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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

Opal Savoy

Opal Savoy, Editor in Chief

Senior, BFA Creative Writing major from Craftsbury, VT.

Resident Punk Scientist and Basement Medicine Web Wrangler.

I love science and writing, and when I can, combining the two. 

"Let's Make Science (and Writing!) Cool Again!" 

“Writing is the science of the various blisses of language” – Roland Barthes

“Nature should be to us an object of reverence, not of blushes.” – Tertullian

All content by Opal Savoy
Devyn Thompson

Drink water, be bulletproof

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
December 9, 2021
Punk Science: carbon sucks!

Punk Science: carbon sucks!

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
December 9, 2021
The Nutty Goat

Going nuts for goat nuts

Opal Savoy, Editor in Chief
November 18, 2021
The Svalbard Seed Vault

Punk Science: world’s seediest hotel

Opal Savoy, Editor in Chief
November 18, 2021
The lonely light on an empty Dibden stage

Burned but not forgotten

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
October 28, 2021
Jae Basiliere

[Photo] Just make work!

Delilah Kramer, Staff Reporter
October 28, 2021
Trees don’t bark...

Trees don’t bark…

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
October 14, 2021
Greg Petrics

Overthinking and undercast

Opal Savoy, Editor in Chief
October 14, 2021

Underpants on the outside

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
September 23, 2021
An excerpt from White Dragon Woman

An excerpt from White Dragon Woman

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
September 23, 2021
Punk science: from dawn till dusk

Punk science: from dawn till dusk

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
September 23, 2021
irresponsibly photoshopped by Solil Devyn Borthwick

McClelland faculty finds new digs in WLLC

Opal Savoy, Editor In Chief
September 23, 2021
Opal Savoy BM Staff Photo

[Photo] Opal Savoy

September 15, 2020
Pb - Au

Pb – Au

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
May 3, 2021
Use the gas pedal!

Use the gas pedal!

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
April 12, 2021
The time of takeout

The time of takeout

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
April 12, 2021

Dibden puts on virtual show

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
March 18, 2021
Dr. Karen Madden

TRiO receives new grant funds

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
November 28, 2020
Professor of Political Science David Plazek.

A new major is coming to town

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
November 28, 2020

Punk Science talks postpartum

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
November 28, 2020

Punk Science

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
November 13, 2020
SOMA

So scary, but SOMA-ch fun

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
October 26, 2020

Punk Science

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
October 26, 2020
Punk Science talks DNA

Punk Science talks DNA

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
October 8, 2020
Emily Tarleton in her office in Bentley Hall. Tarleton is the co-author of several papers tying magnesium intake to chronic pain and depression.

Chronic pain and magnesium

Opal Savoy, Web Editor
October 8, 2020
Promo poster for The Boys

“The Boys”: jarring and delightful

Opal Savoy, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2020
Punk Science: marvelous microbiomes!

Punk Science: marvelous microbiomes!

Opal Savoy, Staff Reporter
September 15, 2020
To accommodate social distancing, the capacity of a classroom must be physically managed.

It’s not all doom and gloom on Zoom

Opal Savoy, Staff Writer
September 15, 2020
Punk Science

Punk Science

Opal Savoy, Student
February 6, 2020
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