Bard No Longer Home to Grocery Store Planned for Kline Princeton's "Reefer Madness" "Green Onion" to offer produce, dairy, dry goods. byjoumaine Williams I bypamie Newman I THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ~ AMIDST A FIRESTORM of controversy at in disgust, have become (sadly enough) The discussions at Bard about stu­ to The Princeton Review in New York City, a definitive force in college selection in Green Onion will iil dents needing more dining also sell some a. Bard was removed from their esteemed an era of ultra-convenience. The book Cl> choices on campus. Over the ::J •reefer madness· list, one of 63 top 20 sells more than a million copies each things that have last couple semesters we have r lists created yearly for the 345 Best year. Robert Franek, Editorial Director at been on stu­ QI increased the amount of Bard dents' wish lists 3 Colleges book. Despite any attempts The Princeton Review explained in a · 0- Bucks that students received from the student body to r:iaintain our press release, ·we compile ranking lists for the cafeteria and gotten rid of the policy in Kline. These place among the likes of such Elite in many categories, not-just-0ne based that all on-campus students things include institutions as Skidmore and UVM, Bard on what students at the schools tell us have to be on a mandatory 19 has yet again fallen short in another about their campus experiences. We do Cap'n Crunch meal plan. With the comple­ cereal and a area of collegiate life that it was once this to help applicants and their families tion of the Village Dorm suites, dominant. The consensus among many decide which of these colleges is best choice of either talk started about an on-cam­ current Bard students is that the school for them. That has been our mission for­ chunky or pus grocery store where stu­ is changing every day. Whether it be the ever a decade, and. will continue to do smooth peanut dents can purchase goods that incessant on-campus construction or so." Understandably, The Princeton butter. In addi­ they can (in theory) cook in the visible administrative shifts in Review also happens to make millions tion, students their dorms. The result of school policy, most returning students of dollars annually on the publications can purchase /;·a't,p these discussions is the Green basic kitchen ',; \\ . ~![? concur that Bard as it was once known of this book. ,;~ r '" -·- -- ~_·:_·~· .: .. Onion, a Chartwells operated necessities such is in jeopardy of "· . ' In reply to an inquiry, (not student-run, as some as plastic wrap, loosing its +College .. 1Jeanne Krier, a publicist for According to Jim, with students rumors have it) grocery store aluminum foil and dishwash­ unique niche in ~ The Princeton Review con­ having a limited amount of that will be located in Kline ing detergent. And what about academia. ~ firmed, "You are right - Bard Bard bucks, 'are students Commons beside the office. the price of these goods? As Regardless, it is is no longer on the "reefer going to buy a $2 organic The Green Onion will an example, a 12oz bottle of undeniable that madness" list." Later in the tomato when there is a regular carry a full selection of pro­ Skippy peanut butter will cost­ there will no letter she added, "Schools 50c tomato right next to it?' I duce (ordered locally from $2.40 at the Green Onion. longer be as ; are on (or not on) lists total­ don't know Jim, with Bard stu­ Robin 's Food and Vegetables Because of liability much •reefer i~:·';'}!&j ly as a result of what sur­ dents you can never tell. .. in New Paltz) as well as some issues, the store will not be madness" on ~it ·\) veyed students said about The Green Onion is dry goods and dairy products. selling the usual raw protein Bard College #'~their experiences at them." expected to be up and running When the store is up and run­ products that one can find in a Campus. \These outside factors she in late September, and now ning students will be able to regular grocery store ... so don't : ~!it*"_\~~ · speaks of must be more both Buildings and Grounds • .,, ,, .., ... purchase either expect to get .any raw meat at 'Atthough stm~r t:··\ F t :· -.·~· · ....