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 […]
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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 […]
Ostler becomes wellness facilitator for 2011
For Jo Lyn Ostler, helping people win the battle of physical health is her life. She ran the Waterbury Recreation Department for 20 years and even owns her own private practice for recreation and physical consulting. But her physical health was important to her as well and other places […]
Issues with Adderall
Amanda only had to take a 30 milligram pill of Adderall (a type of amphetamine) to realize that it wasn’t worth the risk. She was constantly anxious and trying to get homework done even when there was nothing else that she had to finish for classes. She was not prescribed […]
Students study in Germany
he class was taught by a third-party organization in Berlin, Germany, with exchange students from various countries including South Korea, Australia and China. The teacher spoke very little English. “We took a five-week, three-hour-a-day, five-days-a-week German course that began two days after arriving there,” said Brent Gardner, a Norwich architecture […]
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NU paintball faces West Point
Clifford Pebely did not feel the cold breezing by him; he was running too fast to notice it. The Norwich cadet ran to a building, catching his breath. All around there were the sounds of pops and people yelling. He turned the corner and saw someone who had the same […]
NU students travel to Africa
Emily Button, 20, a junior majoring in psychology and education from Highgate, Vt., traveled to Gambia, Africa, with her professor, Dian Burn, and other classmates over winter break to teach students English and writing at Gambia Elementary. The students and faculty flew to Africa and stayed for two weeks. […]