The Mountaineer

Campus News, Issue, May 2013, World News May 10, 2013

GMC Takes Back the Night: Marching against the “Problem with No Name”

Shai O’Rourke ‘13, Krista Shugart ‘15, and Erin McAuliffe ’16 were the leading ladies for the first annual Take Back the Night March and candlelight vigil. “Now is the time to SHATTER THE SILENCE. Now is the time to END THE VIOLENCE. Now is the time to TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.” In honor of women’s [...]

Learn Who Represents the Student Body

After two hours of counting over 250 ballots, the doors to the Student Senate office opened, and the election committee was released from deliberations. At one point during the counting, the votes for presidential candidates were tied at 99 votes apiece, but the final count gave Jojo Buss ‘14 a margin of victory of 13 [...]

Students Celebrate Earth Week

GMC’s Earth Week kicked off its celebrations Saturday, April 13, with the Spotlight on Local Businesses at St. Raphael’s Church. On Monday, April 15, members of the campus community also had the opportunity to enjoy speaker Tom Burrell lecturing about racial divide and the role of media in society. On the following day, there was [...]

Bringing Economic Sustainability to the Front Door

There has been a lot of talk over the past year and a half in our society about income distribution within our country. Since 1979, the bottom 80% of earners have seen their share of total income decrease, while those of the top 20% have doubled in inflation-adjusted dollars. In other words, the economy has [...]

Spring in the Theater

At the conclusion of the spring 2012 to 2013 semester, the GMC theater program says goodbye to six of its performers: Sam Gabriels, Daniel Kimatarle, Ernie Klepeis, Andrew Kohler, Baxter Seguin, and Jack Sinclair. Looking back on this semester at GMC, we were pleased to host three plays: The neo-futurist, student-written, 30-scene Where Do Babies [...]

Ms. Dianne Dillon-Ridgley is 2013 Commencement Speaker

GMC will host its 176th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. The commencement speaker for 2013 is Ms. Dianne Dillon-Ridgley. A national and international leader in environmental sustainability, she represents the World Young Women’s Christian Association at United Nations headquarters in New York, and has served on numerous U.S. delegations to U.N. [...]

Sam Edwards Gives Suggestions for Finals Week and Beyond

Sam Edwards is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Law & Policy; he is also former Director of the Pre-Law Program and the Director of the Japanese Exchange Program. He teaches Law and Society, International Negotiations and the Environment, and other courses in the Pre-Law program. He suggested that students begin preparing for finals [...]

A Cup of Tea with Mildred Stefanowski

Honest Advice, Life Tips, Self-Assurance, and Cold, Hard Experience. Dear Mildred, Every Tuesday and Thursday I see this extremely attractive girl when walking between my science and math class. Her face looks like beautiful wheat bread. I’d really like to meet her, maybe even just talk for a moment, but I don’t think she notices [...]

GMC’s Swimming Pool Is Not Cost-Effective

Built in 1961, along with the rest of the Waldron Athletic Center, the indoor pool at GMC has served many purposes for the students, staff, faculty, and the Poultney community. Although the pool has many benefits for the college and the community such as kayak training, life-saving classes, scuba diving class, and employment for student [...]

MindMixer Allows Students to Vote on Local Initiatives

Last fall, five REED students attended a conference where they viewed a presentation on MindMixer. MindMixer is a well-established website that allows communities to create their own pages and threads, so that community members have a space to discuss different topics. The GMC students were inspired by the presentation and, with the help of a [...]