TEL AVIV — We ended up having about 15 minutes for our last activity. We had eaten at a burger joint, shopped in a great outdoor mall and now we headed toward Jaffa Gate to visit the Western Wall. It was more of an afterthought, really. Our main purpose for going to Jerusalem had been the food ...
Have you ever counted how many napkins you grab in the dining hall at once? My friends and I tried a little social experiment this week, with interesting results. I went up to the napkin basket and made a conscious effort to grab a single napkin. My fingers were simply not nimble enough; I came back ...
At the fourth annual Quidditch World Cup in New York City on Nov. 13-14, the second-seeded Middlebury team Constant Vigilance took the top prize. This victory marks the fourth year in a row that Middlebury has won the tournament; this year’s World Cup is also the first to be held off campus. Before ...
President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz recently announced two major positional changes. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas ’72 will join the College community as an executive in residence beginning this January. Scholar—in— residence in Environmental Studies Bill McKibben has been appointed to ...
The College community mourns the tragic death of recent graduate Jeff Klein ’09 on Nov. 9 near his home in Chappaqua, N.Y. A line of loving friends and family went out the door and down the block at the 23-year-old’s wake on Nov. 12 in Pleasantville, N.Y., and many gathered again at Klein’s funeral ...
Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette recently discussed a change in the Grille’s management. The current managers, Michael Glidden and Dave Kerin, who run the Grille, Wilson Café, MiddXpress, the Ralph Myre Golf Course and the Snow Bowl, are leaving their positions. Though the reason for ...
Twelve senior faculty members will be retiring at the end of this semester as a result of the Faculty Retirement Incentive Program (FRIP), a program implemented to achieve further staff reductions in order to cut costs at the College. The College announced this program last fall, offering tenured ...
The recent decision to move the Music Library from the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts (CFA) into the Davis Family Library has provoked some controversy from members of the College community. The plan is to change the Music Library space into classrooms for the History of Art and Architecture ...
After being detained for 15 of the last 21 years by the ruling military junta, Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has finally been freed. Such a step for the in the increase in liberty of a politically influential individual has been widely supported by the international community. Skeptics ...
YAROSLAVL — My semester in Russia thus far has presented me with challenges both big and small. The big ones, like my upcoming term paper on “love and responsibility” in Alexander Pushkin’s Evgenie Onegin, are being handled with caution and a surprising amount of planning and forethought. The ...
Legitimate representation demands clear and consistent communication between legislatures and their constituencies. Therefore, the recent polling program launched by the Student Government Association (SGA) and its senators regarding course credits should, in essence, be the rule and not the exception. ...
Students at the University of South Florida have been found guilty for cheating on a midterm exam for a senior-level business course. After an anonymous student tipped Professor Richard Quinn that students were cheating earlier in the week, he found discrepancies in the number of A’s and the time ...
“Thoroughly Modern Milly” Nov. 11-13, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Make a trip to Vergennes Union High School (VUHS) to see a fantastic musical comedy. Presented by the VUHS Music Department, “Thoroughly Modern Milly” is sure to delight audience members of all ages. Tickets, available at Linda’s Apparel ...
Trying SM for the first time is a lot like visiting the parents of your significant other for the first time—probably awkward, possibly painful, and with a decent chance that you’ll be spending a lot of time on your knees. Often seen as the province of those unusually into leather, latex, and ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) recently passed a resolution to seek financial and organizational support from the administration for an improved outdoor orientation program. The passing of this resolution gives a committee run by senior senator Anne Runkel ’11 the authority to take action ...
Starting Nov. 29, Atwater Dining Hall will open again through special dinners sponsored by Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB). Old Chapel closed Atwater’s regular dining hours in fall 2009 in an effort to reduce costs and respond to the economic downturn. Today it is used for a continental ...
Vice President for Administration Tim Spears, working alongside Facilities Services landscape horticulturalist Tim Parsons, has recently launched a student design contest, known as “The Atwater Landscape Design Competition” or “Turf Battle,” in which students will submit design proposals to ...
The Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) Speakers Committee has awarded funding for the Spring Symposium to a proposal entitled “Communities and Justice: Inequality and Innovation in America’s Justice System.” The symposium will take place from Sunday, Feb. 27 to Friday, Mar. 4 of 2011 ...
During its meetings on Nov. 2 and 8, Community Council reviewed the Public Safety Department’s role on campus, as well as policies surrounding student print quotas and the party registration process. On Nov. 2, the Council hosted Associate Dean of the College and Director of Public Safety Lisa Boudah ...
At the Nov. 7 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, a new resolution to reform aspects of Middlebury’s course credit system was introduced. The resolution was discussed, and then tabled for later consideration until after a meeting with faculty members, when more information will become available. The ...