It was around this time two years ago that I was a second semester freshman still unattached to a student organization. My Friday nights remained un-programmed, forcing me to tag along with my more involved friends to Hillel Hookah Hangouts and, at times, bi-weekly Stuck in the Middle a cappella concerts. ...
As of Friday, March 25, Tik Root ’12 has been missing for a week while studying abroad in Damascus, Syria. His last known contact with friends was March 18. According to a Statehouse employee, on Thursday, March 24, the Vermont House of Representatives received notice that Root is currently being ...
Beginning in the fall of 2011, the College will recruit 10 Posse Scholars from Chicago in addition to the roughly 10 students selected each year from New York City. For the past 12 years, Middlebury has been a partner school to The Posse Foundation, offering full four-year scholarships to students ...
On March 1, The Blossom Basket, previously located at 56 College St. next to Sama’s Café, moved to 8 Bakery Ln. The store, which was vacant when owner Jennifer Hill bought the space, sits across from Jackson’s on the River. Sandy and Jack Burkholder opened The Blossom Basket in 2001, but Hill will ...
Trent Campbell can often be seen around town and on the College campus with a camera around his neck, taking photos for the Addison Independent. “People are shocked when they don’t see me with a camera,” said Campbell, who grew up in Deluth, Minn. Photography has been a constant presence in his ...
On Tuesday, April 5, the Solar Decathlon team hopes to gather members of the College and local community as well as sponsors and donors to celebrate an “Up-Rising” — the beginning of construction for their solar-powered home to be featured in the U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored Solar Decathlon ...
Associate Professor of Political Philosophy Kateri Carmola has been charged with embezzling $4,500 worth of funds from the Salisbury Historical Society. Carmola will appear at the Addison County District Court on April 4 for a status conference on the case. The offense caries felony charges under Vermont ...
Following the recent earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis in Japan, Middlebury students and faculty at the College’s partner university, the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo have decided to evacuate the island. The College community, consisting of many with close ties ...
It would be hard to name a legal activity as thoroughly reviled, passionately embraced, socially segregated or emotionally charged as the practice of cigarette smoking. Cigarettes are both antiquated and obscene — on the one hand, a symbol of freedom and rebellion; on the other, of death and stupidity. ...
Old Chapel announced the upcoming establishment of all-gender restrooms in non-residential buildings on campus in an email to students, faculty and staff sent on March 16. The conversion will begin this summer and is estimated to be complete by the beginning of the 2011- 2012 academic year. Administrators ...
On March 21, the Community Council met to discuss student seating in the dining halls along with the College recruitment policy. Sufficient seating in the dining halls has become a problem recently, particularly during the peak lunch hours of 12:15 to 1:30 at Proctor. Many students find themselves ...
VALPARAÍSO — Since I first started studying Spanish I’ve had this passion for it. Spanish is fluid, Spanish is round; in my mouth Spanish curls loosely yet precisely, blossoming like loops drawn in India ink. I’m a synesthete, so for me words are colors, and Spanish is rich, vivid; Spanish is ...
Every decade, American colleges and universities must go through a rigorous examination to prove their effectiveness as an institution. The College is now in the midst of this reaccreditation process. For the past 18 months, the Reaccreditation Steering Committee and numerous subcommittees have investigated ...
SAT essay question stirs controversy Online discussion forums such as College Confidential have been filled with complaints about an essay question on the most recent SAT. One-third of the test-takers were reportedly asked about reality TV and its influence on modern society. Students who are not familiar ...
From April 7-9, the College will host “Land and Justice: A Symposium on Race, Ethnicity and Environment.” The symposium is co-sponsored by the Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), Environmental Affairs, Middlebury College Organic Garden, the American studies program and ...
The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship announced its 2011-2012 recipients on March 15, among whom are two Middlebury students. Austin Davis ’11 and Sarafina Midzik ’11 will begin their fellowships this summer after surviving the application process, which began with their nomination from a pool of 34 Middlebury ...
Recently, I was lucky enough to be one of the 200 people to attend a Monday Atwater dinner. In this case the theme was French Cuisine. As a lover of any sort of French fare, I was hoping for a feast of steak and frites, baguettes with decent cheese, coq au vin, ratatouille, savory crepes, chestnut soup, ...
While Rebecca Black, thirteen-year-old YouTube love/hate sensation, was dominating the viral airwaves with her prepackaged hit “Friday,” another Internet sensation was brewing, this one far smarter and far more important to the Middlebury community. If you’re not one of the million people who ...
In honor of losing an hour to the cruel, cruel design of Daylight Savings Time, let me say this — everyone’s clock runs differently. For some of us, this means that we end up an hour late everywhere we go, awkwardly sidling in, smelling of liquor and shame. (Sorry, Professor.) Others end up sitting ...
As of Sunday, March 6, operations of the student group running the Bunker have been suspended for the year, but the space in the Freeman International Center will likely be available in the future for events similar to those it has hosted in the past. This administrative decision came as a result of ...