SPORTSOct. 14, 2011 The Critic, Page 7

From an Orphanage to the OlympicsSamantha VanSchoick

Managing Editor

Sitting back in his chairwith both hands gripping hisknees, Kenedi Hall explainedthe kidnapping that changed hislife.

“You’ve seen it in themovies; they put a bag over yourface and just drive away. It wasn’tlike ‘Oh, hi Kenedi Hall, we’retaking you here. It was a wholedifferent traumatic situation.”

Hall was explaining the kid-napping his grandmother had torequest from a nearby Ethiopianorphanage in hopes that Hallwould be adopted so he couldhave a lifesaving heart surgery.Hall and his older sister were liv-ing with his ailing grandmotherbecause his father was away atwar and his mother died whenhe was two.

“We weren’t homeless, butfood wasn’t guaranteed. I had tofight for money, I had to literallyfight for survival each day.”

There was no way Hall’s

grandmother could pay for theexpensive heart surgery to repaira hole in his heart. The kidnap-ping was traumatic, but neces-sary.

Circumstances at the or-phanage were not ideal. The or-phanage housed around 700children. Hallshared his bedwith up to fiveother childrenranging in ages.

“I wasthere for threeyears notknowing if Iwould be thereforever, or if Iwould behomeless.”

Luckily, after an Americancouple visited the orphanageand learned of Hall’s heart con-dition, they chose to adopt 9-year-old Kenedi and his11-year-old sister Masay.

“They knew at the orphan-age they couldn’t split us up. I

couldn’t speak English, but my[adoptive] parents clearly knewthat if she wasn’t going, I wasn’tgoing.”

Hall’s adoption happenedjust in time. Two years afterleaving the orphanage, it wasburned to the ground. Hall’s

troubles didnot end withthe adoption.He still had toface a riskyheart surgerythat would,doctors sus-pected, leavehim handi-capped.

To makematters worse, Hall did not un-derstand any English. “The heartsurgery was awful because theydidn’t have any Ethiopians totalk to me…I thought the familythat adopted me was trying toget me killed.”

To his doctors surprise, Hall

not only recovered from his sur-gery but was up and runningthree weeks later. The normalrecovery time for a patient re-covering from heart surgery isthree months.

“The doctor didn’t think Iwas going to be athletic. Now Irun 90 miles a week and play icehockey.”

Hall went on to breakrecords nobody thought possi-ble. At the age of 16, aftermonths of training, he broke hishigh school’s record in the 2-mile by eight seconds, running a9:57. “I never let anything holdme back.”

18-year-old Hall is now oneof the top three runners on Lyn-don State’s Men’s Cross Countryteam. He plans to play icehockey this winter with theHockey club. He is also trainingto be on the Ethiopian OlympicCross Country Skiing team, re-turning to Ethiopia in Decem-ber for training.

Hall’s doctor continues tocheck up on him every threeyears and is amazed at his activelifestyle. “I’m on another levelthat he can’t believe.”

Hall is a sophomore major-ing in human services and hopesto return to Ethiopia after get-ting his degree. Hall wants tobuild better quality orphanagesand continue to live up to hismotto of never letting anythinghold him back.

“…I thoughtthe family that

adopted mewas trying to

get me killed.”

Photo by Sierra WillenburgKenedi Hall will look to continue hissuccess in cross country while also at-tempting to make the Olympics.

Women’s Volleyball Serving Up DefeatsDaniel Weiner

Critic Correspondent

The women’s volleyballteam is back with a vengeance.

After a rocky 1-9 start, theteam has been on a hot streak,taking three out of its last fourmatches. Coach Sean Fisherthinks that the wins were crucial

for the team’s momentum.“The two conference

matches last Saturday was hugefor us, and for us to make theplayoffs we needed to win,which was the right step for-ward,” Fisher said.

The Hornets (4-10) beatGreen Mountain, Castleton and

Johnson, all with scores of threesets to one.

Even with this strong spurt,Fisher acknowledges the strug-gles in the initial stages of theseason.

