Changing Lives, Opening Doors

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T H E C H AM P L AI N
Vol. 9, No. 64 • December 2011 / January 2012
Champlain College • Burlington,Vermont
Changing Lives,
Opening Doors
A Journey to Africa and back
By Amanda Mahony
Special to the Current
In October, the World Congress
for the World Federation of
Mental Health was held in Cape
Town, South Africa. A gathering
of psychologists, psychiatrists,
and thinkers across the globe,
this conference happens annually, when these health care
professionals come together to
share what they have discovered
through their research in the field
of mental health. The Congress
had an enormous response this
year, with 1,200 delegates from 53
countries from around the globe
in attendance. The youngest of
those delegates was me.
In 2009, I applied to Teach for
Tomorrow to volunteer in East
Africa with a group of Champlain
students. In 2010, I felt honored
when one of the trip’s founders,
Elisha Kottler, asked if I would
return as a student leader. It
was during this second stint in
Tanzania that I decided I would do
something bigger upon my return
home. I observed students in the
schools we worked with who were
dealing with sexual abuse, poverty, malnourishment, and lack
of education. I felt frustrated by,
and consumed with, a desire to be
a part of a positive change for the
people of Africa, but especially the
lives of the women and children.
I met a man named John in
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Delegates to the World Congress for the World Federation of Mental Health, including Champlain College’s Amanda Mahony, take a break. Some of these women are members of the
South African Department of Health, nurses and social workers.
Champlain Students
Raise $1,300 for
COTS at Annual
Tent City
By Kayla Hedman
Kiley Phelan, an AmeriCorps VISTA employee at Champlain’s Center for Service and Civic Engagement, collects donations for COTS during Tent City.
International Profile:
Zigmyal Wangchuk
By Nicole Baker
Current Staff Writer
Standing in the Burlington
International Airport with a sign
that read, “Zigmyal Wangchuk
Welcome to Champlain College”
in Dzongkha, the native language
of Bhutan, I waited for this
mysterious Zigmyal to arrive. I
had never spoken to Zig or seen
a picture of him, so as I stood
waiting for him in the arrival
terminal, I began to feel nervous.
What if he doesn’t see me? What
if he has already arrived and is
waiting somewhere else? And will
he see my sign?
Surely enough, Zig emerged
and found me. Having spent a few
years in the United States before
coming to Champlain College as
a transfer student, Zig was familiar with our culture, but found
immense beauty in our landscape
as we drove to back to Champlain
to find his room in Jensen Hall.
Bhutan is a country of many
wonders, especially from a
Western perspective. The country is sandwiched between India
and China; the culture is heavily
influenced by Buddhism. Bhutan
is very mountainous, graced with
the Himalayas. Zig lived in the
capital city of Thimphu with his
grandmother, Dawa Dem and
cousins. One of many surprises
is that all students in Bhutan
are educated in English with the
exception of Dzongkha lessons
(national literature, drama, and
folktales). While the language of
instruction is English, conversations outside of school are held in
the native Dzongkha.
Dzongkha 101:
Hello: Kuzuzangbo la
(Hello)
How
are
you?Chögadebeyö?
I’m fine. Ngaläzhimberayö
Goodbye: Läzhimbejön
With a little background on his
country, let’s get to know Zig:
Zig first came to America in
2008, arriving in Los Angeles,
Zigmyal Wangchuk
California after being accepted
to study at UCLA. Zig spent
one semester at UCLA studying
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
before transferring to Santa
Monica College, where he spent
two years studying Computer
Science. At Champlain College,
Zig studies Computer Science and
Innovation.
Why did you want to study
in the US?
I wanted to see the world and
be in the forefront of education. I
wanted to be a part of the diversity of people from all walks of life
and races and I knew that coming
to the U S of A would give me that
opportunity.
What did you know about
the US before coming?
Before I came here I saw the
US through Hollywood. All I could
relate the US to was skyscrapers,
beaches, millions of vehicles, long
stretches of freeway and millions
and millions of people walking to
work and back.
Do many students from
Bhutan study abroad?
Students from Bhutan usually go to India, Thailand and Sri
Lanka, but in the last few years
the number of Bhutanese students in America and European
countries has steadily increased.
Had you traveled outside of
Bhutan before coming to the
US?
Yes. I’ve been to India and
Thailand.
In 2008, Bhutan became
a nation governed and ruled
by a Unitary Parliamentary
Democracy and Constitutional
Monarchy.
Before 2008, the
country had been governed by an
absolute monarchy.
Witnessed around the world,
the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar
Namgyel Wangchuck married his
bride Jetsun Pema on October 13,
2011. With a national population
of just over 700,000 I wondered if
Zig had a connection to the King
or had ever met him.
Why was the wedding of
your king and queen so popular and important?
The wedding was special
because my king is the youngest
monarch in the world and people
refer to him as the “People’s
King” because of his genuine
love and willingness to embrace
almost every citizen that he
Photo By Stephen Mease
While
the
weather
was
unseasonably mild for midNovember, more
than
100
Champlain
College
students
who slept in tents on the campus
green say they still got a taste of
the hardships and needs of the
homeless who don’t have a place
to live or sleep.
Four nights into their stay at
Tent City, Champlain College
sophomores Shelby Dickinson
and Hannah Andersen had cricks
in their necks but smiles on their
faces as they attended the Reality
Bite Hunger Banquet on the last
night of the annual program to
raise awareness of needs in the
Onward to Belgium –
Euro Trip, Part Two
By Camille Dodson
The second half of the Euro trip
delivered excitement of a much
different variety than the first.
A long train journey to Hamburg
was made worse by arriving only
to find that the hostel we’d booked
was in the red light district,
a place that even our equally
frightening taxi driver told us
not to stay. The entrance was in
a fast food restaurant and the
room looked like a jail cell. After
making urgent calls back to our
parents in the states, we hailed
a cab and headed to the Marriott.
With the help of my friend’s father,
we found ourselves enjoying
the perks of the executive suite,
eating free cheese and crackers,
drinking champagne and lounging
in bathrobes. Over the next two
days, I spent 90% of my time in
the hotel, determined to make
back the money lost on the first
hostel by not spending a dime on
food or drinks while in Hamburg. I
did venture out to explore the city,
which is perched on a river with
bridges and nice architecture, but
I found the comfort of the hotel
much too alluring.
The next stop on the trip was
Amsterdam and I was pleasantly
surprised by how beautiful the
city was. Our hotel sat on a narrow street running parallel to
a canal, with a view of houseboats and bridges. After walking
through the less picturesque red
light district, I was especially glad
to be staying in the more romantic section of the city. A quick walk
down the alleyways was enough
for me to see before heading to
the street markets and souvenir
shops. Even so, I was impressed
with the variety and culture of
the city.
The fourth and final stop
was in Belgium, where we
once again benefitted from my
friend’s father’s Marriott points
and landed an apartment-style
room with a kitchen, balcony,
living room, and a free gift of
wine and cheese! Brussels is a
unique city that has elements
community. They had been sleeping in tents set up on Aiken Green
since Monday evening.
“It’s not as much as a simulation as it is a solidarity event to
spread awareness,” said Andersen,
who helped plan the event and
was participating in Tent City for
her second year.
The dinner capped off a
week of hands-on learning about
community needs related to
homelessness, poverty, food insecurity and issues facing youth and
families in need of shelter. The 30
or so banquet participants were
randomly assigned their dinners,
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INSIDE
Leahy Center
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Modern Warfare 3
7
See Euro
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Ski and Ride Railjam
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See International
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A quintessential Belgium meal of waffles and cappuccino
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The Champlain Current
Wreath Catches
Diners’ Eyes
By Warren Baker
Current Faculty Advisor
In between swiping IDs and
chatting with students, faculty and
staff, Sodexo Dining Hall Cashier
Millie Palmer likes to doodle and
draw, using her imagination to fill
in the quiet moments.
A spontaneous moment while
leafing through a Self magazine
inspired her to move beyond
drawing to arts and crafts. The
pages of color in the glossy
monthly inspired her to make a
holiday wreath that she attached
to the side of the check-in desk. It
has been drawing comments and
praise since.
“I just start rolling” the pages
to form the beginnings of the
wreath,” she recalled. “I had it, I
started rolling things, and there
it was. When I went home, I got a
ribbon, brought it back and hung
[the wreath] up.”
People have been noticing.
Palmer said that several students
have taken cell pics and sent
them to friends and families, who
in turn have returned requests
asking how she fastened the colorful “boughs.” “The kids love it,”
Palmer noted.
Her creation isn’t one-of-akind, however. At press time,
Palmer had made three others
for Champlain College employees
and for neighbors at her home in
Burlington. The reviews are all
thumbs-up.
“I get so pleased,” Palmer said,
“because they love it.”
Millie Palmer with her creation in the IDX Student Life Center Dining Hall.
Photo by Stephen Mease
Patrick Leahy Center for Digital
Investigation Dedicated
By Stephen Mease
A new center of excellence at
Champlain
College,
offering
students a fully-equipped, stateof-the-art facility in which to learn
and practice digital forensics
investigation techniques, has
been named in honor of U.S.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, according
to Champlain College President
David F. Finney.
The Patrick Leahy Center
for Digital Investigation (LCDI)
provides a high-tech educational
setting and a fully equipped,
secure digital forensics lab to bring
professional investigators and
law enforcement officers together
with Champlain’s computer and
digital forensics students to work
on gathering digital evidence from
computer hard drives, smartphones and other digital media
storage devices.
