Break Away Plans Four Spring Trips

By Lauren A. Bizek

Break Away has planned four trips for the spring semester that will focus on a variety of social problems, one taking JSC students to various locales around the country Read More

Nicaragua Becomes the Classroom

By Dan Lurie

During the February break, 13 JSC students, along with Professor of Behavioral Science David Hutchinson and his wife, will be traveling to Nicaragua to observe how mental ilness and drug addiction are dealt with in an indigineous culture. Read More

Johnson State Going to Pot

By Hilary Hayward

The Johnson State College is going to pot, and you can check it out yourself on Nov. 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Dewey, when the annual Throw-A-Thon ceramics sale will raise money for Operation Smile. Read More

Students Take the Heat for Governors North Fire

By Justin Halvorson

All first-floor residents of Governor’s North have been slapped with a $50 fine following a trash can fire in September that sent the 100-plus residents of the dorm out into an early-morning rain.

New Republican Club Formed on Campus

By Hailee Laidman

On Thursday, Oct. 25, a group of Johnson State College students sat at a table in Dewey trying to spark interest among the college community by representing their new club for student, College Republicans. Pizza was served, opinions were shared; and a sign-up sheet was posted.

“We are hoping to create healthy competition because there are no other political groups on campus,” says Hicken. “Because people don’t get involved; we only have two parties. It is good to have debates, and it takes two parties to do that.”

Leila Bandar

The New Coordinator of Campus Arts

By Katie Crown

Dibden Gallery Director Leila Bandar has a new title and with it, her role in bringing the visual arts to JSC is likely to expand.

A "Bus-y" Day on Campus

By Russ Weis

Two buses powered by vegetable oil visited JSC on Thursday, November 1. Jointly sponsored by the Outdoor Education program and the Eco-Rep team, this event Read More

Beautiful Yes, But How Beautiful?

The Notorious $20,000 View

By Chelsea Hicken

It is a crisp fall day on the JSC campus. A stroll along the recently constructed brick-way reveals the splendor of the Sterling Mountains. It is picture-perfect here among the red brick buildings, gently falling golden leaves, and rolling green mountains. Some would say the view is worth $20,000, a figure often said to reflect the disparity between full-faculty salaries at JSC (and the other Vermont State Colleges) and national averages for other public institutions.

Drew Farrel Leaves Admissions Office

By Jeff Boesse

Assistant Director of Admissions Drew Farrel will be leaving Johnson State College after seven years at the school to pursue a job in the mental health field. Read More

National Student Exchange Is Looking for Interested Students

By Joshua Hamilton

Why would anyone forsake the swaying palms, warm breezes, and sparking beaches of Hawaii for the less hospitable climate of northern Vermont?

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

Intense, Incredible, In Dibden

By Basement Medicine Staff

For Stephanie Monseau and Keith Nelson, it’s a calling, a mission, and a magnificient obsession: they have been credited with nearly single-handedly keeping the old vaudville tradition of circus arts alive and accessible for thousands of Americans.

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