“In the beginning it washard, only having four veteranson the team,” Fisher said.

Coach Fisher is also well

aware of the improvements thewomen are making.

“We played a lot better;we’re still making errors, but farless errors,” Fisher said.

Freshman outside hitterKayla Cormier knows exactlywhy the team had an abruptturnaround.

“We communicated moreon the court; we learned ourstrengths and weaknesses ineach other, not just ourselves,”Cormier said.

The beginning of the seasonwas more of a communicationissue.

“We didn’t know how to

work with each other as we weretrying to make ourselves betterinstead of the team as a whole,”Cormier said.

The Hornets next match isa triple-header away match Sat-urday against University ofMaine- Presque Isle, Universityof Maine-Farmington, and Uni-versity of Maine- Fort Kent.Their next home match is Mon-day against Johnson at 7:00 p.m.in the Stannard Gymnasium, be-fore they close the season withtwo matches at home next Sat-urday against Husson and MaineMaritime.

Photo by Sierra Willenburg

The Volleyball team looks to continue their recent hot streak.

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Samantha VanSchoickManaging Editor

A line of students stretched down the Alexander Twilight Theatre lobby, past the commuter lounge and all the way down to the Gravity Well, waiting to see Boston rapper Moufy perform.

“I’m so excited, I can’t wait!” sophomore business major Michael Cartularo yelled.

The doors opened at 6:40 p.m., but students began lining up an hour prior, hoping to get front row seats.

Brooke Parciak, music business industry major, was in charge of counting the number of students who walked through the door.

“Dude, I’m aiming for 400 right now,” Parciak said enthusiastically. “Actually, I’d be happy with 260.”

With an attendance that hit over 400 students, Parciak and the rest of the event planning class were very happy.

Jose Fortunato, former Lyndon State College student and Moufy’s brother and merchandise manager, said it was strange to be back.

“It’s kind of weird seeing a lot of familiar faces and not being able to say ‘hi’ to everyone,” Fortunato explained. ‘That’s just really the funny part about it. But I’m excited about the show, I’ m more excited than a little bit weirded out.”

Sophomore electronic

journalism majors John Kazar and Alex Farnsworth were also excited to see Moufy.

“Should be a great show,” said Kazar.

Farnsworth’s favorite element of a concert is “the atmosphere. When you see he’s having fun, you have fun with him.”

One student was more

excited to see the opening act than the headliner.

“I’m here for Freddie,” said senior television studies major Paul Shaw. “[The concert’s] cool though, go LSC!”

The show opened at 7 p.m. with Lyndon State College senior Freddie Losamba, followed by Dunn, an up and coming rapper from Brooklyn, NY.

Once the opening acts fi nished, there was a 15-minute intermission while the sound crew set the stage.

The crowd erupted when Moufy and the rest of the Star Gang a! liates ran on stage.

“People were coming backstage and telling me ‘Yo, it’s live out there,’ so I was like word, I want to get out there, I want to get out there!” Moufy said. “And when we went out there it was just crazy.”

During the show, Moufy gave a heartfelt speech about how important it was to be at LSC.

“One of the most important people in my life went here,” he said to cheering fans. “I can see why he loved it so much. There are a lot of beautiful people here tonight.”

Moufy said the highlight of the show came when he performed his popular songs.

“When ‘Boston Lights’ came on that was crazy,” Moufy said after the show. “’Twist it and Light it’ and ‘Throw my Threes’ were crazy. So those three songs were really crazy and fun.

“The show went really well, so I’m feeling great,” said Moufy.

He left the rest of the night up to his brother.

“Well you know my brother used to go here, so I’m at my brother’s mercy, wherever he says the party’s at is what I’m going to do.”

Christina Cadorette, senior MBI major and integral part of organizing the event, was extremely happy with how smoothly the show went.

“There really weren’t any big issues,” Cadorette said. “The show was a success.”

