Congratulations go out to Steven Vail for a successful campaign this election season. Vail, through the power of write-in votes, defeated the only candidate on the ballot last week to become the new Student Association president. While the official election results are not yet available, Vail accomplished a once unthinkable […]
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Orpheus descends on Castleton State
Looking for a bit of laughter mixed with drama and be able to knock off one of those Soundings events? If so, ‘Orpheus Descending’ is for you.”It’s drama; it has everything. Love, gunfire, all the great very truly romantic stuff,” Theater Professor Harry McEnerny said. Written by Tennessee Williams, ‘Orpheus […]
Abort! Abort!
Last week the governor of South Dakota, Mike Rounds, signed a bill that banned all abortions in the state. The bill would make it a crime for any doctor to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman’s life.There is no exception for cases of incest or […]
Oh thank the free world!
Vermont Public Radio’s most recent pledge drive is finally over. What was originally scheduled to last 10 days was shortened to just seven because you (the listeners) reacted and donated over $500,000 three days ahead of schedule. Oh thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. Seven days felt […]
Music Review:Trzciensky’s Take
Alice Cooper started out this decade trying out a new sound on 2000’s Brutal Planet and 2001’s Dragontown. The sound of these albums, besides the occasional ballad, sounded almost like Cooper was forcing himself to be a Rod Zombie clone.This is odd, because Zombie was inspired by Cooper. The albums […]
Hollywood is losing the Art
lot of recent movie releases from Hollywood have not been original pieces of art, social commentaries or original ideas. Many movies being released are remakes. A remake is a shameful cheap and quick way to make some money. You don’t have to come up with an original idea since you’re […]
Wuagneux Makes Return to Fireside
When adjunct Professor Robert Wuagneux had fixed the reverb on the microphone and began playing his guitar and singing in his deep, slightly grizzled, blues powered voice, there was a feeling from the people dining in Fireside caf that this edition of late night would be something very special. Wuagneux […]
Toscano “Doin Time” with Soundings
For years, Peterson Toscano lived in denial of his real sexual identity. He spent $30,000 dollars trying to change what he knew deep down inside he could not change. On Monday, May 6, Toscano brought his one man show — ‘Doin’ Time In The HomoNomo Halfway House’ — to Castleton. […]
Through the door
Scott’s mom went into the closet to prove that there wasn’t anything to be afraid of, but she never came out. It all began with Puppy (Scott never had the chance to give him a proper name). Puppy ran into the room while Scott was sitting and coloring in his […]
Douglas pitches scholarship plan to keep Vermonters in Vermont
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas is sick of seeing Vermont young people leaving the state to go to college – and never coming back.”Statistics show that the vast majority of people stay within 100 miles of where they go to college when they start their working lives,” Douglas told a packed […]