“Thanks to your long-standing
support, the Leahy Center for
Digital Investigation is now
fully functional on the third
floor of our new Miller Center at
Lakeside Campus,” Finney said
at the dedication ceremony of the
LCDI on Nov. 14, adding, “We are
poised to build on our technology
degree programs and the past
successes of the digital forensics
center to improve the functioning
of the criminal justice system in
Vermont.”
The core operating goal of
the LCDI, Finney noted, is to
give Champlain students the
opportunity to work on real-
Megan Percy shakes hands with Senator Leahy
world projects in a supervised
environment - enhancing their
education and increasing the digital forensic capacity of Vermont
law enforcement.
Leahy secured the threeyear, $500,000 US Department
of Justice Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) grant in 2010
to provide educational and technical support to Vermont law
enforcement agencies related to
critical digital forensics issues
and a $650,000 grant in 2006 to
staff the digital forensics program
at Champlain College and conduct digital investigations with
Vermont law enforcement. After
receiving the most recent grant,
Champlain
College
invested
additional college funds to build a
secure LCDI facility and teaching
lab at the new Miller Center. The
project has also received material support from, and maintains
operational relationships with the
Burlington Police Department,
Vermont State Police and the
Vermont Internet Crimes Against
Children Task Force.
“Champlain College is building
a real-world classroom that gives
students careers skills for the
21st Century, gives Vermont’s law
enforcement agencies a revolutionary digital forensics resource, and
that once again shows Champlain
College’s incredible ability to
innovate and implement cuttingedge learning programs,” Leahy
said, adding “This is a program
that already has proven itself
invaluable in putting criminals
KITS Kids Visit
Champlain
Champlain College Information
Technology & Science Division
students and faculty helped over
200 middle school students at the
Kids in Technology Science (KITS)
event November 10 at Champlain
College.
Topics included: building Lego
Mindstorm robots and computers;
radiography (exploring the bony
skeletal anatomy and comparing the model to x-ray images in
an exploration of how x-rays are
produced and how they are used
in human and animal medicine)
and science (learning about the
3-dimensional structure of DNA
by building a scientifically accurate model of the DNA double
helix from a kit); and math (students flew through space and
experienced a math game created
by Champlain College student
Gunther Fox) and games (Alice
Programming Contest, Virtual
Robot Programming and AI
Competition).
Anthony Blake and students examine the Lego robots they built
Students learn about how to assemble a computer
behind bars.”
Leahy, at age 34, was the youngest U.S. Senator ever to be elected
from the Green Mountain State.
A graduate of Saint Michael’s
College in 1961, he received his
law degree from Georgetown
University Law Center in 1964.
He served for eight years as
State’s Attorney in Chittenden
County and has gained a national
reputation for his law enforcement
activities and was selected as one
of three outstanding prosecutors in the United States. Leahy,
who ranks second in seniority in
the Senate, is the Chairman of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
and is a senior member of the
Agriculture and Appropriations
Committees.
Champlain College has been
educating digital forensic professionals since 2002 when it was
one of the first to offer an undergraduate degree in the field. Since
that time Champlain faculty
have been working closely with
law enforcement at the national,
regional and state levels, and
the private sector to ensure that
the programs provided meet the
changing needs of the industry.
“With this upgrade, Champlain
can now be part of meeting
Vermont’s expanding needs for
digital forensics through education, examinations, handling
casework and evidence management,” Finney said. “There is a
growing need for digital evidence
expertise in courts of law and
Champlain is positioning itself
to be the premier destination
for those who want to study this
emerging field of forensics,” he
said.
Leading the LCDI laboratory
are digital forensic professors
Jonathan Rajewski and Michael
Wilkinson.
Earlier this year, Rajewski
was named the “Digital Forensics
Investigator of the Year” by
Forensic 4Cast, a website offering
the latest information about the
field. Rajewski was nominated
for the award by his students at
Champlain College and the winner
Forensic Science. Having been
responsible for the management
of 15 forensic staff and over 1000
jobs a year in one of the world’s
largest police forces, Wilkinson
is truly aware of the challenges
faced when dealing with digital
evidence. He sees the LCDI program filling a critical need and
growth area for both digital forensic labs and digital investigative
branches around the world.
Rajewski and the Computer
and Digital Forensics major
faculty emphasize a hands-on
approach to learning in order for
their students to gain masterylevel understanding of the subject
matter. The digital forensics laboratory at the LCDI offers students
the unique opportunity to work on
real cases, Rajewski said. “What
our students become capable of is
tremendous... It is also an amazing resume builder,” he added.
The BJA grant facilitated by
Sen. Leahy also opens the door for
Champlain to develop new strategic partnerships with public and
private organizations which need
to conduct forensic investigations.
Among the activities possible
through the LCDI:
•
Conduct digital forensic
investigations - With the costs of
digital forensics on the rise and
pressure from society to uncover
what actually occurred at the
digital crime scene, the LCDI can
offer world class digital forensic
services right here in Vermont
for a fraction of the cost. Leading
qualified teams of forensic examiners, Rajewski and Wilkinson
can provide attorneys and clients
with expert digital forensic consulting services.
•
Provide
training
to
those involved in civil / criminal
litigation - Champlain College is
a leader in the Digital Forensic
higher education arena. It will
offer
training
opportunities
for first responders, lawyers,
police officers, investigators and
members of the judiciary using
face-to-face, online, and video
training modules.
•
Data Recovery Services
was determined by an online poll
of his peers in the national and
international digital forensics
community. Champlain’s overall
digital forensics program was
also cited as one of the top college
programs in the field in 2010 by
Forensics 4Cast.
Rajewski, who earned his
bachelor’s in Economic Crime
Investigation,
his
masters
in Managing Innovation in
Information Technology, teaches
Computer & Digital Forensics,
is a co-director of the Champlain
College
Center
for
Digital
Investigation and is a Computer
Forensic Examiner with the
Vermont Internet Crimes Task
Force. As a practicing “Digital
Forensics Lethal Forensicator”
and former global senior digital
forensic consultant, he has experience with both civil and criminal
digital forensic investigations and
in providing expert written and
oral digital forensic testimony. He
has served many high profile confidential clients and has worked
alongside international and local,
state/federal governmental entities. In addition to his academic
duties at Champlain College, he
serves as an examiner of electronic equipment used in high
profile Vermont criminal cases.
Prior to joining Champlain,
Wilkinson was a coordinator with
the State Electronic Evidence
Branch (SEEB) of the New South
Wales Police Force in Australia,
where he worked from 2003 to
2010. In his time with SEEB he
examined hundreds of digital
devices, developed processes for
the extraction of evidence from a
range of devices, and presented
evidence in court as an expert
witness. Wilkinson was also a
member of Standards Australia
committee IT-12-04 dealing with
information security standards,
developed and taught courses in
digital forensics at Macquarie
University and the University of
South Australia, and developed
national competencies for digital forensic examiners with the
Australian National Institute of
The ceremonial ribbon cutting at the launching of the Patrick Leahy Center for Digital Investigation
Photo by Stephen Mease
- A laboratory that is fully
equipped to properly attempt
to recover your precious data is
one that you should select. Data
recovery and digital forensics is a
science that shouldn’t be done by
non-qualified personnel.
The LCDI has been designated by the State of Vermont’s
Department of Human Resources
to conduct important forensic
examinations. This offers the
State of Vermont a neutral, highly
professional resource dedicated
to the prompt, thorough and
independent analysis of sensitive
data. The partnership is designed
to ensure thoughtful collaboration
and optimum efficiency.
“The LCDI and the corresponding career-focused curriculum
offered to undergraduates, continuing
professional
studies
students and Champlain’s Master
of Science in Digital Investigation
Management (MSDIM), and the
new Master of Science in Digital
Forensics Science (MSDFS) which
will begin in fall 2012, combine to
put Champlain at the forefront of
this field of study,” according to Ali
Rafieymehr, dean of the Division
of Information Technology &
Sciences. “The LCDI offers learning in a real setting, offering
greater context and more opportunities to practice the techniques,”
he said, “The goal is to educate the
next generation of leaders in the
rapidly growing fields of Digital
Investigation, Digital Forensics,
Cyber Crime, eDiscovery and
Computer Forensics.
“Due to the broad range of
educational opportunities associated with the LCDI and the
mapping of digital forensic curriculum to National Security
Agency standards, the U.S.
Department of Defense has designated the College as a National
Center of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Education
by the U.S. National Security
Agency and the Department of
Homeland Security,” Rafieymehr
added.
Photos by Stephen Mease
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Student Promotes
Domestic Violence
Awareness on
Campus
By Liz Crawford
Current Editor
Students and faculty gathered in
the Fireside Lounge November 8
to engage in a discussion about
domestic violence, a conversation
that sophomore Dillon Palmer
feels everyone should be having.
“I think it’s a topic that not too
many people talk about, but that
everyone needs to,” said Palmer,
the criminal justice major who
organized the event. His presentation focused on statistics and
facts about domestic violence that,
he says, today’s society hides.
“‘It’s a family matter.’ That
used to be the take on domestic
violence and in certain places still
is.”
According to Palmer’s statistics, one third of women worldwide
have been beaten, coerced into
sex, or have experienced some
other form of abuse in their lifetime, about 1.3 million women
every year. In Vermont alone
there were 8,692 reported victims
of domestic violence in 2006. But,
says Palmer, one of the biggest
problems surrounding the issue
is that it is larger than people
realize.
“No one is immune from domestic violence. Anyone can be affected
by it. It is the second most committed crime in the United States and
the most chronically unreported,”
said Palmer. “Looking at that you
have to wonder what hasn’t been
reported. I always think when I’m
going through statistics, who has
been too afraid to come forward
and report this?”
