Volume 60.4

Lyndon State College

September 20, 2013

Lyndon State Alumna Appointed Vermont Education Secretary

Joe RivetCritic Staff Writer

An LSC student who survived a mo-torcycle accident says his plan is to repair his motorcycle and get back on the road.

Robert Dodd, 20, was riding his motorcycle by the intersection between Lower Campus Road and College Road on Monday evening when he ran over a patch of loose gravel and lost control of his bike. Dodd’s bike went off the road and hit a guardrail, causing Dodd to be thrown from his seat. The State police were called to the scene shortly afterwards and officer Seth Loomis responded.

Loomis arrived at the accident to find a wounded Dodd, and an ambulance from Lyndon Rescue brought Dodd to North-eastern Vermont Regional hospital to be treated for the wounds he received from the accident.

The injuries he received were noth-ing to be taken lightly, but Dodd is still expected to make a full recovery. “I had a bruised lung and a piece of bone taken out

of my hip, the rest is all road rash,” Dodd said. “I’m just now beginning to walk again. My game plan is to recover the best I can and get some work in so I can repair my bike and get back on the road.”

Repairing his bike will be no easy matter though. The 1982 Honda motorcy-cle seems to have suffered even worse than Dodd did from the accident. The motorcy-cle has severe frontal damage and the fuel tank was jarred loose from the force of the accident.

Luckily for him, Dodd is not alone in his recovery efforts. “Luckily my girlfriend Nicole Larocque has been taking care of me and helping me move around and recover.”

Officer Loomis and the Police have declined to comment on the accident.

Dodd was lucky enough to escape the crash with injuries he can recover from because he was wearing a proper motorcy-cle helmet and because he remembered to travel at a safe speed. A reminder to all of us about the advantages of safe driving.

Motorcycle Crash Injures Lyndon State Student

WeatherBy Dylan Robichaud

Friday: Sunny skies in the morning along with some fair weather clouds in the after-noon.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy skies early turn to clear skies later at night.

Low: 45-48

High: 64-66

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.

Saturday night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers

Low: 50-55

High 68-72

Sunday: Partly cloudy with a small chance of showers

Sunday night: Party cloudy with a small chance of showers

High 64-67

Low: 50-55

Photo Courtesy of Dan WeinerRobert Dodd’s motorcycle hit a gaurd rail which threw him from his seat

Photo Courtesy of Michael MileyGovernor Peter Sumlin appoints Rebecca Holcombe as sec-retary of Education.

Michael MileyCritic Editor in Chief

Today, Governor Peter Shumlin appointed Rebecca Holcombe as the new Secretary of Education.

Holcombe is currently the director of the Dart-mouth Teacher Education Program in Hannover, New Hampshire. Prior to this, Holcomb oversaw the consoli-dation of four town schools into the interstate Rivendell School District, serving as Director of Academics. She was also the principal of the K-8 Fairlee School. Hol-combe completed her graduate coursework and princi-pal certification at Lyndon State.

According to Shumlin, what struck him about Hol-combe was a) that her vision for education matched his and b) no matter what they were discussing, Holcombe “always came back to the kids.” Shumlin praised her as “collaborative, listens well, and wants to strengthen partnerships with higher education.”

Education came under the Governor’s Office in 2009 after much legislative debate, and in Shumlin’s own words, “trepidation.” Working together, the state manages schools, while the Board of Education sets policy.

Shumlin announced at the press conference that he feels that the organizational changes have been a success, and that “none of the things people were worried about happened.” Stephan Morse, whom Shumlin credited

with helping make the partnership a success, chairs the State Board of Education.

Holcombe’s vision for Vermont schools is not to make every child “college-ready, but rather, innova-tion-ready.” “It’s not about me,” she said, “it’s about us. Together, we can create new opportunities for education in VT.”

On meeting the challenges of the future: “We need to teach kids in isolated rural areas how to solve unstructured problems, and technology can help accom-plish that.”

On the state’s role in school consolidation: “Riven-dell [School District] worked because of high levels of public participation… other towns will have to decide on their own about consolidation.” Board of Education Chair Morse reiterated that school consolidation under Acts 153 and 156 is voluntary, but schools that consoli-date are offered reduced tax rates as an incentive.

Governor Shumlin chimed in saying, “If you want to see a real mess, ask Montpelier to consolidate schools,” adding, “local control works.” Ms. Holcombe summed up the state’s position by saying, “the question isn’t ‘what works,’ it’s ‘what works for this local commu-nity.’”

When asked about her time at Lyndon State she said, “I appreciate and understand the critical role Lyn-don State plays in the Northeast Kingdom.”

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Corrections/Retractions

Last week, The Critic published an erro-neous report about the Rugby Club. Sev-eral factual errors, including, but not lim-ited to, quotes by a non-existant person, and inaccurate information. The Critic apologizes to the Rugby Club, and to its readers for this mistake.

