by Melissa Pope in News
Kyra Salem, 10, stepped up to the microphone with determination and tears in her eyes.
"Everyone tells me I act just like my mom, and everyone keeps telling me to cry. I am going to keep on crying until I'm with my mom up there singing and dancing again," she said amid sobs.
by maria arnot in News
On Jan. 21 2010, Dr. Mike Kiernan stood on stage in Casella Theatre in the Fine Arts Center speaking at Castleton's convocation to a room full of attentive college students. Less than a month later though, Kiernan found himself in a very different environment, one in which he was no longer surrounded by hundreds of Castleton students, but hundreds of wounded Haitian citizens.
by Talia Roy in News
Driving through San Salvador to the Rodriguez's house in their rental van gave the Castleton State College students their first taste of El Salvadorian culture. The first group of Project El Salvador students finally arrived on Feb. 22 after flight complications forced them to stay in New York City for two extra days.
by Kevin Eisenburg in News
Twenty-five disabled athletes of all ages poured into Shape Gym on Feb. 21 with one thing on their mind -- playing basketball. The men's basketball team teamed up with the EDD Memorial Fund to teach these athletes basic fundamentals of basketball.
by Jenna Charbonneau in News
According to the College for Every Student program, 34 percent of middle class students will graduate from college, along with only 3 percent of low income high school students in the United States.
From the rural towns of Vermont, to the urban inner cities of New York, the Castleton Student Government Association and Community Service Club have teamed together in an effort to reach out and help the future of students by inspiring them to pursue college.
SGA president urges students to vote
by Jill Bassett in News
Last year Stephanie Kopko and Kyle Kelly, fought a fierce battle for the Student Government Association position of vice president.
The yearly student government elections are coming up, but this year there will be only one contested race, pitting Nyamah Thomas against Bartholomew Kallgren for the position of vice president of activities.
by Kirsten Weiner in News
Choose responsibility, an initiative to lower the drinking age to 18, has 135 college and university presidents and chancellors joining together to let the country know that the current drinking age of 21 is not working.
John McCardell, former president of Middlebury College and founder and president of Choose Responsibility, will speak in Castleton State College's Casella Theater at 7 p.m. on April 26th about why the drinking age should be lowered to 18.
by Ben Kozak in News
Finally some money!
Feb. 10 was the day that some students have been dreaming of since the start of the semester.
Why?
That was the day the college handed out refund checks to those whose account has obtained a credit balance.
by Melissa Pope in News
Well-known actors John Amos and Madeline McCray came to Castleton State College Feb. 19 to pass on some knowledge of how to make dreams come true.
Amos has dabbled in many different projects throughout the years in theatre, television, and the big screen.
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Want a chance to win a $20 voucher for the college store? All you have to do is help evaluate Castleton State College's library services by filling out library service quality survey that is being e-mailed campus-wide.
Librarian Sandy Duling said the survey is to help library officials understand student perceptions and expectations of the library so changes can be made to better serve them.