As an introduction to his presentation, Palmer played the Dixie
Chicks music video “Goodbye,”
which tells the story of a woman
getting out of an abusive situation. He also prompted discussion
with clips from the ABC show
“What Would You Do?” The reality show presented unsuspecting
passersby with actors portraying
a physically and verbally abusive
relationship in public. Palmer also
posed thought-provoking questions to the group throughout the
evening about the nature of abuse
and what kinds of factors prevent
it from being reported.
Adding professional insight to
the conversation were Champlain
faculty member Judge Edward
Cashman, a member of the
Burlington Police Department,
and Emily Schulte from Women
Helping Battered Women.
“This is a method of control and
there’s an array of devices that
are used…it’s a very oppressive
situation,” said Cashman. One of
the reasons women stay in these
situations is because they’re so
desperate in the first place…life
has very few options for them.”
Palmer’s personal connection to
the issue is what encouraged him
to host the evening of awareness.
“I have seen domestic violence
happen, and I have seen what
it does to people and how hard
it is for victims to get away and
get help,” Palmer related. “I have
seen what it does to someone, and
it is really hard. So I wanted to
hold this event to open people’s
eyes to the fact that this is a serious problem, and that if anything
is going to change, we need to be
active opponents.”
He encourages the entire
Champlain Community to have
the kinds of conversation the
event sparked. Palmer feels that
it is time for the world to stop
hiding domestic violence and that
it is everyone’s responsibility to
make that happen.
“We need to stop, we need to
acknowledge what is going on,
and we need to get help,” Palmer
stated. “This is not a family matter, this is something that, if it’s
ever going to stop, we all have to
be involved in ending it.”
The Weirdest Holiday
Gifts Ever
By Cameron Williams
Champlain Current Staff
It’s that time of year again:
the holidays! It’s time to deck
the halls, spend time with loved
ones, and wear ugly turtleneck
sweaters. But, most importantly,
it’s time for presents! Oh, sure,
spreading world peace is nice and
all. However, wave a gift certificate
to Panera Bread in someone’s face
and just watch them smile. Plus,
everyone knows that presents
are better than those awkward
holiday dinners at grandma’s
house. I know I’d take a new iPod
over a tedious ham dinner any
day of the year. Who said money
can’t buy happiness?
Every holiday season has
an elite list of the most-wanted
holiday presents. However, for
every iPod, Nook, and Tickle Me
Elmo, every holiday season has
those gifts that are bit off kilter. Everyone remembers their
weirdest holiday gift. As for me, I
received a smoked meat log in my
stocking one year. Why? I have no
idea. Maybe Santa is David Lynch
in a beard. I recently asked Camp
Champ about their weirdest gifts,
and I certainly wasn’t let down by
their answers.
“My dad got me a canister of
monkey butt powder,” says Colby
Thompson, resident assistant at
Pearl Hall. Just what is monkey
butt powder? And why was it a
gift? Thompson explains that his
father always called him “Monkey
Butt” as a child and thought the gift
would be whimsical. Apparently,
according to Thompson, the powder was to help get rid of itchiness
in the gluteus. Nothing like being
the butt of a joke.
“My godmother gave me
index cards with dogs, unicorns,
and rainbows Photoshopped on
them,” recalls Kaitie Kwiakowski.
Why did she get them? Kaitie still
has no idea. The cards apparently
served no real purpose, either.
However, she did find one good
use for the cards. Kaitie says
she eventually used them as a
paperweight.
“I got three years’ worth of
Highlights magazines from 1995,
1996, and 1997,” says Alaina
Cellini, resident assistant of
Bankus Hall RA Kayla Hedman used her ingenuity and sharp eye for a bargain to outfit all these
Bankus Hall residents in vintage holiday sweaters and vests for a greeting card.
A Profile: The Elusive
John Fulton
By Lucas Hall
Walking back from the cafeteria
after my 12:30 Rhetoric class
on Tuesday, November 8, I was
stressing out over the lack of
work I had done on my piece
for the December issue of the
Current: a profile of one of my
three roommates, the elusive
John Fulton.
I was stressed because writing
an article of any kind is costly in
the way of time, but especially
because writing profiles requires
interviews, observation, and all
kinds of other pesky investigative
work. On top of this, John Fulton
is a kid who appears about as
often as my facial hair, and as a
result, I was very uneasy about
tracking him down and getting
this article done.
I headed down from the cafeteria, across the street, and into room
005 in the basement of Rowell
Hall. Now usually when I walk in,
he’s not there, and it’s relatively
quiet. I use the word “relatively”
because I am not saying my other
two roommates are particularly
timid, but rather that John Fulton
has an enormous personality. In
fact while writing this, I asked one
of my other roommates, Spencer
Salinder, to help me come up with
some adjectives to describe John.
We were both stumped. Ironically,
the only word that came to mind
was “indescribable.”
This time when I entered, I
knew John was there. The first
thing I noticed was the electronic
music playing the background.
Usually when he puts on these
progressive jams, he dances
around the room like a robot,
shouting out random sentences in
languages only he understands,
but he wasn’t. He and my third
roommate, Andrew Camoscio,
were having a candid debate
Lyman Hall. This gift would have
been perfectly normal . . . except
that it came six years too late.
According to Cellini, the magazines were six years removed from
their last publication date. She’s
still baffled about the gift. No one
can blame her. Who would want
six-year-old Goofus & Gallant
comics anyway?
However, the strangest
response came from sophomore
Christina Etre. “My friend and
I make our own stuffed animals
for the holidays,” Etre remarks.
Christina and her friend act as
Dr. Frankenstein. They take
severed parts of other stuffed
animals to create new ones. When
they finish, Christina and her
friend see who created the most
twisted toy. Christina’s greatest
creation? The mer-aph-icorn. This
peculiar plush toy is a hybrid of
mermaid, a giraffe, and a unicorn.
And Christina assembled this
monster with her bare hands! Eat
your heart out, Build-A-Bear.
Yes, these gifts are strange.
But what does it say about us as
human beings? Maybe we’re all
unappreciative little brats that
expect nothing but the best. It
seems we can’t appreciate the
smaller, stranger gifts. The commercialist holiday season tells
us not to. However, it is interesting that the weirdest gifts are
the most memorable. New cars,
diamond rings, money -- they all
fade from memory. It’s gifts like a
canister of monkey butt powder
or a mer-aph-icorn that leave the
lasting impression.
Photos by Stephen Mease
over the intricacies of their latest
creative collaboration, a stopmotion animation video of little
clay figure crawling out of his bed.
The setting of the bed was drawn
on paper, and John, with his signature weirdness, added an odd
spiral to the background for what,
to me, seemed like no reason at
all. The whole thing was set up
so that the pocket-sized man was
coming out of a static backdrop,
the paper, and in to reality.
For once, I was thinking about
Current, and John was in the room
– so I asked him if he wanted to do
the interview later on. He told me
that he would probably be home
later on that night, and that we
could do it then. At around six
o’ clock, the time we had agreed
on, I came home, and John wasn’t
there. I wasn’t surprised, I was
more amused. It was one of those
moments where you chuckle to
yourself and shake your head. It
was typical John.
Miraculously, he came through
the door at around eight. I decided
to waste no time with small talk,
because I knew he could come
and go like lightning. I reminded
him about the interview, and even
more miraculously, he agreed to
do it right then and there.
At first I asked him some very
basic background stuff. Questions
like, “Where are you from?”
“Can you tell me a little about
yourself?” He wasn’t very receptive. Those first couple questions
seemed to ruffle his feathers so
badly that I didn’t even try and
ask him about his background in
art, out of fear that he would opt
out of the interview.
Since he wouldn’t oblige me
answers to these questions in
his own words, I will give you
some basics. John is an 18 year
old freshman, born and raised in
Bridgewater, MA. That’s it, that’s
all I know about his background
after one interview and three
months of living together. That
in itself is an accurate statement
about the air of mystery that surrounds this guy.
Like I said, at first, the whole
thing felt very forced and unnatural, so I tried to think of some
more off-beat questions in hopes
that I could loosen him up to the
whole question-answering process, as well as accurately capture
the strangeness of his mind. Now
I’m not exactly “normal” either, so
coming up with these questions
was just as fun for me as answering them was for him.
What are your thoughts on
the universe?
“Jesus Christ. I don’t know, I’ll
think about it if you really want
me to.”
That question was random, but
just not “weird” enough. He was
still on edge. So I tried again.
What do you like more,
cheetahs or icebergs, and
why?
“Cheetahs, cause they’re cute.
You can’t have a baby iceberg, can
you?”
I watched as his posture
got more comfortable, his eyes
stopped shifting around, and he
started talking to me like the
John Fulton I knew. He requested
that I put on some music, and also
that he drew. This was my chance
for the real interview.
Describe your art.
“I don’t know what it is, it’s
just what I do.”
He tells me, “You can put this
in the newspaper: I don’t even
think while I’m drawing. I just let
it happen.”
Why do you draw so many
weird faces?
“I don’t draw weird faces. I
just apply my style to something
I know how to draw well. I like
the human face; it has good
symmetry.”
Favorite thing to draw
with?
“Favorite medium?” he said,
correcting me, “Marker, dawg – I
don’t know, it’s what I always pick
up. It’s bold, there’s no erasing. It
makes me practice drawing things
more accurately and repetitively.”
He then declared that we
needed to, “Get more gangster,”
then shut off some lights, and
switched the music I had put on
for some of his own – EOTO, one
of his favorites.
From there, the interview
really went nowhere. The next
few times I asked him questions,
he didn’t really respond at all,
and from there, I felt as if I was
bugging him every time I asked
him something. So I stopped.
