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Larry Rooney

Rooney makes campus a safer environment

During the summer, Lawrence Rooney, a retired cop after serving 25 years, has his own farm stand. “I even sell my own maple syrup,” he said, laughing. Rooney used to work with armed robbery cases, sexual assault cases and even bounced checks.

Students call for more trash cans

Norwich students say that a lack of trash receptacles around campus leads to unnecessary littering. “Walking to and from classes or the dining hall, I always see trash at some point,” said Brittane Michaud, 20, a junior business major from Lewiston, Maine.

Students irked by dorm damages

Intoxicated students are causing damages to Norwich residence halls, according to some Norwich students. These damages lead to charges for repairs that are added to students’ tuition bills. “I think it is a huge problem that drunken students cause damages to the dorms or anything on campus,” said April Byllaardt, a 19-year-old sophomore history major from Stormville, N.

Norwich Forever

University raises $82 million over 5 years

The ‘Norwich Forever!’ campaign was wrapped up on Dec. 31 raising $82 million, according to President Richard Schneider. ‘Norwich Forever!’ was a capital campaign that started more than five years ago to provide funding for many projects.

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Ice Fest

Ice Fest teaches students all about ice climbing

Despite the mild winter, a group of 10 Norwich students found some ice to do some cold-weather training. The students are members of Norwich’s Mountain Cold Weather Company. On Friday Feb. 5, the students went on a weekend-long educational trip to participate in Ice Fest, a program that instructs its participants on ice climbing.

New class strives for vet friendly campus

Talk to a veteran at Norwich, and often the same story will be told. “We were repeatedly surprised to discover that many Norwich student veterans felt a sense of isolation and disconnectedness from the Norwich community,” said Professor William Estill of the communications department.

Drill team named national champs

“If you would have said last year that we were going to do a routine of this caliber, we would have all thought you were crazy,” said Joshua Cloakey as he held on to his rifle just before a gear check. Although week-day practices lasted for two and a half hours and weekend practices lasted up to four hours each, it paid off big time on Valentine’s Day weekend for the Norwich University Drill Team.