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Bennington Says Good-bye to FYAs

Sean Lanigan and Julia Moffitt resign from positions they helped create

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Path Boon to Bennington Bikers

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The Bennington Fencing Team wins big at USACFC

Dear Reader,

The BFP is a student-run, school-spon-

sored publication whose purpose is to in-

form, represent and entertain the members

of Bennington College and the surround-

ing community about issues relevant to the

diverse readership in as fair and accurate a

manner as is possible.

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become property of the staff and will not

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length, grammar, punctuation and clarity.

Sincerely,

Connie Panzariello ‘12

Editor-In-Chief

>>SkinnySam Watts ’12 has been interested in sacred

spaces since his freshman year. As a member of the interfaith group, Sam had been a part of an ongoing discussion about the lack of meditation space and other outlets for spirituality. The previous Interfaith Room in Down Commons is now a conference room. A conversation WKHQ�VWDUWHG�DERXW�³¿�QGLQJ�D�VSHFL¿�F�VSDFH�IRU�contemplative practice and reverence so that people could go there at any time and they wouldn’t feel like they were competing with anyone.” It was also important to them that they create a space without religious connotation.

Outside of the interfaith group, Sam starting looking into ways he could achieve this end. “Bennington really encourages people to get involved in what they’re learning and I’ve been frustrated that I hadn’t been able to get my hands dirty.” As his senior work, Sam plans to create a temporary space next to the student garden where students and staff will be free to contemplate and pray whenever they please.

Sam leads a twice-a-week discussion of the space as a way to foster community. Rachel Kelleher ’15 says, “[Sam]’s our teacher. He’s our guide. Sam makes sure we’ve done our homework and he writes on the board… our ideas about the project are constantly evolving.”

Another part of the project is the Contemplative Speaker Lecture Series featuring faith leaders speaking about the spiritual practices of their faith traditions. The purpose of the lecture series is to “enrich conversation and thought on campus” and to “support a larger initiative to raise awareness” about religious, spiritual, and contemplative life on campus says Watts. The next lecture is May 2nd with Rabbi Joshua Boettiger, of Bennington’s Congregation Beth El, meeting in the EAC at 7pm.

The Sacred Space Project plans to begin construction in May.

Your chance to Dunk Duncan

Watts Energizes Spir-

ituality on Campus

Dunkin’ Duncan (Sorry, We Had to do it)

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Don’t like our new look?Rotimi does! How can you disagree with him? Seri-ously. What have you ever done that measures up to anything he’s done. Jesus.

The Goslings Have HatchedThey might be cute but the walk from PB to VAPA just got more dangerous.

Creepy Thing on Craigslist DeletedLet’s try and keep our sub-tle advances to our fellow students, shall we?

Everyone’s Vibe HarshedHow many stoners does it take to crack a Home De-pot safe?

“Fear and Sexual Desire are Very Similar Things”- Guess who?

Benningtongif.tumblr.comGo take a dump(.fm) and think about your life, choices, etc.

Lil B is Trapped in Based World!YOU SWIM!!! YOU SWIM!!!!!! YALALALALA

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“I had a lovers quarrel with the world”Robert Frost’s gravestone

I Watched Karen Gover Read the Last BFPAnd felt really awkward when she read that joke. I hope she took it as a joke. Maybe I shouldn’t write this.

Sploid.com is Back!Sadly not the agressively lazy news blog of old, more of a code sandbox. Still better than Nick Den-ton’s Gawker.

Too Insidery? Connie’s sorry. Josh doesn’t care.

Happy Birthday to the second best News Editor Ever! Love, Connie, the best News Editor ev4rrrrr

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The Bennington Sustainable Food Project (BSFP) is coming closer to accomplishing

its goal of creating a student-run co-operative café, or co-op. Plans have been set in motion to build a food cart from which the organiza-tion can sell drinks such as coffee and lemon-ade. While a lack of capital and building plans present obstacles, they hope to have it built and ready to operate for a debut at this year’s Sun-fest.

%6)3� PHPEHU� 6R¿�H� 6KHUPDQ�%XUWRQ� ¶���sees it as an important step in accomplishing the organization’s ultimate vision of a venue from which to sell coffee, bulk grains, garden produce, and other organic food. The BSFP is eager and optimistic that the cart will be ready to use soon, paving the road for future green ef-forts on campus.

The Bennington Sustainable Food Project meets every Tuesday at 9 pm in Down Com-mons.

A Moveable Feast: BSFP Gets a Cart

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Last issue in the article “Plain China Launches Third Volume,” News Editor Joshua A. A. Boucher ’12 incorrectly reported that this years Volume of Plain China will not include anything from the 2011 volume of the Silo, Bennington College’s journal of arts and letters. While Issue One of the current volume of Plain China does not have any Bennington writing, Issue Two, released April 16th, in-FOXGHV�DUW�ZRUN�E\�0HQD�$KPHG�¶����$KPHG¶V�artwork accompanies Miscarriage Synesthesia, D�QRQ¿�FWLRQ�SLHFH�E\�-RDQQD�9RJHO�µ���RI�(PHUVRQ�&ROOHJH��7KH�WKLUG�DQG�¿�QDO�LVVXH�RI�this volume of Plain China includes writing by Crystal Barrick ’11 and artwork by Lani DePonte ’11. Boucher and the Bennington Free Press regret the error.

The date of Jazz Lounge was incorrect in last LVVXH��9RLFHV�(GLWRU�&HOHQH�%DUUHUD�µ���KRSHV�this did not lead to undue confusion.