I spent the rest of the month
trying to ask him questions; questions at random times, questions
masked as statements, I tried
everything, but it just didn’t work.
He always seemed to know, somehow, when I was just hanging out
and when I was trying to solicit
newspaper-worthy material out
of him.
I really wish I could have got
more, but at the same time, I
think this whole interview process with John has become a great
statement about him. He is such
an interesting character, and the
way he handled the situation is so
characteristic of him. Ironically,
because this whole thing was conducted so imperfectly, I think it is
a perfect reflection of John. I had
to endure the self-afflicted stress
of taking on this article, I had to
work like a CIA agent to track
him down, and I had to ask every
question with caution and finesse.
It was worth every second.
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in Burlington.
“The fundraising isn’t what
Tent City is all about, but it is
fulfilling to help locals affected
by homelessness or on the verge
of becoming homeless,” said
Andersen.
Sleeping outside on Aiken
Green was the most visible hardship of the awareness program. In
addition to giving up their technology devices, students, faculty
and staff were asked to shower
in the gym locker rooms and use
public resources such as internet
in the library. In the dining hall,
participants were provided with
a typical “soup kitchen” dinner
menu of soup and a sandwich,
similar to meals often served
in homeless shelters and food
shelves. After evening classes
ended, the group reconvened in
the Hauke Family Center conference room for a nightly film,
speaker, or event related to the
day’s focus and theme.
Among the topics explored
were:
• Veterans and Homelessness,
a film “When I Came Home.”
• Youth and Homelessness,
speaker Justin Verette - Youth
Outreach worker and Community
Interventionist
(collaboration
between
Burlington
Police
Department and Howard Center).
• Families and Homelessness,
panel
discussion
with
the
Committee on Temporary Shelter.
• Hunger and Homelessness:
Reality Bite Hunger Banquet
co-sponsored by International
Education Week.
To learn more about COTS,
visit
www.cotsonline.org.
To
explore Champlain’s Center for
Community Service and Civic
Engagement
and
volunteer
and community opportunities,
visit http://www.champlain.edu/
Community-Service-and-CivicEngagement-Program.html.
which ranged from a full turkey
dinner at a table to beans and rice
and milk to rice in a pot with no
dishes or utensils and pitcher of
“dirty” water.
The Center for Service and
Civic Engagement (CSCE), which
organizes Tent City, asked participants to give up their smart
phones, laptops, and warm beds
to help highlight the struggles
of homeless families and individuals to the campus and greater
Champlain community. This year,
the 7th annual Tent City coincided with National Hunger and
Homeless Awareness Week.
Fundraising was held through
the week and by Friday, participants raised $1,300 for the
Committee on Temporary Shelter
(COTS), an all-service shelter
providing support services for
homeless individuals and families
Taylor Camp shows off his winning No Shave November beard
Photo by Skyler Lendway
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EDITORIAL
Tis the Season
to be Jaded
Elizabeth Crawford
Editor-In-Chief
We are officially in the holiday
season. Black Friday has passed
in a frenzy of pepper spray, stores
have started playing Christmas
music, trees are appearing in
parking lots, and coffee shops are
hauling out the festive flavored
lattes. But from this side of
Thanksgiving, it can be hard to
get into the holiday spirit.
As the semester winds down
the workload piles up, most of us
are probably guilty of convincing ourselves that we would get
everything done before we left
for break or that we would have
plenty of time at home to get all
of our assignments done. We had
every intention of doing the work,
but somehow we get lost in the
relaxation of the week off. Now,
with only a couple of weeks left
until the end of the semester, the
work we neglected is casting a
pretty dark cloud over the foreseeable future.
For me, it can be overwhelming
to think about finals when all I
want to do is make my Christmas
list and watch my favorite holiday
movie (The Santa Clause, if you’re
wondering). The period after
Thanksgiving is always tough; it’s
difficult to launch right back into
the middle of a semester after a
break. By this point I’m over my
classes and cynical about everything I have to do. The resolutions
of “I’m going to work extra hard
this semester and get everything
done on time” flew out the window
a long time ago. Basically, my
brain has already checked out.
But, despite how much I want
to shift into holiday mode, I can’t
let myself go there quite yet. This
is the final push, the home stretch,
the time when the extra effort
really counts. I know I would be
unhappy with myself if I looked
back at my grades knowing I could
have done better if I had just kept
my momentum going a little longer. So I keep telling myself that
I only have to keep it up for a few
more weeks and then I can relax
with the clean slate of a whole
new semester in front of me.
Still, no one should be
completely absorbed in finals
craziness with all the festive fun
going on around them. If you’re
feeling stressed, here are a couple
of small ideas to bring you a little
holiday cheer.
•
Melt a few mini candy
canes into a mug of hot chocolate
•
Decorate your dorm room
or apartment
•
Listen to Christmas music
while you do your homework
•
Plan a Secret Santa swap
with your friends for the last day
of finals
•
Change your desktop
background to something festive
Don’t let your workload get you
down. At the end of the semester,
you’ll feel good about what you
accomplished and you’ll be ready
to really enjoy the season.
What’s your
opinion?
Email your
letter to the editor
elizabeth.crawford@
mymail.champlain.edu
Taylor Mali on the mic at Alumni Auditorium November 10.
Taylor Mali Captures Champlain Audience
Poet Taylor Mali performed for
an attentive, enthralled audience
in Alumni Auditorium November
10. Part of Champlain’s Reading
Series coordinated by Prof. Jim
Ellefson and Asst. Prof. Erik
Esckilsen, Mali performed for a
packed house.
“Mali is a vocal advocate of
teachers and the nobility of teaching, having spent nine years in
the classroom teaching English,
Elizabeth Crawford
Editor-in-Chief
Art Director
Art Director
Columns Editor
Features Editor
A&E Editor
Current Staff Writers
Jeremy Allmendinger
Colleen Lloyd Jocellyn Harvey
Cameron Williams
Syker Lendway
Benny Engel-Strich
Teagan Bokanovich
Warren Baker
Britney Farrell
Melissa Nelson
Nicole Tetrault
Michael Garris
Yenni Brusco
spoken word. His most recent,
What Teachers Make: In Praise
of the Greatest Job in the World,”
will be released in March 2012. He
received a New York Foundation
for the Arts Grant in 2001 to
develop Teacher! Teacher! a oneman show about poetry, teaching,
and math which won the jury
prize for best solo performance at
the 2001 Comedy Arts Festival.
Formerly president of Poetry Slam,
Inc., the non-profit organization
that oversees all poetry slams in
North America, Mali makes his
living entirely as a spoken-word
and commercial voiceover artist,
performing and teaching workshops. He has narrated several
books on tape, including The Great
Fire (for which he won the Golden
Earphones Award for children’s
narration).” From taylormali.com
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The Champlain Current publishes news and opinions to
the Champlain College student body and by extension to
numerous related audiences. The Current serves as a pedagogical vehicle to further the educational opportunities
of Champlain College students in all programs of study.
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Nick Pugliese
Michael Sheerin
Jillian Towne
Michael Varraso
history, math and S.A.T. test
preparation. He has performed
and lectured for teachers all over
the world, and his New Teacher
Project has a goal of creating 1,000
new teachers through “poetry,
persuasion, and perseverance.”
Mali is the author of two
books of poetry, The Last Time
As We Are (Write Bloody Books
2009) and What Learning Leaves
(Hanover 2002), and four CDs of
Rachel Salois
Nicole Thayer
Michael Bujtas
Camille Dodson
Nicole Baker
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FEATURES
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International
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Skiers and riders grind the rail at this year’s Railjam.
Africa
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Athens, NY while bartending at
a local establishment. John and I
got to talking, and we both shared
a Tanzanian connection. His wife,
Deirdre, had stayed in Tanzania
on a research grant the first part
of the summer. John and Deirdre
were interested in starting a
non-profit regarding their work
in mental health, and asked if I
could help them out.
Global
Mental
Health
Initiatives became a non-profit in
April of 2010, and was represented
in October of 2011 at the World
Congress for the World Federation
of Mental Health. John had asked
me if I would assist in conducting studies on the suicide and
depression rates of the people in
the village of Kalinga, Tanzania.
I declined the offer, as I am a fulltime student, but kept in touch
with the organization through the
process. It was in this way that
John asked if I would accompany
the organization to the Congress
as Community Manager. I
accepted, and a fire was born.
The weeks before the Congress
were a whirlwind of fundraising;
with the help of IndieGoGo, the
Champlain
College
Student
Government Association, the
Center for Service and Civic
Engagement, and the Champlain
College Trustees, I raised approximately $1,300 of the $3,000
required, in four weeks. President
Finney and I met multiple times
before my departure, and he was
one of my chief encouragers along
the journey. (Don’t let his position
fool you, Champlainers: Pres.
Finney is just as determined to
help us achieve our dreams as we
are to make them happen.)
With the Champlain faculty’s
backing and support, I booked
a plane ticket, a hotel room, and
was on my way. Thirty-two hours
delayed, I arrived in Cape Town,
with the majestic Table Mountain
greeting me as I landed.
How fortunate I felt all week,
listening to presentations of the
foremost minds in mental health
from around the world share their
research in the field. Because I
study public relations, and because
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equally reminiscent of Paris and
London. It is dotted with lush,
green parks with golden gates
as in London, but also boasts a
blended modern and antiquated
architecture like Paris. The Grand
Place, the main tourist attraction, features an outdoor market,
countless sidewalk restaurants,
and, unlike Paris or London, a
constant aroma of waffles and
chocolate. After a delicious dinner
of salad and salmon, I had just
enough room left for a Belgian
ice cream. It was a vanilla base
with pieces of cookie and a texture somewhere between gelato
and shaved ice with a homemade
waffle cone. Needless to say, I was
enjoying my time in Belgium.
