BY ASHLEY CASE In most undergraduate conversations the goings on of the Supreme Court is not a wildly exciting issue, but according to Brett Dugan, “justice turns me on.” Tom Wheeler holds the opposite opinion. “If I were a Supreme Court Justice, I would rule how I feel and ignore precedent; justice is an abstract [...]
Archive | World
RSS feed for this section
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.
GMC students attend historic inauguration
BY MELISSA MARKSTROM After a slew of long lines, a chanting metro, and rushing ahead of the crowds to hit a fresh port-a-potty, we arrived. At 5 AM, GMC alumni Liz Clare and I were 200 feet away from the closest we could be without having tickets. We spent the next seven hours desperate to [...]
Thoughts on Obama administration
BY MELISSA MARKSTROM With the Inauguration just around the corner, and throngs of Obamaites clamoring for the best seat on the lawn of the most lavish housewarming party of the century, we have to ask ourselves – who else is moving in? Obama received mixed responses to his recent administrative appointments. Neoliberals and Neoconservatives alike [...]
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 [...]
The work has just begun
By Katie Sobalsky In a small room in Uganda a boy studies physics beside a solitary dim light. The electricity is precious to him and he stays up the entire night reading without ever noticing the time slip by. He shares the room with the chickens he has agreed to take care of in exchange [...]
Developing countries need science and technical capacity
By Wai Phyo Myint An official of the World Bank emphasized the need for science and technology in poor countries to get rid of the poverty line and to bring economic growth at the lecture given at the Green Mountain College on April 1. Alfred Watkins, a science and technology coordinator for the World Bank [...]
El Curandero
by Jacqi Terry On Thursdays I travel 3 miles outside of San Ignacio to Bullet Tree Village, walk a mile along the Macal River, take a left into the rainforest, and sit down under a thatched roof with an old man who usually wears a purple sweater and a trucker hat. He isn’t much taller [...]
A little help for Honduras: Un poco de ayuda para Honduras
—BY BEATRIZ GOMEZ“Make a Difference” could mean a variety of things depending on the person you’re talking to. While for some people tasks like cleaning out your car, being nice to somebody you don’t really like, turning off unused lights, buying local, or finally getting out of bed to write an essay that is due [...]
