BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC After months of renovations done by the Maintenance Deparment and Residence Life, the newly-refurbished YES Coffee House held a grand opening on April 3. About 60 students and staff members came in and out throughout the evening. “I’m happy to see the renovation, because it creates a more inviting atmosphere for the [...]
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Berlin, Sundance, and Green Mountain
BY CHAD SKILES AND DUSAN VUKSANOVIC Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonnano, better known as The Yes Men, showed their newest movie “The Yes Men fix the world” on March 25. The movie, still in its post-production process, was screened only at Sundance Film Festival and Berlin, Germany prior to Green Mountain College.
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 [...]
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. [...]
Reporting on the Olympic champions
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC In August 2007, as I was boarding my flight to Munich in Belgrade, I saw that I would be sharing the same plane with the Serbian national volleyball team. I was transfixed, and my eyes stared at my most favorite athlete of all times – Ivan Miljkovic, the man who scored the [...]
Internet on campus gets an upgrade
During the winter break, Green Mountain College upgraded the student network bandwidth, allowing the students faster Internet access. The bandwidth was doubled from three megabits to six megabits, and is shared among all campus dorms. “[The network] is working great. The initial bandwidth test showed that, when nobody was here, we had six megs of [...]
Women’s basketball heading for another successful season
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC The women’s basketball season is well under way, and GMC opened with a slam. Up until December 3, the Lady Eagles won three out of four games, beating some of the teams that they lost to the year before. “I think we’ve gotten off to a great start,” noted head coach Jen [...]
Presidential elections resemble Superbowl XL
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC Maybe it’s the fact that I’m a humongous sports fan or that I like comparing odd things. For whatever reason, the 2008 elections remind me of the Superbowl XL, when the Pittsburgh Steelers played against the Seattle Seahawks. Why? Several reasons.
A letter to the American people
FROM DUSAN VUKSANOVIC One of the most inspirational nights of my life was the presidential election one. After CNN announced their projection that Senator Barack Obama was the new president-elect, the Green Mountain College campus erupted in joy and celebration. People hugged, kissed, played music, and danced to commemorate what they were hoping to be [...]
New college president
By Dusan Vuksanovic Chemistry professor Sue Sutheimer and sustainability coordinator Jesse Pyles were one of the faculty and staff representatives that worked on the Search Committee for the new Green Mountain College President. The search officially ended on February 29th, when the Committee chose Dr. Paul Fonteyn to be the next President. Sutheimer and Pyles [...]
