Volume 59.22

Lyndon State College

May 3, 2013

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Spring Dip see page 5

Suncooked is one of the bands playing at North by Northeast.

North By Northeast

Morgan ForesterManaging Editor

While the rest of the student body is prep-ping for finals, four Lyndon State bands are gearing up for the first LSC Showcase event held at the Burlington, Vt. music venue Higher Ground.

Victory Orchard, Electric Sorcery, Red Tin Box, and Suncooked form the line-up for Higher Ground’s North by Northeast concert that is truly a Lyndon Showcase.

The event is the product of an Event Promotion Management class taught by Higher Ground’s promotion manager Nick Vaden. Their major assignment: each band has at least one member enrolled in the class and has worked to not only create the event but to get as many people to go as possible. To promote their event the class has created posters that hang on bulletin boards around campus and sent out e-blasts on Facebook. Hunter Covill, founder of Victory Orchard and a sophomore MBI major went a bit fur-ther in his efforts to promote the show.

“I even contacted a friend of mine who works at [Magic] 97.7. I don’t know if he’s shared the press release yet but I’m hoping he has,” he said. “As a class I think we’re using every avenue we have to promote this event.”

The class has promoted so much that their efforts to get more Lyndon students to attend by providing transportation reached the ears of Jonathan Davis.

“They had contacted Sean Siciliano and he described what it takes to request funds,” Davis said, “But they were past the deadline. One of the students had contacted Joe Ber-tolino and he forwarded the message to me. That’s when I got involved.”

Davis said there were a number of dis-cussions that took place following this email including getting the Campus Activities Board involved to help organize transporta-tion to the event.

“We determined that we had enough money to scrape together to get a bus,” Da-vis said.

A 50 + person bus to be exact. On April

30, Brian Martineau sent out a campus-wide email encouraging students to sign up for the concert bus that will leave from Vail parking lot at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night. The arrangement is like any other bus trip, re-quiring that students register in advance and abide by campus rules for the duration of the trip. To further encourage students to sign up, the first 20 students received free tickets to the show.

“Transportation was a huge selling point for a lot of people,” said Mike Mahn of Red Tin Box, “It’s just because Burlington is such a far ride, especially on a Tuesday night.”

“It’s easy to get a tight-knit group of friends together and caravan up,” said band-mate Drew Fahley, “But to get together a really big show, you can’t expect people to throw down $40 on gas.”

Now that transportation has been sort-ed out, the bands are excited to play.

“This will be like the biggest venue we’ve ever played at,” said Donovan Delabruere of Victory Orchard.

Two of the bands, Electric Sorcery and Suncooked, are seasoned veterans of Higher Ground but are still looking forward to the show.

“We love the space up there,” said Derek Campbell, Electric Sorcery’s frontman. “I’m hoping we get someone taking video so it turns into a good promotional event for the band.”

Ry McDonald of Suncooked is also looking forward to returning to the venue.

“We love playing Burlington,” he said.McDonald is also looking forward to

seeing what this event becomes in the future.”I hope it becomes an annual thing,”

he said. “It’d be great for the major and the bands.”

The bus leaves at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday May 7 for the first of what these bands hope will be the next annual Lyndon music show-case.

Tickets for North by Northeast are on sale at http://www.highergroundmusic.com/event/north-by-northeast for $5 and can be purchased at the door for $10.

Campus Bands to Play in Burlington Venue

Courtesy Photo

Fire Destroys LSC Student's Home

Donations can be Brought to Rita Bole Complex

Britton Durham, a Lyndon student, club representative for the Gay/Straight Alliance, and veteran lost his family home Wednesday, May 1 to a fire. Neighbors reported the fire at 113 Speedwell Drive at approximately 3:33 p.m. Durham and his parents were not home, but the fast-moving fire consumed their belongings and claimed the lives of their family pets.

Junior MBI major JP Lahens and his roommate senior MBI student Beau Bom-hower were driving past Speedwell Drive when they noticed thick, black smoke com-ing from the home. They proceeded to do a three-point turn and drove back down Speedwell to see what was going on. Lahens immediately dialed 911 to report the fire.

After parking the car at their apartment complex, Lahens and Bomhower walked back over to the scene "just to see if anyone else had showed up." Two other LSC stu-dents, senior exercise science majors Brittany Rogers and Matt Mendrala, followed them back down the road to the burning house. Rogers explains that Lahens walked up to Mendrala and her and said, “there is a fire at the house down the street and I’m pretty sure it’s catching onto the house.”