Finally, spelling, grammatical, and word choice errors were too numerous to count in last and all previous issues. If you would like to help copy edit, please come to our informa-tion meeting this Sunday at 8 pm in Wooley Common Room.

xoxo,Connie P, EIC

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g discussion about the lack of meditation space and other outlets for spirituality. The previous Interfaith Room in Down Commons is now a conference room. A conversation WKHQ�VWDUWHG�DERXW�³¿�QGLQJ�D�VSHFL¿�F�VSDFH�IRU�contemplative practice and reverence so that people could go there at any time and they wouldn’t feel like they were competing with anyone.” It was also important to them that they

Outside of the interfaith group, Sam starting looking into ways he could achieve this end. “Bennington really encourages people to get involved in what they’re learning and I’ve been frustrated that I hadn’t been able to get my hands dirty.” As his senior work, Sam plans to create a temporary space next to the student garden where students and staff will be free to

Sam leads a twice-a-week discussion of the space as a way to foster community. Rachel Kelleher ’15 says, “[Sam]’s our teacher. He’s our guide. Sam makes sure we’ve done our homework and he writes on the board… our ideas about the project are constantly evolving.”

Another part of the project is the Contemplative Speaker Lecture Series featuring faith leaders speaking about the spiritual practices of their faith traditions. The purpose of the lecture series is to “enrich

Your chance to Dunk Duncan !!!

Sunfest 2012

“What space most inspired you on the Ben-nington campus? For me, it was the secret gar-den. To this day I can picture myself sneaking in there as a student, hidden under the vines and the high brick walls, a little awestruck and full of possibility.” Taken from a letter to alumni written by Penelope Wilson ’45, this love of our grounds is perhaps the sentiment that inspired the senior class to direct their gift towards campus renewal this year. Ms. Wilson, herself a Board of Trustees member, is leading the overall drive for campus renewal by encouraging alumni and current students to come together and raise money to give the school some much needed face-lifts. When $2,000,000 is donated towards campus renewal and when 2,500 donors give to the Benning-ton Fund, Ms. Wilson will give an additional �����������WRZDUGV�LPSURYLQJ��¿�[LQJ�DQG�renovating the college.

The Senior Class Gift goal is two fold: raise $8,000 towards the renewal fund and gain 160 donors towards the 2500 donor goal. This drive is being led by the Senior Class Gift Committee, comprised of 20 students, who are brainstorm-ing creative ways to fundraise for the 2012 gift. Most notably, the committee is organizing a Dunk Tank at Sunfest where our Dean, Duncan Dobbleman has issued his own challenge to the students: For every 25 donors the senior class gift gets, Dobbleman will be dunked. “I Dunked Duncan!” pins will be given out baring his face.

The Committee is encouraging their fellow students, faculty and staff to follow Dobble-man’s lead and get dunked for a cause, in addi-tion to those who they already have signed up.

Anybody who donates to the gift will get a shot at the Dunk Tank and any amount will do. Cur-rently 52 donors (parents, students, and staff) have given $1,854 meaning that the seniors are $6,146 and 108 donors short of their goal.

Cindy Luce, Annual Giving Manager, con-¿�UPHG�GRQDWLRQV�WR�WKH�FDPSXV�UHQHZDO�SDUW�RI�the Penelope Wilson Challenge have reached the $2,000,000 point. Kathleen Oliver Parker ¶���VLJQL¿�FDQWO\�KHOSHG�WKH�PRQHWDU\�HIIRUW�E\�donating $1,000,000 to the renewal goal. The amount that has not been reached, however, is the 2,500 donors to the Bennington Fund. Cur-rently, we are 775 donations short of that goal, meaning that 1,725 people, including current class gift donations, have made some generous contributions to the cause so far. Reaching the monetary goal, however exciting, should not deter people and especially seniors from donat-ing to the gift fund. As Director of Annual Giving, Ellen Janis put it, “Your relationship with the school changes when you gradu-ate. The gift is about what the last four years meant to you and why you’re glad you came here. This is driven by the seniors and it’s their project, not ours.” Furthermore, the money will be used to make much-needed improvements to the campus’s buildings like Dickinson and the Stickney Observatory, not to mention help the college’s level of energy sustainability. The more money donors and donations to the class gift, the more campus renewal efforts become possible for future generations.

If you would like to give, please visit the table set up by The Senior Gift Committee in Down Commons this week or visit the Senior Class Gift page to make electronic donations or learn more.

DONATE TO THE SENIOR GIFT FUND!

BFP MEETING

SUNDAY 8PM

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2012

Del Valle Does Sunfest: A Guide

The time of year has come again: Sunfest is almost here, bringing with it lots of great music, fun times, and apparently a dunk tank, thanks to the Program and Activities Council. The lineup includes O’Death, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, and The What? Cheer Brigade, as well as Bennington locals and Battle of the Bands victors Hot Babes, featuring Jay Kineke ’15 and Christian Mailloux ’14. Make sure you have some sunglasses and sunscreen by May 5th, because you’ll want to be outside all day to hear all this great music.

