Filed under: college | Tags: Bennington College, New York Times, Bennington, gay, gay marriage, proposition 8, california, Vermont, same-sex marriage, rainbow, Jim Douglas, Iowa
Yesterday evening there was a rainbow in the skies above Bennington’s campus. No doubt the rainbow was a sign that same-sex marriage would be made legal in the state of Vermont the following day! While the governor, Jim Douglas, vetoed the bill, the Vermont legislature mustered exactly enough votes to allow their initial decision to remain. I am very proud to be a student in Vermont. California and Vermont would have been the only states to legalize gay marriage outside of the courtroom had Proposition 8 not passed in California.
This happened only four days after same-sex marriage was made legal by the court in Iowa.
Filed under: art, college | Tags: Bennington, Bennington College, college, gay, liberal, Princeton Review, vegetarian
The Princeton Review has placed Bennington College at the top of several of its lists:
Best College Theater: #4 Birkenstock-Wearing, Tree-Hugging, Clove-Smoking Vegetarians: #5 Class Discussions Encouraged: #1 Dodgeball Targets: #2 Dorms Like Palaces: #9 Gay Community Accepted: #11 Intercollegiate Sports Unpopular or Nonexistent: #4 Long Lines and Red Tape: #5 Most Beautiful Campus: #15 Nobody Plays Intramural Sports: #11 Least Religious Students: #4 Most Liberal Students: #5 Students Study the Most: #6 This is a Library?: #1 Town-Gown Relations are Strained: #15 (more…)Filed under: college, last green valley | Tags: Bennington, maps, New York, Pomfret, Providence, running
Bennington and North Bennington, Vermont:
I’m working on a series of sloppy maps that show various routes through the four municipalities that I’ve been a resident of, Bennington, New York, Pomfret and Providence.
This first series documents my running routes. Knowing what I know about running, I know I’m addicted to running. I had no idea it could become a disorder until a year ago. Luckily, I’m not that extreme yet. In the two rural locations I steered away from subdivisions and in the two cities I…attempted…to avoid traffic. In three of the municipalities (all but Pomfret) I tended to travel in the direction I understood as North on standard runs – Bennington, true North; New York, Uptown; and Providence, towards the top of the RISD Map. In all cases this could be considered necessary – Bennington, avoiding blight; New York, escaping to Central Park; and Providence, avoiding traffic.
So which is my favorite municipality to run in? I don’t know, but a lot of the things that I appreciate while running (lack of traffic and noise for example) aren’t so appreciated when my run in finished. For example, the distance from groceries. (more…)
