Stranded in Canada: COVID kept Spanish student from getting home
It’s was busy Sunday morning at Huden Dining hall in mid-March 2020 at Castleton University. It wasn’t unusual to hear stories about the night prior...
Living on the edge: Student shares stories about the life of her adventurous Opa
The blisters covering my feet halted my journey up my grandfather’s mountain in West Rutland. In retrospect, ankle socks were not the best idea. The...
Letter to the editor: Alum upset with library decision
The last time I wrote something for the Spartan, things were a bit different. It was fall of 2021, and we weren’t sitting as close...
Normal feels pretty damn good
The schools were closing. Planes were being grounded. Stores were mobbed by desperate shoppers. I very vividly remember sitting on the couch with my family...
Smith’s slap has lasting impacts
Doesn’t it feel like Will Smith has become irrelevant after his infamous slap during the 2022 Oscars? He’s human and humans are meant to make...
Reviving the radio station
The Radio Club is back! We broadcast on the virtual airwaves 24/7, 365 days a year with no interruptions. As the president of this institution,...
Get rid of the ‘basic’ vs. ‘alt’ comparisons
Two of the major style groups that have become prominent in today’s society are labeled as “basic” and “alt,” or “alternative.” Not...
Birthday, baby and new semester
I’m writing this last minute in the final half-hour of my 27th birthday. The day passed uneventfully and selfishly; what more could one, so steadfast...
Another chapter soon to be closed
The reality has yet to set in. I’m now a senior in his last semester, yet I still feel like that 2019 freshman in his...
The Italian hornet and my sweaty ham
This is a story colloquially referred to by my partner and I as the ‘wasp-ham story,’ and you’re about to find out why. First, a...