VOL. 33, ISSUE 1 Thursday, February 2, 2012 SINCE 1973
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Editor in Chief      

Tom Benton

Sports Editor

Ben Algar

Photo Editor

Mariah Howland

Web Editor
Ben Algar

Copy Editors

Leisa Kelsey

Anna Liccione

Staff Reporters

Ben Algar, Tom Benton, Donny Eaton,Shannon Edmonds, Mariah Howland, Liesa Kelsey, Anna Liccione

Arts Editor

Anna Liccione

Contributors Cynthia Hennard, Kevin Kirk, Gunter Kleist, Naughty Nonna, Sarah Plante, Richard Schlong, Mark Woodward, Garan Wilson

Letters to the Editor

The editors at Basement Medicine strongly encourage readers to send us your views, opinions, or thoughts.
To send us your views, email us

Editorial

By Tom Benton

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 the artists behind the illegally downloaded movies and music aren’t getting paid for their work when one illegally downloads it, but SOPA proposed to fight illegal downloads by giving the American government unprecedented power over the Web. The Internet, one of the few more-or-less worldwide freedoms, wouldn’t have been free anymore.


And we shot that bug

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A Message from the SGA

By Kevin Kirk (Student Government Association Senator)

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.

Basement Medicine: From the SGA President

Rap from the Rep

A Message from Rep. Mark Woodward

By Rep. Mark Woodward

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.
                       

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Words of Wellness

Making the Best of It

By Cynthia Hennard, M.A.

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 sacrifice happiness to work hard and be successful?

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