As a student representative to the Retention Committee for over a year I have had many conversations with students about the issue of retention here at Green Mountain College. What I have seen come up the most is the sort of laughing matter that our retention rates have been. Certainly, it is an issue for [...]
by Keith Drinkwine
One evening, some of the most accredited beer connoisseurs of Green Mountain College gathered to discover which of the cheapest beers was the best. What originally was an attempt to combat the short, gloomy days quickly turned into a very serious and critical sud sucking inquiry. The only qualification for the beer was [...]
by Oz Skinner
Like you, I languish over what to do for my Chirstmas, oops I mean holiday, break. Sitting on the couch next to a bowl of chips with mom and an episode of True Blood on the TV can only entertain me for so long. So, why not volunteer, it gets me out of [...]
Although it is only natural for human beings to complain about their current set of circumstances—despite how favorable they may be when compared to less fortunate folks—GMC students, as it seems to me, have taken this luxury to the point of excess more times than I care to count or remember. Perhaps it is because [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You mean the Jersey Shore isn’t a haven to the greasy, fist-pumping, muscle shirt wearing gang that I see on TV and in movies? Those proud Italian thugs that have trickled down along the shoreline don’t contaminate the whole coastal front? What?! Stereotypes aren’t always accurate? Naw, I don’t believe it, I guess I’ll have [...]
Her lips burnt a small black singed circle ’round his chest, where his heart was. She pulled away from the kissed place, watching the blood of each beat secrete out of the crisped ring. Swollen red and pink, it was beautiful (and hers). She smiled- tracing it, listening to the gasp her graze pulled out [...]
It was one of those mornings so pristine it brought on cliché revelations of how I should better my life. Broadcasting ruins every personal moment. The white frost was still thick; the sun hadn’t made its way over the mountains yet. I thought about thinking, and how I should do more of it. I thought [...]