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400 StrongHuge Turnout for Boston Rapper Moufy

Photos by Sierra Willenburg

Left: Moufy performs in the Alex-ander Twilight Theatre

Below: (t to b) Rapper Dunn Lemagne entertains at the Moufy concert

LSC student and music artist Freddie Losambe warmed up the crowd

The crowd pump their hands in the air for Moufy

Left: Moufy performs. Right: Freddie Losambe opens the show

Moufy performs at the Alexander Twilight Theatre

NEWSMarch 16, 2012 The Critic, Page 3

Public Safety Log3/8 Stonehenge / Stolen Chairs:“Muh keister got sore.”

3/10 Rodgers /UnregisteredGuests- Destructionof Property:“Not my house,not my problem.”

3/10 Wheelock ParkingLot / Threatening or

Endangering Behavior:“Come get a taste!”

3/9 Wheelock / Violation of R&BContract - Noise Violation:

It ain’t rhythm and blues.

3/12 ATT LobbyBathroom

Vandalism/Graffiti:

Where else do youdisplay crappy

artwork?

3/9 Whitelaw / Smoking Viola-tion and Unregistered Guest:“I can’t smoke at my house so I came here.”

3/12 Stonehenge Parking lot /Vehicle Vandalism:The result of postmeditated road rage.

John KleinhansCritic Staff

How much money is in your bank ac-count right now?

Most college students’ typical responseto this question is “not enough,” or “what’sa bank account?” What if there was a wayfor you to fill up that bank account whilehelping to shape the future of technologyat Lyndon?

Well, there is and winners receive 700dollars for first prize, 500 dollars for secondprize, 350 dollars for third prize, 250 dollarsfor fourth prize and 150 dollars for fifthprize.

LSC President Steve Gold has an-nounced a competition named the LyndonInformation Technology Competition. Par-ticipants must create a creative response toform a Strategic Information TechnologyPlan for the next president of Lyndon StateCollege, Joseph Bertolinio. Teams of threeor more can be made up of faculty, staff, andstudents and are encouraged to participateand use one another’s knowledge to createthe best plan for Lyndon.

President Gold stated in an email that“I believe Information Technology is criti-cal to the future of this college, it must beapproached from a strategic perspectiveand IT resources must be used as efficiently

as possible.” Colleges from all across the country are

beginning to take a strategic look at theirinformation technology departments. Oneexample of this is the College of Dupagewhich is located in Illinois. They have cre-ated a four year strategic plan solely basedon Information Technology. Some of the is-sues that their plan tries to address are theability to provide secure access to studentinformation, reduce noise levels in the openlabs, and provide group study space withcomputer access. They also aim to havepresentation ability in each classroom andutilize more hybrid classes in their futureacademics.

As in any competition, there are rulesto follow. Submissions are required to be ina narrative form that would describe aprocess or product that would generate ef-ficiency and effectiveness for the collegecommunity in regards to Information Tech-nology. These entries should be no morethan 300 words focused on a concept in-stead of the detailed technical pieces of theproposal. There is also a section requiredthat addresses the current problems withinthe institution. The due date is Friday, April6 and all submissions must be emailed toDarcie Miles at Darcie.Miles@lyndon-state.edu.

Samantha VanSchoickCritic Staff

The future president of Lyndon StateCollege might form a support group nextyear. “I learned that there are several peo-

ple who are in commuter relationships soI feel like I have a support group,” jokedJoe Bertolino in a phone interview aboutthe long distance relationship he willhave with Bil Leipold, his partner of 19years, once he moves to Lyndon to takeon the position.

Though most students might not re-alize this, many of the administrators andprofessors at LSC do not live on a day-to-day basis with their significant others be-cause of work.

When Bertolino moves to Lyndon,Leipold will be staying at their home inNew Jersey while he finishes his doctor-ate studies. Though Bertolino andLeipold have had a commuter relation-ship before, this is the farthest distancethat has been between them.

If Bertolino needs support, he couldspeak with Dean of Academic and Stu-dent Affairs Donna Dalton, who has beenin a commuter marriage for 10 out of the22 years her and husband Clinton Char-ron have been married.

