BY AMBERLEE MILLER Lice. Tiny, wingless parasites that live off human hair and feed off small amounts of blood. Though unable to fly or jump, they can spread quickly from person to person. Recently, the GMC community experienced an epidemic of such. According to the Bozen Wellness Center, one in ten people who came in [...]
Archive | November, 2008
A few lost voices
BY BEATRIZ GOMEZ As the nation was approaching the 2008 presidential election, the most anxious people were those who didn’t know whether they’d be able to vote. These fears especially reached GMC students when they realized the election was coming soon, and absentee ballots had not been delivered to campus mailboxes. “I, like many others, [...]
Affordability of education
BY MELISSA MARKSTROM As GMC inches its way towards a 1,000 student body, economic barriers make it increasingly difficult to attract and retain students. According to Sandy Bartholomew, Dean of Enrollment, new student enrollment is down because “like no other year, finances were a big issue.” In a survey given to committed students who end [...]
Environmental Mission
BY JENNY MONTAGNE I started at Green Mountain College in August of 2006. After a tiresome spring of writing essays, filling out applications, and touring schools, I decided on Green Mountain because of the community feeling I got when I walked around the campus during my tour. The classes and the people seemed accessible and [...]
Who’s slowing down the Internet?!
BY RONNIE BLACK For returning students, the Internet access from the dorms may seem a little slower than it used to be, but to new students the Internet is just slow overall. Although the RES bandwidth, the bandwidth that is reserved for dorms, doubled in 2006, students are experiencing low Internet protocol. For example, the [...]
Green Mountain College Eagles (Sports Bulletin)
Volleyball ends season in NAC semis The women’s volleyball team lost to Husson College in a thrilling semifinal match 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-15). The Lady Eagles took the first set 25-27 after coming back from a 20-15 deficit. The pattern repeated throughout the second and third sets, but unfortunately, the Husson ladies proved to [...]
Presidential elections resemble Superbowl XL
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC Maybe it’s the fact that I’m a humongous sports fan or that I like comparing odd things. For whatever reason, the 2008 elections remind me of the Superbowl XL, when the Pittsburgh Steelers played against the Seattle Seahawks. Why? Several reasons.
Roadblock
BY LAUREN DISESSA I hesitated to write this article. It’s easy to be a critical of others; that is not what I intend to do here. I simply find myself faced with a problem that I can’t solve alone, and would like to share my feelings with the larger student body. I fall into a [...]
Proposition 8 is unconstitutional
BY CHAD SKILES With all the advances of our post-modern time, it is saddening to see such a huge step backward with California’s passing of Proposition 8. Electing the first African-American president is now countered with a push-back in cultural progression. And while the gay community rallied against the proposition, any American who appreciates our [...]
Buy Nothing Day
BY OZ SKINNER Thanksgiving is a time for family. It is a time for coming together and celebrating one another’s company. Contrary to what multinational corporations would have you think, it’s not about football, or huge dinners that no mortal could ever finish. Most importantly, it’s not about shopping.
