BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC POULTNEY, VT – Vermont Governor Jim Douglas confirmed today that he’ll veto the Marriage Equality Bill while he was visiting Green Mountain College for Maple Fest. Several hundred students gathered at Green Mountain College in peaceful demonstration to show support for the Bill. “I think it is great that people express their [...]
Archive | March, 2009
Gaming Cookies For You: Mixing The Old With The New
Systems: Xbox360 ESRB Rating: T (for Teen) Introduced to the world in 2001 as Halo: Combat Evolved, millions of video gamers around the world flocked to local gaming retail stores to purchase the new sensation. Now seen as a major achievement in the science fiction shooter genre, the Halo franchise recently released its newest independent [...]
Gaming Cookies For You: The New Kid On The Block
Systems: PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ESRB Rating: M (for Mature) Inviting fans of zombie slaying, gun battles, and creepy monsters back to the atmosphere of tense action and heart stopping moments, video game company Capcom’s newest title Resident Evil 5 offers both excitement and frustration. The newest title in the franchise does not fail [...]
Gaming Cookies For You: The Silent Contender
Systems: PlayStation 2 ESRB Rating: T (for Teen) As video gamers around the world have eagerly begun sinking their teeth into the newest Halo release title Halo Wars, one would think that it should be the obvious choice for this review. However, as popular as this title is, I can honestly and shocking confess that [...]
A Thoreauvian approach to modern lifestyle
BY KEVIN HART At a school where the Environmental Liberal Arts core focuses heavily on environmental issues and sustainability, many GMC students find it difficult to adjust their lifestyles to the college’s environmental mission. For example, some core classes may discuss the danger of carbon emission, but the students must rely on crude oil for [...]
GreenMap organizes first Women’s Ice Climbing trip
BY CANDY SMITH On February 11, a group of young women headed out to the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. With crampons on their feet, harnesses around their waists, and ice tools in each hand, the women were nervous and excited about the new experience that they were embarking on – scaling up [...]
Comeback not enough for men’s basketball team
BY JAMES KENNEDY The Green Mountain College men’s basketball team went to Thomas College on Thursday night to play their semifinal playoff game. “We were ready and knew what we were in for because we had lost to Thomas twice this season,” senior guard Fabian Ferreira stated. Thomas was up by 16 going into the [...]
A letter from Student Senate
Fellow Green Mountain Colleagues, Over the past few years there has been a consistent pulsation regarding the policies of cigarette smoking in the campus climate. A recent mass e-mail from Student Senate attempted to garner community-wide responses in order to better understand the situation. Some of these respondents requested a complete ban of smoking on [...]
Finding a job in a weakening economy
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC Green Mountain College student Noah Pappano spent his winter break in Nashville, TN before leaving for South Korea to do his spring semester at Hannam University. Though he spent over two and a half months in Nashville, visited numerous Temp agencies, and talked to different employers, he could not find a job. [...]
Loans: The Real “Game of Life”- The formula for keeping students buried in debt
BY JENNIFER MONTAGNE For graduating high school students, the loom of anticipated college debt hangs heavily over their experience. The necessity of a bachelor’s degree has been cemented into students’ consciousness since elementary school, but rarely are they schooled on how to pay for their education and keep on paying. On average, a four-year private [...]