“So, we walked down the road and we could see it from the distance,” Rogers said. “We started to walk closer and we decided

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we should try to do something while we waited.”

Upon arriving at the scene, Rogers saw a cat perched in the window of the burning building. In a moment of panic, she darted towards the house in an attempt to save the pet. According to Rogers, she tried to catch the cats attention by throwing rocks at the window, and when that failed, she walked closer to the window and suddenly a pro-pane tank caught fire and exploded. Rogers was not harmed.

Lahens said that when the, “propane tank burst inside the driveway we heard a loud pop. It started shooting fire at the house, so that’s what really made it go up. Then a line dropped from the telephone pole, so I told Brittany she needed to get out. Windows started to pop and we were get-ting hit with flames, so we decided to move away.”

Both the Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury Fire Departments were on scene battling the flames, while Lyndonville Police and Lyndon Rescue assisted the family and neighbors. With several onlookers approaching the fire, Rogers ssaid, “[The house] was engulfed in flames and falling and crumbling and that’s when I just couldn’t watch anymore.”

The Durhams have lost most of their ba-sic necessities. A donation box has been set up in the Student Life Office in Rita Bole Complex. Below is is a chart with the items that the Durham's need:

Molly AndersonEntertainment Editor

The Durham family home was lost to fire May 1.

Photo by Tyler Dumont

OPINION The Critic, Page 2

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Editorial

I am writing to all the people that helped make Spring Day possible last Friday. Hold on to your seats because there are a lot of thank you’s in this letter.

I want to thank all of the people that blew up the balloons; some of us even have blisters on our hands from it (Curt). I would like to thank Melissa for help with purchasing all of the give-a-ways and the little things that made the event go a little smoother. Thank you to Iryna and her Leisure and Society class; each one of your tables was innovative and interesting and truly added a different dynamic to the event. Thank you to the people that helped out in manning the give away tables (Aman-da, Haley, Matt, Melissa S, and Melissa N, Sean, Ashley, and Jess), and for helping me move the tables (Sean, Jess, and Joe). Jess I truly don’t know how we moved some of those by ourselves!

The DJ Booth was great. Brett and CAB’s tote bags were a good tie into Spring Day. The Critic, Outing, Spirit Squad, Twi-light, and Ski and Ride all made the event better than I could have even imagined. Thank you to the Elected Reps and the Club reps for the extra money for Spring Day (now you know what I meant by “stuff”!). And thank you Brian Martineau for running around not only to make sure that I had everything set, but so that every-one at the event was all set as well. You truly went over and beyond what you needed to do, and I truly appreciate it.

I would also like to thank Dr. Joe and Jonathan Davis for sitting down with me and in aiding with the event in the ways that they could. Pizza Man did an amazing job with the food; I have heard that the potato salad was to die for!

Thanks Larry for helping me with all of the logistics with the keg. Thanks to Cody for helping with bartending and helping me every step of the way for the keg. Cody you were so helpful; you made the idea of getting a keg at Spring Day an obtainable task. You helped me before the event with planning and during the event in almost every single way. You are the reason why I did not have a heart attack at the event.

I want to thank Mr. Nolan Pierce who went around at the end of the event and picked up the garbage on the ground, who put away tables, and was willing to do any-thing in order to make sure the event went smoothly, even if it was just to run across campus with me to go and get the cake.

To my executive board: this would not have been possible with out your help. You helped me with the littlest things and the biggest things. You helped me create the vision into reality. Julie: you helped me with what ever I needed and without you I wouldn’t have thought about the raffle, or even the cake.

Last but not least I wanted to thank Ms. Samantha Lubke. This event would not have been as effective or even hap-pened without your help every step of the way. I don’t know what I would have done without you. You helped with the planning

The Library would like to thank every-one who participated in the recent VSC Reading & Technology survey. Almost 700 VSC students, faculty and staff took the time to tell us what you think about reading printed books and reading digital ebooks. Your comments will help the VSC libraries to develop collections that respond to your reading needs and preferences. The Library would also like to congratulate Andrew Baughn, winner of the survey’s prize draw for a $50 Amazon gift card.

Hearing the views of the Library’s users helps us to improve our services. Thank you to everyone who took part – for your time, your thoughts and your support for library services!

