mentioned last week? Well, the other part of the obesity equation is our diet. Diet is WHAT we eat, not a restrictive way of eating. Why...
The following is an excerpt from a commentary written by Ryan Alexander and Bernie Sanders.
The US is facing a $15 trillion national debt, and there is no shortage of opinions about how to move toward...
Oh, shit. Talk about full circle. The first editorial of this semester discussed the importance of fighting SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill which would have severely limited Internet freedoms....
Jeanie Cass, JSC Nurse Practioner
• April 12, 2012
Get a tape measure. What you don’t have one? Get creative with a piece of yarn (from a knitter on campus) and a ruler… and measure the largest portion of your waist between your belly button and the...
This guest column was originally published in the Williston Observer.
In the two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, Americans are seeing the benefits. Nearly 86 million Americans...
I was wrong.
I wrote a large piece on Bruce Springsteen’s new album, “Wrecking Ball,” which was published last edition, and even there was significantly edited from its initial gargantuan...
One of my favorite poems is “Diagnosis” by Sharon Olds (You can find the poem at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/11/19). In this poem, a mother is deathly worried about “funny...
Mark Woodward, Lamoille County State Representative
• March 22, 2012
There is no place for intrigue and excitement like the Vermont Statehouse as the end of a biennium approaches. We all come back from town meeting knowing that if legislation is to make it to law this session...
Boy, did you feel that? That was a warm, spring breeze. Used to be it might start turning 60 degrees in mid-April if we were lucky.
Now it’s just past mid-March and we’re having 70- to 80-degree...
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Dylan Giambatista, a political science student at Johnson State College.
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Dylan Giambatista, a political science student at Johnson...
Stepping from the brink of the cave, the woman moves rapidly to the brambles near the cave entrance where she remembers the blackberries. She feels a twinge of fear at having forgotten her spear but the...
The following is an excerpt from an editorial by Sen. Bernie Sanders, which originally appeared on CNN.com.
Gas prices approaching $4 a gallon on average are causing severe economic pain for millions...
It’s time for the talk.
Maybe you’ve experienced it. Maybe you’ve just heard about it from your overzealous friends. Whether one has experienced it first- or second-hand, there’s no...
Last semester, at the Harvest Keepers Community Potluck, I picked up a few informational handouts provided by Edmund Harris on local food sovereignty in Vermont. It was a subject touched on by organic...
Jeanie Cass, JSC Nurse Practioner
• February 16, 2012
In preparation for this article, I interviewed Brad Moskowitz, Professor of Outdoor Education, avid backcountry enthusiast, and member of the Mount Mansfield Ski Patrol. Brad provided me with helpful information...
This has been an exciting week at the State House. In my ten years as the Rep from Johnson and Eden I have never witnessed such a large turnout of Vermont State College students. As a JSC alumni myself,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders & Robert Weissman, Contributors
• February 16, 2012
If you are concerned about the collapse of the middle class, you should be concerned about how American campaigns are financed. If you wonder why the United States is the only country in the industrialized...
If seasons were lovers, February might be the Faye Dunaway of the group. Not “Chinatown” Faye Dunaway, either – more like the cold, mood-swinging, psychopathic “Mommy Dearest” Faye Dunaway. If...
It is no secret that the people of our country are angry and frustrated with Washington and their government. They correctly perceive that we face enormous problems: a collapsing middle class, increased...
When it comes to being successful, does attitude matter?
Does it help to be positive?
Are people born that way or is it something that can be cultivated?
What about happiness – do you have to...
This year, the Vermont Legislature has hit the ground running.
Throughout the fall most members were hard at work helping their communities recover from Hurricane Irene.
Fortunately, Lamoille County...
On Tuesday, the Feb. 7, your fellow students, faculty and staff will be heading to our state capitol to rally around the issue of funding for higher education.
This has the potential to be a pivotal...
We kicked SOPA’s ass.
SOPA was the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill to – you guessed it – stop online piracy, chiefly but not only illegal downloads of movies and music. It is a problem, in that...
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