Vermont’s ongoing budget problems have affected education due to the aging of the state’s population coupled with a decrease in the number of school-aged children.In 2000, around 150,000 Vermonters were under the age of 18. As of 2009, the number is approximately 120,000. My K-8 school had about ...
David Nienow, owner of Ramunto’s Pizza in downtown Middlebury, has worked in the food industry nearly his entire life. A native of Southern Wisconsin, Nienow got his first food service job as a dishwasher the same day that he received his driver’s license, and has worked in the industry ever since. Yet ...
Tim Edwards ’10, former co-captain of the most sucessful basketball team in Middlebury history, has recently signed an agreement to play for SB DJK Rosenheim Basketball Club in Rosenheim, Germany. Rosenheim competes in Germany’s Regionaliga 2. One of Middlebury’s most decorated basketball ...
The venerable ESPN show “E:60” had a distinctly Middlebury feel this week, as one of the episode’s 15-minute segments was dedicated to the well-known Middlebury athletics tradition of “Picking up Butch,” which refers to the 50-year-old ritual established by Roger Ralph ’63 in which members ...
The Communications Office has launched a new multimedia initiative to address the perennial problem of plates disappearing from the dining halls. Described as a “shame campaign” by Vice President for Administration Tim Spears, who oversees Dining Services and spearheaded the initiative, it has ...
The Staff Resources Committee (SRC) is continuing to grapple with the task of staff attrition and departmental streamlining as a result of the financial setbacks the College has suffered since the economic downturn in 2008. After the downturn began, the SRC recommended that the College decrease the ...
The Staff Resources Committee (SRC) is continuing to grapple with the task of staff attrition and departmental streamlining as a result of the financial setbacks the College has suffered since the economic downturn in 2008. After the downturn began, the SRC recommended that the College decrease the ...
Recently the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) surveyed the student body in order to gather input on the status of social life at the College. Led by President Maria Perille ’10, MCAB released a questionnaire requesting input on the general quality of MCAB events for the first time in five ...
The Community Council, with its representative membership of students, faculty and staff, is an encompassing forum through which every member of the College community is represented on non-academic issues and aspects of the College and its community. “The Community Council is the only organization ...
At its Oct. 24 meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) introduced a resolution to encourage the College to establish an outdoor introduction program. This College-run program would be larger than the SGA funded Outdoor Orientation for New Kids (OINK) and would have an added variety of interest-based ...
The Office of Communications is working to establish a “Murmur” network on campus. Murmur, which originated in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood in 2003, is a network of short recordings that tell personal stories about the buildings and sites in an area — in this case, on a college campus. Communications ...
Following the G20 Summit meeting in South Korea, much speculation has been offered regarding the souring of relations between the American and Chinese governments. Though the Obama administration entered office with the widely acknowledged desire to strengthen ties with the rising superpower, officials ...
PARIS — After two years of coping with the relentless stress we urban types experience surrounded by the physical beauty and placid countryside of Middlebury, I decided to relocate to what is seemingly the complete opposite end of the spectrum: the city of the sedentary café lifestyle. After almost ...
It would be an understatement to say that sports are a big part of life at the College. About 28 percent of the student body plays a varsity sport, and most others are involved in some type of club or intramural activity. It’s safe to say, then, that athletes have significant influence on many aspects ...
It started with a small truck. Robin Igenthron hated commuting by car to Boston from Middlebury for his job at Electronicycle. He had his trucking license, so he bought a truck and began collecting used computers and televisions himself, saving them to be recycled. Soon, he started to review online ...
Cornwall Harvest Festival October 15, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Come join the harvest festivities at the Cornwall School! Students have been busy making arrangements for the feast. The group has selected various recipes to prepare for the crowds, and all dishes will include local ingredients. Wine Tasting October ...
“Organic isn’t some high-in-the-sky idea; green isn’t some exotic goal,” said Larry Plesent, CEO of Vermont Soap Organics. “It’s just what you do.” For the past 18 years, Vermont Soap Organics has manufactured organic, all-natural cleaning products and soaps. At the company’s Outlet ...
Climate change is a contentious issue framed by questions across social, economic, cultural, political, scientific and ethical realms. Was the early ripening of apples in Vermont this year a product of global warming? Maybe, maybe not. Will it happen again next year? How much will sea level rise in ...
If the green masthead or eco-centric content has not tipped you off, you are reading our third annual green issue. Alongside our usual news articles and sports stories, we are offering a variety of content focusing on global and local environmental issues. We look at local 10/10/10 events, feature a ...
It has indeed occurred to me that the position I’ll soon take towards this question will be attacked. Critics and sympathizers alike will accuse me of writing what is both a topical critique, and an assessment lacking requisite emphasis on potentially potent solutions. I do not deny either. My attempting ...