On September 21, 2000, the Vermont Cynic headlined a story titled "A new artist whose music is something you need to hear." The artist in question: Britney Spears.
Pop stars aren’t the only thing...
The basement of the Waterman building used to house a four-lane bowling alley. Billings Library used to hold a dining hall. And there was, in fact, a Taco Bell near the tunnel under Main Street, albeit...
Kendall Evans, Culture Staff Writer
• December 12, 2024
The average human produces 0.3-0.4 milliliters of spit per minute, totaling 0.5-1.5 liters per day, according to the Journal of Medicine and Life. That’s roughly a 32-ounce Hydro Flask full of spit every...
The rapid integration of technology and artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the study and education of history, reshaping how we access, interpret and preserve the past.
Now, if that opening...
As a history major, I have been told countless times by relatives and hometown friends that I shouldn’t be pursuing it.
The common rhetoric thrown at me is that the subject is dead and that I should...
The back of a display case is a perspective relatively few people have the chance to see. To be able to see an exhibit in the same way the person who created it does feel magical.
It can reveal parts...
Since April 2019, all four faces of the Ira Allen Clock Tower displayed incorrect times.
After a renovation of the clock mechanics, almost a year later, the clock now displays the correct time on every...
Lindsay Freed, Senior Staff Writer
• December 4, 2018
The Waterman Memorial Lounge was crowded Nov. 28 with students and faculty waiting to hear history professor Amani Whitfield speak about slavery in Canada.
Whitfield’s lecture was part of the College...
There have been times in my life where everything seemed like a hopeless waste of time, and during these times there has been one comforting thought that makes it all OK: the hope of a year as revolutionary...
Students and faculty mingled around a long wooden table. Some flipped through the pages of freshly printed hardcover books Everyone showed excitement and anticipation.
On Jan. 26, students and faculty...
AC/DC, the world famous Australian rock band, had it right when they said we were on the highway to hell.
AC/DC stands for “alternating current” and “direct current,” and represents the “War...
In the wake of the men’s basketball team’s March 12 loss, and the subsequent end of their bid for a NCAA tournament title, faculty and a former player looked back at one of the most important moments...
