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 ...
Author and journalist Ted Conover will give a talk today at 4:30 p.m. in Dana Auditorium entitled “Sending Myself to Prison (and Other Places I was Not Invited).” Cloe Shasha ’11 originally invited Conover to the College to speak at the TEDx event on Oct. 2, but he was in a minor accident and ...
Since the end of World War II, the global community has focused on deterring states and individuals from committing violent acts. With this aim it created both the International Court of Justice (ICJ, one of the six main branches of the United Nations) and the International Criminal Court (ICC). In ...
The past month has been an important one for the Solar Decathlon (SD). From being chosen as the lucky recipients of the Senior Class Gift, to a successful open house over Homecoming weekend, to the recently-updated blog and website, the team has made strides both large and small. The landscaping plan ...
by Peter Hirsch '12 When I am at home over the summer I always dread going to the grocery store. This is not because of some sort of phobia of produce, but rather a strong want not to run into any of my high school classmates that I have not seen since graduation. It is not that I do not like these ...
Six resolutions were successfully passed at last weekend’s board of trustees meeting. At their Oct. 23 board meeting, the trustees moved to accept the College’s financial statement for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010; approve a $1.5 million upgrade to Kohn Field, to begin June 1, 2011; ...
Students taking natural science and introductory language courses routinely spend twice the amount of time in class than students in other classes, prompting a possible resolution by the Student Government Association (SGA) to add a half credit to classes with extensive lab time. Junior Senator Connor ...
Despite the effects of the economic downturn in the past two years, the Middlebury Initiative has raised approximately $338 million and is well on its way to its goal of $500 million. The Initiative is a fundraising campaign that is designed to raise money for the priorities of the College. The money ...
On Nov. 1, the Senior Committee unveiled this year’s senior class gift. After deliberating between three possible candidates, the class voted to donate the $100,000 gift to the Solar Decathlon project. The other two potential recipients for this year’s class gift were the organic garden and student ...
Jean Thompson Fulton Professor Emerita of French Carol Rifelj recently passed away after spending 38 years as an esteemed member of the faculty at the College. Although Rifelj retired this past spring, many students, faculty and staff on campus have been affected by her passing. Dean of the Faculty ...