From Where I SitMichael B. MileyThe Critic

I’m hearing a lot about devel-oping a “brand” for the Northeast King-dom, apparently for tourism purposes and as a facet of the “economic devel-opment,” our benevolent leaders have planned for us. Anytime I hear about anything connected to these plans I feel a pit forming in my stomach, and a pro-found sadness overtakes me. Recently, News 7 interviewed me about my views on the development plans at Burke. I was asked what my big-gest fear for the region was, and I told them it was not being able to ski on the same Burke Mountain I’ve been skiing on since I was two years old. Not to blow my own horn, but I think that sums up the dangers of such rapid and dramatic changes; that we’ll wake up one morning and find ourselves in a world foreign to us, and be unable to do anything about it. I told Tyler Dumont, who in-terviewed me, if I had a dollar for every mogul or developer who came to Burke with grandiose plans and stars in his eyes only to go belly up a year or so later, I’d be a wealthy man. But those develop-ers weren’t armed with that deadliest of weapons: a Federal program. In this case, that program is known as EB-5, a meth-od for foreign nationals to obtain a green card in exchange for investing at least $500,000 in the United States. First off, the idea that we’re selling citizenship to the highest bid-der is rather unsavory, and makes us as a nation seem desperate. Second, out of state investment has a negative effect in our region because it’s capital being spent here by individuals who have little to no idea of our way of life; thus, their investments may prove to be threatening to it. Take that negative impact and mul-tiply it by 100 and you have the EB-5 program. Now, instead of someone four hours away determining our collective fates, it’s someone four time zones away. Can we truly expect them to understand what our needs and best interests are? We’re simply pawns in their long con to gain citizenship -- who cares if they ruin a beautiful place in the process? There are bigger worlds out there for them to con-quer; we’re just their ticket in. It is imperative that we as a re-gion and a community come together to protect our home from these sinister machinations, both for us, and our pos-terity, so that they may live without fear that some megalomaniac who’s made a Faustian bargain with the government will come and destroy the places and the things we love most. To wit, we must stop these plans so that the same Burke Mountain we know and love exists un-molested for our children, and for our children’s children. Psychiatrist R. D. Laing once said, “We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.” We must do what we know in our hearts to be the right thing and recognize that this region and our way of life is special, and not bend to the forces of change simply

A smart move, since it guarantees that his successor will be at the helm when the in-evitable crash occurs. It used to be that the Federal Re-serve’s so-called open market operations were shrouded in secrecy. Past Fed chair-men were careful to avoid dropping hints as to what they planned to do. That made sense, or at least seemed to, since advanced knowledge of Fed strategy could be used to extract profits from the market. Bernanke has taken that a step farther. He replaces secrecy with decep-tion. Strongly hinting that he was going to slow down the legal counterfeiting he calls quantitative easing, he then surprises the market by doing just the opposite. Mean-while quasi economists, such as Paul Krug-man, argue that more quantitative easing is called for. Now it must be conceded that Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning econ-omist, just as our President and former peace candidate Barack Obama has a No-bel for his peace activities to hang over his mantel. What’s missing from all of this is a little common sense. You don’t make peace with cruise missiles and heavily armed troops and you can’t solve fiscal problems by spending yourself into bank-ruptcy.

Public Safety Blotter9/16 to 9/179/6 - Crevecoeur - Alcohol under 21 - I thought my juice box tasted funny

9/7 Whitelaw - Marijuana - I swear my pet skunk just got loose

Whitelaw - Smoking outside of designat-ed area, on top of entry way roof - What? There’s fresher air up here for me to blow smoke into

Rita Bole Center - Student caught peeing on RBC out side of RHD’s apartment - No caption needed...

9/8 Arnold - Alcohol under 21- What? That’s totally me. Just the eyes are differ-ent...and the face

Poland - Candle - Like a candle in the wind...

Wheelock - Marijuana - The new Cheech and Chong movie just has smell-o-vision is all...

9/11 - Whitelaw - Medical Emergency

9/12 - Poland - Student Argument/Con-cern - If you’re blue

9/14 - Wheelock - Removal of college property,misuse of college property- and you don’t know where to go to

- Whitelaw - Alcohol under 21 - why don’t you go where fashion sits?

- Rita Bole - Alcohol - Puttin’ on the Ritz

9/15 - Wheelock - Alcohol under 21- Dressed up like a million dollar trooper

- Rogers - Alcohol - Tryin hard to look like Gary Cooper

9/17 - Stannard Gym - No Tresspassing Violation - Super Duper!

because those in power say it is the right thing to do.

Letters to the EditorTo the Editor: Lyndon F.A.I.R. (promoting fairness, awareness, inclusion and rela-tionships in our community) appreciates the coverage of our group that the Critic provided in your last edition. We’d like to clarify, though, that Lyndon F.A.I.R. deals with far more than sexual harassment on campus, as the article would seem to in-dicate. Our committee works to assure that all members of our community are welcomed and respected. We feel that a diverse community - whether that diversi-ty be in terms of race, social class, gender, ability, religion, age, or sexual orientation -- is a vibrant community which only benefits from the differing perspectives all of us bring. Should people have concerns in regard to harassment or discrimination and/or if people have ideas about how to make Lyndon even more welcoming and inclusive, please contact any member of our committee to share your thoughts & concerns.Thank you,Pat Shine, Committee Chair Committee Members: Sam Silverman, Wendy Rodriguez, David Johnston, Kate Gold, Jonathan Davis, Arianna Varuo-lo-Clarke, Brett Santo, Erin Rossetti, Dai-sy McCoy, Deb Bailin, & Kali Colapietro