Dalton and Charron met at Sugarbushwhile skiing in the rain. “Not many people ski in the rain. We

both learned something important abouteach other that day: we are both very se-rious about skiing,” laughedDalton.

Ten years ago, Daltonlost her job at Trinity Col-lege in Burlington becausethe school closed. Her jobsearch led her to GannonUniversity in Erie, PA, 480miles from her home inWhitesfield, VT. “When I took the job, I

said ‘Okay, I can do this,’because US Air has thisflight that I can take and at

the time I was assuming I would comehome every other weekend,” Dalton ex-plained. “Literally in the time it took forme to accept the job and move downthere, they dropped the flight.”

Flying every other weekend becameunrealistic, so Dalton and Charron wouldtake turns driving to see each other. “Very quickly it became I only came

home on vacation,” said Dalton. After two and a half years, Dalton

found the position at Lyndon. However,Lyndon is still 72 miles from Whitefield,so Dalton lives in an apartment fromMonday to Friday. “There are so many challenges. You

miss things because you’re not together—even if you talk everyday, it’s still notquite the same as being there day afterday after day,” said Dalton. “There arethings I forget to mention, sometimes itsthree days or three weeks, and it’s like‘Oh I forgot to tell you,’ and vice versa.Plus if you actually happen to like yoursignificant other, that’s a downside.”

Sociology and Anthropology profes-sor Janet Bennion has recently found her-self in a commuter relationship.Bennion’s husband of 10 years, John Pot-ter, is an Ojibwa artist. Most buyers of hisNative American artwork are located inMontana and Wyoming, so he has movedthere full time. “It’s just this year that we’ve engaged

in a commuter marital lifestyle because allof his artwork is out west. People just

don’t spend money on art here in Ver-mont, they just don’t do it,” explainedBennion.

Potter lives in a cabin in Montana,while Bennion currently lives in an apart-ment in Vermont after her Lyndonvillehouse recently burned down.

Bennion met Potter while visiting hersister in Billings, Montana. “I read one of his humor columns and

saw his photograph and that did it forme,” Bennion laughed as she recalled. “SoI called him up, we met, and both of usfell instantly in love. A month later wewere engaged.”

One of the biggest adjustments Ben-nion has made is learning how to livealone.“Its kind of difficult when you’re ac-

customed to having your man aroundevery night, so I’ve kind of had to read-just my thinking,” said Bennion.

But being alone comes with benefits. “I’m remembering that I used to like

it okay. I used to listen to cool music, soI’m getting back into my old rock and rollroots,” explained Bennion. “Incidentallythe students are helping me because I’vebeen occasionally going to the MusicMonday jams and learning to appreciateElectric Sorcery because its so much likethe music I used to listen too.”

Bennion believes a key to making acommuter relationship work is to knowwho you are as an individual. “You have to strengthen your individ-

uality and identity as a person within therelationship to really thrive. Commuterrelationships can work if you do that andjust enjoy each other when you can,” shesaid.

Bertonlino anticipates traveling to bethe hardest part of the commuter rela-tionship lifestyle. “Honestly, I think the hardest part

will be the traveling itself. Because we areboth in higher education we’re used tothe pace and the schedule and we areused to not seeing each other during theweek, which, to be perfectly candid, Ithink has actually helped us in our rela-tionship,” explained Bertolino. “It does-n’t work for everyone, but it works forus.”

Bertolino hopes to see Leipold atleast twice a month, “We are going to tryto work it out that I travel down once amonth and he travels up once a month.”

When asked about the transitionfrom New York City to Lyndonville,Bertolino laughed. “It will be a bit more of a challenge for

[Bil] than for me, I am pretty comfort-able living in a rural area,” said Bertolino.“I remember thinking on the drive up toBurlington, ‘Oh God, Bil is going to killme.’”

Bertolino believes he will be able tomake his long distance relationship work,especially after almost 20 years. “I’ll just get help from my support

group,” he joked.

