Possible link exists between industrial spending and educational institutions
By Julia Rentsch, GECO Correspondent On November 3 2014, news source Mother Jones published an article titled “The Koch 130” that attempted to corral into one list all of the Koch brothers’ philanthropic causes that comprise their web of political spending. For good reason it is still listed as a highly important read on the home page of the news site, holding its place alongside more recently written pieces. Koch Industries, a...
iPhone 5 opens to critical and commercial success
By Abigail Lovell, Editor-in-Chief Apple reported record-breaking sales of the iPhone 5 on Monday morning following the product’s international release last Friday, Sept. 21. Apple announced that more than five million of the iPhone 5 were sold over the three-day weekend; comparatively, the 4S sold four million units in the same length of time following its opening to the public in October of 2011. The arrival of the iPhone 5 to Apple...
New Year, New Senate: Vice president hopes to raise student involvment in Senate
By Abigail Lovell, Editor-in-Chief As classes come to order and campus activities return to action, so resumes the work of the College’s Student Senate to “provide a representative, unifying and responsible government for students,” according to the Senate mission statement. Currently led by sitting president Senior Shruti Naik, the Student Senate “promise[s] to be accessible to the student body, remain sensitive to the concerns of...
First-year staff eager to welcome Class of 2016
By Abigail Lovell, Editor-in-Chief The arrival of the Class of 2016 to campus marks the first of several days of activity intended to introduce the new crop of first-year students to the College campus. The calendar of Welcome Week events, organized annually by upper-class students and professional staff, joins storied tradition with modern amenity as incoming students follow the footsteps of College classes past on the First-Year...
