Green Mountain is a uniquely captivating place. As the Princeton Review noted about the school, “The typical Green Mountain College student would be atypical anywhere else.” For many, it is a safe haven where one can freely pursue his or her academic passions without having to jump through some of the commonplace, institutional hoops. However, [...]
Archive | November, 2009
H1N1 flu infection among GMC students
Green Mountain College’s Wellness Center is conducting an online survey to get an accurate number of students who got infected by H1N1 flu on November 4 after getting the reports of infection among the students. “A number of GMC students reportedly got infected by H1N1 flu. Some went back to their homes, but some remained [...]
Holistic Wellness: Exploring the Salt Cave
by Amberlee Miller The Salt Cave at the Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center in Rutland is one of the few places where people can go and invest in personal well-being while being exposed to Himalayan salt. In other countries, such as Asia and Europe, salt caves are used to treat medical conditions such as blood-pressure, skin, [...]
GMC community member of the month (Nov.)
Jose Galvez-Contreras, a junior student at Green Mountain College, wanted to do something positive for the children in his native country, Honduras. Two summers ago he began an undergraduate research project with Professor Paul Hancock. While studying the Honduras economy, Galvez-Contreras began to film a documentary about the children living on the streets. He documented [...]
Light your match
Adagio thumping numbs my sense(s) Skin parched and voice cold Etched sheets of crumpled pavements With a hammer and a chisel Crack me down, until I am bare Raw, undone, boundless This rigid rime makes me shiver— Goosebumps and adapted chills Where’s the warmth? For I long for your fervor to smolder my finger tips [...]
Brooms and bludgeons
The Quidditch World cup was held at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. There were over twenty teams in attendance for the event. There were teams from all over the United States, and even a team from Canada. Quidditch is played by running around with a broom between your legs while trying to doge the bludgeon [...]
STUDENT ‘SKELLIES’ THRILLER
BY KATE BARCELLOS When Gary Meitrott began to mention the Rutland Halloween Parade, I found myself excited and yet hesitant; was I a wild thing beneath my clothes and smile, and could I throw that outside of me? “There is a parade in Rutland, the longest-running Halloween parade in the country,” Gary starts tentatively, not [...]
More smoking tents approved
Wai Phyo Myint Green Mountain College students’ opinions divide on the college administration’s decision allowing more smoking permitted areas, ‘smoking tents’ on campus as its attempt to deter noise, and smoke coming out from popular smoking tents. The administration announced the decision to increase the number of tents at strategic locations on October 8. The [...]
GMC community member of the month (October)
After surviving what could have been a fatal car accident in the fall of 2008, Mason Lord returned to Green Mountain College after taking two semesters off. “It’s awesome being back at school. It has aided in my psychological recovery,” Lord states. With a crash that nearly amputated his leg, Lord is learning to walk [...]
Global climate change and what we can do about it
[Editor’s Note: The Mountaineer went to press before Saturday’s “350” event. This opinion by one of the event’s organizers is based on events scheduled at GMC and beyond.] BY TODD MARTIN Climate change is shaping up to be the most important issue of our generation. Warmer average global temperatures are giving rise to glacial melting, [...]