When Will They Ever Learn?Robert Patton In ancient times, prosperity or famine was determined by the success or failure of priest/kings that were thought to command the elements or influence the gods. Methods varied. Some depend-ed on human sacrifice or arcane ceremo-nies; many depended on both. The only one who could depend on wealth and prosperity, of course, was the priest/king himself. Of course we reject such su-perstition today. Enlightened business students learn that, among other things, business success depends on shrewd antic-ipation of trends and market movements. The entrepreneur that overestimates con-sumer demand for a product will end up with a warehouse full of stuff that must be sold to liquidators at a loss. Under es-timating demand is almost as bad as it leaves a business unable to meet market demand. That leaves profits on the table and leaves consumers with frustrated de-sires. At least that was what used to be called for. But now, the priest/king is back. It has become critically import-ant to predict (perhaps guess is the bet-ter word) what the priest/king of today’s marketplace will do. Just a few days ago, our priest/king announced the creation of $65 billion in new money to fuel an econ-omy built on counterfeit currency. Oh, sorry, it’s not counterfeit at all because the government is doing it. Four decades ago Richard Nixon claimed that nothing is il-legal if the President does it. But now that license to kill, steal, defraud or destroy has passed into an ever increasing number of hands. In this case, the hands belong to Ben Bernanke who has been debauching the American currency for years. If he should stop, we would all have to pay the piper. Now we hear he is on the verge of retirement.

NEWSSeptember 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 3

Jessica LewisCritic Columnist

Many students are not aware or understanding of others’ disabilities. Just because someone may act a little different, does NOT mean they should be treated with disrespect or judged. This week I enjoyed interviewing LSC student Mihai Tripp from New Bedford, Massachusetts. I enjoyed listening to fun spirited Mihai dis-cussing what it is like to have a Non-Verbal Learning Disability.

Mihai is twenty-two years old and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Journalism Arts. Mihai attended Landmark College in Putney, Vermont and graduated with an associate’s degree.

Mihai tells me that he likes it at LSC academically but “socially it can be a little bit tough.” He says, “Students at LSC don’t understand my disabilities. The people here are tougher to be friendly with sometimes. I make friends, but I can’t always keep them. Sometimes I say or do the wrong thing which I don’t try to do. People get bored of me and start rumors a lot of the time.”

Mihai is very open about his learning disabilities. In 2002, when Mihai was

in the fifth grade, he was diagnosed with having a Non-verbal Learning Disability (NVLD). Mihai says, “The best way to describe my disability is that it involves non-verbal cues and body language; those are stuff I’m really bad at.”

Individuals who are not familiar with NVLD may be misled by the name of the disorder. Those with NVLD are extremely verbal; however their areas of struggle are in processing facial expressions and body lan-guage which can make understanding some conversations difficult. Joking around, but being truthful Mihai reports, “I’m not great at holding conversations and I’m not always the best at holding appropriate conversa-tions. But I try my best to make up for my short comings by being as verbal as I can to varying results.”

People with NVLD also have trouble with math, and Mihai is one. This is so because some math skills rely on being able to see the relationship between different concepts. Mihai explains by calling it a “math based learning disability.”

Mihai says that his “greatest challenge academically is getting work done on time, getting it done completely, getting it done

to the best of my ability, and getting good grades. That’s what I’m worried about.” He also remarked, “I have challenges in over-coming the social hurdles. But that’s not something that happens overnight, that’s a long term thing. ”

“I take my career seriously, but I like to have a lot of fun too,” Mihai says. He worked at the radio station, WLMC, at Landmark College for the past three years and now is working with the LSC WWLR radio station. It is his true passion. Mihai has done two internships at television sta-tions, both being ABC and NBC affiliates. “I like that I’ve done so much in my medi-um as a young guy,” Mihai reports.

As far as sharing strategies for success, Mihai says, “Get help when you need it, in every way you can, because you don’t want things to get worse. You want things to get better.”

One thing Mihai stated that he would like to see differently at LSC is for there to be more support systems in place and for everybody to try to be a little nicer to everyone. Mihai indicated that a support group for students with disabilities would be beneficial. He said, “I’d like to see a

Students just don’t get it!“Our greatest weaknesses lie in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

-Thomas Edison

Representatives Ready for Work

Hannah FrigonCritic Writer

Last week at the SGA meeting, the room was full of anticipation as a proposal from the SGA president was rejected, but a club request passed unanimously.

Haley Craig, President of the SGA, presented a funding request for t-shirts that would promote the SGA. Although she did her research into pricing, the main concern from the representatives was the logo that she presented but was not included in the hand-held agenda for the meeting.

Amanda Curran, fourth year elected student representative, opened up to The Critic as a voice from the students.

“From the students I talked to in my class, their biggest concern was there wasn’t a design offered in the meeting minutes that they could physically see,” said Curran, “So when I asked them their opinion on the request, obviously they wanted to see a design.”

The logo Craig brought to the SGA was one she designed using a website that offered its own pictures. Instead of finding out how to use the official school hornet for the shirts, she chose to use one that was generically made. As a result, many of the representatives were unhappy with the hornet and questioned why Craig did not bring the idea to LSC’s own design club,

the Ink, originally. Emelia Newkirk, representative for

the Ink Club, spoke up during the meeting and said that the club would be more than willing to help out with any design work.

Curran said, “I understand her [Craig] trying to work under time constraints and wanting to have a new and exciting design, but maybe utilizing the club “Ink” and their skills to come up with a design would have been the best of both worlds.”

Curran, along with the majority of the SGA representatives, felt it best to vote to postpone the idea until Craig could produce something the students could see beforehand.

Following the vote, Rugby Club Rep-resentative Leah Pettengill, accompanied by Rugby President Erikka Eddy and Women’s Captain Brooks English, presented to the SGA a funding request for $1,000 to pur-chase new pads for their uprights.

