The Norwich Guidon

The Norwich Guidon, student newspaper of Norwich University, is published twice monthly and has won numerous awards for excellence in its class. Reporters, editors, and managers for The Norwich Guidon are students at the university who work under the guidance of a Communications faculty advisor. Student editors learn electronic pagination using state of the art computer equipment.

If you have any questions or comments about the paper, please contact Professor Ken Bush at kbush@norwich.edu.

In The News

February 28, 2002

Kelly Chiffer ends swimming career at NU; shatters two pool records in one week

Chiffer's record while swimming for Norwich is proof enough of her competitiveness. In the four years Chiffer has swum for the team, she has set seven team records, including the 500, 1000, and 1650-yard individual freestyle.

NU student tells story of Alumni Weekend DUI charge

"There's no excuse whatsoever for anyone to be drunk driving; that's a choice," McKean said. "I don't buy it that we're isolated, I don't buy it for any reason at all. If a student gets pulled over and gets charged with drunk driving, that's their fault, their choice."

NU lacrosse faces financial setbacks for Florida trip

Despite selling pizza in the dorms, working and cleaning for the N.U. football games, and working a variety of other jobs, the men's lacrosse team failed to raise enough money for plane tickets to Disney World in Florida this spring break. Instead, the team will be required to ride a bus for six days.

Men's hockey advance to ECAC East Tournament

Sophomore Matt Schmidt scored two goals to lead top-seeded Norwich University to a 5-1 victory over eighth-seeded Skidmore College in the quarterfinal round of the ECAC East men's ice hockey tournament Saturday evening at Kreitzberg Arena.

NU Women's basketball takes winning ways into playoffs

Norwich University's women's basketball team received the second seed in the ECAC Tournament and will face seventh-seeded Wellesley College in Northfield at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

Women's rugby travels to Ireland for spring break

The team has been planning this trip since the middle of their Fall 2001 season. The trip was offered this season because, under women's rugby coach Fiona Johnstone and head coach Robert Weggler, the team made it all the way to the Rugby Division II playoffs.

NU men's basketball finishes season 6-18

In a disappointing season, the Norwich men's basketball team finished 6-18 (2-11 in the GNAC conference).

Photos of broom hockey on Disney Field

Norwich students engage in a friendly game of broom hockey on the basketball-courts-turned-ice-rinks on Disney Field (Plourdes photos).

Addict relates horrors of heroin addiction; teens most vulnerable

Shooting up dope was the only way Emily Santos could get out of bed in the morning to start her day.

Staci's Choice: A teenager faces the decision of what to do with a child she can't have

Staci was 17 years old, in the top five percent of her high school class and trying to get into college. She found herself on terrifying grounds, facing a choice she never wanted to make: between having a baby, giving it up for adoption, or having an abortion.

Vermont grant funds youth programs, Project Graduation in Northfield

Thanks to the actions of concerned citizens and a grant from the Vermont Agency of Human Services, the Northfield community has come up with some innovative programs to keep youth drug free, according to a report issued by The Greater Northfield Collaboration Council.

Writer recounts experience with innovative violent video game

The realistic design of the game is actually causing quite a stir throughout the world. Countries have actually pulled GTA II off store shelves and refused to sell it because of the level of graphic violence in the game.