Laurie Essig, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology and women’s and gender studies, along with four other professors, were approved for tenure this past fall. The Geology and Classics departments also announced two new endowed chairs. Essig’s tenure was met with enthusiasm from students ...
Author appearance Dec. 2, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Take a break from your studies to listen to Jared Duval, who will speak at the Ilsley Library tonight. Head down to the library, located on Main St. in Middlebury, to hear what the author of Next Generation Democracy: What the Open Source Revolution Means ...
Community Council has approved a proposal to implement gender-neutral housing for all sophomores, juniors and seniors beginning with rooming assignments for the fall semester of 2011. In a meeting on Nov. 22, the Council unanimously supported the proposal to allow for co-ed housing assignments for ...
Middlebury has long prided itself on its dual status as a prestigious liberal arts college as well as a powerhouse in the world of Div.-III sports. Student athletes are expected to live up to these rigorous expectations, and successfully balance the demands of their schoolwork with a strong commitment ...
On Nov. 20 Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL) officially launched its software program MiddWorld Online at the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) conference in Boston, Mass. The demonstration was “very well attended,” according to Michael Geisler, vice president ...
Though applications may continue to trickle in since the Nov. 15 Early Decision I deadline, data from the Office of Admissions reveals that the number of early applicants for the Class of 2015, 663, roughly equals numbers for the Class of 2014 and 2013 — 665 and 672, respectively. This high number ...
On Nov. 14, The Chronicle of Higher Education released its annual compensation report for the chief executives of 448 colleges and universities across the U.S., reporting on tax data from the calendar year 2008. According to the report, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz’s total compensation ...
The College placed as a finalist in the Polartec “Made Possible” contest, a competition among college outdoor clubs to win a $10,000 grant for a project of their choice. Polartec is a fabric company based in Lawrence, Mass., that subcontracts with and supplies textiles to outdoor gear companies ...
With the College’s new membership this month in the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), students will have access to a plethora of research material comparable to top universities through the Inter Library Loan (ILL) program. “We now have access to this enormous research library,” said Library ...
Tension continues to rise on the Korean peninsula following a series of attacks by the North Korean military against their South Korean neighbors. Both strikes have been strongly condemned by the South Korean government, state leaders and the United Nations. Analysts claim that there are very few options ...
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 ...