“The upright is basically how we can score a conversion goal. It also marks the front of our try zone for scoring tries,” said English, “Our pads currently are outdated and every couple of years we need new pads for safety reasons.”

Each woman dressed to impress and expressed their need for these pads to be bought. One of their biggest reasons was one of the heart, when English said,

“Rugby is not only a team, but it’s a family and we don’t want our family getting hurt during games.”

During the vote, the ladies, along with anyone else associated with Rugby, were asked to leave the room and Eddy expressed the anticipation she was feeling while wait-ing behind closed doors. However, once applause was heard from outside ASAC 100, the tension was broken.

English told The Critic that she was overjoyed when she heard that 100% of the SGA members voted to approve the funding.

“That was awesome! It is pretty nice that we have the school backing us up, because we are a small team,” said English.

“We’re just as dedicated to our sport as the varsity athletes and we work just as hard, except for the fact that we are not recognized by the school as a varsity sport,” said Men’s Captain Steve Rich in response to last weeks article, Rugby Club Fights Back. Many members of the Rugby Club were disappointed in this article because of so many false facts. However, the events from last weeks SGA meeting are keeping their spirits high.

English and Rich would recommend contacting them with any comments or questions regarding the team.

SGA President’s Proposal Rejected

Do you have items on your list for parents to buy for your classes or your room? Remember the email about a Faculty/Staff Scholarship Committee Yard Sale you got earlier this week? Well, the sale is very soon. In fact, it’s this weekend. Come buy some items or donate anything to the sale.

This week is the annual yard sale sponsored by the Faculty/Staff Scholarship Committee. The sale is for anyone willing to buy items or anyone willing to donate. The money made goes toward scholarships.

This years sale is being held on Saturday, September 21st from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. You can find anything at the yard sale, from printers to exercise equipment, audiobooks to clothing, or even kitchen supplies. Donated items are also appreciat-ed. The items need to be clean and in good condition. No tires or broken items are allowed. Donation drop off is in the Bole Gym on Friday, September 20th any time after 9:00 a.m.

This sale is one of the major sources of funding for the Student Scholarship Fund. Two other fund raising projects the Facul-ty/Staff Scholarship Committee organizes are the Silent Auction in December and the Spring Dip in May.

During the Yard Sale there will be a fifty/fifty raffle. The winner of the raffle wins half the money that was made from the raffle. Last year, someone won $200 after $400 was raised.

The Faculty/Staff Scholarship Com-mittee started twenty years ago in 1993. That year they received $684 for schol-arship money at the Yard Sale. In 2012, they received $1,827.25. The Committee received a total of $2700. The money was distributed to six students. Five of them received $500 scholarships, and one received a $200 scholarship.

Yard sale to be held on family weekend

Alex PaduchStaff Writer

The campaigns have ended, ballots have been counted, and the SGA reps for the 2013-2014 school year have been chosen. SGA reps are required to attend all SGA meetings and vote on important issues such as club budgets, school propels, and other executive plans. There are representa-tives from all four classes, as well as a large commuter student presence.

Freshman Leif Mitchinson is happy to represent the class of 2017, the third largest to ever enter Lyndon. “I think [as a class] we are very solid. We have the tools to be a great class. We have to seize opportunities

when they appear, and I know we can do amazing things.”

Coming from being highly involved student council member in high school, Mitchinson is carrying his drive into col-lege. “Either next year or the year after, I am planning on running for a Board position.” The Board positions include President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.

Representing the sophomore class, Dominic Amato is experiencing student government for the first time. “I wanted to be involved as much as I could,” said Am-ato, who decided to run because he loves Lyndon and wants to do anything he can to make it a better place.

Barring his current position, he has only experienced a student government position once: in eighth grade. Amato noted that going from eight grade to college was a massive change from what he remembered.

“The meetings consist of a lot of civil arguing and bantering—both of which are necessary to set budgets and make plans for the year. It’s definitely a new atmosphere that I need to get used to, but I love it. I want to have a say, and in being a rep, I can do that.”

As for his plans for this school year, Amato said “I want to get something BIG on campus.” Exactly what he has in mind remains a secret.

thing put in place for students who have disabilities or nontraditional students or transfers to have the option to meet other students who are more like them.”

Please contact the Critic (critic@lyndonstate.edu) if you would like to be in-terviewed for this column, and remember, you can remain anonymous.

Weekly Fun Fact Non-verbal Learning Disorder is

described in a poem by Emma-Louise Bullions poem.

Courtesy Mihai TrippLSC student Mihai Tripp sitts at the anchor desk at News 7.

NEWSSeptember 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 4

With the number of international students growing, Lyndon State College wants to recruit even more overseas students in the next three years. Trevor Barski, international and transfer student specialist in Lyndon’s Admissions Office, says that the school’s goal will enroll around 50 international students in the next three years. Ideally, the percentage will be around 5 percent of the total student population.

Currently, Lyndon State College has three partnerships with international uni-versities, two Pathway Programs, and one Bridge Program. LSC also has 10 agents in 3 countries.

“I feel excited. I made lots of friends.” said Gordon Chen, a Chinese freshman who went through the Bridge Program called Cybernaught in Shenzhen, China and came to LSC.

Ten international students holding F-1 visas are currently studying at Lyndon State College this year; 6 from China, 1 from Japan, 2 from Canada, and 1 from Austra-lia. The F-1 visa is a non-immigrant, full-time, student visa that allows foreigners to

LSC Looks to Raise International Recruitment

Yolanda LiangCritic Staff Writer

pursue education in the United States.

