When there’s a touchdown the stadium erupts and the canons fire. When there’s a goal in hockey the crowd roars and music is blared. When there’s a home run the fans cheer. But when there’s an ace in tennis, there’s only silence. “We don’t get much fan support because we […]
Month: February 2011
Women’s basketball has successful ‘rebuilding year’
After losing four starters and graduating five players, this was supposedly the Lady Cadets’ “rebuilding year.” The talk around campus and the league were that they were going to struggle and have a losing season. So far, they have proved their critics wrong. “We definitely wanted to prove everybody wrong,” […]
New football coach close to NU
The play begins and the defense holds the opposing team to a gain of just two yards. But there is a flag on the play and Mark Murnyack does not agree with the call. He paces up and down the sidelines and argues with the official. He turns to his […]
Norwich refines its Wikileaks policy
Anyone can peak at the Wikileaks website and check out the classified U.S. government documents it’s posted online. But the U.S. military has issued prohibitions against accessing this website on government computers. Federal Executive Order 13526 prohibits military personnel from accessing or disclosing classified information without the authority to do […]
Mac says good-bye
After being head coach for six years, Shawn “Coach Mac” McIntyre resigned to pursue a professional career in athletics manufacturing. McIntyre announced his resignation for the 2011 season on Jan. 19. He just finished his sixth season coaching the Cadets after they finished the year with eight wins and […]
Women’s softball seeks to do better despite losing Pratt
Losing Mackenzie Pratt, a starting pitcher for the Norwich softball team, has made this a rough year for the five-year-old team. Pratt, a junior from Hyde Park, Vt., died of cancer last year. The team has struggled in the past, trying to compile a .500 record, but managing to win […]
Lacrosse gears up
With all the snow and cold weather in Vermont, the Norwich men’s lacrosse team does all its preseason training inside. Head Coach Neil Anderson believes that having to stay inside may hinder his team at the beginning of the season, but he does not want his players falling into the […]
Upgrade the internet!
Reacting to complaints that the internet on campus is interminably slow, Norwich is installing an upgrade this month that will inject a speed boost. Norwich plans to increase its bandwidth to accommodate the increased traffic through the campus internet provider. Plans were set in motion last semester, according to the […]
As We See It
the digital age goes to college, one of the many things he or she expects from the university is quality internet access. With an increasing number of classes requiring online participation or resources that are only found on the internet, the demand for a high-quality internet connection is increasing. It […]
Attendance policy gives students trouble
She couldn’t miss another class. During the first semester of her sophomore year, Sarah DeBouter, a 19-year-old sophomore from Middlebury, Vt., double majoring in English and education, struggled to keep up in her data structures class. She had missed the class twice; once delayed in an airport and another time […]