According to the United States Department of Labor, 72.6 million Americans held jobs paid at an hourly rate in 2009. Of these workers, 3.6 million were paid exact minimum wage or under. A characteristic of these workers were that they were young, under 25. I have to say, I’ve had my fair share of minimum [...]
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We Party Sober Club
The mission of We Party Sober! is to create a forum for like minded individuals seeking a to meet and find each other in a substance-free environment. A substance-free club is needed at Green Mountain College because those students who do want to maintain a substance-free lifestyle have been having a difficult time finding others [...]
Saddle up: the Canter Club prepares new ideas
The Canter Club is an organization on campus where members get together based on their passion for horses. Last semester the Canter Club held a fundraiser to save two Quarter horses, Lyric and Brio. The woman who had them couldn’t afford them anymore and was going to euthanize them. The club stepped in, and created [...]
Healthcare in crisis: Nursing a broken system back to health
by Amberlee Miller While visiting Pennsylvania recently, I became extremely ill. I could barely move out of bed, was peeing blood, and could not stop puking. The pain in my lower right back was unbearable; something was seriously wrong. I was in pain, scared, and alone. I had been hesitant to go to the doctor [...]
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 [...]
Students reach out to community
More than 70 community members from Poultney region attended at a community dinner hosted at Green Mountain College’s dinning hall on November 10. The community dinner was organized by Professor Vangie Blust’s Food, Society, and the Environment class. Over 200 students gave up their dinner to host for the guests. The community’s older adults from [...]
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 (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 [...]
From hearts to hits: Domestic violence stories of current GMC students
BY AMBERLEE MILLER It may be a slap in the face, a derogatory comment, or someone else controlling your life. You may get used to this treatment, you may break free. You may be the person that said, “this will never happen to me.” When it does, you feel embarrassed, ashamed, but you still have [...]
GMC Community Member of the Month: Luke Percival
Junior Luke Percival spent his summer overseas in Australia and New Zealand. “I wasn’t there as a tourist,” he states, “I was there to travel, work, and visit family.” While in Australia, Percival worked for a mining company where he surveyed the land and collected rock samples. He and his crew hiked to previous mining [...]