Bob Tuala, a freshman from Austra-

lia said, “School is a lot more different in

America than it is back home. Words are

spelled differently and I feel as though the

teachers connect more with the students.”

In addition to expanding recruitment,

Lyndon State College will need to adjust

to cultural variations of the new student

population.

“Put yourself in their shoes,” said Bar-

ski. “Each department needs to understand

the international students’ real needs.”

The influx of international students

will give LSC staff and students chances to

experience different cultures and make new

friends.

“I especially enjoy working with

international students because I always

learn from them,” said Deb Bailin, director

of Student Academic Development, as she

tutored an overseas student whose native

language was not English.

Tabitha Lury, a junior in liberal studies,

said, “International students who are housed

with national students give both a chance to

learn about another country and culture.”

Apple’s technology is making studying easier for students in college.

Lyndon State College has iPads avail-able to every student in the library. An iPad is a tablet computer designed and developed by Apple. The tablets can be used for audio, books, movies, games, and even research. Demands for these tablets are high for every age, ranging from children to older adults. The iPad was made small and light making it easier for people to bring places, which results in students being able to carry them to class for notes or research.

Lyndon State College has had iPads available for a couple of years. Starting off with only two iPads for the students may

iPads In College LibrariesKaitlyn Kirk Critic Staff Writer

have been enough for a little while, but later they came to find that not only the students requested them. Professors started asking about them and checking them out of the library. “We started with two but now have four because demand for them went up,” said Keith Sepke, reference/circulation assis-tant from Lyndon State’s Library.

Students may find iPads easier than

laptop computers because of their size and

capability to do interesting things.

“iPads are transforming the way we

learn,” designer company Apple states. The

way the iPad works with applications being

downloaded and easy to use takes learning

to a whole new level.

The Lyndonville Republican Town Committee held their caucus on Thursday evening at Cobleigh Public Library. Two Critic staff were in attendance; one as a reporter, the other as a comittee member. The committee is chaired by Jean Charles, a justice of the peace and former gui-tar instructor at Lyndon State Col-lege. Also in attendance were state representatives, Martha “Marty” Feltus and Dick Lawrence, and state Senator Joe Benning. Additionally, Robert Patton, LSC student and Wil-liam Mayre, local innkeeper, were on the committee. Senator Denning urged his fellow comittee members that major state-level leadership positions would be necessary. Vermont’s last republi-can governor was Jim Douglas, who served for eight years. The politicians stressed to The Critic their need to engage the student body of Lyndon State Col-lege. Representative Lawrence and

Senator Benning expressed their concern about the dwindling num-bers of Republicans in the state legislature. The committee told The Critic about their concerns over the fragmented nature of the party, and how they could open a dialogue with local college students. Patton mentioned a former LSC Re-publican club, which died a quiet death several years ago, and an abor-tive Democrat club that never held their first meeting as evidence that the campus was, as a majority, po-litically apathetic. Senator Benning spoke of his interest in engaging the student body in politics, no matter what area of the political spectrum they lay on. Said Rep. Lawrence, “We’re looking at making ourselves available to ex-plain the political system.”

Republican Party Holds CaucusJoseph Gluck Critic Political Correspondent

ENTERTAINMENTSeptember 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 5

Katy CrooksCritic Staff Writer

LSC Eats – S’more Bars

Kaylee MurphyCritic Staff Writer

I was driving home from class last night, contemplating what dish I wanted to prepare and share with you this week, when I looked out to see the Caledonia County hot air balloon taking off over town. I watched as it rose up into a clear blue sky with a setting sun. It was a quintessential summer night. These kinds of nights, I thought, are fading quickly. So, I decided to prepare a dish which encompassed everything great about summertime. When I think of classic summertime foods many come to mind – barbeque (of any kind), pasta salads, corn on the cob – but one sticks out over all the rest - s’mores! They are a summertime staple! And so I decided to prepare and share with you my recipe for s’more bars. They are inexpensive to make, fun to prepare, and delightful to eat. You can even make them right in your dorm suite to share with your friends (or use them to get on your R.A.’s good side). Ingredients & Cost: 1 pouch of Betty Crocker® Sugar Cookie Mix - $2.49 *This requires one stick of butter and one egg1 cup of graham cracker crumbs - $2.79 *I bought a 13.5 oz. box of Keebler graham cracker crumbs - I wasn’t able to find a smaller box.1 cup of melted butter - $3.00 *price is for a package of four sticks3 cups of milk chocolate chips *I bought two 11.5 oz. bags of Best Yet chips and used one and a half of them4.5 cups of miniature marshmallows - $.75

Directions:1: Pre-heat your oven to 375°F2: Mix the Sugar Cookie mix as directed 3: Add the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Blend all together4: Spread the mixture into a 13x9in baking pan (ungreased) and bake for 18 minutes (or until cookie is done)5: Remove the cookie portion from the oven and immediately pour chocolate chips over top. Smooth them over the cookie portion as they melt. 6: Set oven to broil (500°F)7: Add marshmallows over chocolate, spread out evenly. 8: Broil for 30 seconds to two minutes – until marshmallows are toasted. I have made these bars many times before, but this was my most successful batch yet! The cookie/graham cracker portion came out nice and soft on the inside, which is exactly how I like them. If you prefer yours a little less soft, I would recommend letting it cook for one to two more minutes (but no more). The recipe calls for 4 ½ cups of marshmallows, but you can add as much as you would like. I went ahead and added the entire bag and it worked out great! These bars are great because you can keep them classic, like I did here, or you can add your own twist. Some variations I suggest are: replacing the sugar cookie mix with peanut butter cookie mix, replacing the cookie portion entirely with brownie, or using differ-ent flavors of chips. Enjoy!