O’Death, a Brooklyn-based group, contains a multitalented bunch of musicians: Greg Jamie (vocals, guitar), Gabe Darling (backing vocals, guitar, ukulele, banjo, piano), David Rogers-Berry (drums, whoop(?)), Bob Pycior �ÀGGOH�� JXLWDU�� SLDQR��� DQG� 'DQ� 6DJHU�(trombone, euphonium, keys). They take advantage of the range of instruments to create a unique, energetic sound that’s not too in your face but has a driving force that will keep you listening to their expertly crafted harmonies.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat is a quirky duo from New Orleans, citing their pros on their website as “exciting clothes, high energy, very raw/original, always violent and interesting,” and “extremely creative, colorful, not like anything else you will see in a rock club,” respectively. Since their listed cons are: “Unable to drive a manual transition, sometimes mistakes 6 for 9, and sometimes unpracticed and distracted,” it doesn’t seem like there’s much to lose.

The What? Cheer Brigade believes that great parties don’t need electricity,

but they’re really just talking in terms of DPSOLÀFDWLRQ�� WKLV� QLQHWHHQ� SLHFH� EUDVV�band from Providence has plenty of energy in their music, which they describe as “an aggressive mix of Bollywood, The Balkans, New Orleans, Samba and Hip-Hop, played with the intensity of metal.” They may be unplugged, but you’ll still probably be able to hear them all the way from CAPA.

Sunfest is Saturday, May 5th.

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For this issue’s column, I’m doing things a little differently – instead of answering your questions, I

went to ask Dr. Randy Anselmo about some of mine so I could share his answers with you. I was primarily concerned with what sexual health at Bennington College meant in the eyes of the people who work in Health Services. Dr. Randy graciously agreed to sit down with me to talk about sexual health, pleasure, responsibility, and desire. If you even for a second wondered if folks at Bennington would make you feel ashamed or weird about anything you bring up (or bring in), please know that they want to focus on removing the taboos and stigma of sex in a “no judgment zone, since none of us in here is perfect,” recognizing that sex is just another part of “healthy living and functioning.”

If there is one thing you should have picked up on by now through reading this column, it’s that communication is vital to every aspect of sexual health. You should feel comfortable talking to your partner(s) and doctors about sexually transmitted infections (STI), contraceptives, expectations and desires, and everything in between. Of course, that’s the ideal, and we all know that most of us live somewhere short of that. While it is best to think in preventative terms, Health Services does offer STI screening and diagnostic tests (HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Herpes Simplex, and Hepatitis B and C) and they are more

than willing to address the whole gamut when it comes to contraceptives and pregnancy (including condoms and other barrier contraceptives, oral and other

forms of hormonal contraceptives, IUDs [which I just learned more about and sound pretty amazing], Plan B [AKA the morning after pill], abortion, and resources for pre-natal care). It’s important to note that not all of these services are offered on campus – but you can get referrals and assistance in navigating the health care waters outside of Bennington too.

In our conversation, Dr. Randy and I kept returning to the idea of perceptions vs. reality when it comes to sex at Bennington for ‘our generation’ (I refuse

to say “millenials”). He felt it important to note that students have a wide variety of sexual experience and knowledge. Though you may feel like everyone else already knows it all when it comes to sex, that’s decidedly untrue. Like I’ve said in other columns, not everyone here has had sex and even those who do are often missing a lot of information (like how to put on a condom correctly – Google that shit!). He also stressed that a lot of people of our generation grew up with readily available porn that gave us false ideas about sex: “porn is not representative of normative behavior, but rather, is a form of entertainment concocted to titillate the audience and excite neurotransmitters that make them more likely to spend money on said entertainment.” That isn’t to say that porn is bad, just that you need to remember to separate fantasy from reality.

If you ever have questions or want information you should really consider coming in to talk to Dr. Randy (or, if you prefer a female practitioner, Betsy %URZQLQJ�� D� &HUWLÀHG� 1XUVH�0LGZLIH���You can always e-mail (healthservices@bennington.edu) or call (802-440-4426) Health Services if you feel uncomfortable just walking in. Remember, sexual health isn’t just restricted to infections and pregnancy – Health Services is also a resource for more expansive interpretations of safer sex, including how alcohol and drugs may play into your sex life, consent, methods of talking to your

research that the female scholars she was researching were not only meditating on texts and humanist concerns, but also what we would consider today to be science.

“They were talking about telescopes, they were talking about the stars, and they were talking about chemistry and alchemy.” She then started “following the path” of the people who most interested her, discovering a little known subculture of the 17th century: “People had little labs in their home kitchens and were making magic potions, as well as dinners. Princesses were ordering telescopes, writing to scientists and putting people in touch with each other. There was this enormous interest.”

Simone: On Healthpartner(s), answering questions about whether something is normal or safe, etc. They also are really excited to support student initiated projects about these issues, so please contact Dr. Randy if you are interested in developing any projects or programs about health at Bennington.

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P.S. – Everyone, regardless of gender, should get the HPV vaccine right away. The vaccine protects against 4 different strains, including the ones that are responsible for 70% of cervical cancer and 90% of genital warts). Health Services can even help you get it for free if your insurance doesn’t cover it!

Websites to VisitDr. Randy’s Recommendations:

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/http://www.cdc.gov/std/

0PH��6LPRQH�GH�%RXGRLr’s Recommendations:

http://www.scarleteen.com/ (this is an amazing site - not just for teens!)http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/http://www.plannedparenthood.org/http://www.rainn.org/http://www.fundabortionnow.org/

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Bennington’s very own Carol Pal, history professor, soon to be published author, and snack-sharer extraordinaire, is taking a yearlong leave of absence to accept the Dibner History of Science fellowship at the Huntington Library in California. Pal described the Huntington as “paradise,” complete with beautiful gardens and an extensive collection of rare books and manuscripts. In addition to resources and technology to aid them with their research, the program also provides scholars with monetary resources to live on for the year they are away from their regular positions. Pal is going to use the fellowship to work on her upcoming second book, Transient Technologies.