The next day, we took the train
to Brugge, which was easily my
favorite place that we visited on
the trip. Every time we turned a
corner on the winding cobblestone
I like talking to people, I filmed
“shorts,” or 2-6 minute informal
interviews of the speakers and
delegates at the conference. I
interviewed quite a few of the
delegates, including Marita from
Finland, Helen from Hong Kong,
and Richard from the UK. It was
in these interviews that I learned
that mental health stigma is an
issue that all 53 countries represented were experiencing.
Mental health, which is a basic
human need, does not take priority in many countries. Mental
health is below disaster preparation, depression, substance
abuse and terrorism in terms
of funding, despite the fact that
addressing the mental well-being
of a country’s people could aid in
solving substance abuse, violence,
and problems concerning poverty.
A mental illness is no less of an
emergency than a medical illness, and, oftentimes is a medical
illness, yet it is not treated or
perceived as such.
What can you do to participate
in the discussion? There are several options. Most importantly,
take care of yourself, eat properly,
and treat yourself with the kindness you would have with your
best friend. Eating well and moving often are two ways to boost
endorphins to your brain, and
talking with someone is a way to
relieve stress, as well. If you are
interested in learning more about
the mental health movement,
Active Minds, a group aiming to
begin the discussion about mental health on college campuses
around the globe, has a newlyinstated chapter at Champlain
College.
Three adventures to Africa are
far more than I had ever dreamed
would be possible in four short
years of college, and yet, here I
am, writing about it. Returning
from an international volunteer
trip is one of the most invigorating experiences I have ever felt,
because it is infinitely possible to
do it all again, and, with the support of a community such as ours,
impossible not to.
Go ahead, change someone’s
life; hell, start with your own- I
dare you.
streets, the beauty increased.
The 15th and 16th century stone
homes were strung together, broken up by slightly varying colors
and stone patterns. The clapping
of horse hooves echoed as carriages rolled through the streets.
Canals snaked through the town
and offered visitors guided boat
tours. The whole place looked like
it is still dripping with paint and
mounted on a life size canvas,
thanks in large part to the glowing yellow, orange, and red foliage
reflected in the glassy water and
framing the vine covered buildings. I’m always amazed by the
history of each European town or
city and how they make even the
oldest in America look adolescent
in comparison. Brugge was no
exception to this, and after a day
of eating waffles, rich Belgian
chocolate, and the best chocolate
milkshake I’ve ever tasted, I knew
I’d have to come back one day.
Today marks the last day of
the trip, which went by relatively
meets. He’s very kind. There’s
also the fact that my new queen,
before the wedding, was a commoner which makes it seem like
a fairytale.
The wedding signified the
assurance of continuity of the
monarchy, which stands to be the
unique political status which has
governed the country for many
years.
What is the role of the
king?
In 2008, against the wishes of
the people, Bhutan entered the
era of democracy during which the
monarchy system of government
was transformed to constitutional
monarchy. Considering the fact
that Bhutan is still a third world
country and very much behind in
terms of development the transformation was a success. Now, the
king is the head of the state and
the prime minister is the head of
the government.
What does the King do?
His Majesty tours the country
every now and then to provide
charity and oversee development.
He’s also very active in developing and strengthening relations
with other countries.
Have you ever seen or met
the king?
Yes. I’ve seen him a couple of
times when I was in school. I met
him once at the capital’s youth
center. He came there and invited
us for a game of basketball. After
the game he came to the stands
and asked me if I was a student.
Nervously, I replied that I just finished high school and was waiting
to go to college. He patted on my
shoulder, smiled and said, “Study
hard and make your loved ones
proud. Make the country proud.”
Through limiting the use of
technology, the country has held
on to its traditions. Before 1999
there were television sets but no
television stations. Images of the
world were viewed through videos
on VCR players. In 1999 Bhutan
became one of the last countries
in the world to introduce television networks and satellite. It
was the first time news had been
broadcast to the nation.
Zig estimates that in 20012003 computers, the internet, and
mobile phones were introduced to
the country with major concentrations in the capital and large
cities. Still today there is limited
cell coverage because of the challenges the mountains pose.
Another shock to Western
citizens is the country-wide smoking ban. Zig explains that the
act of smoking cigarettes goes
against the teachings of Guru
Padmasambhava, who introduced
Buddhism to Bhutan in the early
8th century A.D. There’s also the
common belief that, “Smoking
cigarettes is a negative energy
since it harms the body.” Although
there is a ban, it is still possible to
buy and smoke cigarettes. There
is a limit on the number of cartons a person can possess, there
are high taxes, you must always
carry the receipt for the purchase
of the cigarettes, smoking in public is forbidden, and thus people
are only allowed to smoke in designated areas.
With a culture so different
from ours, I wondered how we
could experience Bhutan.
Is Bhutan tourist friendly?
The policy in Bhutan regarding tourists is, “Quality and not
quantity.” The government tries
to control the number of tourists
that enters the county each year,
only allowing a slight increase
every year. However, if you manage to get a visa, you will not be
disappointed.
I have a tourist visa; now
what?
Getting into the country is not
so hard; it’s the price they charge
for your visa that gets expensive.
Tourists are charged $200 every
day just to keep their visa status
valid, but daily expenses like
food, accommodation and travel
are very cheap.Traveling around
the country is fine just as long as
you can tolerate altitude sickness
since the country rises from a
mere 200 meters in the south to
an astounding 7500 meters in the
north. You also have to be ready
for the winding, twisting roads
which are a whole different experience when compared to driving
in the US.
Bhutan has been documented
as one of the happiest placed on
Earth. How can happiness be
calculated and what role does it
play in making Bhutan one of the
happiest nations?
Considering the economy and
wealth, Bhutan is a third world
country and yet most people
are very content with what they
have. There is also the fact that
the
development
philosophy
in Bhutan is not completely
measured by the GPD (Gross
Domestic Product) but by GNH
(Gross
National
Happiness).
GNH is a development philosophy
my Fourth King came up with. It
is a known fact that money can
increase happiness, but only to a
certain extent, after which other
factors are responsible to further
happiness. Hence, unlike GDP,
GNH considers both social and
economic well-being of the people
to measure development.
What is one saying in
Dzongkha that you live by?
En na, men na, taw da shay.
DorjeDrolochaam da shay, which
translates into, “You never know
until you try!”
Throughout the first semester,
you could have caught Zig playing pool in the Fireside Lounge,
rafting down the rapids in Maine,
working in the dining hall, at
Cultural Community Alliance
meetings and events, or playing
intramural soccer. Just like his
country, Zig carries himself with
a wealth of culture and manners
that are unrivaled by anyone I
have ever met before. Keep up
the good work Zig!
Nicole
H.
Baker,
an
International Business Student,
lives for traveling and engaging
in other cultures. Nicole has spent
a year in Poland, a semester in
Scotland, three weeks in Tanzania
and will be spending next semester in San Jose, Costa Rica at the
Universidad Veritas.
Champlain’s Top Runner in Marathon,
Tough Mudder
By Rachel Salois
It’s been a good season for the
Champlain
Running
Team
(CRT) and an even better one for
CRT’s first-year runner, Brian
Culmo. Culmo came into the
season preparing to run his first
marathon—The Green Mountain
Marathon—on
October
16.
Thirteen days after completing
his first marathon in 3 hours 33
minutes, Culmo won 3rd place
at the Kingdom Challenge Half
Marathon in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Although the CRT season
officially ended with the Fallen
Leaves 5k in Montpelier, VT on
November 19, Culmo also ran in
the Manchester Road Race in his
home town, which he has been
competing in since he was 12
years old.
Culmo’s next big races? The
Tough Mudder at Mount Snow, VT
and the Vermont City Marathon,
both of which are in May 2012.
“I feel much more confident about running my second
marathon, since I know what
to expect for training and the
race itself, “Culmo said. “Part of
me feels crazy for signing up for
another one so soon, but I feel like
I can step up to the challenge of
Tough Mudder, then the marathon, again.”
CRT will be hosting a
marathon-training program for
all “Team Champlain” runners
interested in participating in
the Burlington City full or half
marathon, or in the three to five
person relay teams. The program,
which begins for full marathoners in February, will be open to
all Champlain students, faculty,
and staff looking for training
partners for the Burlington City
Marathon.
The Champlain Running Team
is a Champlain club open to all
students, staff, and faculty. The
CRT Members after the Vermont State Police Race. Left to Right: Ellen Voorheis, Katie King, Darin Boutet, Brian Culmo, Dayna Comeau, Rachel Salois
quickly with only a couple minor
mishaps, but more importantly,
with countless memories made.
I’m looking forward to being back
in London, and have been referring to it as “home” since leaving
ten days ago. While it may not
boast the beauty of Brugge,
the peacefulness of Interlaken,
or the overflowing culture of
Amsterdam, London is the only
place I would want to study for a
whole semester.
A view of one of the many canals in the heart of Amsterdam.
team participated in ten races
across Vermont this fall, ranging from 5ks and 10ks to a full
marathon. CRT also ran a water
station at the Green Mountain
Marathon, organized the Family
Weekend 5k, and sponsored the
Amazing Champlain Race.
For more information on
CRT and the “Team Champlain”
Burlington City Marathon training, visit crtvermont.wordpress.
com or contact Rachel.salois@
mymail.champlain.edu.
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Think that all college kids do is
spend hours in the library, fall
asleep in class, and stay out too
late on the weekends?
