Everything I know and am is utterly false. This is what the British students at Oxford tell me. I cannot speak or spell or tell time. I cannot drive. I cannot even drink my tea the way I would like it, that is, without milk. This is incorrect, if you didn’t know. Civilization asks for milk in its ...
This past week, Student Government Association (SGA) passed resolutions urging the Administration readopt the outdoor orientation program — a move this column previously examined in full — and another, formally authorizing payment for this fall’s Midnight Breakfast. Both form reasonable and predictable ...
This week, the nation of Brazil added itself to the increasingly long list of countries that have recently elected a female leader. Campaigning on the same platform as her incredibly popular predecessor, 62-year-old Dilma Rousseff beat out political rival José Serra by 12 percent of the vote to become ...
This week, the private company Kiplinger released its “11 Best-Value Private Universities,” with Princeton, Yale and California Institute of Technology topping the charts, respectively. Kiplinger evaluated more than 600 private universities, using data from the college evaluation resource Peterson’s. ...
The Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) sponsored a week of identity exploration Oct. 20-28, replacing its traditional Coming Out Week, centered around National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11, with a program of events called “(So) Over the Rainbow.” Coming Out Week has been a staple of MOQA’s yearly ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pirates, princesses, cowboys and witches alike gathered on the Middlebury town green on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 30 to celebrate the third annual Halloween Spooktacular. The Better Middlebury Partnership, an organization dedicated to maintaining Middlebury’s vibrant local community, sponsored ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Oct. 28, the Byers Studio of the Middlebury Town Hall Theater was transformed into a true cabaret setting: small, candlelit tables faced the front of the room where several instruments and three musicians awaited the arrival of Deb Brisson. The intimate atmosphere differed greatly from the festive ...
Spaghetti dinner Nov. 5, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Looking for some home cooking? Tired of Ross and Proctor’s tofu? Come to the St. Ambrose Parish in Bristol for an Italian feast. The Knights of Columbus, a group at the Parish, are organizing the event. Adult tickets cost $8 and children under 12 get in ...
Eighty-six days ago, McDonalds, located at 280 Court Street off of Route 7, closed for renovation. Many were dismayed: the infamous late-night Big Mac and fries were no longer available to Middlebury students. Students can now rest easy, however, because McDonalds is up and running again. “It was ...
The Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) is a 16-mile foot and bike path that circles the town of Middlebury, linking several parks and protected areas. The trail is maintained by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), which has operated since 1987 with the “purpose of preserving key open and scenic lands ...
During his Ultraman Competition, a three-day event in Hawaii that includes a 6.2-mile swim, a 261.4-mile bike ride and a 52.4-mile run, Steve Hare listened to Yes, Rush, Def Leopard and Styx. Races like this are standard for Hare, who owns Vermont Sun Fitness Center with his wife Shelly. He continues ...