Acts of vandalism on the Johnson State College campus continue, the most recent occurring early Monday morning on March 31, when the light bulbs on the south side and part of the north side of Governors Hall were unscrewed, leaving the hallways completely black. The lights in the stairways were also unscrewed, posing a safety hazard for residents trying to enter or leave the building.
This is only the latest in a spate of vandalism incidents in the residence halls. On two occasions, wire-reinforced windows in Governors sub-floor have been broken, replacement costs for which have exceeded $1,000.
Following repeated incidences of damage and theft, snack-dispensing machines have been removed from all of the residence halls, although they remain in Dewey, SHAPE and the LLC.
This spring, four seniors in the Johnson Music Department will showcase their talents in the Dibden Center for the Performing Arts, as part of MUS-4720 – otherwise known as the senior recital.
Kyle Reardon, a music education major hailing from Rutland, will provide the first recital on April 27. While he is mainly a percussionist, he will also play some pieces on piano.
Reardon explained that music education majors have two final events: student teaching and a senior recital.
Ashley Favreau ~ SGA Senator
As we near the end, I would like take this time to remind everyone of the events we still have coming. Something to look forward to and mark on your calendars is the 30th Annual Casino Night to benefit the United Way.
This event will be truly amazing! Set with a black light Vegas Lounge theme, we hope to see everyone there. Also to continue to keep in mind Arts and Crafts Night, our normal events on Tuesday’s and Coffee Houses.
Not only do we have several amazing events to look to, but we have a lot of amazing and successful events to look back upon. I would like to take this time to really show our appreciation for our clubs this year.
March brings blizzards, St. Patrick’s Day and visitors. Quebecois students visited Johnson State College March 3-6 for the French Exchange program, hosted by Coordinator of Modern Languages Cynthia West and the French II and French IV students.
Six students aged 18-26 attended JSC classes and experienced Vermont culture. The students were able to live in the student dormitories, dine the dean of students, attend classes, use the SHAPE facilities and even visit regular Vermont attractions like the Ben & Jerry’s factory and the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe.
The Quebec students, who attend a Cégep in Terrebonne, Quebec, visited Vermont for a taste of college life.
Response to Abstinence, Anyone?
Ah, sex: a beautiful expression of love, trust, and commitment that comes when a man and a woman are of consenting age – thirty two – and only after marriage. Uh huh.
Recently, an article was published about the joys of abstinence and its many virtues. Employing this age-old practice, one is immune to STIs, moral depravity, and the worst disease for college students – babies.
While I agree with Ms. Rhoades that sex should be special, one must also consider one key, essential factor: human beings need sex, right along with food, water and sleep. It is completely human to feel desire and want to fulfill it. While sleeping with someone you love is unparalleled, that does not mean that sex with someone you are not in love with is bad or immoral. Sex is not a “one way or the highway” scenario.
More than 50 members of the JSC community packed the Ellsworth room at the 15th Annual Multilingual Poetry Jam, a celebration of poetry and languages throughout the world. Always offering a different theme, this year’s event, which was held on Earth Day, featured poems focusing on the third planet from the sun.
Each poem was presented by two readers, one presenting the English version, and the other reading in one of the 10 languages featured in this celebration of both the Earth and its diverse inhabitants. Languages included Abenaki, French, German, Hawaiian, Sicilian Italian, Japanese, Malayan, Romanian, Spanish, and the African dialect of Lungala.
“The concept originally was to celebrate Diversity Week, and in the course of the years we’ve had various ways of celebrating… sometimes music, but always the multi-lingual poetry jam,” said Cynthia West, co-ordinator of modern languages at Johnson.
Something You Should Know
Slavery is a word that induces the strongest of feelings in us; sorrow, disgust, compassion, and horror – all well up in our guts just from hearing the word.
It’s a dirty truncheon of history that we shall never use again, we tell ourselves. Yet, while we may be filled with great surprise and dismay if we decide to recognize the wickedness that is in our present world, slavery is as prevalent today as it has ever been, and in many different forms.
There are slavery-like byproducts of capitalism: the indentured servitude of native peoples who can’t afford to buy the food they toiled to grow and the factory workers producing cheap goods for fifteen hours a day making just enough money to pay for their tiny, hot dorms next to the factories.
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