Then get ready to be inspired
by the latest book by Champlain
College Publishing Initiative
(CCPI), Outside the Box: Nine
Entrepreneurially-Minded
College Students Who Followed
Their Instincts and Discovered
Their Life’s Passion. Not only does
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this book tell the stories of nine
students who started their own
businesses as undergrads (some
even younger), but it also was
produced largely by Champlain
College students who have learned
to balance coursework and other
commitments with the demands
of publishing a book.
Tim Brookes, editor-in-chief of
Champlain College Publishing,
said, “The author is Bob Bloch,
director of Champlain College’s
Bring Your Own Business
(BYOBiz) program, a radical initiative to support students who,
even while in college, are starting
and running their own entrepreneurial endeavors. And, of
course,” Brookes continued, “very
few things are as entrepreneurial
or run so much by students as
Champlain Publishing (CCPI), so
we’ve been right in there from the
get-go.”
This book is largely geared to
students who have a great idea
for a business, but don’t believe
they have the confidence it takes
to start it. Outside the Box provides insight into entrepreneurial
endeavors and related stories of
failures and successes along the
way, all from young people to
whom their peers can relate.
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the students with whom he has
worked. “In many ways, these are
not just stories about kids starting their own businesses,” he said.
“They’re coming of age stories. It
is my hope that other students
can benefit and find inspiration
from the experiences and insights
shared here by these remarkable
young people.”
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(Part 2 - Modern Warfare 3)
The Proving Grounds
Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3
By Benny Engel-Streich
(Part 1 - Battlefield 3)
Battlefield 3. Just the name of
it makes people think of amazing
graphics, awesome gameplay
and destructible environments.
But a main new feature for this
installment in the series is the
inclusion of the new “Frostbite
2” engine, which is designed to
make high quality environments
and explosions. While the game
itself may be filled with both
interesting and disappointing
qualities, DICE (the developer)
has no difficulty in making
a game that is both fun, and
filled with moments of “OH, MY
GOD”.
The game itself is split into
two parts. The story and the
multiplayer, which are included
in two separate discs, which
shows the massive size of the
game. The story is without a
doubt a serious blow to the
game’s overall integrity and
playability, not even mentioning
difficulty levels. To make a long
story short, a U.S. Marine is being
interrogated about a possible
bomb to go off in Manhattan’s
Times Square. The game is
played
through
flashbacks
that are being described by the
Marine, thus explaining the story.
The game starts out immensely
epic, with a jump onto a moving
train, and a firefight through the
eight cars, with explosions all
around. The Frostbite 2 engine
works perfectly in this scenario,
with some of the most realistic
sound and lighting I have ever
seen from a game. After the first
level, things go downhill, like a
lot. The levels following the first
provide almost no explanation
on how to work the system, with
terribly placed save points and
AI who are without a doubt the
worst teammates to play with.
Example: trying to shoot from
cover, your AI teammates have
the brilliant idea to stand in
front of you, so you can’t shoot.
And if you do, they die. What fun,
right?
The rest of the campaign has
almost no depth to it, eerily
seeming as a copy from Modern
Warfare 1, with almost no effort
put into it. By the end of the
campaign, I counted ten rage
quits. A rage quit is when you
throw down the controller in
frustration, yell about the game,
and turn it off. Ten times I rage
quit, and ten times I didn’t go
back to the game for hours. While
the ending of the campaign was
absolutely amazing, it doesn’t
make up for the rest of the
campaign, which at this point is
comes with legitimately using
the rocket launcher to blow up
ENTIRE buildings makes up
for it. I spent hour after hour,
watching the Frostbite 2 engine
amaze me, with building after
building destroyed. With over 12
maps, hundreds of customization
missions, the multiplayer is
a firestorm of fun, essentially
saving the game itself from a bad
score.
To make a long story short,
Battlefield 3 is like a Jawbreaker.
The more you deal with it, the
sweeter it becomes. While the
absolutely horrid.
The most pumped-up feature,
however, was the multiplayer.
Anyone could tell you that
Battlefield
3
would
have
amazing multiplayer, but no one
could measure the scale of how
amazing it really is. Being able
to fly a jet around a 32 player
match, dropping bombs is one
thing, but being able to jump
from said plane onto a helicopter
– mid-match – is another thing.
The multiplayer is intensive,
with massive amounts of fun for
anyone who wishes to play it.
While there will be a fair amount
of deaths, it’s okay. The fun that
main story was completely
useless, the multiplayer was
amazing, beating out Modern
Warfare 3 without blinking. If
there were one thing to change,
it would definitely be help that
should be given to new people
playing the game, so they don’t
feel alienated online. All in all,
this game holds its own. It’s
nothing that special, but it gets
the job done, and with a jet, too!
Final Score – 7.5/10
Modern Warfare. The more bullets than you could settings you would need to keep
name has become synonymous handle in a lifetime. As the story yourself entertained for hours
with the game franchise from progresses, you play as multiple on end. From the simple death
Infinity Ward and Activision, people in multiple locations, match mode to the new recovery
which sparked off back in 2007. such as Paris or New York. The mode, all are easily playable by
The second installment came level that I am most fond of is anyone, and offer hours of fun
in 2009 with the release of
that’s only found online.
Modern Warfare 2. However, It was, without a doubt, Taking a wise step forward,
past that release, legal troubles
Sledgehammer added a
arose between producers at one of the craziest and co-op mode, similar to
Activision
and
developers
Reach’s Firefight
quite possibly mind blowing Halo
at Infinity Ward. By the end
mode, in which wave after
of the ordeal, the heads of scenes in a game. There wave of enemies are faced,
Infinity Ward left with over
three quarters of their entire are many more of these
development team, leaving
scenes, exactly why that
the development of Modern
Warfare 3 hanging in gaming game is so much fun to play.
limbo. When it was announced
and cash rewards are given to
that the newly founded
Sledgehammer Games would be the New York level. There are purchase upgrades, among other
developing the title, questions many games that try to portray things. The amount of time it
quickly arose. Could they do New York City, and most often would take to beat all of this,
it? Do they have what it takes? fail because of geographical and and acquire everything, would
Can they keep the fun in it? The land mark errors. There is level probably be longer then it would
that takes place take to make a sequel.
Playability wise, this
in the New York Stock Exchange. game is smooth as silk, with
always
responsive,
As you leave the controls
building,
you intelligent AI and above all,
gameplay.
The
can accurately intriguing
QuickTime
events
are
cleverly
see from your
location
all placed, and the engine the
around. As a game runs on, MW3 Engine,
New Yorker, I is beautiful, showing all the
was impressed. shell casings, destruction and
I didn’t need the explosions in perfect detail to
map to help me the point that I would watch a
navigate. I could fire burn for its realism. On top
of all that, you can customize the
do it myself.
The
game controls from a few presets, to
itself has many set your custom standard, even
moments which further propelling your gaming
I like to call experience.
In the end, this game was
OMG (Oh, My answer to these questions? YES. God!) moments. The key example exactly what it was advertised.
Undeniably, yes.
comes from the airplane level. In Action, guns and explosions: lots
Modern Warfare 3 starts this level, you have to protect and lots of explosions. While there
out right after the last one left the Russian president from hit really didn’t seem like any new
off, in a remote Russian village, men, and a firefight ensues on ground being broken with this
trying to stop a friend from dying. what is the Russian equivalent game, and the fact that it was a
Right off the bat, the explosions of Air Force 1. Midway through third in a series, really enforced
start happening and you have the fighting, the pilots suddenly the fact that it was nothing new.
to fight your way through wave die, and the plane enters a nose But otherwise, it was worth all
after wave of Russian soldiers dive, and Lord beholds, the game the time a spent on it. A game
trying to kill you. Within the becomes zero gravity. For a solid that definitely can hold its own
first 20 minutes, you experience 30 seconds, you could bounce against Battlefield 3 and bring
flashbacks, major weapons, and around the walls, shooting people more play time and less rage
quits to the table. While it may
like you were in the matrix.
have not been the real Infinity
On top of the single Ward behind the helm for this
player campaign, there is an game, it was still well made, and
entire multiplayer mode,complete my hat goes off to Sledgehammer
with all the modes and different Games.
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Final Score – 9/10
Winner: Modern Warfare 3
Loser: Battlefield 3
Cheers, Mate!
By Elizabeth Crawford
Amon Tobin: ISAM
Brazillian
electronic
music
producer Amon Tobin has just
released his ninth studio album,
entitled
ISAM.
Tobin,
whose past albums have
drawn heavily from the
early Drum ‘N Bass records
of the 1990s, has departed
from this style in his most
recent release.
While his earlier music
was heavily electronic, with
blazingly fast quantized
drum beats juxtaposed
with jazz samples, ISAM is
very organic, and travels at
a slower pace. He abandons
sampling other artists
for samples of his own;
most of the noises Tobin
uses are not instruments
or computers, but things
from the physical world. At
the same time, these noises
are transformed electronically
to
produce
computerized
renditions of deeply human
soundscapes that, alongside
glitchy drumbeats (also made
from organic sounds), result in a
wonderful piece of art that can
aptly be described as “Android
music.”
ISAM is awesome. This is a
really dynamic album. “Goto
10’s” complex dub drums and
noises that can only be described
as giant robots destroying a city,
By Luke Hall
are followed by the ambient
randomness of “Surge.” “Lost
& Found” is a standout, with
delicate
loud-esque
strings
and some beautiful chords
accompanied by a creeping beat.
