The Critic

20/05/2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in making our first year as VTSU end on a high note with your submissions for this article! Our Thank You Week article can be read at the link below.

If you were unable to submit something in time but still want to spread thanks, we highly encourage commenting your thanks here!

20/05/2024

15/05/2024

Today is the last day to submit a thank you message! Thank a club, person, professor, or facult member for making your 2023-2024 academic year awesome!

We will be publishing an article this Friday with all the submissions!

You can access the form here: https://forms.gle/qKWBjTKVvPf1ZCao8

11/05/2024

Our Thank You Week form is accepting submissions!

Take the time to thank those who made your 2023-2024 academic year awesome and your submissions will be posted in an article during finals week!

You can access the form here: https://forms.gle/DRhmjd5WCw41k63z7

11/05/2024

08/05/2024

Our Thank You Week form is officially live!

Take the time to thank those who made your 2023-2024 academic year awesome! Submissions for people or organizations will be posted in an article during finals week!

The form can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/s2Xd6mM8kaAV2Tmx7

06/05/2024

Students were shocked to find out summer housing prices more than doubled this year, leaving several students stuck in difficullt positions wondering if they can even afford it. To read more about this summer housing price increase and how it will affect students, read our latest article!

Summer housing applications have already opened. However, there are some changes to how summer housing will work this year, includng the cost

03/05/2024

On Wednesday, May 1st students began to protest at VTSU Lyndon, joining the wide-spread protests across the United States. They are calling adminstration to do and say something regardng the war in Gaza. To read more about this protest, you can read our latest article!

On May 1st, students began setting up a protest in the center of Vermont State University (VTSU) Lyndon’s campus in support to free Palestine.

03/04/2024

The Twilight Players has been working all semester towards performing The Trail to Oregon! To read what this show entails and the work the cast and crew has done for the show, you can read our latest article!

The Trail to Oregon! is coming to the Alexander Twilight Theater at Vermont State University – Lyndon this April, performed by the Twilight Players!

27/03/2024

The process for SGA Elections has already started, but there are quite a few differences to them this year. To help people understand the differences we are seeing, we have written an article to showcase the key differences in this election!

Dean Danzy announced that SGA elections were starting up. Due to the proposed new constitution, the election is looking a bit different.

21/03/2024

𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿, 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗹!

The "Weird Al and His Polkas" class name humorously echoes Harvard's "Taylor and Her World" course, yet its learning objectives are very academic! "Weird Al" Yankovic has been an enduring pop culture icon for over 40 years. Studying his work offers students a fun and engaging framework to study things like parody, songcraft, and music production analysis.

Brian Warwick, the Music Business & Industry professor who will teach the class, has worked extensively with Yankovic as a recording engineer on his last two albums, Alpocalypse and Mandatory Fun. Mandatory Fun was a #1 album on the Billboard 200 and Yankovic and Warwick received a Grammy for it in 2015!

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 (WCAX-TV): https://www.wcax.com/2024/03/20/vtsu-lyndon-offers-weird-al-class/

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 & 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺: https://vermontstate.edu/academic-programs/music-business-industry-bs/

18/03/2024

At the SGA Meeting on Friday, the Student Court that is being proposed in the new VTSU SGA Constitution was explained in more detail. To know what the Student Court could look like, you can read our latest article!

The Student Court, which several students have had concerns about was explained in detail At Lyndon's SGA meeting on Friday, March 15th.

13/03/2024

This year will be the 9th annual Vermont Animation Festival! To learn what this year's festival looks like along with details about the keynote speaker and guests, Dan Bandit and Dustin Grella, read our latest article!

The 9th annual Vermont Animation Festival will welcome creators Dustin Grella and Dan Bandit to VTSU Lyndon!

09/03/2024

University administrators told the three current publications (The Critic, The Spartan, and Basement Medicine) that in order to support the concept of becoming "One University", these publications were going to merge into one newspaper. However, we were all told after a week of confusion that these discussions were shelved.

To learn more about what happened with this discussion, you can read our latest article, written by EIC of Basement Medicine Dayne Bell!

All VSTU publications are to be merged into one publication. At least that’s what Basement Medicine was told last week...

27/12/2023

Today, Vermont State University announced that starting in the fall semester of 2024 there will be a tuition free program for Vermont residents. This program has multiple eligibility requirements along with standard requirements to stay in this program.

To read more about this tuition free program, read our new article linked below!

Vermont State University will be offering a free tuition program to qualified Vermonters starting in the fall semester of 2024.

09/12/2023

The Critic is participating in the MBI Collab Class’ Moore Community Fest with a newspaper crafts table. Stop by inbetween the performers to make something with us!

MEISA Chapter at NVU-Lyndon is livestreaming the performances on their page for those interested!

08/12/2023

The December Graduation ceremony is being livestreamed for those who cannot make it! It is being livestreamed on the VTSU Performances YouTube.

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27/11/2023

Occult club has fallen victim to low student involvement. In our latest article, the former president of the club talks why they moved to archive the club and the struggles they faced when trying to avoid archival.

During the SGA General Board meeting on 11/15, Occult Club fell victim to low student involvement. The former President of Occult Club goes into detail about how this decision was made.

14/11/2023

In response to both Optimization 2.0 and Administrative Optimization, students have reacted with a vote of no confidence. Every SGA in VTSU approved this vote as of November 1st, 2023. This is a record vote as the SGAs across VTSU stand united in the decision. To read more about what caused this decision, read our latest article!

Every SGA in VTSU voted that they had no confidence in the administration and Lyndon was the last to do so. After administrative optimization plans were release, campuses started to vote on the matter.

14/11/2023

22/10/2023

VTSU-Lyndon is rebuilding and rebranding the radio station after the sale of the FM frequency last spring. The station will be a streaming only station, available to all who want to listen. We are in the process of taking suggestions on the name for the station and are interested in the community's....

20/10/2023

Our recap article of the September 27th SGA meeting has been released! This meeting had a very major announcement from SGA President Albert Bustamante regarding more opportunities for students to have their voices heard in the VSCSA. To learn more, read our latest article!

The September 27th SGA meeting had updates on budgets, along with an announcement regarding VSCSA wanting the general student body to have a bigger opportunity to get involved.

19/10/2023

Our Spooky Media Contest is underway! First place in each category will receive a prize, stay tuned to find out more. The categories this year are photo, art, story, and other! Any submissions are welcome.

If you have any questions about the four categories, please email us at [email protected].

12/10/2023

The Critic will be hosting our annual Spooky Media Contest! Students are welcome to submit any works to The Critic via email at [email protected]! The categories this year are photo, art, story, and other!

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to reach out to us.

28/09/2023

The Vermont State College System announced the new Interim President of Vermont State University last Friday to be Dr. David G. Bergh, who worked at the former Johnson State College and was a part of the Vermont State College System for nearly 20 years. To learn more about his experience, read our latest article!

On Friday, September 22nd the next Interim President of Vermont State University was announced to be Dr. David G. Bergh, who will take the helm in November.

27/09/2023

The second SGA Meeting of the semester brought a vote that split the SGA General Board, along with updates on the SGA General fund, and a few more smaller topics. To learn more, read our latest article!

Numerous small topics were discussed at the September 13th SGA Meeting alongside four central topics, one being a vote that split the SGA Representatives.