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Faculty Meeting IS Where

The Grown Ones Speak.

Our Fates Are Decided.

Kevin Wrings His Hands.

CATHERINE OCALLAGHAN WEARS A NICE SCARF….

It is not not every day that you encounter someone so young with a full beard in a four year institution, even taking on the daunting challenge of completing a Plan of Concentration in economics, but that’s exactly the role 16 year old Yoni Bork is currently filling at Marlboro.

A high school graduate at age 14, Yoni has remained steadfast in his conviction to redistribute capital from corporate interests to the public sector. He is endlessly concerned about the acceleration of our globalized economy following NAFTA (a trade agreement older than he is) and now Bork is fired up about the propositions made by the Trans Pacific Partnership bill, which he describes as “injurious and/or frightening.”

As a sophomore,1 young Bork has much work to do before he can even hope to see his ambitious weltanschauung become a reality. To create a more just world through economic reforms would not only be a dream come true for Bork, but for millions of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet.

To end on a more lighthearted note, we asked Young Bork what his favorite candy is. Here is his eloquent response,

“I like sour patch kids a whole lot. I find that there are a lot of powerful kinships between their physical form and the world we inhabit today. They come in many colors, which I perceive to be representative of the multicultural world and nation we are a part of. I am also compelled by the powerful transition that they make when you put them in your mouth. At first,” said Young Bork, “they are sour, just like the current economic situation we are confronted with today, but by the time I am finished with them, they are sweet.”

we have Lots of strong program, unless you are coming here for a football scholarship. nobody plays footbal, beceause what if you eat the snow accidentally? That would be bad, and hard on your stomach probably too, becaues there’s dirt under the snow banks I heard. That’s just a rumor, though.

no!!!

unless you were to take out, say, a kayak and five frisbees, and never return them....... in that case, you are required to pay $1 a day for each item not returned. 

yes of course ! 

there are lots of student organizations, some informal & some informal - the formal ones are just committees and those are generally pre-organized and controlled (or at least overseen in one way or another) by town meeting/selectboard, which are primarily student-run and faculty/staff supported, and there are formal elections every semester for new committee members to be added as students graduate, leave the committees, etc

other committees that come to mind immediately are farm committee, trans/queer resources committee, food committee … stuff like that /

as for informal groups, there are a ton of things available for students and all groups/clubs are more or less student run and their existence depends purely on student interest.

if you want to start a jazz band or a philosophy group, you totally can!! all you need to do is find people who want to do those things with you and then you have a club. i know somebody who decided they wanted to start a boxing club and now there’s a pretty regular group of people who practice boxing once or twice a week on campus. & another friend who is trying this very semester to revive our internet radio station, dead tree radio! 

when it comes to sports, we’re a little limited as there’s not really a super formal way to join a sports team and the only teams we have are for soccer and basketball……. again, as far as i know, the soccer team is entirely run by a student, or a couple of students. but we do have the OP which organizes C O O L  T R I P S into the woods or to other outside places, in whitewater rafting or camping or rock climbing trips, etc. hiking is popular. the outdoors are vast round these parts

student life on campus is pretty much entirely dictated by the will of the students. reslife, or Residential Life, organizes events now and then, but when it comes to actual groups, if you want something that doesn’t already exist, you can organize it yourself!