You raise an important point and don't sound rude at all.

Tl;Dr: We know we're broke, we're trying to find alternatives to cutting costs, but the administration refuses to cooperate and says the decision is final.

We are very aware of the financial troubles that lead to this. We also know that the current proposal will not only be far more expensive to institute, but cause a significant drop in enrollment. Many students are already transferring. We know the university needs to cut costs, but the administration's current approach is short-sighted and ill-conceived. We are trying to find alternatives, and to that end have requested the administration be transparent with the data they're basing the decision on. They have thus far refused. The only thing they're willing to share is that VSU has a 25 million dollar deficit, and there is an expectation that the colleges save 5 million a year in costs for five years. But they won't show us the exact numbers indicating the amount of money saved by repurposing the libraries and reducing library staff to a skeleton crew, or how much the exact cost of a digital transition will be compared to maintaining the current physical libraries.

Vermont needs to dump millions into the VSU system, to make it competitive with other state’s state-school systems, or else this VSU move was just to watch a bunch of schools slowly die under one flag.

The Rumbling

Proctor and West Rutland were where some of the bigger marble quarries were. They’re still very much so accessible in West Rutland. I grew up there and spent considerable time there playing around the quarries as a kid.

Feel free to DM me with any questions. It’s not near Burlington though. No marble quarries are as far as I know, it’s more slate as your get closer to there. Proctor and West Rutland are about 2 hours south of Burlington in the central-south portion of the state

https://www.google.com/maps/place/700+Marble+St,+West+Rutland,+VT+05777/@43.6051977,-73.0533338,16z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e022efc492dd2b:0x7cf2f1a4a4aaed1b!8m2!3d43.6067944!4d-73.0542646!16s%2Fg%2F11tfkr87g0

Wow. Brazen.

I have yet to see a proposal from either side of the political spectrum that would save VSC from failing. Truth is they need money… a shit load of money. If it wasn’t libraries and sports it would be janitors and cafeteria staff - and people would be just as riled up.

I don’t want to sound rude but I just think there’s larger issues at play here. I’m all for doing whatever it takes to keep the libraries and staff but what will it be next?

There’s a really cool one of redstone in Burlington. Go the the end of Hoover street off Shelburne Road. It’s small, but geologically interesting.

Molly gray was a horrible candidate. Even an old white guy could have beat her

Haha, alright, the only thing I was trying to do was exemplify that the thing I'm saying isn't some obscure factoid or advice, it's common knowledge that I would expect a normal person to understand.

Let me ask you something: What does she stand to gain from a legal perspective? Again, I must emphasize legal, not "public image".

Here are the two ways it could play out:

-She says something good to the press. This is a net neutral because she could have saved it for the court.

-She says something bad. Now she is at a net loss.

She stands to gain absolutely nothing from speaking, only potentially lose.

I think that’s easier said than done for a lot of folks. Aside from UVM these are the only public colleges in the state. Even with how poorly we fund these public colleges, they are still the cheapest/most convenient option for many Vermont residents.

Nooooo.... for realsington?

Brave Little State is pretty hit or miss. Sometimes their episodes are great and sometimes they’re really rambly, don’t really get to the point, or are over produced. They get stuck on a lot of the same topics and themes which can get repetitive. Let’s hope this one is good.

Go to the Gamer's Grotto.

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Lol

Did burton get attacked or their payment vendor? The article is really weirdly written.

What does this have to do with VT?

UVM leaving the NCAA would hurt donations. They would never do that.

TLDR. The lodge destroyed them by accident.

u/redspiffy must have an opinion on this.

And thank you!!!

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You watch too much TV.

That’s a favorite experience of mine too

longtime VSC professor told me