CONCEPCIÓN — While the earthquake in Haiti last Jan. received a flood of political, humanitarian and media attention for its catastrophic level of destruction, the incredible 8.8-magnitude earthquake a little over a month later in southern Chile went largely unnoticed by comparison, despite the fact ...
Weight loss courses help overweight students The percentage of overweight college students has increased to 11.3 percent in 2009 from eight percent in 2000. As concern for the growing number of overweight students rises, some colleges are responding by allowing their students to raise their GPA by ...
This year’s Clifford Symposium, entitled "Beyond Rx: Global Health," opens today and will run through Saturday, introducing experts from a wide variety of fields covering global health through lectures, discussions, poster sessions, performances and workshops. Faculty organizers of the event include ...
First-years and Brainerd Commons Owls hit the polls today to elect their representatives for student government. Ballots will be distributed to students by e-mail, and voting will take place until noon Friday. Still on the fence? Check out this cheat sheet before you vote. BRAINERD SENATOR Charlie ...
As per a final decision made by Dining Services on Sept. 14, the Juice Bar will remain closed and not re-open, as was previously reported. “There was some miscommunication about whether or not that decision was going to stick this fall,” said Vice President for Administration Tim Spears. However, ...
With the onset of fall comes cooler days, changing leaves and, for many students, the Jewish High Holidays. With Rosh Hashanah on Sept. 8 and Yom Kippur on Sept. 17 and 18, this month Hillel co-president Zach Fenster, ’12, is well-occupied by more than just the back-to-school routine. “We’re ...
Nearly 2,500 Middlebury students enjoy meals at Ross and Proctor dining halls each day, but for students with food allergies, every meal is another possible chance for disaster. Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette is in charge of protecting students from various allergies. A 13-year veteran ...
French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has received harsh criticism from the European Union for his government’s recent initiative to deport 1,100 Romanian and Bulgarian Roma people, commonly referred to as Gypsies by French citizens. Since July, over 1,000 Roma have already been forced to leave the ...
Yale hopes to introduce the liberal arts to Asia This Monday, Yale University announced its initiative to create a new liberal arts college to be located in Singapore. The new university, to be called Yale-N.U.S. College, would be the first of its kind for the American university and would ideally ...
In Wednesday’s State of the College address, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz projected cheerful confidence as he outlined the College’s current financial situation in light of the recent economic crisis and discussed plans for the future. Liebowitz noted that in the two years since ...
Since its inception in 2007, the Middlebury willow project has been running according to plan. The first harvest and testing of willow trees as a sustainable fuel source for the biomass gasification plant will happen this coming December. The biomass gasification plant, which uses wood chips as fuel, ...
On Sept. 13, a record number of students came to Dana Auditorium where they attended Senior Meetings. 661 students attended the three sessions at 12:30 p.m, 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. — an increase of 94 students over the same number last year. This is the first time Senior Meetings have been attended ...
BUENOS AIRES — I seem to understand my host family a little better every day. Sometimes they come to me with English questions, and they have even asked me about things on eBay. I have been to some unforgettable places here in Argentina, and I’ve eaten at some stellar restaurants, but most of ...
The national tragedy that rocked the world nine years ago was commemorated in an event organized by the College Republicans and the College Democrats on Sept. 10-11. On Friday, a group of students from both organizations planted 3,033 American flags on the lawn in front of Mead Chapel, one for each ...
As part of an administrative restructuring taking place this year, Commons deans will now report to Commons heads, as opposed to directly to the Dean of the College, as was previously the case. Part of the liberal arts mission has always been to integrate campus life with education in the classroom, ...
As part of an effort to further integrate the College’s sustainability goals with the everyday workings of student life, the Office of Sustainability Integration created the Residential Sustainability Coordinator (RSC) program, an initiative designed to educate students even more about sustainability. The ...
The offices of Career Services, Student Fellowships and Health Professions and Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE) have all moved under one roof into Adirondack House and joined together to become The Center for Education in Action: Careers, Fellowships and Civic Engagement (EIA). Lisa Gates, associate ...
Cornell University economist Francine D. Blau will deliver the fall 2010 David K. Smith lecture entitled “The Gender Pay Gap: Going, Going, Going … But Not Gone” on Wednesday, Sept. 29th at 4:30 p.m. in the Twilight auditorium. Blau’s lecture will address a range of issues regarding the earnings ...