Archive for: March, 2009

Governor Douglas promises to veto Marriage Equality Bill

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 point of [...]

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 title, Halo [...]

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 to awe [...]

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 I could [...]

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 their heat. [...]

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 the [...]

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 half, but [...]

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 campus, [...]

Finding a job in a weakening economy

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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.
On one [...]

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 university [...]

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