The cops show up at the bank, denying any hopes of escape. Their backs to the wall, the robbers commence a shoot out to get away. The gunfight is on; both sides are extremely close with rapid firing guns. Each side tried to gain the advantage over the other. The […]
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Two-week summer course turns a river into a classroom
The smell was almost unbearable as the students paddled their way down the Connecticut River. Said one student, it was “getting so strong it was like you could taste it.” The pungent odor came from a decomposing dead moose that “was about twice the size of normal and ready to […]
Band Records for Recruitment
The microphones were set. In the center of the chapel sat a table with all the sound equipment. The area around the microphones was empty, waiting for students to show up. Slowly the band members came in and prepared for a long day of playing. Charles Thaxter was excited. […]
Architecture students help build substainble Homes for Native American Resevations
Timothy Emerson, a senior architecture student, was browsing mynorwich.edu when a notice, “drawing and drafting help needed,” caught his eye. He sent off an e-mail, not realizing that the project he was getting into was going to be more than just drafting help. Emerson, in cooperation with the First […]
Norwich Sports teams see drawbacks of practicing inside
Due to the weather in central Vermont at this time, the spring sports teams must practice indoors in Shapiro Field House. After Norwich just got hit by another snow storm there is no telling how long it will be until the baseball, softball and lacrosse teams can practice outside. […]
Baseball students get ready for season ahead
This season will be his last in a Cadetuniform. When senior pitcher Ryan Kelly steps out onto the diamond, he will reflect on his last three years as a Norwich athlete. “I want to go out with a bang,” said Kelly, a 22-year-old physical education major from Niskayuna, N.Y. […]
Women’s hockey sets records
When the final buzzer rang the Norwich women’s hockey team had not only beaten Nichols College 8-0 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference women’s quarterfinal game, but also accomplished something no other women’s hockey team at Norwich has. The Cadets won their 21st game of the season, a new program […]
Women’s basketball team
l the work and sweat that was put into the season came down to this one moment. The women were determined not to let this moment slip away from them — but it did. “I think that our team played hard, but, unfortunately, we were not able to string together […]
Rugby prepares for spot at nationals
A couple feet of snow is not going to stop the women’s rugby team from preparing for its “toughest challenge” this season: playing in the nationals. “We do our best given the weather restrictions we have in Vermont, it’s tough to prepare for an outdoor sport,” said Head Coach Austin […]
The search for a match
There are more than 10,000 leukemia, lymphoma and blood-cancer patients in need of a bone marrow transplant, according to the National Bone Marrow Donation website. Charlie Crosby, the director of sports information and Norwich graduate of 1963, is one of those patients. Crosby has been battling leukemia for nine years. […]