LSC Alum Sees Dead People

Psychic Lauren Rainbow is visiting Lyndon State College on Saturday.

Lauren Rainbow had her first super-natural experience when she graduated from Lyndon State College. During her time at Lyndon she worked for The Critic. Lauren moved into an old building, which had once been a funeral home. One morn-ing she woke up to her bedroom door opening and she felt a male presence sit on her bed. This happened every morning with a different spirit until she moved out. Lauren connects with spirits using clairsentience, which is using emotion or by using clairaudience, which is a hearing spirit. This allows her to obtain messages from people’s dead loved ones, which she has been doing for 13 years now. However, many people are skeptical about psychics can communicate with the dead.

“I would like to believe in medi-ums, I just feel like all of them are a bunch

crackpots,” said LSC student Garrett LaBarge.

“Yes, they can definitely feel the spirits, but I don’t necessarily know if they can actually talk to them.” –Jess Curly

“I definitely believe that psychics can communicate with dead people and that it’s beneficial because it can give liv-ing people closure,” said Alyssa Pridgen.

Lauren responds to critics by saying, “My work is not to prove anything, but rather to help those who desire to con-nect to departed loved ones, find healing and closure.” It is apparent that many people believe in Lauren Rainbow, be-cause if an individual would like to book a session, they have to book at least six weeks in advance. To learn more about Lauren Rainbow check out her website at laurenrainbow.com. Lauren Rainbow will be at Lyndon State College on Sat-urday September 21st from 4:40 to 6:00.

Useless Noise

Lorde – The Love Club EPRyan Rultedge Critic Staff

Only 4 short years ago, I was 16. I was a bright-eyed bushy-tailed junior at Middleboro High School, doing as normal teenagers do. Four Years later, I’m the same person, living a typical life, going to school, what most people would expect of a 20 year-old these days.

Four years ago, Ella Yelich-O’Connor (better known now as Lorde) was 12 and had just been scouted by an A&R person who would, a year later, get her signed to Universal’s label. Fast forward to present day and she is currently atop 5 of the Billboard rock charts as well as sitting pret-ty at #3 on the Hot 100 with her song “Royals” off of her EP The Love Club EP.

The Love Club EP, standing at 5 short tracks for a total of 16 minutes is one of the most interesting approaches to pop to be released this year. The sound of the EP can be described as minimalistic with an emphasis on Yelich-O’Connor’s vocals. The strength and depth her voice carries across the whole EP at such a young age is truly impressive. Think a mix of Lana Del Rey and her hip hop influences (both of which are noted influences on Yelich-O’Connor and this EP) as well as a small touch of Adele, Grimes, along some other influences sprinkled throughout and what you get is material that goes down smoother than tea with honey.

The clear hit, as noted on multiple charts worldwide is “Royals” which really encapsulates the sound that Yelich-O’Connor is going for. Hip - hop lyrics and clichés abound, “Royals” makes for a beauti-ful piece of minimalistic art-pop. Set to a simple drumbeat and a few backing vocals interspersed throughout really compliment her voice beautifully.

The buck doesn’t just stop at “Royals” though; every song on this EP has something to offer. The final track, “Biting Down”, brings an eerie ambient soundscape with a thumping drum track that grabs you and simply doesn’t let go. The opening track “Bravado” showcases Yelich-O’Connor’s blues singer capabilities in full and wonderful fash-ion. The track for which the EP is titled has a lovely indie pop feel to it, with some beautiful backing vocals orchestrated through out. While the track “Million Dollar Bills” offers a sound that is essentially Yeah Yeah Yeahs lite.

The Love Club EP is a true smorgasbord of songs and styles that only scratch the surface of the potential that can, and hopefully will be realized through Lorde’s upcoming full length LP Pure Heroine. I firmly believe that this will not be the last that we hear from Lorde and antici-pate future greatness from the 16–year–old songstress.

Verdict: 10/10

Photo: Laura Noddin

September 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 6SPORTS

Corey WellsSports Editor

Overall NAC

Record Record

Me.- Farmington 0-0-1 1-1-1

Maine Maritime 2-3-2 0-0-1

Husson 0-4-2 0-0-1

Lyndon St. 0-4-1 0-0-1

Castleton 3-1-1 0-0-0

Colby-Sawyer 3-2-0 0-0-0

Thomas 3-2-0 0-0-0

New England College 2-3-1 0-0-0

Green Mountain 1-4-0 0-0-0

Johnson St. 0-5-0 0-0-0

Overall NAC

Record Record

Me-Farmington 1-3-1 1-0-0

Husson 2-4-1 0-0-1

Maine Maritime 1-4-2 0-0-1

Colby-Sawyer 6-1-0 0-0-0

Johnson St. 3-2-0 0-0-0

Castleton 3-3-0 0-0-0

Green Mountain 3-3-0 0-0-0

New England College 2-3-2 0-0-0

Thomas 2-4 0-0-0

Lyndon St. 1-4 0-1-0

What’s the Buzz?Women’s Soccer Women’s VolleyballMen’s Soccer

Results from the past week:

Saturday 9/14 W 8-0 over Vermont Tech

Wednesday 9/18 L 5-0 to Me-Farmington

This week’s matches:

Saturday 9/21 vs. Thomas 3:30 P.M.

