I was one of those people!

Burlington was different. That person was brought in to free up prime real estate...

Huh, must have missed that one. From one piece of shit to another, I hope you are able to work off your trust fund and feel better.

This is an incredibly foolish and short sighted take, not to mention the fact that research is infinitely more pleasurable with physical books.

Cold air has a lower ability to maintain humidity (not measured as relatively humidity, but as absolute humidity). Virus particles can travel farther in cold dry air than they can in warmer wetter air likely leading to higher COVOD transmission.

I live out on the west coast and have been hearing a lot more military jets lately too.

Good explanation. Let's keep our masks on indoors!

Totally

What do you think VSC is, if not a group of 16-ish Universities and Colleges of which UVM is not a member? Besides, for a state of 650k people total systems that handle 22K are more than adequate.

You’re a genuine piece of shit, you know that?

https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Homeless-man-freezes-to-death-in-Middlebury-469587423.html

I'm sorry to hear that happened, but it didn't happen in Vermont.

I said we need to invest in VSC so it’s not just UVM as the lone higher Ed option

You seem quite self-sufficient. And, frankly, quite self-absorbed. While you may be very adept at learning skills on your own, it seems you're oblivious to the fact that everyone learns differently. Northeastern seems to have a robust library system, and it doesn't appear to be closing. In fact, their calendar of events includes workshops on using library resources. Imagine that. A library teaching people how to do research. People are not going to pay tuition for websites written by work-studies and AI. You started this thread saying it would be an unpopular take. I think, intuitively, you knew why that would be the case.

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>…and not have UVM be the only public option for higher education.

Diabetes

Castleton is VSC lol

You’re gonna hurt Castleton’s feelings saying UVM is the only public university.

you can see planes on sites like flightradar24, it'll tell you who owns them and everything. plus how high they actually are and where they're coming from/going - you might be surprised to see how many planes are coming from/to Europe!

very, very unlikely that's a private jet though. I mean it depends how high they actually are, but a private jet flown by their owner is incredibly rare even among Uber rich who charter private jets. and none who have them are gonna be fucking around at low altitude - definitely sounds like military training.

the only one I know of in VT is the CEO of miracle grow who has a couple hangers in Springfield. private jet and a couple other cool planes

Not just Vermont, but two schools in central Maine had to evacuate because of fake bomb threats just a couple weeks ago

Spoken like a person who hasn’t literally received an email about someone they worked with dying in the elements. Fuck off.

Vermont is better than this. Signed

Especially if you’re anywhere near as lazy as I am!

When Corporations are on the brink of bankruptcy, they will often hire a turnaround CEO, usually someone with a track record in "turning around" failing companies. I put "turning around" in quotes because often there is no miraculous bounce back that occurs, but a sale to another company at fire sale prices or some restructuring that ensures survival but what survives is often unrecognizable or a fraction of what it was. In other words, turnarounds don't really happen in the private sector and good outcomes are rare.

The situation you describe at your college sounds exactly like a "turnaround" situation with a new President whose mandate is probably quite similar to a turnaround CEO. The problem is he can't really sell or merge a college as easily as a private sector leader could a company. So essentially the only tool left in his tool box is to slowly cut things and sell assets to preserve cash flow, hoping to reach some steady-state or breakeven number that allows the institution to at least exist.

So basically, your college is going to keep shrinking and it's going to keep cutting stuff. You shouldn't be surprised to hear about changes/elimination to your major and department, more cuts to programs, changes to housing, or just about anything. Ultimately, you shouldn't even be surprised if you wake up and your college announces it is going to shut down.

It happened to Burlington College just a few years ago.

I know there are many great things about your college, but if I were you I would at least discuss contingency plans with your parents or mentors. It's your future too.

I was an English major and I never took out a physical book in my entire 5 years. The online library was so much more convenient.

ChatGPT (with its fake citations!) will only make this worse