Graham Sherriff

Interim Library Director 2012-13

Samuel Read Hall Library

Letter to the Editor

“Thank You” From The Library

phase, with emailing people, with booking people, even calling 4imprint when they almost sent us the fliers for May 2nd(thanks to her they didn’t). Thank you for planning where people were supposed to be during the day and making sure that there was always someone at a table. Thanks for sitting at the keg, and making sure that I wouldn’t have a heart attack. And thank you for legit being there every step of the way for me and helping me with every task. This event would not have happened the way I had hoped without you. You were the glue that not only kept me together but you held the event together.

There were a lot of people that helped me with Spring Day, so if I may have forgot-ten your name please don’t think that your work was unappreciated. Thanks again, and I hope that everyone had a great time!

Thank you,Meghan Elizabeth DolyakExecutive Vice President, SGA

A Fond Goodbye

Critic Editor-in-Chief Samantha VanSchoick at the Critic photo booth on Spring Day.

Photo by Bryan Barber

It’s so cliché to say, “This year went so fast,” but I’m saying it: this year went so fast. This will be the final edition of The Critic for the 2012/2013 academic year, and thus, my final edition as editor-in-chief.

At the beginning of the fall semester, I was nervous because we had a complete-ly new-to-everyone layout program (we switched from QuarkXPress to the Adobe Suite) and we were missing a previously integral part of The Critic team, our advisor Dan Williams. However, we had an am-bitious crew and laid out several goals for the year, nicknamed “The Master Plan.” 22 issues later and I am happy to announce we have accomplished every goal.

We began the year with a slick new re-design and an awesome logo thanks to then layout editor Ashley Christie. We successfully built a brand new website, lyn-doncritic.com, with the help of CSS whizzes Brandon Heanssler and Justin O’Riordon.

We boosted our social media presence with Facebook “likes” on The Critic page go-ing from under 300 to 500 and going from a practically non-existent Twitter presence to having over 200 followers (shout out to Twitter Manager Greg Besso).

We won two Society of Professional Journalist Mark of Excellence Awards! Spring Dip photography by Bryan Barber, Danielle Drown and Sierra Willenburg won second place in the “Feature Photography” category. News Editor Tyler Dumont’s series of articles about the Johnson State Profes-sor who was accused of sexual harassment placed third in “In-Depth Reporting” category.

A special thank-you to Managing Editor Morgan Forester, who somehow bal-anced work, a full-time school schedule, an internship, and still managed to log about 30 hours a week in Critic time. Thank you to photo editor Bryan Barber for the count-less amazing images that have adorned the paper this year. Thank you to Tyler Dumont for your services as the fall news editor and for sending me lots of news tips. Thank you to fall sports editor Daniel Weiner. Thank you to the spring sports editor Corey Wells, copy editor Peter Nute, and entertainment editor Molly Anderson. Thank you to our loyal and reliable reporters Hannah Frigon and Katy Crooks and to our correspondents Wesley Hatch and Adam Brothers. Without all of your hard work, we would not have accomplished anything on “The Master Plan.”

Fondly,

Samantha VanSchoick

Class of 2013

Spring Day Thanks

Letter to the Editor

May 3, 2013

NEWSMay 3, 2013 The Critic, Page 3

The Lyndon State College Commencement Committee has chosen Willem Lange to be the speaker at the May 2013 Gradua-tion. Lange was chosen two years ago and approved by former President Steve Gold in hopes to be the speaker at the 2012 Commencement, but because of Lange’s demanding and busy schedule, the school was unable to book him until this year’s graduation ceremony.

Willem Lange is a longtime friend of LSC Board of Trustee Chair Member Gary Moore. The two men have produced a handful of shows together on a program called, “Windows to the Wild,” as well as Vermont Public Television. Moore and Lange both enjoy the hiking, so that is what most of their show is based upon.

As Tracy Sherbrook, Assistant to the Academic Dean and member of the Commencement Committee explains, “We try to choose someone who’s local; who’s known. He has no affiliation with the school particularly, except for his friendship with Gary Moore, but he was in education, so he supports that.” She later adds, “We are thrilled to have him as our guest.”

While Lange maintains an extremely busy and active lifestyle. Sherbrook actually comments that she saw him last year at the

statehouse’s Corporate Cup, a 5K run/walk around the statehouse in Montpelier.