Be the Next Bill Gates

Long Distance Lovin’

Ryan RutledgeCritic Staff

Last year we witnessed theend of one of the most influen-tial bands of the past decade.LCD Soundsystem. Beginningin New York around 2001 LCDSoundsystem helped begin adance punk revolution withbands like The Rapture, Deathfrom Above 1979, among othersI'm sure I'm missing. In 2005they released their first, self ti-tled album to much criticalpraise and recognition. It evenmanaged to make #8 on Pitch-fork.com's top 50 albums of2005. Then, after 2 years and 1instrumental album, they finallyreleased their official sopho-more effort Sound of Silver.

I'm going to state this rightoff the bat, I like every track onthis album. James Murphy is amaster of genre mashing andthis album bleeds of what Mur-phy was inspired by at the time.Tracks like “Us v Them”, “NorthAmerican Scum”, and “Get In-nocuous” scream of Brian Enoand The Talking Heads. “Time

to Get Away” has thefunky drums and basslines of old disco songs.“New York I Love You”reminds me of thecrooning and grandiosityof Frank Sinatra.

The catchiest songon the album has to be“North American Scum”.It's a song filled to thebrim with attitude andcockiness. Murphyseems to be sick of theEuropean mindset to-

ward American's being proud ofwhere we're from. He basicallysays “hey our government reallyisn't making the best decisionsright now,” (keep in mind thiswas written in the second termof the Bush administration)“but we all don't think that way.I still love this place where Ilive.” Also great about this song,the screams of “North America!”from keyboardist NancyWhang.

The two greatest songs tocome off of this album thoughare, bar none, “All My Friends”and “Someone Great”. Let'sstart off with the latter.

During the instrumentalalbum 45:33 at around (I believe)the 9 minute mark there's a cer-tain synth sample that caughteveryone's attention. It was apulsating, almost hypnotic linethat hits you from nowhere.Why do I bring this up? It's theopening and continuing synthline that helps hold up this song.That hypnotic line combinedwith Murphy's beautiful lyrics ofloss and indifference just makethis song one of themost beautifulthings to grace yourears. “ All My Friends”starts with uncer-tainty. The minuteor so of the samepiano chords ismeant to make youuncomfortable, youdon't know wherethis song wants totake you just yet.When the song

picks up it's all down hill fromthere. It's like a 6 minutes cli-max, it's like fire works on the4th of July, it's the big gun fightin an action film. Every little bitof this song, every single instru-ment, just feels so right and nat-ural. The planning of this song isjust astounding. Murphy singsabout his aging, how this wholerock star thing can't last forever.He even says is flat out that“This could be the last time”.Does he want it to all end? Notreally, what will he do, but herecognizes it will all end eventu-ally. This song always manages togive me chills because it's such arelatable song and subject. It ismy idea of a perfect song in allways.

This is an essential albumfor anyone to have. I can guar-antee there will be at least onesong you'll love off this album.

10/10Best of the Best songs: “All

My Friends” “Someone Great”“New York, I Love You butYou're Bringing Me Down.

ENTERTAINMENTJan. 27, 2011 The Critic, Page 6

©DFA Records 2007

Kyle MeachemCritic Staff

When it comes down to thehuman body and artistic expres-sion, freestyle skiing and snow-boarding is a beautifulcombination of flawless danceand extreme consequence.

The intellect, confidence,and, above all, balance requiredto be a shredder around the Lyn-don State College campus cre-ates a communal bond betweenall who respect the sport.

“Riders want to see otherriders succeed,” said LSC snow-boarder Drew O’Brien. “There’sa reason why everyone’s stokedwhen someone stomps a trickthey’ve been working on all day.”

Consequently, the name ofthe game is progression. Withlimitless possibilities within thesport alongside the propermindset, the only boundaries arethe obstacles laid out in front ofyou. The Glacier is LyndonState’s on campus terrain park

located at the corner of CollegeRoad and Vail Drive that meetsthe needs of many students.

The problem Burke Moun-tain faces this year has beenmaintaining snow coveragewhile dealing with uncoopera-tive Mother Nature. However,at the Glacier snow coverage hasnot been a problem yet.

