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Professor Faces Charges

By Paul Elmendorf

Johnson State College Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences John Wrazen has been charged with importing and stocking wild animals without a permit.
The charges were levied against Wrazen after the JSC animal lab, which was under Wrazen’s care, was discovered to be in a condition of serious neglect and closed. Authorities then went to Wrazen’s home in Franklin County and found animals that Wrazen allegedly did not have the proper permits to stock.


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New Digital Arts Mac Lab

To Open Next Fall in LLC

ByMartha Evans-Mongeon

The multimedia room in the Library and Learning Center, lovingly dubbed “The Cave,” will be renovated into a digital media room equipped to support the new Fine Arts program concentration in the digital arts.
According to Sharron Scott, the dean of administration, the anticipated completion date for the project is the beginning of the fall semester of 2010. It is still in the design stages, and the college anticipates bringing in engineers from Apple to help with the room design.


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Those Parking Fees and Fines: Where Does the Money Go?


By Adam D. Smith


Parking permits, along with textbooks, are a yearly expenditure for many on campus students. A permit is required to park in most lots on the Johnson State College Campus, as well as in the college apartment lots.

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Director of Athletics Barb Lougee, Dean of Students Dave Bergh and Junior Rob Key all cut the ribbon during the official opening ceremony of the newly rennovated SHAPE facility on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

                                                                            (photo by Sam Noftz)