“The reason to take one of these fellowships is to get a sustained period of time working on a big project – and a book is as big of a project as a historian can get,” Pal explained. She is particularly looking forward to the Huntington’s tradition of assembling “a community of scholars” who share an interest in the same area of investigation. During Pal’s tenure at Huntington, they will be focusing on Early 0RGHUQ� LVVXHV� LQ� WKH� KLVWRU\� RI� VFLHQFH��“You meet together for workshops, for lunch, to bounce around ideas and maybe even organize a symposium. It’s absolutely wonderful!” In addition to the Dibner Fellowship, Pal has also received an DGGLWLRQDO� IHOORZVKLS� IURP� WKH� 1DWLRQDO�Endowment of Humanities. It is a summer stipend that will enable her to do research in the United Kingdom, including the British Library in London and the Baudleian Library at Oxford University. She is going to use this time to transcribe excerpts from manuscripts for later use in her research at Huntington. At the end of her fellowship,

Pal is hoping to have enough to write an article and a second book.

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Seventeenth Century,” concerns an interest she originally developed during work on her undergraduate degree. The text itself is derived from a part of her dissertation, which came in at a “behemoth” 639 pages. As the length presented a challenge to publishers, she decided to split the material into two books. Republic of Women is about a community of women who discussed intellectual matters through an extensive exchange of letters in the 17th century. Pal realized during her dissertation

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One of the most important realizations Pal had was the accessibility of these matters to people of the time. “You didn’t have to be a ‘scientist’ to be interested in science in the 17th century because there was not yet any professional category of ‘science’. Anyone could do it.”

Pal expressed her desire to tell a larger story about science in the 17th century through the lives and letters of the women she researched, describing them as “windows” into this time. “These women knew everybody and everybody knew them. This wasn’t just a circle of ladies but all of the most famous intellectuals in the 17th century Republic of Letters - Rene Descartes, Sir Robert Boyle and Pierre Bayle. Everybody knew these women, respected them and asked them their opinions. They were right in the thick of it, but today nobody knows this.” Pal was interested in not only why gender didn’t exclude these women from intellectual discourse in the 17th century, but also why WKLV� KDG� FKDQJHG� MXVW� ÀIW\� \HDUV� ODWHU��“That’s what exciting to me – I’m telling a story about women but the story winds up being not about them, but a much, much bigger world.”

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;R�I>M>�?>R��*, For Pete’s Sake: On Education

Fracking Up

I like watching Castle. By no means am I a huge fan, because aside from the eponymous character, I have no idea who any of the other people are on that show. Even the actors. Now, while I would like to learn more about this crime solvin’ mystery writer and the day SOD\HUV�ZKR�ÀHVK�RXW�KLV�VXSSRUWLQJ�FDVW��I’ve recently encountered an obstacle: the newly established Bennington torrent blocker. I know, I know, my use of the lovingly-provided campus internet falls under the category of ‘illegal’. But so does my use of Q-Tips to clean my ears and my tendency to jaywalk despite discouraging signage. I’m not trying to say that the episodes of Castle I download are vindicated by WKHLU� LQVLJQL¿FDQFH�� � ,� ZRXOG� MXVW� OLNH�to emphasize that I don’t particularly think that anyone is coming to police my downloads anytime soon. You can’t really begrudge the administration for making this choice. They are the ones maintaining the Internet, managing bandwidth, and providing access freely to us. Except for the fact that no small part of our tuition PXVW�JR�WRZDUGV�WKLV�FDUH��,¶P�VDWLV¿HG�with how Bennington’s tenebrous upper-management deals with serious issues, like torrent sites. I am, however, a bit concerned that choices like these are implemented without the student body being informed about them. It

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PDNHV� LW� DOO� WKH� PRUH� GLI¿FXOW� ZKHQ�you turn up Fillion-less. I tried to talk to someone in the IT department to get some more technical reasoning about why the school might be implementing the torrent equivalent of the Berlin Wall, but on the three occasions I went there they were either busy or gone- or there was only a student worker, unprepared to do anything but change out the toner cartridges. Considering WKLV� ODFN� RI� KDUG� IDFWV�� ,� ¿JXUHG� WKDW�it wasn’t unreasonable to assume WKDW� DOORZLQJ� WKHVH� WRUUHQW� ¿OHV� WR� EH�downloaded was slowing down the average student’s connection. I mean, we’ve all experienced those unusually slow Internet days here, when everyone’s emailing their midterms and researching at 3:00 in the morning. What’s strange to me, then, is that the campus Internet and Gmail services seem to have gotten slower and less reliable after this torrent block than before. Then what’s the deal? Have we made some sort of backroom agreement with the RIAA to put a stop to illegal downloads of Maroon 5’s Hands All Over? Are we getting kickbacks from Lamar Smith? Who can say for sure? Well, actually, the administration can say for sure. They can tell us, the student body, at least during some part of the decision-making process, what they plan to do with the resources that we’ve paid for with our tuition, and maybe enter into some kind of respectful discourse. A papal balcony speech would be acceptable. Even a note on the fridge.