The fact that the music is just so
left of center is the problem that
plagues ISAM, and all of Tobin’s
work, but it’s not necessarily a
problem. The drums are off-beat,
the samples sometimes seem
entirely uncalculated, and it
often feels as if you trip through
his songs, with kicks and snares
that consistently catch you offguard. Because of this, listening
to any Amon Tobin album front
to back, ISAM included, is a
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cognitively taxing effort.
But it’s worth it.
All throughout, ISAM shows
diversity, as well as
progress
in Tobin’s
career.
The
album
operates on a spectrum.
At one end, a warm
nostalgic
ambience;
at the other, heavy,
electronic,
and
industrial production.
The album fluctuates
sporadically along this
spectrum, giving the
album an overall feel.
The tracks differ from
start to finish, but all
seem very native to
something
common.
What that common
denominator is doesn’t
really what matter. What matters
is that Amon Tobin has come a
long way from the sample-reliant
artist who put out Adventures in
Foam and Bricolage. And I think
it is a sign of even better things
to come.
Ever since I got back from
studying abroad in Ireland, I
have been craving some
good fish and chips.
There was this famous
little chipper in Dublin
that was just a short
walk away from our
apartments called Leo
Burdocks--with barely
enough room for two
people to stand inside,
this tiny eatery had
an enormous list of
celebrities it had served. There
are a few places in Burlington,
like
Vermont
Pub
and
Brewery or Ri
Ra where I could
go to fulfill my
craving, but the
plates at those
places are a
little too pricey:
Twelve dollars
at VPB and up to
$17.95 at Ri Ra.
But I discovered
a place that’s
serving
up
authentic fish
and chips for
the right place.
Union
Jacks
on
Shelburne
Road (in the
same plaza as Photo by Elizabeth Smith
Waterfront Video) is a sandwich
shop with a British flare. English
flags hang on the walls, making
the red, white, and blue décor
feel more God save the Queen
than Yankee doodle.
Union Jacks is, at its core, a sub
shop. Their food is available to go
or to eat in and they offer a variety
of hot sandwiches, wraps, and
paninis on freshly baked breads
like ciabatta, Italian, rye, zesty
parmesan, and jalapeno cheddar.
Plus they’re inexpensive; a small
hot sandwich runs about $5. But
the highlight of the
menu is the British
fare. One specialty
sandwich called the
Cor Blimey!! is made
up of roast beef, corned
beef, cheddar, spicy
English mustard, and
pickled onion rings.
It was served hot on
our choice of bread
and was the perfect
combination of juicy meat and
savory, spicy mustard. A large
Cor Blimey!! was about eight
bucks.
But as tempting as the sandwich
menu was, the fish and chips
were irresistible. Fried to order, it
was served in paper made to look
like newsprint and doused with a
healthy dose of salt and vinegar
and a side of tartar sauce. The
haddock was flaky, plump, and
flavorful, while the outside was
fried to a crispy golden perfection
with the perfect crunch. The
thick cut fries were a little more
well done than I would have
preferred, but when eaten with
mayo in the traditional British
way, were a fantastic companion
to the fish. My dining companions
and I were so impressed with the
fish and chips that it was almost
comparable to Leo Burdocks. The
portion was so large that none of
us were able to finish the whole
thing. The best part: it costs
about $8.50.
We even got a bit of entertainment
with our food. A woman and her
male
companion
walked in with a
puppy and one of
the staff members
asked her to leave,
but the companion
wouldn’t
stop
swearing
and
yelling at him.
There was a sense
of camaraderie as
every patron in the
place was prepared
to back up the
crew, who had done
nothing but politely
ask the couple not
to bring the dog
inside. I already
thought they were
friendly
before,
but this just made
them even better. They sincerely
apologized for the disturbance
and said a warm goodbye to us
as we left.
Overall, Union Jacks was exactly
the place I had been looking for
to curb my fish and chips craving.
They met my expectation of an
inexpensive yet authentic British
meal meal close to home.
Union Jacks
370 Shelburne Road
unionjacksvt.com
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Girl Goes Green
Local Native American
Family Received Uninvited
Guests at Thanksgiving
Dinner
By Michael Sheerin
Thanksgiving Day festivities
were made awkward and
uncomfortable for one local
Native American family last
Thursday, after the unannounced
arrival of several dinner guests
at their South Burlington home.
The Abenaki family was
reportedly just about to
settle into a traditional
Thanksgiving spread
when they heard a
knock at the door.
“I went to see who
could
possibly
be
knocking at six o’clock
on Thanksgiving,” said
John “Running Deer”
Abenaki, patriarch of
the Abenaki family. “And to my
surprise, it was our new nextdoor neighbors, the Whites.”
The White family, also of South
Burlington, “just thought [they’d]
drop in to say ‘hello.’”
“It was very strange,” said the
elder Abenaki, “but I didn’t want
to be rude, so I invited them
to come inside.” After some 15
minutes of strained conversation,
during which Daniel White and
his wife Elizabeth commented on
the “primal” and “exotic” paint
scheme of the three- bedroom
house, the elder Abenaki made
an attempt to motivate the
unwelcome family to depart from
his home. “I tried to indicate that
we were about to eat dinner, and
that this was really a private
time for me and my family,
but the Whites just refused to
leave.”
To make matters even more
uncomfortable, the Whites then
reportedly sat down with the
Abenakis, apparently intending
to dine with them. “We really
didn’t have enough food for
another family,” said Kim
Abenaki, wife of John and mother
of Alex and Nina Abenaki, ages 9
and 12, respectively. “They just
kept repeating how wonderful
it was to be here in America,
and how long of a trip they had
taken to get here. I think they
were originally from England or
somewhere.”
In what was to be the
most stiff and artificial
Thanksgiving dinner
any of the Abenakis
had ever experienced,
the Whites proceeded
to shamelessly eat
their food, almost as
if they were entitled
to it. “I assumed that
they had no food of
their own,” said the
elder Abenaki, “so I decided that
feeding them was the neighborly
thing to do.”
The tense meal was reportedly
accentuated by strange and offcolor remarks from the White
family. When the youngest
White child, 8 year-old daughter
Emily, asked for someone to pass
her the stuffing, Daniel White
was quoted as scolding her,
exclaiming “Manifest destiny,
honey! Just take it!”
After the meal was consumed,
Daniel White revealed to the elder
Abenaki the true purpose behind
the visit. “He told me that he was
looking to expand his property
line, and that he was wondering
if I might like to trade some of
my land for some nice beads.” The
elder Abenaki refused the offer,
explaining that “three plastic
beads are not nearly worth my
land.” Even when Daniel White
offered to throw in a fourth bead,
free of charge, the elder Abenaki
refused to relent. “I don’t know
what the hell he was thinking;
my land is worth at least twelve,
no, thirteen beads. They’d have
to be all different colors too, not
just green.”
Champlain’s Printing
Problem
By Rachel Salois
We’ve been putting in a big effort
to make Champlain a greener
school in recent years; we’ve
added composting bins,electronic
recycling receptacles, even two
LEED certified buildings, but
there is one unsustainable habit
that Champlain students, staff,
and faculty can’t seem to beat:
printing.
In
the
Miller
Information Commons, we go
through ten to fifteen cases
(not reams—cases) of paper in
a month. That’s about 252,000
sheets of paper every semester. Kevin Andrews, a Senior
Analyst for the IS department,
said that during finals week,
students can go through fifteen
reams of paper each day in the
Mac labs alone.
Not only does all of this
printing have an environmental
impact—it’s also costing us.
Color ink cartridges cost
$1200 for 12,000 prints, which
already sounds pretty pricey,
but then consider that our highuse printers (like the one in
Ireland 015) have as many as
30,000 prints per semester. And
these prices don’t even include
technician time used to maintain the printers. Since Champ
Support moved to Rowell Annex
over the summer, the Helpdesk
has taken over the responsibilities of maintaining the ink and
paper in the Ireland 015 lab and
Perry Barn. On top of their regular responsibilities, “techs are
now in one or both
of the labs every two
to three days adding ink and paper,”
said Colby Morrill,
supervisor for the
Helpdesk.
So
how
can we solve this
problem? The obvious answer is to
print less. That means we’ll need
involvement from students and
professors to cut this habit out.
We have the resources to print
less: Angel and Mymail are two
ways we can submit homework
electronically—not to mention
other creative solutions like posting homework to a class blog or
discussion forum.
In regards to Champlain
faculty
and
staff
printing,
Christina Erickson, Champlain’s
against is inappropriate assists.
Whether it’s male to female,
vice versa, or same sex, a good
teacher should have been taught
the appropriate way to approach
a student. The groin should
always be pointing away from
the person’s body (except in some
assists and by that point you
probably know the teacher really
well) and the person shouldn’t
be breathing down on you. If you
get even the slightest inkling of
inappropriate assisting, then
pack up your mat and leave.
You’re there for peace of mind
and not to worry about someone
groping you for 60 minutes! Been
there, done that, and I’m telling
you: waiting it out to not hurt
someone’s feelings is not worth
it. If it happens again, alert
someone higher up or, if it’s that
bad, contact Yoga Alliance, the
organization in charge of giving
yoga instructors certification.
Finally, perhaps you’ve noticed
that you aren’t being assisted as
often as your next door neighbor.
A teacher generally will not assist
students they haven’t worked
with before because they haven’t
watched how far they can go and
don’t want to hurt someone. A
teacher probably won’t assist a
beginner either, because they are
just learning how to get into a
posture. Say you’re in down dog
and your heels are really high off
the ground. A teacher may not
approach you until you’re a bit
closer to floor level. So don’t feel
bad. Your teacher is saving you
from possible injury and letting
you get more comfortable before
getting in your space.
