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It’s been a long time since I believed in faeries. However, as I sat down in a packed theater for the St. Michael’s Drama Club production of Peter Pan, I was determined to let my faith be born again.

Held on the main stage of the McCarthy Arts Center, the student-produced play featured an impressive array of colorful costumes, swashbuckling scenes and, of course, flying.... Read more

Last Thursday, as Pope Benedict XVI addressed a few hundred Catholic educators in Washington, D.C., a Marine Corps recruiter in full dress uniform set up shop outside the St. Michael’s College cafeteria.

For a couple of hours the recruiter, an officer named Will Morgan, shook hands and took down the names of a few interested students, then packed up his pamphlets and headed for the door. “Not bad,” he said on his way out.... Read more

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After three years as the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI is finally gracing the United States with his holy presence, making stops in Washington, D.C., and New York during a six-day-tour in the Pope-mobile. We can all agree that the pope's bulletproof ride is sweet, but the papal visit has stirred up controversy, too. Seven Days decided to seek some balance in the media firestorm.... Read more

Scott Ritter is not the man the Department of Defense hoped he would be.... Read more

Students at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, love to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

So how would they celebrate St. Michael's Day? St. Mike's senior Jon Taylor heads to campus to find out.

Kaytee Manchester’s arms rose and fell in undulating waves, hips swaying in a classic “Ghawazee Shimmy,” feet gliding across the stage to the rhythms of a tribal Saptak song. It was an encouraging reminder that Middle Eastern culture — the one that brought us the burka and moral police — can also celebrate the grace and sensuality of the female body.... Read more

Jon Taylor asks St. Michael's College students what kind of job would keep them in Vermont after graduation.

My middle-aged mind was playing tricks on me. The 65 singers of the Yale Glee Club looked impossibly young, despite sleek black dresses for the women and natty white-tie-and-tails for the men. Had 12-year-olds invaded the Ivy League?... Read more

On June 13, John Engels of Williston passed away at 76, after a long and distinguished career as a poet and educator. One of his sons, Matt Engels, says his father died as a result of two heart attacks in the aftermath of a back surgery.

A long-time professor at St. Michael’s College, Engels never retired; the college recently gave him an award for 45 years of service.... Read more

COLCHESTER - The co-author of a disputed study on the Iraq death toll is scheduled to join the outspoken former head of the U.N.'s Africa AIDS program in addressing an upcoming global health conference at St. Michael's College.... Read more