~ influential then student sur- and Chartwells staff are work­ prepared/microwavable meals the Green Onion . However, the these changes at Bard have benefited veys, because-one of the only things ing on the installation of (like a frozen lasagna dinner) store will carry pre-packaged many students in various ways, others Bard Students can seem to agree upon shelves and countertops, as or pick up goods like rice, tofu, milk, butter and mar­ have complained that they lef! feeling is the advantages of self-medication. In well as some other construc­ peas, cheese and taco shells ga rine. Also, students who harassed by new efforts by security. a conversation with the book's editor tion details. It is still undecid­ to cook their own meal. Of have been anticipating organic However, in terms of the way the college Erica Magley, she explained; "the deci- ed what the hours of operation course, the Green On ion will produce being sold in this is viewed by others, Bard is on the rise sions are made directly by student of this store will be, but the also carry more practical/easy store will be disappointed. The in most categories. The U.S. News and responses to questions about drug and proposed schedule being con­ cooking selections, such as Green Onion will not carry World Report college rankings have alcohol use on-campus and the only sidered is noon to 7pm daily. Ramen noodles, Macaroni and organic produce, primarily Bard up four points to number 36 reason you would have been on that list As always, the Chartwells staff Cheese and Spaghetti.O's. because of a cost issue . .-- :JTi o"~~ ~i9.~;a..l_~f,~ . ;~J;it~.91~ ., ;v~ic, hJ~ -,-.: ., Je~ t y~,arj nd not ~~is year is th.at st!J- is open to suggestions. 2 ~?od ~~,w_:;, fo~ any pr:_o~p~~try~ S!Ud~!)~ '!e. n~s ~.'J.\l filled the survey this year did- w1th overbearing conservative ·parents: ~ n't indicate that students didn't feel The Princeton Review's 345 Best strongly about marijuana use on cam- Colleges, a staple for many students in pus." She then added, "either that or Who are the Board of Trustees? making decisions in finding 'the best you fell below the top twenty." It is still college,' raised the school's statistics unknown whether the 300 people sup- significantly since 2000. Since then posedly interviewed for these lists truly by[vi~-~;;;,tValdmanis I ages and is a franchisor of Arby's restaurants. Bard is up three points (out of 100) in denied any involvement in the alleged There are two Vice Chairmen: Charles THE DECISION TO RAZE the Old Gym and the, Campus Life (82), Academics (94) "reefer madness," or whether other Stevenson, Jr., who recently replace it with a science building is part of and Selectivity (94) categories. Yet schools have simply been more diligent gave a grant to Idaho Rivers Bard's long-term goal of strengthening its sci­ despite so many signs of this fine in their pursuit of a good buzz. United, an environmental ence program. And that, in turn, is one of the school improving for the better, within Irrespective of any of these group dedicated to saving many goals of Bard's Board of Trustees, a col­ the schooi'thl:ire is an air of discontent. new developments in acaderr.ia and the Idaho's river and fish; and lection of mostly wealthy individuals who are, in Whether these problems lie in adminis- obvious cliche of regurgitating a phrase Emily Fisher, who was quot­ the words of Leon Botstein, "responsJble for the trative changes or a consistently dis- recently heard hourly on-campus: Bard ed in the September 13th well being of the College." gruntled student body is unclear, but is changing by the day. Either students issue of The Chronicle of The Board is composed of nearly some students speculate that it can be will lay down and allow their school to Higher Education praising three-dozen members. Roughly half are Bard explained by a decline in the so-called become progressively less progressive, Leon Botstein's longtenure grads, spanning the years from 1939 to 1973. "reefer madness.' or they can stand-up and lay claim to as college president. They meet four times a year to approve the "You're looking at a college David Schwad II Despite all indications that the aspects of campus life that they so College's budget and oversee. all monetary that 25 years ago was '52, Chairman of Bard is becoming more competitive with vehemently assert define the essence transactions. They also make strategic deci­ expected not to make it into the Board schools like Swarthmore in the ranks of of our school. sions like taking Simon's Rock under Bard's The Princeton Review, Bard's standings In related news, Vasser the next decade,' she told wing, establishing Smolny College in Russia, have gone down significantly in the College, a school that many Bard stu- the Chronicle. "If we had changed presidents and opening the Bard High School Early areas that prospective students really dents agree sucks, was ranked number every seven years; it would still be a college on College.