Sextracurricular Activities: A blow-by-blow report on campus promiscuity
College is the best four years of your life, they say. And for good reason: College is fornication central. Take hordes of horny, inexperienced kids,…
Governor Jim Douglas?
The times are indeed a-changin’ and, so far in the 21st century, no one can make a good case as yet that they’re changing for…
Reich and Wrong
I was surprised and moved by the enthusiastic response to my last column about the Reichstag fire, Hitler’s finances and the role of big business…
Peace Work
These aren’t easy times for peace-loving people. We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our soil. The U.S. military is rebounding from…
Lars Murdock and Oliver Oates, co-owners of Ahli Baba
As students return to the University of Vermont, lugging around all those weighty textbooks has got to result in some ravenous appetites. That’s what Lars…
Reel Ville
My slasher-movie moment, on the first day of the Montréal World Film Festival, took place when the hotel elevator stopped on the fourth floor en…
Learning Curves: Local students fess up about their summer internships
Chris Kirkpatrick got a whipped-cream pie in the face. Sayler Bardsley had to dress in a horse costume. Paul Zannelli reveled in being board —that’s…
Nosh Around the Clock: A student guide to eating after hours
College isn’t just about lectures and libraries. The most memorable lessons of these crucial years are likely to be those learned far from the classroom….
An Officer and a Gentleman: Norwich prof Michel Kabay takes on computer security
Major Michel Kabay, a professor at Norwich University in Northfield, is just the sort of person you’d expect to find in a military uniform. He’s…
Staying the Course? Bashing Bush at the back of the class
It has long been our tradition at Seven Days, toward the end of summer, to pore over college catalogs and select the courses we’d take…
The Om Team: Burlington High School footballers add yoga to the game plan
It’s unlikely the god Shiva was pondering pigskin when he “invented” yoga 5000 years ago. Historically, Eastern enlightenment and American football haven’t exactly shared the…
Plagiarism 101: How schools are dealing with a rising cheat wave
Cheaters come in many forms: The tough-cookie, future chairwoman-of-the-board material, who raised her chin and kept eye contact when I confronted her about the paper…
