Editing Marlboro College (section)

==Student life and governance==
Marlboro was founded on an ethos of independence combined with community participation. Students, faculty, and staff made decisions together in weekly "[[town meeting|Town Meeting]]s",<ref name=2016new/> and there was an elected community court. Students, faculty, and staff served on elected committees that played a role in hiring decisions and steering the curriculum. All campus buildings were open 24/7, and the library used a self-checkout honor system.

During spring and fall, students were encouraged to work regularly on the school farm. Campuswide Work Days took place each semester, with students, faculty, and staff working together on projects as needed, in the spirit of the first class, who built their own dormitories.

The administration published a magazine called ''Potash Hill''. The [[student newspaper]], ''The Citizen'', and the ''Marlboro College Literary Magazine'' were edited by students elected at Town Meetings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marlboro.edu/community/undergraduate/student_publications |title=Student Publications |publisher=Marlboro College |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009195421/https://www.marlboro.edu/community/undergraduate/student_publications |archive-date=October 9, 2017}}</ref>

[[Open mic]] nights at the Campus Center happened several times a semester in addition to events including the Drag Ball, MayFest, and Apple Days, and other events. The night before writing portfolios were due, a "Midnight Breakfast" was held.

The college had few organized sports teams, but the "Outdoor Program" promoted rock climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, white-water kayaking, caving, canoeing, and hiking, and college was only 15&nbsp;miles from the [[Mount Snow]] ski resort. A [[broomball]] tournament was held every February beginning in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reformer.com/local-news/clean-sweep-in-marlboro/article_41b83808-c1e1-51a0-aa80-2f7a89b27756.html |title=Clean sweep in Marlboro |newspaper=Brattleboro Reformer |date=February 9, 2009 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506004148/https://www.reformer.com/local-news/clean-sweep-in-marlboro/article_41b83808-c1e1-51a0-aa80-2f7a89b27756.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Larry Parnass |url=https://upcountryonline.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/the-joy-of-broomball/ |title=The Joy of Broomball |magazine=UpCountry magazine |date=February 28, 2017 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205705/https://upcountryonline.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/the-joy-of-broomball/ |url-status=live }}</ref>