Lange was born in New York in the year 1935. He is a writer, a commentator, and “one of the most beloved storytellers in northern New England,” as his personal website quotes. He writes a weekly column, “A Yankee Notebook,” which appears in newspapers all over New England. He also directed the Dartmouth Outward Bound center for many years. On top of that, Lange founded the Geriatric Adventure Society. In addition to his accomplishments, Lange has been married for over fifty years and now has three children along with four grandchildren. His wife and he just recently moved to East Montpelier after living in New Hampshire for forty years.

Sherbrook went on to say: ‘I’m always conscientious about choosing a speaker that will entertain students.” Commencement takes place on May 19 at 11:00 a.m.

Molly AndersonEntertainment Editor

2013 Commencement Speaker Saying GoodbyeAdministration, Faculty and Staff Retiring or

taking a year Sabbatical

As the year ends for students, so does it end for some of the faculty and staff here at Lyndon State. Some are retiring, while others are taking a one-year sabbatical or just retiring from fulltime to part time staff. Among them are Nolan Atkins, Chandler Gilman, John Kascenska, Mark Majors, Ron Rossi, Paul Searls, Brenda Sweet, and Linda Wacholder.

Paul Searls, who is an assistant pro-fessor of the Social Sciences and History Department, said, “I taught at UVM for nines years, and this is my eight year here at Lyndon State, and there are a lot of things that I prefer about it. I miss some things about UVM, like the library, but I don’t miss classes of a 120 people. I have gotten the chance to teach in the music depart-ment, and I have really enjoyed that and been blessed.” Searls didn’t seem as though he was comparing schools, however smaller communities may have bigger opportuni-ties, and the learning environment between teacher and student can be more personal. “The students are great, I love them. What’s really nice about Lyndon is that you form close relationships with students, and really get to know your majors well.”

Searls will be taking sabbatical for one year, in which he will be writing two books. “At UVM teachers teach two or three class-es, and here you teach five or six, which is typical, but I haven’t been able to have the type of scholarship that I want to do,” said Searls, “So that’s seventeen years of teaching at the college level and I have never had a sabbatical, and I have all this work that I cannot wait to do.”

Searls two books will be about twen-tieth century Vermont through the lives of some people who were immigrants to Vermont in 1890. The other book will be a “cool” book for young adults, and it’s going to be about just one of those immigrants, a woman who lived from 1876 and lived until 1976. Searls says that his books will be very interesting, and looks forward to writing them.

John Kascenska, who is the Associate Academic Dean, is retiring, effective June 30th. “I am retiring. The President has announced some changes in administration and it’s an opportunity for me to retire,” said Kascenska. “I will be moving on to some private business opportunities.” Kas-censka said that he will be back in the fall to teach part time. “My favorite thing about Lyndon State is working with the students; I am teacher first and foremost.”

Kascenska has worked at Lyndon State for twenty-one years and graduated from the college in 1982. When he returned to

Hannah FrigonCritic Staff

teach, he worked in the Mountain Recre-ation department for eleven years, and ten years as the Associate Academic Dean.

In the fall he will be teaching a wilder-ness and first responder course, which he is looking forward to. Even though ten years ago he moved from teaching to administra-tion, he always made sure he kept a finger in the door so he could come back and spend more time doing what he loves to do - teach.

Nolan Atkins has been a professor in the Atmospheric Science Department for fifteen years, and is taking a year long sab-batical where he will be actively working on a couple research projects. “I am going to a couple conferences, both research related, and also I am going to a conference that is about teaching with technology in the classroom,” said Atkins. “One of the things that I would like to do next year is take one of the classes that I would typically teach and sort of rework them using technology more.” Atkins wants to create multimedia modules for students to view before class so that when they come into class he can go over things that were confusing or go over questions or problems so that they can dive more deeply into the material. So far Atkins favorite part of being a teacher here has been the interactions with the students and being able to make those close relationships with them.

Brenda Sweet, staff assistant to the faculty, works for the academics department and also works with athletics. Sweet has been here at Lyndon for thirty years. She was one of the first that worked with the starting of Project Excel.

“In retiring I am going to hopefully be leaving the area. My husband and I have a summer home up in Prince Edward Island. We are going to be there fo going some-where in the South, the Carolina’s hopefully. We are very excited about that,” said Sweet. Even though she has some big relaxing plans ahead of her, she mentioned the very good relationships she has had with the students of Lyndon State College. “I was in the working Vail building and over the years my husband and I have opened our home to students a couple of times when housing was very short on campus.” Sweet is still good friends with some of those students.