“We’ve had some roughweather this season,” said LSCSki & Ride Club president SamPierog. “But since the Glaciersees far less traffic than Burke,there’s always some fresh snowon the side to make it perfectfor your own personal session.”

With the amount of inter-est in the sport and the easy ac-cessibility to the Glacier forstudents on campus, it comes asno surprise to see nothing butsmiles on the hill.

“Everyone goes to have agood time,” said Sanders. “It’swhat Lyndon State’s all about.Learning, and having fun doingit.”

Riding the Glacier Ryan's Review:Throwback Week

Mondays Just Got BetterSamantha VanSchoick

Managing Editor

Forget March Madness, let’stalk about Music Mondays.

Hunched over a music text-book, Jeremy MacDonough,freshman Music Business andIndustry major, details his dreamrecording studio while his fellowSummit of Thieves band matesfilter into the SALC lounge.

“This kid’s a genius,” AjRaskin, a junior MBI major andall-purpose staffer for Summit,says pointing to MacDonough.

The Summit of Thieves isjust one on campus band thatwill be featured during MEISA’supcoming “Music Mondays.”Music Mondays will showcasemusical talent on campusthrough a series of concerts heldat 7 p.m. on Mondays throughthe end of March in ASAC 100.The concerts are free, but stu-dents must present their student

ID’s to get in. Raskin, who is organizing

the concerts, says the main goalis to get people excited about oncampus bands.

“I don’t care who you are, atone point or another you wantto see a live show. We are bring-ing you that live show, bringingyou that entertainment, and try-ing to do it well.”

The first Music Mondaywill be held Jan. 30 and featuresRed Tin Box, The Summit ofThieves, and Suncooked. Sun-cooked band member Ry Mc-Donald, a sophomore MBIstudent, describes their sound asacoustic folk rock Americana—Jack Johnson meets the Beatlesmeets Bob Marley.

“We are just everything youlike and more,” laughed JakeGregg, fellow band member andsophomore MBI major. Theband had an eventful winter

break with the December 12threlease of their EP “Did youmean: Uncooked?”

“It just went viral,” saidGregg.

Perhaps even more exciting,the band opened three nightsfor The Mighty Mighty Bos-stones at a sold out House ofBlues in Boston in front of 2,500people.

“One of my favorite mo-ments was when we were pack-ing up the car and somebodyapproached us and was like ‘ah,you guys are in the band, youguys were incredible!’” ColinMurphy, band member andsophomore MBI major, said.“For me, it’s really about thatpersonal connection.”

However, Suncooked’s newfound success has not stoppedthem from getting excited aboutplaying smaller shows.

“Coming home, cominghere, people are going to accept

us for who we are andknow our music. Uphere we have a good fol-lowing,” McDonald ex-plained.

The second goal ofMusic Mondays is toprovide publicity forMEISA, the Music En-tertainment IndustryStudents Association.Trever Gross, vice pres-ident of MEISA andfounding member ofThe Summit of Thieves,hopes the concerts willshow that MEISA isnot just a club for MBImajors.

“This program is about net-working with a common inter-est,”—that common interestbeing the music industry. Mem-bers of MEISA are hoping tosend students to attend a na-tionwide convention in Los An-geles this spring to network with

other chapters. Every Music Monday has a

theme genre. Raskin hopes toconclude the concert series witha battle of the bands.

“We really just want to en-tertain, so come on in and enjoythe music!”

NEWSSept. 9, 2011 The Critic, Page 8

Samantha VanSchoick

Managing Editor

The room was tense. The tragedy of 9/11 can be

hard for many Americans to talkabout, but for those affected di-rectly by the attacks or the con-sequent events, it strikes an evencloser cord. So when I asked theLyndon State Veterans Club toreflect on the tenth anniversary,the room was filled with senti-ment.

“Right after 9/11 there was acaricature in the paper of a fire-men handing a flag off to a

solider, saying ‘You can take itfrom here,’ and I believe wehave,” Mark Hoffman, presidentof the Lyndon State VeteransClub said emotionally whenasked how he felt ten years later.

