I would like to congratulate the recipients of the first President’s Award for Excellence who were honored at a ceremony earlier this month in the Trustee Room in Jackman Hall. This award, which will be given out annually, recognizes students regardless of lifestyle for their comprehensive excellence during the previous […]
Month: May 2011
Baseball maintains high spirits despite record
The season so far for the Norwich baseball team has been a “little rough.” according to senior pitcher Ryan Kelly. “We have struggled this season to get into the win category and it has been a rough season for us as a team,” said Kelly, 21, a physical education major […]
Seniors: We have definitely changed
As another academic year comes to a close, thoughts of graduation pass through the seniors’ minds. They have a chance to look back at their experiences and turn towards the future and what it holds for them. “It was great. I had a lot of learning experiences and there were […]
Pegasus Players put on second play of year
The lights go out, the room is dead quiet. Tonight is the night; weeks of preparation, planning and practice all come down to this. The curtain opens. Ashley Wilson comes out on stage and looks around. The freshman nursing major has memorized her lines, and she is ready to start. […]
Death race lives up to its ominous name
It’s the break of dawn in a little town in Vermont. Two Norwich cadets have trained for months and now it’s time to compete. Only few have survived to finish this “death race.” “It’s a crazy race, so we are doing a lot of crazy stuff to train and prepare,” […]
Successful pub on a dry campus
It’s Friday evening and classes are done for the week. No one wants to do homework; they would rather relax and unwind. Alex Fuller wants to go hang out with friends; maybe get a drink or two The 22-year-old criminal justice major from Millersville, Md., decides to go to one […]
Donating blood to help people
Every semester, when Norwich holds a blood drive, students show up to donate. Donating blood helps many people in need and it “makes me feel good knowing that I am helping another person,” said Stephanie Dorain, 22, a senior history and education major from Wilder, Vt. Students offer many reasons […]
Students find meeting college payments can be tough
The economy is tight. That is such a common phrase nowadays. However, the phrase does little to demonstrate the actual difficulties that people must endure, especially when loans and bills begin to pile up. Kristine Brammer, a 19-year-old sophomore at Norwich, explained, “This school is really expensive to start out […]
Bathroom trespassing
Sometimes when you’ve got to go you really have got to go. “It was an emergency” said Jonathan Wright, a 20-year-old Norwich sophomore. “The men’s bathroom was closed. So I had a friend stand outside the door to keep women out so he could use it.” Sometimes using the opposite […]
Men’s soccer prepares in spring for next season
For the Norwich men’s soccer team, spring means “hard-work and determination” so it can achieve its ultimate goal – winning the Greater Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championship next fall, according to Coach Kyle Dezotell. “So far we have tried to re-focus the team, a lot of programs try to use […]