When Sweet sent her letter to President Bertolino and her adviser John Kascenska, she said, “My 25 years working with the faculty of Lyndon State College has been a fantastic journey; they are a wonderful, dedicated group of people that care deeply about past and present Lyndon students.”

Courtesy PhotoLange poses with his dog.

Photo by Bryan Barber

Opening night is one of the scariest things a person can go through. Whether they are on stage, working the lights or even pulling the curtain. In live theater opening night is never the best night of a show. On that note, the Twilight Players have set the bar extremely high for their show Company.

The set alone is something to marvel at. Britt Moore and her crew have certainly outdone themselves. Their lit up city scape awed the audience from the moment they stepped through the doors. The multi-level set was fitting for every scene; from apart-ments, to nightclubs, to Central Park.

Despite not having a Theater Major at Lyndon State, what this rag-tag group of actors, singers, and dancers have done is nothing less than spectacular.

Company, based on a book by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a difficult musical to pull off. For one, it is a “Sondheim,” infamous for intricate music. The Twilight Players conquered Sondheim and then some with breakout performances from Jake Machell,

Carole Clark, Haley Marckres, and Jennifer Morin.

The actors fit into their roles magnifi-cently. They wore their roles like a layer of skin. The dancing was simple, yet thanks to Choreographer Nikki Slabinski, the simple moves looked complicated and impressed the audience.

This year was an important building year for the Twilight Players. They changed some of their structure to make better productions. They budgeted for a proper pit orchestra. Their past shows may have been fine, but barely. The full pit orchestra is a large and much needed improvement from mish-mash groups of random students that may or may not know how to read music. The Twilight Players are certainly on the rise. Watch out for their next shows, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing in the fall and The Drowsy Chaperone in the spring.Editor’s Note: Megan Hassan is a member of the Twilight Players but was not involved in the production of Company.To see more photos from opening night, like The Critic on Facebook!

Megan HassanCritic Correspondent

Company: A Review

From left to right: Hannah Frigon, Jesse Crofton, abd Jake Machell on set during Company

May 3, 2013 The Critic, Page 4YEAR IN REVIEW

A Year of Front Pages at Lyndon State CollegeThe Biggest Stories of the 2012/2013 Academic Year

September 7, 2012“Sexual Harassment Battle Fails to Unseat JSC Professor”

JSC student Nicole Daigneault, 32, of St. Johnsbury, filed a formal complaint of sexual harassment against Professor Fred Wiseman in mid-March. Tyler Dumont’s reporting through the series of events later won him third place in the SPJ Mark of Excellance Awards for in-depth reporting.

September 14, 2012“11 Years Later, Lyndon State Remembers”

September 21, 2012“The Great Smoking Debate”

Two students debate making the campus “smoke-free.”

Memorial Services held for 10 year anniversary of 9/11.

September 27, 2012“Are We Safe?” Rumor of a student with a“hit-list,” sparked questions about security on campus.

October 19, 2012“On the Road to Recovery” LSC student Weston Miller was injured after getting hit by a car while he was longboarding in his hometown, Albany, NY.

Students, faculty and staff gathered in the Alexander Twilight Theatre Tuesday, Oct. 23, to munch doughnuts, drink apple cider, and talk politics with Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I).

October 26, 2012“U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Talks Issues with Students”

November 2, 2012

“Nickelodeon’s Kel Mitchell Coming to

LSC” WWLR gets funding from SGA to bring the orange soda lov-ing actor to host the radio station award show “The Horneys” The event was later voted “Best Club Event” by members of the SGA.

November 9, 2012“Chenette Wins Rep. Seat in Maine”At the time of his election, Justin Chenette was a senior at LSC. Chenette (D), 21, won by a margin of 60% to represent his hometown of Saco, Maine in the statehouse.

November 30, 2012“Former Critic Editor Criticized for Conflict of Interest”An article in Seven Days, a weekly publication out of Burlington, criticized the convicted felon, now working as a journalist, for writing nearly twenty stories about sex offenses for the Barre-Montpelier paper.

December 14, 2012A group of December Grads gathered for a dinner at The Presidents House.

Febuary 1, 2013“Health and Safety

Committee Votes Not to Change Pet Policy;

Bertolino ‘Dissapointed’”President Joe Bertolino asked the committee to reconsider the current pet policy to allow dogs to be on campus. However, they voted not to alter the policy.

Student DUI’s appeared in many editions of The Critic this year.