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supplies, not to mention the transport of the gas either by truck or pipeline. This leads WR�LQFUHDVHG�WUDIÀF�LQ�WKH�UXUDO�DUHDV�ZKHUH�the development is planned. Roads bring noise, air pollution and safety concerns. By cutting up the landscape, gas development also fragments habitat for wildlife. Towns that live near these drilling operations have become de

facto laboratories for the study of environmental toxicology. Although VRPH�RI�WKH�FKHPLFDOV�XVHG�LQ�WKH�ÁXLG�are relatively benign, other substances have been found to be highly toxic, resulting in short and long term adverse health effects on both humans and animals. As concerning as these added substances are, there are additional hazards from naturally occurring toxicants such as heavy metals, volatile organics, and radioactive compounds that are mobilized during gas extraction DQG�UHWXUQ�WR�WKH�VXUIDFH�ZLWK�WKH�JDV�chemical mix in wastewater. The most dramatic case of toxic exposure WR� K\GUDXOLF� IUDFWXULQJ� ÁXLG� UHVXOWHG�LQ� WKH� GHDWK� RI� ��� FRZV� ZLWKLQ� RQH�KRXU� IURP� GLUHFW� H[SRVXUH�� 7KH� ÀQDO�necropsy report listed the most likely cause of death as respiratory failure with circulatory collapse. Commercials advocating the development of the natural gas industry in the US have touted the need for energy independence and the millions of jobs that will be created, but at what cost to environmental and human health? Is fracking a bridge to our energy future, or is it simply perpetuating our country’s dependence on fossil fuels? While there is not a single option, renewable or not, that comes without some kind of environmental price, fracking does not seem like a viable answer to this nation’s energy problems. Until questions like the long-term consequences to human and animal health are answered, this energy extraction process needs to be rigorously regulated or stopped.

This heat must be getting to me. Although I know there are an inane amount of weeks left in the semester, a process of UHÀHFWLRQ�KDV�DOUHDG\�EHJXQ��DFFRPSDQLHG�by a growing sense of yearning for long summer nights spent trying to re-enact certain Corona commercials. � 0\� ¿UVW� \HDU� DW� %HQQLQJWRQ�LV� QHDUO\� ¿QLVKHG�� ,Q� D� ZRUG�� LWV� EHHQ�challenging. I transferred from a school where class attendance was decidedly RSWLRQDO�DQG�WKH�VWXGHQW�ERG\�ZDV�XQL¿HG�more as lackeys to select male athletic teams than aspiring intellects. Quite frankly, school was a joke. Yet, it was a joke that everyone was allowed to join in on, and that was the aspect of Kansas State that I appreciated the most. It was established like all land-grant universities with the charge to educate essentially anyone and everyone. There were to be loose admission standards, the idea being that everyone is able to be educated, and that the state-supported university should not be one to shut the gates of education on its citizens. There is a romanticism in that which harkens to the better aspects of our human nature, a belief in government educating its citizens because only those citizens that are educated will be able to truly participate in a government worth being governed by. While that was the plan, the result has been an utter perversion of that ideal. To this day, basically anyone can attend Kansas State, but the underfunded pitiable place they are attending is educational only if looking at PowerPoints, completing multiple-choice tests, and reading overpriced textbooks is considered the backbone of good instruction. There are of course exceptions, but the majority of state university students experience nothing like Bennington, an institution that has given me the most intellectually

stimulating year of my life. So how was that ideal lost? We can look no further than ourselves. While the purpose of this article is not to harp on any single individual or school, I cannot help but imagine that the growth of private schooling at all educational levels has been brutally detrimental to that of public institutionw. With limited private and public resources that can possibly be spent on education, why would we spend any on institutions that do not spread the blessings of education to all? Indeed, I argue that private education should not exist. It is easy to argue with me. Some will say that private schooling creates competition for the public school, bettering both. Others will say private schooling offers an alternative to those that cannot for whatever reason be properly educated in a public setting. And further still there are those that are irrationally untrusting of all government and will automatically envisage my ideal as some sort of 1984 scenario. What these arguments fail to consider is that the education of our fellow citizens is not a competition, but something that the community needs to be intimately involved in. If something is not working, instead of leaving and creating a new “progressive” college, charter, or private school, we need to change the existing public system so that all students - not only those that are fortunate enough to be able WR� OHDYH� ��FDQ�EHQH¿W�� �$� ULVLQJ� WLGH� WUXO\�lifts all boats. And so that is what I am feeling DV�,�¿QLVK�P\�VHFRQG�WHUP�DW�%HQQLQJWRQ��,�love it here, and am so grateful I came. But with my enrollment have I not also given up some of my ideals? Do I feel that I am better than those who cannot, for whatever reason, be educated in this wonderful environment? Do I deserve this education more? I am tired. I need a Corona. Maybe even a Corona Extra.

Map of shale gas formations in the U.S. Courtesy of EHelpfulTips.

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In August of 2011 the College went live with a long awaited and much vaunted redesign of www.bennington.edu. After months of delay and a good deal of rumor, the tension broke to mixed reviews- “Poorly coded website that’s four months late. Seriously Bennington?” wrote Ben Broderick Phillips ’13 on Facebook. Others were forgiving of technical faults, more intrigued by a radically new layout which by and large has drawn interest and accolades- most notably receiving a nomination for “best school/university website” in the 2012 Webby Awards (whether Bennington brings home the big prize will be known later in May).

While concept and theory rule the roost at the College’s website, technical execution lacks polish even eight months later. Formatting for mobile devices remains unaddressed, privileged access areas for students and faculty feel re-heated and content beyond the main page is bound by strangely formatted boxes- which might not be so bad if not for the ever present mid-page scroll bars they necessitate. One can hardly help but feel that the College’s technical partner, Myriad Media, may have been out of their league when tasked with executing the College’s design demands. There is more to art than science, however, and the design decisions at play are not without merit- or novelty.

