In an effort to increase College revenue, maintain the College’s leadership in language education and expand language education in America, Middlebury joined forces with online education leader K12, Inc. in April to create Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL). MIL will serve students in eighth through twelfth grade, and will come online in late summer of this…

Due to multiple errors in the election software used for the recent Senate elections, the Student Government Association (SGA) has voted to hold re-elections. Voting for re-elections will be open from 12 p.m. Thursday, May 6, until 12 p.m. Friday, May 7. Re-elections will be held for all elections except for the student co-chair of…

On Friday, April 30 Assistant Director of the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference Jennifer Grotz gave a reading of her work in the Abernethy Room of the Axinn Center at Starr Library.

As Gaypril comes to a close and talks of gender-neutral housing dominate recent conversation on campus, the town of Middlebury reflects on its own progress in the always-charged sexuality debate. April 26 marked the 10-year anniversary of the civil union in Vermont. The Civil Union Bill, which took effect on July 1 of the same…

The Middlebury Women’s Lacrosse season came to an end with a 9-8 loss to Colby on Sunday in the NESCAC playoffs in the Quarterfinal game. Middlebury was coming off of an exciting 11-10 win over Williams in their final regular season game when they entered the playoffs.

Over the past few years internships have become increasingly important for students as they play an ever larger role when applying for jobs after graduation. According to national data, 63 percent of students hired after graduation last year had at least one internship. Many of those students had more than one, and many also had…

For men’s lacrosse, it all comes down to this Friday against Williams.

With a loss this Friday at Williams, the Panthers would enter the NESCAC playoffs as the number-eight seed for the first time ever. Just as quickly as three consecutive wins can revive a team, one critical loss can put it back on life…

On April 23, the Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference room hosted presentations by the fall 2009 Sustainable Study Abroad Grant recipients.

As the Dean of International Programs Jeff Cason explained, the Sustainable Study Abroad Grants began in the spring of 2008 as part of a cooperative effort between the Office of International Programs and…

The Hindi word for magic is “Jaadu.” However, co-founder of Magicians Without Borders, Tom Verner, believes that magic is a universal language.

“Everyone speaks magic,” he said.

Verner has good reason to believe in the power of magic. Since 2001, he and his wife, Janet Fredericks, have traveled around the world visiting refugee camps, orphanages…

LIS has developed a new wireless network called “Midd-standard” that provides higher performance than the often-problematic midd_secure network while maintaining the same level of security.