Tuesday 9/24 vs. Newbury 3:30 P.M.

Results from the past week:

Sunday 9/15 L to Thomas 6-3

Wednesday 9/18 W over Johnson St. 5-4

This week’s matches:

Saturday 9/21 at MCLA 1:00 P.M.

Wednesday 9/25 at Plymouth St.

3:30 P.M.

Results from the past week:

Saturday 9/14 L 8-0 to Elms

Tuesday 9/17 T 0-0 with Me-Farmington

This week’s matches:

Saturday 9/21 vs. Thomas 1:00 P.M.

Wednesday 9/25 vs. University of New

England 4:00 P.M.

Women’s TennisOverall NAC

Record Record

Thomas 2-2 1-0

Colby-Sawyer 2-3 0-0

Lyndon St. 2-3 0-0

Castleton 0-5 0-0

Johnson St. 1-4 0-1

Overall NAC

Record Record

Colby-Sawyer 6-4 0-0

Maine Maritime 6-4 0-0

Husson 6-7 0-0

Castleton 2-5 0-0

Green Mountain 2-6 0-0

Lyndon St. 2-6 0-0

Johnson St. 0-8 0-0

Results from the past week:

Thursday 9/19 W over Johnson St. 3-0

This week’s matches:

None

Today marks the start of Homecoming and Family Weekend at Lyndon State College. This weekend is an event the community looks forward to as families of students and alumni can return to campus and interact with the current students. There will be plenty of food and music, as well as special activities. Families can have fun by partak-ing in anchoring a news report in News7, go on a hayride, carve a pumpkin, or enjoy a book signing by a faculty author. Students can enjoy these events with their families and faculty. Alumni return to campus trying to prove that they can still play. To some people, the most exciting part of the weekend are the alumni games for the varsi-ty sports teams.

For the varsity baseball team, the alumni game on Sunday marks the start

A Minute With Mondi

of a new beginning. Over the summer, the athletic department decided to bring in a new regime of coaches for the 2013-2014 season. It was announced that Tom White would become the head coach, and with him came three other assistant coaches. Four new coaches are more than the team had last year, and hopefully can help the team improve from a four-win season last year.

White graduated from Colby Sawyer, which is a school in the NAC the hornets face multiple times during the season. When talking about playing his former school, White said “I really want to go back there, and beat those guys.” White brought energy to the baseball field as soon as fall practices started. He started by having the entire team paint the dugouts. He emphasizes working hard to make Skip Pound Field look the best it possibly can. Painting the dugouts was his first motion towards improving the quality of the baseball field. Through fundraising White hopes to build bullpens along the field, and purchase a wind fence with “Lyn-don State Baseball” on the outfield wall.

Overall the team is excited to get the fall season underway. With new coaches, im-proving field conditions, and a new winning attitude, the Lyndon State Baseball Team looks to make some noise in the NAC this Spring.

People From Here, There, Everywhere

Mike RaimondiCritic Columnist

The Men’s Cross-Country will be taking on their first major test this season on Satur-day at the University of Southern Maine Invitational.

The men face an uphill battle, racing against four of the top 11 schools in the country that include Bowdoin, who is ranked no. 5, Bates at no. 6, Williams at no. 8 and Tufts is ranked no. 11.

Senior Kyle Powers, who was just named the NAC Runner of the Week for the week ending on Sunday, Sept. 15, is looking forward to the challenge.

“I understand it’s early in the season so this is kind of a measuring stick for us,” Powers said. “We are going into this open minded and seeing how we stack up against the best.”

They hope to prove themselves against these big time schools, but they will be treating this meet as it were any other race,

says Powers.“We want to do well,” he said. “Again,

its kind of early in the season, so this is our first test.”

Last Saturday the men cruised to an easy victory at the University of New England Invitational, which held a field of 14 teams and 123 runners. Powers led all runners with a time of 26:30. Junior Tyler Scheibenpflug finished just a mere 8 sec-onds off the pace for a second place finish. Junior Kenedi Hall placed sixth with a time of 27:03. Sophomore Tim LaRoche finished in 11th and freshman Aaron Bellomo placed 12th with identical times of 28:00.

Overall, the men placed seven runners in the top 25 and won with a score of 32, defeating runner up University of New England by 30 points.

Tomorrow’s race is being held at the Narragansett Elementary School in Gor-ham, ME. The race begins at 12 P.M.