“The entire team […] was comprised of the same people responsible for the ongoing communications work of the College.” Wrote Vice President for Communications Janet Marsden in an email exchange with BFP contributor Hannah Davidson ’15. “Because these are enormous undertakings, many institutions KLUH� H[WHUQDO�35�¿UPV�RU� DG� DJHQFLHV� IRU�these kinds of projects […] which is why so many college websites have a generic quality to them. We wanted something that was uniquely Bennington.”

Unique indeed- the most striking aspect of the redesign is the navigation system, ZKLFK� QRW� RQO\� GH¿HV� FRQYHQWLRQV� WKDW�dictate navigation rest at the top of a page, but adds a vertical axis along the left side

as well. Navigation becomes a bi-axis experience, with the left side navigation bar adapting to the active section in the lower navigation bar. The work of Carol Jessop (the College’s primary designer for over a decade) is clearly present in the overarching design language, which emulates the School’s printed materials in both typography and general aesthetics. In spite of Jessop’s extensive roots developing print materials for the College, the site steers clear of skeuomorphic representation in its main instances, and does furnish an experience which is both visually pleasing authentically digital throughout.

So where’s the Webby? Bennington is SOD\LQJ� LQ� D� FRYHWHG� ¿HOG� �WKUHH� RI� ¿YH�nominees in the category credit a third party agency with their productions), and the competition makes strong conceptual and technical showings throughout. It is immediately clear even to a layman that Bennington is outclassed in technical execution, but even discarding technical TXDOL¿FDWLRQV�OHDYHV�WKH�&ROOHJH�LQ�D�WRXJK�position- while the navigation layout is daring, the jury is still out on whether or not it is actually useful. Other schools in the category take more novel approaches to telling their stories by positioning student work front and center in portfolio style layouts; only Bennington and The University of the Arts in Philadelphia adhere to the classic set of content divisions- “About”, “Academics” and “Admissions”. While Bennington does showcase student work on the Tapped In blog, it doesn’t take the narrative leap others do in highlighting it as the pivotal means of storytelling.

While technical issues continue to mar a novel experiment in web design and layout, the issue of more genuine importance is whether or not that layout actually makes a robust case for its own use in practice. The Bennington website feels a bit like a concept (which isn’t entirely inappropriate given the School’s place in the collegiate mythos) and time will tell if the crux of its design will be remembered as such- a genesis, or a concept that never quite took off.

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Each term, the faculty drama production generates excitement campus-wide and (generally) elicits rave reviews from both students and faculty. This term, Jean Randich and a talented group of students have taken on When You’re Here, the story of a chain restaurant manager struggling WR�NHHS�KLV�IDPLO\�WRJHWKHU�DQG�VWD\�DÀRDW�amid a period of change. The show was written by visiting faculty member Sam Hunter, who observes rehearsals once a week; Randich says that both she and the FDVW�KDYH�³SUR¿WHG�IURP�KLV�GUDPDWLF�VHQVH�RI�)HQJ�6KXL�� ,W¶V� WHUUL¿FDOO\� IXQ� WR�ZRUN�on a new play with the luxury of having the playwright in rehearsal. Sam did a major UHZULWH� DIWHU� KHDULQJ� WKH� ¿UVW� FDVW� UHDG�thru. He is gifted at crafting the charge of emotional inarticulacy, expressive builds in language, and multi-generational characters.”

The show takes place in the dining room of an Olive Garden during “Familia Week,” an event designed to bring the families of the restaurant’s employees closer to their working relations. “One of the most interesting challenges has been that since the play takes place entirely inside this restaurant, the set has to essentially function as a restaurant,” says Ashley Connell ’13, Assistant Director. “It just sometimes makes me laugh to think that, if we needed to, we could pretty much serve food in our little restaurant. I think we even considered it at one point.”

The show focuses on concepts relevant to our generation, asking questions that viewers may recognize as their own. Randich asks the Bennington audience to keep some things in mind when they attend the performance: “The motto of the Olive Garden restaurant chain: When

You’re Here, You’re Family. What does it mean to be family? What does it mean to be present? What does it mean to be here?”

When You’re Here will be

opening this May in Lester Martin Theater.

Admission is free for students.E-mail

tickets@bennington.edu for reservations.

As far as I can tell, the only things Jack and Meg White have in common are their vampiric skin complexions. For evi-dence of this, all one needs to do is exam-ine their musical activity in the near-half decade it has been since the White Stripes SOD\HG�WKHLU�ÀQDO�VKRZ�LQ�6HSWHPEHU�������WKRXJK� WKHLU�GLVVROXWLRQ�ZDVQ·W�PDGH�RI-ÀFLDO� XQWLO� DQ� RQOLQH� DQQRXQFHPHQW� LQ�)HEUXDU\��������0HJ�KDV�GRQH�DEVROXWHO\�QRWKLQJ� H[FHSW� GULQN� EHHU�� ,·P� VHULRXV��$OO�,�NQRZ�LV�WKDW�YLUWXDOO\�HYHU\�WLPH�,�JR�WR� WKH�0DJLF�6WLFN� LQ�'HWURLW�� VKH·V� WKHUH�SRXQGLQJ� EUHZV�ZLWK� KHU� KXEE\�� -DFNVRQ�Smith. Based on this experience, I believe WKH�ODZ�RI�SUREDELOLW\�VXJJHVWV�WKDW�VKH�KDV�not spent any time doing anything else in the last four and a half years. Einstein said that. Look it up.

