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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BY KATE BARCELLOS
When Gary Meitrott began to mention the Rutland Halloween Parade, I found myself excited and yet hesitant; was I a wild thing beneath my clothes and smile, and could I throw that outside of me?
“There is a parade in Rutland, the longest-running Halloween parade in the country,” Gary starts tentatively, not expecting any [...]
BY STEPHANIE CONLEY
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost five years. I support PETA and I’m subscribed to their newsletter. I own two pet goats. And, the only time in all these years I’ve come close to eating meat was after watching a sheep get skinned and gutted at Green Mountain College.
It was a demonstration set [...]
BY RONNIE BLACK
Some parts of this campus have an identity crisis. Every building, structure or patio seems to be named after someone. This spring, the school will be dedicating the space in Ackley Theatre as the Clara Hitchcock Fitzpatrick Jones ’09 Concert Hall. What? Ackley is already referred to as a hall, a theatre, and [...]
Fellow Green Mountain Colleagues,
Over the past few years there has been a consistent pulsation regarding the policies of cigarette smoking in the campus climate. A recent mass e-mail from Student Senate attempted to garner community-wide responses in order to better understand the situation. Some of these respondents requested a complete ban of smoking on campus, [...]