Chasing Down the BestMen’s X-Country Facing Top Schools in the Country

Junior Tyler Scheibenpflug. Photo by the Lyndon State Athletic Deparment

September 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 7NEWS

Nick Chapin’s “Nightly Biscuit” is by all means a different type of radio show. The first hour of Chapin’s show was quite good. He started off well, playing songs from a unique genre, speaking articulately, and was a joy to listen to. Nick Chapin does something that I believe all solo radio DJ’s should do, play music when they are talking. This way when the speaker runs out of things to talk about they have the backdrop of the music to fall back on. Chapin took a few requests, including a very lovely tune from Hall and Oates, and never droned on about different topics. Then the second hour was among us. It was like a sudden change happened. Hell froze over and the Houston Astros won the World Series. After the final song had played, the clock struck nine. Chapin had told the listeners to his show that he was going to read an internet web novel written by his brother. While the sentiment is nice the execution was lackluster at best. It appeared that Chapin did practice reading over the material prior to the show. He would stumble over words and often times add commentary, ruining the flow of the story. Not that the story was good in the first place. It was your common placing yourself in the hero role. There was a love side plot that really seemed like the writer was trying to hide it, but the love plot was hiding like Godzilla in Tokyo. After that, there were a whole lot of convoluted technological terms that were seemingly added because it sounded cool. The dialog was stale and unoriginal. When the clock hit 10 I was glad that it was over. That should never be the feeling one has after listening to a radio show. I always want to listen to what the students of Lyndon State College do on the radio. The first hours of Chapin’s show was great, it had so much potential that the second hour felt like a kick to the kidneys. I hope that in future shows Chapin gets rid of his story and continues to spin records. I don’t want to listen to a poorly read, poorly written web novel. I think that Chapin is a great host and I wish him well on his future works. His love for radio clearly shows, and I’d look out for him to become better as the weeks roll on.

Music: 7/10 Enjoyment: 4/10 Host: 6/10 Overall: 4/10

Lyndon State College Residential Life brought the party to campus in the Rogers residence hall lounge, Thursday Sept. 19 at 8:00p.m. Students came to the lounge to learn facts about drinking and drinking safety that they may not have known. Non-Alcoholic drinks and snacks were provided as well as games and music.

RA Kerry Lucey was in charge of the event and had this to say.

“The purpose of this event is to bring awareness,” Lucey said. “You don’t need to drink to have fun.”

If a student was inter-ested in hunting while attending Lyndon State College, he or she would first need to acquire a hunting license. To acquire a hunting license, the individual must attend a Hunter Safety Course, which can be found in various locations across Vermont. Locations include Underhill, Vt., Waterbury, Vt.,

Morristown, Vt., and Chester, Vt. The closest location is at the Vergennes Area Rescue Squad, in Vergennes. The dates and times for the course are Satur-day, Sept. 21, 6-9 p.m. and Fri-day, Sept. 27 6-9 p.m. For other times, you can check online. If someone already possesses a license, you can get a transferal of the hunting license to your

new residence. After acquiring the hunting license, you must use the correct weapons for each season. In addition to knowing the correct season, you must find an area suitable for hunting that is secluded from rural life. Making sure to avoid any accidents is the main priority. Finally, make sure the land you

are hunting on is not private property Hunting on campus is illegal, and weapons of any sort are prohibited.

The Shadow

Hunter Safety in the RegionAlex FlynnCritc Staff Writer

Anonymous Reviews of Programming on WWLR

Residential Life Hosts Alcohol Awareness Party

Photo by Andrew Baughn (Entertainment Editor)

LSC Students Ryan Jenot, Louis DeAngelis, Alex Bolcon, Zach Irving, Dave Cowley, Zach Hatin, and Michael Desmond enjoying an alcohol-free night on campus

Andrew BaughnEntertainment Editor

Photo by Andrew Baughn (Entertainment Editor)

RA Kerry Lucey offers non-alcoholic beverages for attendees

September 20, 2013 The Critic, Page 8

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Local Restaurants Deliver to Lyndon State Campus

Hoagies and The Pizza man are two popular local restaurants that deliver to the Lyndon State CampusPhotos courtesy of Michael Miley

The new “Club Sandwich” stacked with energy

Heather CobbSpecial to The Critic

When it comes to food options, Lyndonville has many choices; but for the ever hungry and diligent college student the question becomes who delivers.The convenience of delivery allows for a student to work hard without worrying about missing dinner. Luckily places such as House of Pizza, Hoagies Pizza and Pasta, and The Pizza

Man will deliver to campus. All three pizza joints have a $10 minimum charge for delivery. You can have your food and drinks delivered to the college. The best thing that Hoagies offers is the 10% discount that

LSC students get. In addition, Hoagies offers gift certificates, a popular gift from parents. “Gift certificates are popular among the parents of college students,” said Travis Glodgett, part owner. Instead of just giving students cash that they might blow on things they might

not need, the gift certificate ensures that the student will not be wasting their parents’ money. The Pizza Man has five years of delivery experience and is investing in technology to make ordering food easier. You can order food online and have it delivered to the college. All three restaurants have Facebook pages. Hoagies and Pizza Man may sometimes post special items online in addition to in house specials.

Patrick PatersonSpecial to the Critic

A new club has arisen at Lyndon State College; it is being called The Sandwich Club.

“The sandwich club will be all about coming together,” Co-founder Tyler Jang said. “And enjoying a sandwich, while also making friends with the people around us.”

Jang feels that this is a great way, as a freshman particularly, to jump into what

Lyndon has to offer, and get involved. Jang said that the Sandwich Club began as a bit of a joke between himself and co-founder Andrew Perry, but they decided that this club idea had potential.

At the board meeting for club approval, they were awarded just that. Jang said that this will be an excellent way for first year students to be able to get involved and meet others, as he understands it can be difficult for many people.

So Quit the Text and Find Out What’s Next

A Poem by Kamie FlumSpecial to The Critic

Enriched with color did I fallNo not one but instead us allFiltering, twittering, no peep

No sound when my phone is asleepThe day went by and none awake;

Zombies until the coffee break.At last that boring class is done

I missed you while you were goneTake it from me, your friends did too.

But homework is a must that’s truemy battery has met its end

No more emails for me to send