“I was pissed,” Chad Ab-bott, a veteran and member ofthe club, said about his initial re-action to the attacks, “but I feellike I’ve done what I can.” Ab-bott believes that due to ampedup security and a greater educa-tion of the American peopleabout the Middle East Ameri-cans are safer today than theywere ten years ago.

Matt Wells, a veteran and a

student in the Exercise Scienceprogram, was inspired to joinshortly after the 9/11 terrorist at-tacks. Wells would agree withAbbott’s view of Americans, say-ing that since 9/11,“Americansare more aware that there arebad people in this world.”

After 9/11, the United Statesstarted military operations inAfghanistan. Ten years later,there is still a military presence.

“When you ask people ‘was[the war] worth it’, you have tounderstand that this is theirjob,” Allison Poulin, a MountainRecreation Management seniorand Coast Guard veteran stated.

“They wouldn’t be doing it if itwasn’t worth it to them.”

Denis Querrard, a senior atLSC and new vice president ofthe club, believes the conflict inAfghanistan has been successfulbecause we found Osama BinLaden, but has mixed feelingsabout Iraq, “We served a pur-pose. Was it good or bad? That’sgoing to be up to historians andfuture generations.”

There will be three eventsthis Sunday, September 11, onthe LSC campus. At 11 a.m.there will be a moment of si-lence in the Student Center ledby Sen. Joe Benning. Later at 1

p.m. there will be an afternoonof service at the Alexander Twi-light Theater. The days eventswill culminate in a candlelightvigil by the Library Pond at 8p.m., where Hoffman will say afew words.

The Lyndon State VeteransClub is open to all Lyndon Statestudents who have an interest insupporting veterans. The nextmeeting is tentatively Septem-ber 22. Anyone with questionscan email club secretary Eliza-beth.Harrison@lyndonstate.eduor president Mark.Hoffman@-lyndonstate.edu.

Ten Years Later, LSC Vets Still Remember

Since 9/11, how safedo you feel as an

American? Do youthink something like

that can happenagain with the

current nationalsecurity that is in

place?

“Well, as an American, yeah, of course I feel safe,especially…here in Vermont. It’s definitely a safer place to bethan another populated area but in general it seems like we are alot more safer and security’s a lot more heightened these days,despite the economic downturn. Could it happen again? I mean,of course, any populated area in the world could get attacked atany time by any disgruntled peoples, I mean, it’s definitelysomething that could happen again. Other than that, I defi-nitely do feel safe here. “ Freddie Losambe, Senior, Global Stud-ies and Music Production

“I guess I don’t feel a hundred percent safe,but you know. It could probably happenagain, but I think now we’re a little more cau-tious and aware, so I definitely feel not as safeas I did before 9/11, but not as unsafe as I didon, like, 9/12.” Chris Allen, Sophmore, EnglishMajor

“So, I live in Vermont and I’m pretty sure terrorist won’t reallyattack Vermont, but as, like, a nation, I think the risk is stillthere. My dad’s an airline pilot and he says that security evenfor him is really crazy and is definitely a pain in the butt, so, Ithink with a new security that they’re presenting in airports itwould be much, much harder, but I think the threat is stillthere, but over all I don’t think it would be anytime soon.” Mar-garet George, Junior, Psychology and Human Services

“I feel like it could definitely happen again, itcould probably happen over and over and over nomatter how much defense we have up and do I feelsafe? Yes and no, I mean, no because it can happenagain and yes because I know that my country willstand for itself.” Michael Sullivan, Freshman, Exer-cise Science

“I do feel safe as an American. I absolutely do believe and ex-pect, actually, in the future that something else such as this willhappen because you’d be naïve to believe otherwise. I feel safe,I do, especially with the current situation. Security might be abit, you know, too much but, you know, I do feel safe. However,I do, yes, I very much believe that it will happen again.” ArminDelic, Senior, Computer Information Systems