Vermont Tag

Abolitionist Mural at Vermont Law School Deemed Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2020 11 Comments

"Apparently, the real problem is that the mural shows whites helping blacks."...

Campus of Shuttered Green Mountain College Goes up for Sale, Bidding Starts at $3 Million

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 12, 2020 6 Comments

"I’m sad for the faculty and staff because they’re from this area, and they’ve grown up here"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuJJNGuS0Q

Vermont Bans Plastic Bags, Mandates Composting Instead of Throwing Out Food Scraps

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 11, 2020 49 Comments

Back in 2012, Vermont passed a law that banned people from throwing out food scraps, forcing people to throw them in the compost. That law went into effect on July 1 along with a statewide ban on plastic bags.

Vermont School Principal Placed on Leave for Criticism of Black Lives Matter

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 17, 2020 87 Comments

Tiffany Riley, the principal of Windsor High School in Vermont, has been laced on leave for a comment she made on social media about the Black Lives Matter movement. Riley's Facebook post prompted an emergency meeting of the local school board which was "uniformly appalled."

Vermont State Colleges May Close Three Campuses and Lay Off Hundreds

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 19, 2020 1 Comment

“We cannot wait and hope for recovery, we must act decisively to chart a course toward long-term viability."...

Widespread Vandalism Reported at Middlebury College Ahead of Campus Closure

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2020 10 Comments

"One worker said he has seen items like fans and microwaves thrown out of windows"...

Charles Murray Returning to Middlebury College at Invitation of College Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We believe that the way the administration and the protestors handled the 2017 event was a stain on Middlebury’s reputation"...

Campus of Closed Southern Vermont College Now up for Sale

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2019 3 Comments

"the property includes 12 buildings on 371 acres of land"...

Vermont’s Green Mountain College Graduates Final Class

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 20, 2019 1 Comment

"Many struggled through tears as they gave their speeches"...

U. Vermont Prof Sounds Alarm on School’s ‘Destructive’ Diversity and Inclusion Plan

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 09, 2019 1 Comment

“so destructive that they should be answered publicly”...

Middlebury College Student Govt Demands Students be Able to Approve Campus Speakers

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 27, 2019 36 Comments

Middlebury College in Vermont has a recurring problem. When conservative speakers come to campus, all hell breaks loose. Now the student government has proposed a solution. They want the right to vet speakers before they come to campus in order to assure that the speaker's values match those of the campus community.

Middlebury College Students Sneak Previously Cancelled Conservative Speaker Into Poli-Sci Class

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 23, 2019 1 Comment

"Word got out on social media, and other students trickled in. Mr. Dickinson estimates about 45 students attended."...

College of St. Joseph to Close After Spring 2019 Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2019 2 Comments

"It is with heavy heart and great disappointment that I must deliver the news"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSqwoutYynw

Sanders Institute to Close Over ‘Blurred Lines Between Family, Fundraising and Campaigning’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 15, 2019 17 Comments

Jane Sanders, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), announced the temporary shutdown of The Sanders Institute. The nonprofit think tank, founded by Jane and her son David Driscoll, has come under fire "amid criticism that the nonprofit has blurred the lines between family, fundraising and campaigning."

"I wanted to let the people of the state of Vermont know about this first," Sanders told VPR's Bob Kinzel. "And what I promise to do is, as I go around the country, is to take the values that all of us in Vermont are proud of — a belief in justice, in community, in grassroots politics, in town meetings — that's what I'm going to carry all over this country."

Green Mountain College in Vermont Announces Closure After Spring Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 25, 2019 2 Comments

"couldn't attract enough students or a partner to maintain operations"...

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