To the Editor,
I urge the Vermont Attorney General’s office to investigate and stop the unnecessary closure of Marlboro College, sale of the campus to Democracy Builders, and gift of Marlboro College’s assets to Emerson College.
The proposed program at Emerson College will not...
To the Editor,
The Wardsboro Fourth of July committee started planning as usual in January for the street fair. Then, bang, in January, the world gets hit with COVID-19. Brakes come on. You think that it can’t last long. So we took a step back and waited. April came and went, not really...
To the Editor,
I sincerely hope that Marlboro College does not merge and become an extension of Emerson College in downtown Boston. I found that living in rural Vermont, without television by choice, working on campus on various projects, and maintaining a town meeting government was at...
To the Editor,
I like to hike and mountain bike on the back roads and trails of southern Vermont. When out on these adventures I never pass up an opportunity to visit the many small cemeteries that I often come across. On a recent adventure, mountain biking on snowmobile trails near the...
To the Editor,
I’m writing to you about the proposed merger between Marlboro College and Emerson College and the sale of the Marlboro College campus. I am deeply concerned that this proposal has been hasty and has lacked transparency and imagination. Marlboro College has a unique and...
To the Editor,
As an alumnus of Marlboro College, class of 1986, I know firsthand its value to students specifically and to the educational landscape in general. It was the perfect place for me as a person who valued autonomy, community accountability, and the opportunity to design my own...
To the Editors,
I am dismayed, appalled, disgusted and heartbroken that the current administration and board of trustees of Marlboro College have forged ahead with their plan to merge the college with Emerson with little to no attempt to reach out to the past college community, the town of...
To the Editor,
Concerning COVID-19 virus testing: I thought that the plan was to get as many people as possible tested throughout our population (symptoms or no symptoms). But it’s not so easy. The reason for doing testing was to identify the ailing and also to get a geographic mapping of...
To the Editor,
As many, I am distraught by the sequence of events unfolding rapidly around Marlboro College and its campus. As an alum and an employee for 27 years, I know the heart of the school and its unique place in the world. While I am slightly consoled by a feasible path forward, I...
To the Editor,
As a Marlboro College alumnus, class of 1974, I believe that the proposed merger between Marlboro and Boston’s Emerson College should be investigated for possible violation of the law.
I was initially concerned that millions of dollars of restricted funds in...