If Johnny punches Joey in the stomach during recess, we know that Johnny is a bully. Because of his bullying behavior, Johnny is sent to the principal’s office and punished according to his crime.

Pretty straightforward. It’s easy for schools to deal with bullying when the offense is physical. But what about when Susie tells Sally she won’t be her friend if Sally doesn’t stop talking to Jan? What about when Susie writes a nasty comment on Jan’s Facebook profile picture?... Read more

For some students at the University of Vermont, proximity to snow-covered peaks can be more of a draw than academics. And maybe more than a few of them have fantasized about starting their own ski company during their undergraduate years. The conversation — over a couple beers in some guy’s living room — might go something like this:

Bro 1: “Dude, we should totally, like, start our own ski company and, like … make our own skis!”... Read more

There’s been a lot of talk about the new hostel set to open just up the street from Burlington’s waterfront in early June, filling a gap for travelers looking to visit the city on the cheap. But what locals may not know is that people have been finding free lodging in Burlington for quite some time, using an increasingly popular website called couchsurfing.org.... Read more

Most people looking to furnish their new apartments start by flipping through a Pottery Barn catalog. If they’re slumming it, they might hit up IKEA. Fewer people rummage around in other people’s trash to find chairs, couches, curtains and bathtubs.... Read more

I’m one of those people who buys a shot of espresso for $2, plugs in her laptop at the coffee shop and writes an eight-page paper. Or, maybe I’ll have tea with a friend. She gets a cup of oolong, I get a chocolate biscotti, and we chat for hours about how her roommate never washes her dishes. The tea goes cold. The biscotti? A distant memory.... Read more

I’m pretty sure this isn’t what Al Gore envisioned when he created the Internet. WhatsMomDoing.com is Cheryle Jimmo’s “brilliantly crazy” brainchild: a salon and boutique in Burlington that films its entire operation and broadcasts it live on the web. Visitors to the website can watch Jimmo, her customers and whoever else shows up cut hair, answer phones, even take tap-dancing lessons, all on their computer screens. It’s kind of like a reality show without the alcohol and low self-esteem.... Read more

It’s hard to attend a college house party on the weekend and not see plenty of students getting sloppy drunk on jungle juice, dancing on beer-pong tables and groping their peers. But what about fellow students who look on with disgust at all this saliva swapping, ass grabbing and awkward hump dancing? At St.... Read more

Students at the University of Vermont are discovering that the junior sitting next to them in American Lit could be the same person grading their quiz in American Political Systems. In response to growing class sizes, the UVM College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is supplying beleaguered professors with undergraduate teaching assistants (UTA).... Read more