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:HDWKHU���+H·V�EHHQ�IUDQWLFDOO\�UDFNLQJ�XS�production credits for other artists (every-one from rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson WR��XP��,QVDQH�&ORZQ�3RVVH�� OLNH�D�VWDUY-ing squirrel gathers nuts for an ice age. And KH·V� EHHQ� UXQQLQJ� D� YLQ\O� HPSLUH�� 7KLUG�Man Records, out of his adoptive home of 1DVKYLOOH��DOO�WKH�ZKLOH�VFUHDPLQJ�LQWR�WKH���VW�&HQWXU\� DE\VV� DERXW� WKH� LOOV� RI� GLJL-tal technology and its inferiority to analog music.

� %XW�KH·V�ÀQDOO\�JHWWLQJ�EDFN�LQWR�making music again – or, at least, music WKDW�GRHVQ·W� LQYROYH� WKH�XQEHDUDEOH�VKLWWL-QHVV�RI�WKH�'HDG�:HDWKHU��1DPHO\��KLV�QHZ�solo album, Blunderbuss. Not only is it his ÀUVW�VROR�UHFRUG��EXW�LW·V�DOVR�WKH�ÀUVW�UHFRUG�KH·V�PDGH��QRW�FRXQWLQJ�DOO�WKDW�SURGXFWLRQ�ZRUN�� VLQFH� WKH�:KLWH�6WULSHV�HQGHG��DQG�WKH�ÀUVW�KH·V�PDGH�ZLWKRXW�EHLQJ�VWXFN�EH-hind a drum kit in the Dead Weather since WKH�5DFRQWHXUV·�&RQVROHUV�2I�7KH�/RQHO\�LQ�������7KXV��D�OD]\�FULWLF��,�HQMR\�UHIHU-

ring to myself in the third person some-WLPHV��FRXOG�EH�IRUJLYHQ�IRU�DVVXPLQJ�WKDW�%OXQGHUEXVV� ZRXOG� DPRXQW� WR� D� FRPSUH-hensive survey of his already-established PXVLFDO� SDOHWWH�� D� GHÀQLWLYH� ´,·P� EDFN�µ�VWDWHPHQW��,QVWHDG��LW·V�\HW�DQRWKHU�LQWUHSLG�VWHS� LQ�:KLWH·V�HYHU�UHVWOHVV�PXVLFDO�HYR-OXWLRQ�� *LYHQ� WKH� JX\·V� WUDFN� UHFRUG�� MXVW�about the only thing unsurprising about it LV�KRZ�VXUSULVLQJ�LW�LV�

� 5LFK� ZLWK� JUDFHIXO�� GH[WHURXV�piano lines, folksy instrumentation and SHUFXVVLYH�� KLS�KRS� LQÁXHQFHG� UK\WKPV��FKHFN� RXW� ´)UHHGRP� $W� ��µ«� WKDW·V� D�GDPQ� UDS� VRQJ��� %OXQGHUEXVV� VRXQGV� DO-most nothing like anything White has done before. Sure, electric piano-driven opener ´0LVVLQJ�3LHFHVµ�UH�DSSURSULDWHV�WKH�FKRUG�VHTXHQFH� IURP� WKH� 6WULSHV·� FODVVLF� ´'HDG�/HDYHV�$QG� 7KH� 'LUW\� *URXQG�µ� EXW� WKH�song sees White singing about shedding appendages and bloody noses, as if his ROG� VHOI� LV� GLVLQWHJUDWLQJ�� 7KH� QH[W� WUDFN��

VHDULQJ� URFNHU� ´6L[WHHQ� 6DOWLQHV�µ� PHULWV�Stripes comparisons, as does the gorgeous-O\�WHQGHU��FRXQWULÀHG�WLWOH�WUDFN��%XW�WKH�UHVW�FRQVWLWXWHV� D� VLJQLÀFDQW� GHSDUWXUH�� 6LGH� ��in particular falls into a tongue-in-cheek, honky-tonk/folk template reminiscent of HDUO\�¶��V�.LQNV�EHIRUH�FRPPHQFLQJ�ZLWK�WKH�VWXQQLQJ�RQH�WZR�SXQFK�RI�WKH�GUHDP\�UHYHULH�´2Q�$QG�2Q�$QG�2Qµ�DQG�TXLUN\��MD]]\�´7DNH�0H�:LWK�<RX�:KHQ�<RX�*R�µ

� ,Q�H[SORULQJ�DOO�WKLV�QHZ�WHUULWRU\��Jack has failed (or, more accurately, did QRW�DWWHPSW��WR�PDNH�D�JUHDW�URFN�UHFRUG�RI�the sort that the White Stripes and the Ra-conteurs used to – the kind that might have made me forget about the Dead Weather. But the adventurousness of Blunderbuss tells me his creativity is far from dried up- KH� MXVW�GRHVQ·W�DOZD\V�FKDQQHO� LW� WKH�ZD\�ZH�H[SHFW�KLP�WR�

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WINOGRAD ON WHITEBlunderbuss Doesn’t Dissapoint;R�C>K>FR�PBGH@K:=��*, MR. WHITE IS NOT A CAPA FELLOW.

