Month: June 2016

This was librarian Meg Allison’s first year at U-32, but like all newcomers she has been made aware of the school’s history.  “U-32 used to be called the Zoo,” she said, describing the U-32 of decades past. “[The school] really…

Someone used a fake gmail account and U-32’s student email distribution lists to send out a mock survey last week.  Each of the survey’s questions was framed to make vulgar jokes, often at the expense of specific, named students and…

Two “funny” incidents at the end of this school year exposed a serious problem:  we, as a culture, have a bad habit of making jokes at the expense of others. The two public incidents at U-32– an anonymous, vulgar survey…

On a cold March day, young 4-H members fill an auditorium at UVM’s Rowell Hall. They wait impatiently for the state livestock educator to read the placement of participants in the days dairy quiz bowl. The 4-Hers spent the day…

“Teaching can be a stressful job, mainly you juggle quite a few things,” said Zach Gonzalez, a first year teacher. He wants to put his best foot forward and do a good job.  With a full load of classes and…

If an outside observer was to come into a teachers room on the weekend, would they be able to depict their political views based on the posters and images hung around the classroom? “We are a pretty liberal school so…

Laura Cadmus, pastor of the First Congregational church, lives with faith in every aspect of her life, even in the kitchen. “I was making pesto, so I was picking the leaves of basil. I felt the deep sense of oneness…

“Last year it was an actual classroom. This year it’s in an isolated room with lines of desks with walls in between. People can’t even look at each other,” junior Tanner Cameron said. “It’s kinda disgusting.” Cameron was talking about…

Just after the first of April, the roads and fields around farms come alive with manure spreaders pulled by tractors and mounted on trucks. For most people, it is just a season of bad smells but many people don’t know…

Dakota Clark has recently completed her early college courses at CCV, and, like many students, has excelled.  Early college is alternative to a student’s senior year, where they take a freshman year of college at a college that supports the…