Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21) Hard times are on the horizon for you and all those who know you. The truth is the pending sexual harassment lawsuit will soon be the least of your worries. Capricorn (December 22 – January 19) We love how individualistic and unique you think you are. But we both [...]
Archive | December, 2009
Don’t be a dick campaign launches
Students from Green Mountain College’s Media Campaign and Advocacy class launched a website for their environmental campaign, called Don’t be a Dick. The campaign, Don’t Be A Dick, is accessible through its website, http://www.dontbeadick.org/, featuring the videos, photos, and blogs about the daily habits of people debilitating environment. The Media Campaigns and Advocacy class taught [...]
Several hundred portraits of the artist as a young woman
I was listening to a radio program last week where a correspondent considered if digital technology was really any advantage in our lives. For example, he described how every year he takes thousands of pictures on his digital camera, but how he never does anything with them. I guess you could say I immediately identified [...]
UN climate change conference at a glance
As you read this article, world leaders from 192 countries are shaking hands in Copenhagen, Denmark at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The conference will last until December 18th. The goal of the conference is to establish a global, legally binding climate treaty, much like the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, in order to reduce greenhouse [...]
Rising bids for Rising Minds
On the evening of December 1st the nonprofit organization Rising Minds held a people auction in the Gorge to raise money for the organization. Rising Minds’ mission is “to unite people across borders to create and support organizations that will make positive, sustainable change.” Also stated in the mission statement is the belief that “education [...]
Congressman visits campus
United States Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) visited the Green Mountain College campus Monday November 30. Students, faculty, and community members all gathered into the East Room to hear Israel’s speech and participate in the Question and Answer segment. Israel is a leading proponent of reducing the United State’s dependence on foreign oil and funding alternative [...]
Commuter parking to improve
A Commuter Parking Expansion proposal was passed by Student Senate and Cabinet. This Spring, commuting students will have access to 16 new parking spots on campus. A much needed and long awaited upgrade from the current parking system will be implemented immediately upon return from Winter Break. The 8 spaces to the side of Bogue [...]
Student Senate revises its Constitution
Green Mountain College’s student governing body, Student Senate, is working to replace the Student Assembly with a committee to make its process more efficient. “We have a problem that many club representatives do not show up at Student Assembly meetings,” the Student Senate president, Jose Galvez Contreras said. Student clubs’ representatives meet at the weekly [...]
The inexhaustible war adds a tragically ironic notch onto its belt
Barack Obama said frequently during his campaign trail, “I am not opposed to all wars—what I am opposed to is a dumb war, to an inexhaustible war.” I always felt okay with that; it seemed like him and me were on the same page. I suspect that many of his other voters experienced this same [...]
Looking back on holiday tradtions
I know that kids usually think divorce breaks up a family, but it was something that never bothered me; it was something that seemed “normal” to me. I bragged to kids in elementary school about how I got to celebrate my birthday twice — two cakes and double the presents. I bragged about how at [...]