Ethan Clark-Moschella, BFP Production Manager and

Layout Editor, is a madman. He is actually insane. I don’t know what happens inside his

brain. Currently he is staring into the camera on his computer and moaning, mouth agape,

taking pictures of himself superimposed against clouds. I just noticed his nails are painted

pretty colors. Now, without missing a beat, he has gone from taking pictures of his tonsils

to editing our back page. When asked what it is like inside his brain, he responded “It’s

like... WAAAAAAAAAGHHHH” while making strange motions with his hands.

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MAYArtists Now Film Series: Beautiful Losers

Sunday, May 6, 2:00 pmThe Clark

This documentary by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard follows a group of“do-it-yourself” artists who emerged from the 90’s subcultures ofVNDWHERDUGLQJ��SXQN��DQG�JUDI¿�WL�WR�PDNH�DQ�LQGHOLEOH�PDUN�RQ�WKH�DUWworld.

How Bengal’s Scroll Painting Bards See the Modern World

Tuesday, May 8, 5:30 pmThe Clark

A free lecture by Clark Fellow Frank Korom, Professor of Religion andAnthropology at Boston University.

Memento Mori: The Art and Commerce of Gravestones in Bennington County

Ongoing through May 15The Bennington Museum$9 with Student ID

Gravestones, some of the richest and most beautiful material artifactsfrom our country’s colonial and early national periods that havesurvived to this day, provide us with profound insights into thebeliefs and aspirations of early Americans.

Oceanic Verses

Friday, May 18, 8:00 pmMASS MoCA Hunter Center$15 / $10 students

Oceanic Verses is a full-length multimedia opera created by PaolaPrestini in collaboration with Ali Hossaini and Donna Di Novelli.Against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea, Oceanic Verses followsthose who sail to escape and those who sail to arrive.

Save Community! Community is probably the best comedy (other than Parks and Rec) on television, but that really has little to do with its chances of being re-newed. What Community really needs is RATINGS – without them, advertisers will be uninterested in spending big bucks on commercials and NBC won’t care how many #SixSeasonsandaMovie Petitions you sign. Here’s what might actually save the show: You: 18-34 year olds dominate Commu-nity’s audience- gold dust to corporate advertisers. Problem: We watch the show on the Internet. The Big Four (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX) and advertisers are behind in their calculations of ratings in terms of online watching. Essentially, if you watch the same episode of Community 12 times on Hulu, the networks don’t care because they don’t yet know how to. There are also fewer advertising opportunities online and TV essentially runs on the happy tears (and RWKHU�ERGLO\�Á�XLGV��RI�DG�H[HFV��7R�PDNH�DQ\�W\SH�RI�VLJQLÀ�FDQW�OHHZD\�LQ�WKH�À�JKW��you have to actually sit down on Thursday

and watch the show good n’ live. Syndication Deals: Community has two syndication deals: One with Hulu (see above as to why it’s not too helpful) and one with Comedy Central that will air re-runs of the show starting late 2013. A stan-GDUG�� SURÀ�WDEOH� V\QGLFDWLRQ� GHDO� FRQVLVWV�of 88 episodes- Community stands about 21 episodes short of that. If NBC wants to take full monetary advantage of the deal with Comedy Central, they’ll renew Com-PXQLW\�IRU�D�À�QDO�VHDVRQ��$V�LW�VWDQGV�QRZ��Community is actually losing money for NBC, so the network needs to have real faith that the show will do well in syndica-WLRQ��DQG�VHOO�WR�PRUH�DIÀ�OLDWHV�LQ�WKH�PHDQ�time) for them to see any real hope in this option. Why It Could Die: Community costs NBC $ 2 million an episode to produce. NBC is struggling to make that back in ads and has no guarantee that the syndication deal will actually be lucrative (to keep in syndica-tion, the show would have to get good rat-ings). NBC needs money. Short of It: Y’all should start organizing viewing parties on Thursday nights at 9–

unless you’ve enjoyed your six-year wait for new episodes of Arrested Development (have I ever told you about the time I met David Cross? He’s kind of a dick.)

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3ROLWLFV��%DWWOHV�DQG«%URRNO\QHBO, for better or for worse, is once again the most talked about cable network – al-leged hipster racism, sexposition, and all. Even though Girls and GoT are getting all of the press (DINKLAGE!), I would en-courage you to check out Veep by British comedy auteur Armado Ianucci. Veep is a cinema-verite look (one step further than 2IÀ�FH�VW\OH�GRFXPHQWDU\��ZLWK�ORWV�RI�FXUV�LQJ��DW�D�À�FWLRQDO�$PHULFDQ�93��-XOLD�/RX�is-Dreyfus) and her dysfunctional, mostly ZHOO�PHDQLQJ� VWDII� RI� PLVÀ�WV�� 3UHYLRXV�work of Ianucci’s worth checking out: In the Loop, his Oscar nominated dramedy about British/American politics and The Thick of It, loosely based on the inner workings of Tony Blair’s administration.

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Hot Babes Win Battle of the Bands, To Perform At Sunfest!

Congratulations to the winners of the P.A.C.’s Battle of the Bands, Hot Babes. +RW�%DEHV�LV�FRPSRVHG�RI�-D\�.LQHNH�DQG�&KULVWLDQ�0LOORX[���&RPSHWLQJ�ZLWK����other Bennington Bands, from the syth-pop jams of Stoop Kid to the stripped down VH[XDO�JURRYHV�RI�*RWK�*RWK��7KH�OR�À��VXUI�SRS�GXR�ZRQ�WKH�KHDUWV�RI�MXGJHV�DQG�audience alike with their musicianship and music. They will be performing in an evening time slot at Sunfest on May 5th.

COURTESY OF HOT BABES

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