By Charles Wilson Multimedia Editor As the spike of COVID-19 cases skyrocketed on campus in late October, the need to clean isolation areas became more…
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Kaitlin Woolery Photo Editor Life at Saint Michael’s College suddenly changed the third week in October when several students tested positive for COVID-19 immediately sending…
By Emma Shortall Managing Editor I open the email from President Sterritt and instantly I start shaking. I am in full disbelief. I should’ve known…
By Grace Filloramo and Sarah Knickerbocker Online Editor and Design Editor In breaking news at his weekly press conference today, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and…
By Annie Serkes Contributing Writer During the first week back on campus, I received a phone call from Student Life, in reference to an anonymous…
By Kara Basset Contributing Writer “Are you willing, tonight, to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say they need to stand down?” My…
Amidst, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, political polarization, and the racial justice movement, we as students feel the constant strains of society. As a voice…
By Natalie Bates Contributing writer As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, we find ourselves living amidst a public health crisis in which death tolls soar, cases…
By Tynan Reed Multimedia Editor Lily Denslow, Secretary of Academics for the Student Government Association sat down over a zoom call while sitting in her…
By Molly Humiston Contributing Writer Despite my minor in political science and broad daily readings of politically oriented news, I am not a political person.…