The administration has cut hours at the Grille to 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Mondays and will close the restaurant entirely on Sundays. However, Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette revealed these changes to be only temporary. The Grille will soon reopen on Sunday and revert to its previous schedule, ...
Good ideas are worth spreading. This principle inspired and guided Cloe Shasha ’11 to spend more than half a year organizing the College’s first TEDx Conference, which will be hosted on campus Oct. 2. Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) is a global set of conferences organized by the non-profit ...
Summer renovations on campus created 63 new student beds by converting office space in Voter Hall, Meeker and Munford houses into residential space for students. Although some staff have been moved to new, permanent spaces, other staff members remain in temporary locations and await completion of ...
The Quidditch World Cup will move from the Middlebury campus to a new location in New York City’s DeWitt Clinton Park for the fall of 2010. In an e-mail sent in August to the Quidditch student group, tri-commissioners Andy Hyatt ’12, Kate Olen ’11 and Phil Palmer ’12 announced the move of the ...
The Class of 2014 landed on campus a week ago, and the overwhelming enthusiasm of 580 students from 36 countries canceled any lethargy the muggy weather may have caused. Through the five-day orientation program, the first-years enjoyed many long-standing traditions like the square dance and the all-campus ...
On June 26 and 27, Toronto hosted the G-20 summit, an annual event that brings together bank officials and finance ministers from 20 of the most influential nations around the world. Though the international press decided to focus on sensationalist headlines, the leaders made much progress as they discussed ...
They say studying abroad changes your point of view, that it opens your mind to a wealth of different opinions, customs and ways of life. Three months into my stay in Peru, I can’t disagree with that. But I don’t think it is Peru I’ve come to appreciate, so much as America.At dinner one night ...
Mental illness increases on college campuses According to a recent study presented at the 118th convention of the American Psychological Association, mental illness has seen a marked increase among college students over the last decade. “University and college counseling services around the country ...
Circus comes to town September 9, 5-7 p.m. Kick off your weekend fun early at a free community circus hosted by Nutty Steph’s Granola and Chocolate Shop. Nowhere else will you find juggling, horse-drawn carriage rides, alpacas and local hot dogs with sauerkraut. Handmade furniture will be auctioned ...
On May 6, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz rechristened the Main Library as the Davis Family Library, after Jim Davis '66 and his wife, Anne. [imagebrowser id=4]
It was James S. Davis ’66 and his wife, Anne, who in 2007 kicked off Middlebury’s $500 million capital campaign with an anonymous donation of $50 million. It was the Davis family that — for the past five years running — anonymously matched every alumni pledge to the College, dollar for dollar. ...
The Middlebury German Theater Group took home the top prize at the 33rd Annual German Theater Festival and Competition last Thursday, April 29, which was held at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. This is the sixth year in a row that the Middlebury group has participated in the competition ...
In an effort to increase College revenue, maintain the College’s leadership in language education and expand language education in America, Middlebury joined forces with online education leader K12, Inc. in April to create Middlebury Interactive Languages (MIL). MIL will serve students in eighth through ...
Due to multiple errors in the election software used for the recent Senate elections, the Student Government Association (SGA) has voted to hold re-elections. Voting for re-elections will be open from 12 p.m. Thursday, May 6, until 12 p.m. Friday, May 7. Re-elections will be held for all elections except ...
Facilities has seen an upswing in the amount of instances of dorm and house damage that have been reported on campus this semester. In the last three weeks, especially, “it seems like it’s spiked,” said Assistant Director of Facilities Linda Ross. This second semester has seen a marked increase ...
The 13 new members of the College’s judicial boards have been chosen for the 2010-2011 academic year, selected from a record-breaking pool of 69 applicants. Six students have been appointed to the Community Judicial Board (CJB), and seven to the Academic Judicial Board (AJB). Two of the AJB members ...
Somewhere in rural New Mexico the dinner bell rings. An Israeli student and Palestinian student linger in the indoor swimming pool, dynamically conversing between laps. They look up to see a former investment banker glancing around. He first asks them their names, where they are from, and he is startled ...
After re-reading my column from last week in conjunction with the SHOUT piece written by Features writer Rafferty Parke, I was struck by the differing tone of both articles. For those of you who did not read both pieces, I will quickly summarize. The article I wrote chronicled the surprising repercussions ...