Febuary 8, 2013“Underage DUI’s Bring Adult Repercussions”

Febuary 15, 2013“Valentines Dining”

March 12, 2013“Former Student Pleads Not Guilty to Felony and Misdemeanor Counts”

Maria Trudeau, 18, pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, assault of a law enforcement officer, simple assault, and resisting arrest Mon-day morning in Caledonia Supe-rior Court. Trudeau also pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of unlawful mischief.

March 15, 2013“1st Annual Veterans Summit”

April 19, 2013“Sodexo Yanks Fruit After

Vandalism”

April 26, 2013“Earth Day at LSC”Kat Wright and The Indomitable Soul Band performed at Earth Day celebrations

December 7, 2012“Twilight Dance

Ensemble Premiere”

NEWSMay 3, 2013 The Critic, Page 5

Dipping for Fun(ding)Katy Crooks

Critic Staff

On Wednesday, May 1, various mem-bers of the Lyndon State College communi-ty took part in the 7th annual Spring Dip, a yearly event that raises funds for student scholarships.

The event was created by the Direc-tor of Alumni Relations & Development, Hannah Manley, and is sponsored by the Faculty/Staff Scholarship Committee. The event was created to not only raise money for scholarship funding, but to create a new tradition on campus that, as Manley said, “people would look forward to each spring”.

Students, faculty, and staff alike were encouraged to participate in the event.

To register, participants had to raise a minimum of $10 in pledges and be brave enough to face the chilly water. This year 19 people took the plunge raising $2,249. A $200 scholarship prize is awarded to the highest fundraising student. This year’s win-ner was Michael Desmond. A prize is also awarded to the highest fundraising faculty/staff member.

Costumes are encouraged for the event. This year costumes ranged from a new mom to a hockey player, a mountain climber to cat woman. President Bertolino even took the plunge, decked out in green and gold.

LSC student Amanda Curran, dressed as a bundle of grapes, took the plunge because her teacher promised to postpone class if students participated. When asked about the temperature of the pond water, Curran

Spring Day 2013

President Joe lost a shoe during his dip.Photos by Bryan Barber

Photos by Bryan Barber

Twilight Player members shiver after being dunked in the Twilight Player dunk tank.

One dipper shows a genuine reaction to the frigid water.

A group of Spring Dip participants cheer themselves on post-dip.

An action shot of the pre-dip.

replied “it was very refreshing”. Other par-ticipants must have agreed as some dipped back into the water a second time. A DJ offered fun music and all were welcome to an ice cream social following the event.

Critic Photo Booth

CAB Advisor Brian Martineau gets dunked.

To see more pictures, go to facebook.com/LSCcritic

SPORTSMay 3, 2013 The Critic, Page 6

2013 Graduating Athletes

Robert TrucottBaseballCatcher

Brandon LloydLacrosseDefense

Ed HoranLacrosse

Attack

Michael HowardMen’s Tennis

Tyler SchofieldMen’s Tennis

Jose FortunatoMen’s Basketball

Guard

Jason GrayMen’s Basketball/Soccer

Forward/Goaltender

Tim PattenLacrosse/Ice Hockey

Midfield/Forward

Donna LawsonWomen’s Basketball

Forward

Mario ViolaIce HockeyGoaltender

James BielliMen’s Cross Country

Ethan Fontneau Men’s Cross Country

Joshua GrantMen’s Cross Country

Joseph KillMen’s Cross Country

Cassie Tricou Women’s Cross Country

Patrick HiltonMen’s Soccer/Baseball

Sweeper/Pitcher-Infielder

Kyle MechamMen’s Soccer

Midfield

Shane O’Donnell-LeachMen’s Soccer

Striker

Stefan VerguraMen’s Soccer

Midfield

Samantha SmithWomen’s Soccer

Goaltender

Margaret GeorgeWomen’s Tennis

Jaclyn BrettWomen’s Volleyball

Setter/Defensive Specialist

Erica PonteWomen’s Volleyball

Outside Hitter

Jessica WalshWomen’s Volleyball

Outside Hitter

Photos by Bryan Barber

ENTERTAINMENTMay 3, 2013 The Critic, Page 7

Dear Hugh Jass,

My girlfriend and I have been dating for a couple of months and I’m just looking to be single during the upcoming summer. We really like each other and are really good friends so I don’t know how breaking up will be. Any advice? From, Mr. Breaking Up

Ask Hugh JassThe Critic’s Weekly Sex Advice Column

Dear Mr. Breaking Up Being single during the summer is com-pletely understandable and a lot of people actually like the freedom because it allows for a lot more potential sexual encounters. I don’t know if this is your sole reason for wanting to be single during the summer or what your reason is at all but try and make it a civil situation. Messy breakups are never fun.

