In Their Words

Dear Winter...

Dear Winter, let’s start with the fact that I didn’t know you existed until three years ago. Yes, winter, I hail from the tropics so don't take it personal. In the tropics, it is summer all year round: flowers sprung in summer, we go for vacations in summer, leaves turn colors in summer, and it gets cold in summer. Despite that I watched all Home Alone sequels as a toddler yet I couldn’t clearly set you apart from your three step-siblings: Spring, Summer, and Fall. Now that you know you are whack like crack, you can go and melt that smug look of snow on my porch. Dear Winter, I hope my porch is now quite muggy after putting some sense unto you. I am honestly exhausted of slipping from your inane and out-of-touch meddling due to your fly trapping leftovers—sleet. Also, your trifling persona keeps me on my toes... Read more →

Sock Sale Madness

Admittedly, Northfield, Vermont may not offer a ton to do, see, or go, so when there is something happening in the small town, it is happening. Since I grew up in Vermont, I've known of the sock sale chaos for a while, but I thought hey, maybe people have their socks and they've chilled out now, but boy was I wrong. Let me back up a minute and tell you about the sock sale. I'd go out on a limb and say that it's one of the biggest annual events that Northfield has. Every year, the company that makes "Darn Tough" socks has two weekends where their socks are crazy discounted- like socks that would usually be $20 for $8 instead. Lemme tell you, these are some good quality socks and people even from other states flock to the sock sale. I remember this year, I heard a woman nearby... Read more →

Alumni Weekend - Bicentenial

This weekend, Northfield hs been busy and full of people. Alumni weekend, especially on this 200th year, brought many alumni back on campus to see the campus, current students, and old classmates. The cadets were busy doing march downs and parades all of Friday and Saturday. Seeing all of these heartwarming reunions, I can’t help but think that’ll be me and my classmates in the future. Times like these I am reminded of just how powerful the Norwich family is. It’s no joke when people say “Norwich Forever!” but rather they genuinely care about the university and the great leaders it strives to produce. The alumni are very invested in the current students. There was one wife of an alum that noticed my Puerto Rico flag and came up to me, asking in Spanish where in Puerto Rico I have family. I encountered another group of alums in my barracks... Read more →