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“People are spending hundreds of dollars for one night, because that’s what society tells us to do,” said Senior Brenna Connor. According to U.S. News, a national survey conducted by Visa showed the average American household spending $978 for prom.…
The last couple weeks the weather has been at its peak. It’s been up in the 60s even in the 70s. However, it is just recently spring, so the grass may not be ready yet, found out Max Willing. Willing…
Earlier this month, Rebecca Holcombe, Vermont’s Secretary of Education, sent a letter to all Vermont principals and superintendents about how important it is to ensure that every Vermont child feels safe and valued in the school. U-32 takes pride in…
Almost everyone with a cellphone has the ability to take a picture, and photographs are used as a method of communication. But in the era of digital photography only some people know how to develop film. It seems the traditional…
Large computer screens light up the dark room at Central Vermont Medical Center where Dr. Ben Lange works as a radiologist. Images of a brain in cross-section, the result of a CT scan, zoom in and out with every touch…
Chris McAfee was born on January 13th, 1998, around 2 am. He never went to preschool– he started in kindergarten. He was diagnosed with autism at the age of ten, eight years ago. In middle school he started dressing…
“It’s getting towards the end of the year, so people are just obeying the rules because they don’t want to get get kicked out,” said Samara Schneider, “ just well enough so that it doesn’t get taken away again.” The…
Several times each year, following the time and the seasons, the druids of Worcester community gather deep in the woods to engage in festivities, circle chants, and to revere the miracles of nature. Recently the Green Mountain Druid Order held…
They stood in line by twos and threes, most wearing earplugs, hands in their pockets on a chilly April morning. They carried tickets marked with numbers– .223, .45, .380 — and out ahead of the line, in front of a…
Not so long ago cigarette smoking was commonplace on U-32’s campus. “When I first became a teacher at U-32 there was a smoking lounge. It was straight past the nurse’s office at the end of the hall near the loading…
After the failure of “restorative circles,” U-32 is using high-tech security systems, more common in international airports or combat zones, to resolve the Senior Lounge Crisis. A high-ranking whistleblower has provided the Chronicle with invoices documenting nearly $630,000 in…
The Boys Track and Field team at U-32 is trying to carry on the tradition of the last 3 years: to win the Division 2 state championship. They are off to a great start. Stephen Looke, a Sophomore at U-32,…
“I love my job for the most part. But it has its ups and downs.” This was Jared Mitchell, a Berlin police officer. Mitchell wasn’t only talking about regular police work– he also maintains the Berlin Police Department’s controversial Facebook…