COLCHESTER CONFUSION Construction on Colchester Ave. will continue for the next two weeks
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Future of Centennial questioned UVM funds part of $50,000 study
By Hillary Walton Staff Writer
There were times when the Centennial Field stands were 4**'5# !"# ,'6&*"# :;<;;;# 36,/# +,# 6# season, when the paint was fresh 6,5#$%'#4'*5#$)(=>.6*+$"?# @%'#4'*5#+/#,)A#%)B'#$)#$%'# Vermont Lake Monsters minor league team, and has been since 1994. The permanency of this, however, is now being questioned as the Lake Monsters have been told that they cannot compete in the minor leagues with such a rundown stadium. According to the Burlington Free Press, studies for the Commissioner of Major League Baseball in recent years have shown serious defects with the park, including unsafe conditions for the players and fans. Engineering Ventures, a 0),/.*$+,9#4&B<#+/#/$.5"+,9#A%6$# improvements and associated 0)/$/#A).*5#!'#,''5'5#+3#$%'#4'*5# and stadium were to be used for minor league baseball for the next 25 plus years, Richard Cate, vice president for UVM Finance and Administration said. C&)!*'B/# A+$%# $%'# 4'*5# +,0*.5'# 6,# .,*'7'*# (*6"+,9# 4'*5<# poor lighting and substandard clubhouses, dugouts and bullpens. According to WCAX, this testing, estimated at $50,000, was paid for by UVM, the Lake Monsters, a private donor and the city of Burlington.
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!"#$"##%&'()%"'*(+&,(,+-.#(,"/%-0,(*"1"2$,3(,02+(&,(0#,&1"(2-#*%$%-#,(1-/(4-$+(5'&6"/,(&#*(1&#,(&#*(0#"7"#(5'&6%#8(9"'*: D3# $%'# 4'*5# +/# ,)$# &',)76$'5<# the Vermont Lake Monsters will ,''5# $)# 4,5# 6# ,'A# %)B'# !6/'# if they wish to remain active in minor league baseball. “Nobody really wants it to leave. We don’t want to leave. And we need to do something about it to make sure it stays,” Nate Cloutier, general manager of
the Lake Monsters, told WCAX in an interview regarding the aging stadium. On the Lake Monster’s website, Centennial Field is referred to as one of the highest >.6*+$"# 4'*5/# 6&).,5<# %67+,9# been recognized for excellence by sources such as Beam Clay, the Sports Turf Manager’s
Association and Sports Turf Magazine. 1@%'#4'*5#+/#)86"#3)&#6#0)**'9'# !6/'!6**# 4'*5<E# /)(%)B)&'# 0*.!# baseball member Colby Morgan said. “However, it is not good 3)&# 6# (&)3'//+),6*# !6/'!6**# 4'*5# and the Lake Monsters should do something about that.” @%'# 4'*5# +/# 0.&&',$*"# ./'5#
by UVM for practices and club sports, but with last year’s abolishment of UVM’s baseball and softball teams, pricey renovations in order to bring the 4'*5#.(#$)#B+,)&#*'69.'#!6/'!6**# standards are highly unlikely. “Our school made the
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Bomb squad called to Given Building Suspicious package destroyed, later announced harmless
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The Vermont State Police Bomb Squad arrive on Central Campus after a suspiscious package was found in the Given Building on )/%*&6:
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By Natalie DiBlasio News Editor When undergraduate student Lydia Rees tried to bike by Rowell Building to get to her room in Converse Hall, she was blocked !"# $%&''# (')(*'# +,# -.)&'/0',$# vests and talk about a bomb threat. “Stop. You can not go this way, there is an emergency in the building right now,” Facility Coordinator Sue Williams said to a cyclist trying to weave his way through the confusion. They were two of many that Williams turned away after a suspicious package was found between 22:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon in the animal care section of the Given Building. The package was deemed suspicious because of odd color
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and placement, according to UVM Police Captain Tim Bilodeau. 12.&# )340'&/# /()$$'5# +$# $%'&'# 6,5# 7'&+4'5# $%6$# $%'# (60869'# indeed was suspicious, so we evacuated both the Given and the Health Science Research Facility and established a perimeter,” Bilodeau said. Steve Marriot of South Burlington, one of 20 standardized patients who medical students practice on, was waiting to begin a session, when they had to leave the building. “The alarms went off and we all had to run out in our skivvies!” Marriot said, clad in a blue hospital robe. Many people said they were unaware of why they had to evacuate.
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“They just told us there was an emergency in the building, but I later found out there was a bomb scare,” medical student Shohei Ikoma said. The University called the State Police to evaluate the package, and the bomb squad arrived around 4:30 p.m. After the bomb squad arrived, they determined the package was not dangerous. “They ended up doing a scan of the package, and disrupting, essentially destroying the package. There were no explosives in the package,” Bilodeau said. “There was nothing in it at all.” “At this point, we don’t know exactly how it got there,” he said. “We will do an additional investigation to see what did happen, who placed it there.”
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