BY RONNIE BLACK For returning students, the Internet access from the dorms may seem a little slower than it used to be, but to new students the Internet is just slow overall. Although the RES bandwidth, the bandwidth that is reserved for dorms, doubled in 2006, students are experiencing low Internet protocol. For example, the [...]
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Volleyball ends season in NAC semis The women’s volleyball team lost to Husson College in a thrilling semifinal match 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-22, 25-15). The Lady Eagles took the first set 25-27 after coming back from a 20-15 deficit. The pattern repeated throughout the second and third sets, but unfortunately, the Husson ladies proved to [...]
Roadblock
BY LAUREN DISESSA I hesitated to write this article. It’s easy to be a critical of others; that is not what I intend to do here. I simply find myself faced with a problem that I can’t solve alone, and would like to share my feelings with the larger student body. I fall into a [...]
Buy Nothing Day
BY OZ SKINNER Thanksgiving is a time for family. It is a time for coming together and celebrating one another’s company. Contrary to what multinational corporations would have you think, it’s not about football, or huge dinners that no mortal could ever finish. Most importantly, it’s not about shopping.
How democratic is the US voting system?
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC On the evening of November 4, 2008, a few minutes after 11 PM Eastern Time, CNN projected that Democratic candidate Barack Obama won the presidential election. At Green Mountain College, students gathered in front of dorms, hugging, kissing, and congratulating each other on electing the forty-fourth president of the United States of [...]
Balancing Delicately: Sickness and Wellness
BY RONNIE BLACK With the advent of the Bozen Wellness center becoming elitist hippie housing, we say farewell to the on-campus doctor, Michael Scovner. This means that we are subject to some other form of healthcare as outlined by the new President Paul Fonteyn. The Williams House is to be converted into the Wellness Center [...]
Recent crimes on campus raise security concerns
BY OZ SKINNER After a weekend with his family, a student who wished to remain anonymous returned to Bogue Hall to find the words “Rutland faggot” scrawled across his door. Inside, he found the room in disarray. The student reported the incident to Campus Security immediately and filled out an incident report. Because the damage [...]
Dr. Scovner asked to leave campus
BY DUSAN VUKSANOVIC Green Mountain College is entering an exciting period of renovation and change. On October 23, college’s president Paul Fonteyn presented a plan at a community forum which included a constructinon of a new $3.6 million biomass facility, an upgrade of the power system, and a renovation of several buildings.
GMC squirrels go international
BY NIKKI PFEIFFER AND ROBBIE LEEDS A group of seventeen ultimate frisbee players packed up their warm clothes and headed out for Montreal for the third tournament of the Green Mountain Flying Squirrels Fall season, The tourney was held by McGill University and the games were played on both Saturday and Sunday.
Being green in your social environment
BY JOE PETRICK Vice President of Student Life Question 1: How is Poultney different from Boston or NYC and why is that important? Apart from lots of undeveloped land, free-range chickens, and llamas with main streets that close down when the big cities are just beginning to come alive, people act differently. People put out [...]