The best advice I can give is talk to your girlfriend and mention that you would like a summer break. Explain how you feel and if you are still interested, let her know you two will try things again during the end of August when school starts up again. If you have no interest in getting back togeth-er with her, don’t give her false hope and let her know you will be together again. Every breakup situation is different so handle it as it comes and just be honest with her. It will be a lot easier for the two of you if you both say how you feel. I hope this helps you out. Stay safe! Your friend, Hugh Jass

Ask Hugh Jass a question at:hughjass@yahoo.com

Music Notes:Red Tin Box’s “Simple & Sincere” is Just That

From the eponymous title track, this release

is the perfect combination of hillbilly sneer

and heartfelt composition. The production

is free of lavish flourishes but the delivery

is gigantic, with chanted choruses and

an assault of machine gun strumming on

acoustic instruments of every sort.

The second track, the bubbly “Sail

On”, is reminiscent of a sarcastic Jason

Mraz song. It is the instrumentation of this

song that makes it clear that Red Tin Box

is attempting to expand the horizons of the

pop songwriting format. This composition

places this group alongside contemporaries

such as Fun and Of Monsters and Men.

This is a deftly crafted and masterfully pro-

duced independent release.

The track “Sleep Away” is a typical

expression of what this group does best:

simple chord progressions built upon to

create adolescent battle cries. This is not the

most memorable track, but it has enough

energy to keep any listener captivated and

intrigued.

“I Killed the Captain” provides a sonic

soundscape comprised of chiming guitars

and reverberating vocals. This simple tune

contains boundless pop sensibility but pro-

vides little in the realm of virtuosic displays

of musicianship. However, the group uses

vocal and instrumental nuances to achieve

and uplifting effect.

The final track “Colors” adds twang to

the traditional youth-oriented pop song. A

well sung ballad about love gone bad, this

song provides the perfect end for a release

titled “Simple & Sincere”. Perhaps the most

advantageous attribute of Red Tin Box’s

EP is that I can not imagine it appealing

to only one demographic. It can be equally

enjoyed by fans of folk, pop, rock. I give

this release 3 ½ out of 5 stars on the basis

of sensibility, modest production, and

thoughtful song-crafting.

Hunter CovillCritic Columnist

Best & Worst Bathrooms On Campus

WomenBest:

Hallway of the President’s Office

It’s not that surprising that the best bathroom would be located near the president’s office. With that said, the female students probably use this bathroom the least because it’s in the

Student Services hallway. That’s also probably why it’s always so clean. Not only is the bath-room almost always empty, but you can always count on it having a fruity-fresh aroma due

to Darcy Miles’ efforts to supply it with good-smelling soaps and air fresheners.

Worst:Across from the Writing Center

The girls’ bathroom across from the library and writing center is always a disgrace. Not only are half of the toilets usually clogged, but there are even signs posted on the mirrors

to remind the girls to clean up after themselves after they’re finished. It is common for this bathroom to have its countertops covered in soap and water, as well as paper towels and

toilet paper strewn across the floors. Even though this is definitely the most repulsive bath-room on campus, it always seems to be filled with at least one other person who is equally

disgusted as you are.

MenBest:HAC

This bathroom is pristine. It’s brand-new from floor to ceiling. There wasn’t even as much as a water stain on the mirror. Although not everyone has classes in HAC, it is worth the journey to experience this tidy toilet. More often than not you can assume that men don’t particularly care about the condition of their restrooms, but the ones who do now know

that this is the cleanliest bathroom on campus to take a leak.

Worst:Across from the Bookstore

This bathroom is hidden down a small hallway across from the Bookstore, so you may as-sume that it’s never used. Well, it certainly looks like it’s used: used by a bunch of animals. The boys might as well just TP the whole bathroom because the stalls have rolls of toilet paper unraveled all over the floor. Not only is this bathroom relatively dilapidated, but

also there is a disgusting brown stain on the side of the toilet seat. I wonder how that got there…

Molly AndersonEntertainment Editor

May 3, 2013ADVERTISEMENT The Critic, Page 8

East Burke, Vermont