All of us approach yoga
differently. Some of us like a
more hands-on relationship with
our teachers and some of us
like to huff it out by ourselves,
learning from our own bodies.
And that is completely fine. Just
never be afraid to speak up and
a take action. Whether you paid
for it or it was free, it’s your hour
and you are the master of your
personal bubble.
Sustainability Coordinator said,
“we know there are locations
where people are not networked to
a printer that makes double sided
copies. We know that in the cases
where the machines can do this,
they need to be set to the default.
We also know that there are a lot
(about 170) of individual
desktop printers. These
are all things that we are
working on correcting.”
Staff members
in Financial Aid, the
Event Center, and the
Development Office are
also starting to change
their habits by replacing
their individual inkjet
printers with shared multifunctional copiers, which costs $0.001
per page to print instead of $0.1
per page. In Joyce and Skiff, the
multifunctional
copiers
now
default to double-sided printing.
Students can turn around
the problem by asking their
professors to allow electronic submissions. They can tell teachers
that Champlain students alone
are printing thousands of sheets
of paper every day and this needs
to stop. If students don’t see the
progress with this issue, speaking
with SGA is one way to have their
student voice amplified because
SGA can brings concerns straight
to the college counsel.
For faculty, overcoming
the printing habit might mean
learning new technology or simply getting used to using Angel
more frequently. If every faculty
member on campus converted
one 5-page assignment to an electronic submission, we could save
over two cases of paper.
Professor Warren Baker
made the switch from hard copy
assignments to drop boxes on
Angel. “It’s a completely positive
change,” said Baker, “I barely use
any paper. Everything gets submitted through Angel and then I
can make extremely detailed comments using track changes. I just
email it back and there’s no paper
exchange at all. It’s brilliant.”
Article originally published
at champsupport.wordpress.com.
For more photos and to comment
about this issue, visit the article,
“Champlain’s Printing Problem”
on champsupport.wordpress.com.
cream. Even if you aren’t a huge
fan of avocados or coconut, like
me, the flavors marry in a unique
way.
The only appliance you’ll need
is a food processor or blender. I’d
go with a food processor because
if you run a blender for too long,
especially a cheap one, you’ll heat
up the motor. You’ll also need to
make a bigger batch so there is
enough for the blender to mix.
I have a Cuisinart Mini-Prep
Food Processor that I snagged
at Goodwill. Online you can
find them at a reasonable $25.
Next, you are going to need your
ingredients.
get sucked down. When there
aren’t any streaks of sugar on
the side, your mixture is ready
for the freezer. Spoon it into any
bowl you have in your cabinets. It
takes two to three hours to fully
freeze. The only real difference
between this and regular ice
cream is that it won’t be as soft
to scoop out, so I suggest leaving
it out for ten minutes before the
devouring begins. The avocados
give it a creamy texture and
the coconut milk a faint after
taste. This is a great treat for
any vegans you know, and you’ll
finally know what went into the
food you’re eating.
Herman Cain: “It’s Not
Sexual Harassment if you
Yell ‘Surprise!’”
By Michael Sheerin
Republican
presidential
candidate Herman Cain cleared
the air Wednesday about the
allegations of sexual harassment
that have been dogging his
campaign as of late, clarifying
that sexual harassment doesn’t
count if the one
alleged to have
done
it
yells
“Surprise!” before
committing the
act. “The fact
that the media is
acting as if I didn’t
say
‘Surprise!’
before I touched
the breasts and
buttocks of my
employees is deplorable,” said
Cain. “I would never, ever even
think to touch anyone in that
way if I hadn’t let them know
that it was a surprise first.”
When asked how and
why he would touch his former
employees, Cain responded,
“They were simple, playful
gestures. Maybe a nice pat on
the underside of the breast to
congratulate them on a job well
done, or a cupped hand on the
butt to let them know that I
really appreciated all their hard
work. It was really no different
than a good pat on the back,
which is what I gave my male
employees.”
“ H o w e v e r, ”
continued Cain, “I
always made sure to
yell ‘Surprise!’ first,
and it’s important
to remember that.
Surprise touching is
not and never will be
sexual harassment,
no
matter
how
the media tries to
misconstrue this story.”
When asked why he
would grant surprise touches
only to his female employees,
Cain responded, “What? You
expect me to touch, like, a guy’s
butt? Gross, what the hell kind
of a question is that?!”
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Don’t Be Afraid
to Speak Up!
By Jocellyn Harvey
When I think back to my
gymnastic days, I often groan.
Jump higher! Get stronger! Be
faster! The word conditioning
still makes me break out into a
nervous sweat as I remember
all the pushups, sit-ups, and
wheelbarrow drills we had to
accomplish after a long practice.
But some of my fondest memories
occurred during the beginning
of our afternoons: stretching—I
loved it. Stretching was even
better when a teammate would
come over and gently apply
pressure, moving me deeper
into a split or forward fold. Now
I become purely giddy during
ashtanga class when my teacher,
Ashley, pushes on my back.
Sometimes we need a little bit of
help to jOCEtop of you. That is
where assisting comes into play.
As a yoga teacher in training,
I take assisting very seriously.
It can truly make or break the
hour for a student. Surprisingly,
improper
(generally
overaggressive) assists are what
cause most yoga-related injuries.
A lot of students are too nervous
to say no to anyone. Maybe they
don’t like being touched, or
they’re dealing with an injury.
A good teacher should mention
at the beginning of class that
they will be giving assists, and
ask that anyone who doesn’t feel
comfortable having one to speak
up. Don’t be shy! Assisting is
actually quite labor-intensive, so
I’m sure your teacher won’t mind
having one less body to move
around. Even if you regularly
enjoy assists, but just aren’t
feeling it that day (maybe you
are a bit tight in the hamstrings
from a run), you can also decline.
Yoga classes are supposed to
be quiet, but don’t be scared to
whisper a mildly audible “Please,
no assists today,” if the teacher is
approaching you.
Another thing to speak up
Namaste!
Homemade
Ice Cream
By Jocellyn Harvey
Going to school in Burlington,
Vermont means we have the
luxury of taking a fifteen minute
stroll downtown to the wafflecone scented Ben & Jerry’s store.
I’m a lover of Cherry Garcia, Half
Baked, and, of course, Cookie
Dough. And I’ve been known to
look for an excuse to have an
emotional breakdown that only
a pint to the face can fix. That
being said, a Ben & Jerry’s habit
can be quite expensive. That’s
why I decided to make my own
ice cream.
The best part about making ice
cream is creating flavors that
you won’t readily find in your
average freezer section. Here’s
the recipe to my new guilty
pleasure: avocado & coconut ice
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Freezing Time: 2-3 Hours
•3 large ripe avocados
•2 Tbsp fresh squeezed lime or
lemon juice. The bottled kind is
perfectly fine.
•1 1/2 cups coconut milk. You
can find this in the international
aisle
•3/4 cups sugar, more to taste.
You can use white, but turbinado
tastes great and is slightly
healthier
•1/4 cup dried shredded coconut,
lightly toasted, optional for
garnish, or toasted almonds, pine
nuts or pistachios.
all the ingredients (except for the
sugar) to your food processor or
blender. If you are using the food
processor, you can play around
with the “chop” or “stir settings.”
If you are using a blender make
sure to “pulse.” Add the sugar in
slowly and watch the tiny grains
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Champlain College
Ski and Ride Club Rail Jam
Photos by Teagan Bokanovich
Flynn Center for the Performing
Arts
153 Main Street, Burlington,
Vermont 05401
Tickets: 802-863-5966
“The ultimate feel-good show” with
the characters, story, and music
that make Mamma Mia such an
outstanding performance. A
daughter’s determination to
discover the identity of her father
before her wedding is enhanced
through the storytelling magic of
ABBA’s timeless songs.
PM Tickets $27-82 Flynn Main
Stage
January 15, 2012: Mamma
Performances at 2:30 PM & 8:00
Mia!
FALL 2011 NEWSLETTER
Old-time string band music exemplified
with traditional African-American music,
collaborated with gospel, blues, and
Jazz. They come from a long lineage of
Black String Bands, performing their style
of traditional roots music that Rolling
Stone described as “dirt-floordance
electric.” Their infectious rhythms of
guitar, banjo-jugs, violin, and harmonica
are only some of the unique ways they
create beautiful music and entertainment.
Performance at 8:00 PM Flynn Main
Stage
Tickets $15-35
January 27, 2012:
Carolina Chocolate
Drops
Mama Mia
Carolina Chocolate
Drops
Mike Daisy: The Agony
of Ecstasy
Lunasa
India Jazz Suites
2012 Performance
Highlights
Flynn Center for
Performing Arts
As masters of Indian dance, they bring back
roots of culture to every individual with tap
and unique cultural dancing, with beauty and
elegant storytelling through their speed and
skill.
Performance at 8:00 PM Flynn Main Stage
Tickets $15-37
May 4, 2012:
India Jazz Suites
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Principles for Project
Management Success
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“A master storyteller” with
groundbreaking monologues
examining and telling the story of
the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, and
how he has shaped our daily lives.
Mike Daisey tells stories by
collaborating autobiographies,
journalism, and tales of the
dangerous and heartfelt life of one
man who changed society and
impacted lives worldwide.
Performances: Feb. 23-24 at 8:00 PM & Feb. 25 at 2:00 PM
Tickets $30
“The Agony and the Ecstasy of
Steve Jobs”
We asked 5 accomplished managers the things they would’ve done
differently at the onset of their careers
What first-time IT managers really need to
February 23-25, 2012: Mike Daisey:
know.
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Changing Lives, Opening Doors

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