Anyone looking out upon the green hills and dusky red vistas of Middlebury College would be aware of the beauty of the world and the importance of keeping it that way — Republicans and conservatives included. Like most people at this school I grew up with the golden rule of Green living: Reduce, Reuse ...
Statistical evidence from student/faculty research has shown that the College’s biomass gasification plant is running to its full capabilities and will help Middlebury remain on track for its goal of carbon neutrality by 2016. Over the past year, students working under Director of Sustainability ...
Americans tend to dislike regulations. We don’t like being told what to do, much less how or why to curb our appetites. Yet we are in the midst of a social transformation based on rethinking the value of local and organic foods that is both market-driven and ethically compelling. Consumers want to ...
The Brooklyn-based indie rock band Yeasayer will play in Nelson Recreational Center on Nov. 13. DOM, the Worcester, Mass.-based electronic pop group, will open. For Middlebury students, tickets are available online now: until Oct. 18, tickets cost $7; until Oct. 31, they will cost $10; from Nov. 1 ...
Sunday, Oct. 10 — the serendipitously timed 10/10/10 — saw a profusion of environmental activism under the auspices of 350.org, the campaign to reverse climate change spearheaded by Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies Bill McKibben. In an effort to catalyze the global reduction of green ...
The Solar Decathlon team continues this fall to work on the design, fundraising and community outreach for their project in preparation for the competition held in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall in late September through early October of 2011. According to the United States Department of Energy ...
One of ten early career journalists to have received the Middlebury College Fellowships in Environmental Journalism this year, Sarah Harris ’11 plans to “tell the story of cement” through the mediums of print and radio. Harris will spend her J-term semester and part of December in Midlothian, ...
On Oct. 9, hundreds of Vermont college students were registered to vote as part of an effort through the Race to Replace campaign. Teams of environmental advocates across the state organized in this “dorm storm” to help promote clean energy resources. The Race to Replace campaign was created by ...
American Poverty in Context, a fall symposium exploring issues of poverty and hunger in the U.S., will run from Oct. 21 to Oct. 29 and feature lecturers from the College community as well as nationally-recognized speakers. “We really hope that students will come away from the symposium with a more ...
Falling leaves, shorter days and chilly nights. Summer in Vermont, sadly, has definitely come to a close. But in the Harris Farmhouse, things are still heating up for the Solar Decathlon as we plan out the coming year. That’s right: one more year (11 months, to be more exact), and the Middlebury team ...
Aiming to influence elected officials for the midterm elections in less than a month, students, faculty and advocacy groups have begun demonstrating publicly to show their support for public higher education. As a result of the economic recession that has hit the country recently, states have been forced ...
KAMPALA — I had a chicken on my right, a baby on my lap and there was a lingering smell of rotting fish in the air. Every day I take a taxi (independently operated minibus) held together with duct tape and prayers two hours to my school’s main office and everyday is a new adventure. Traffic in ...
Few Americans seem to know about the Canadian government, people or history. While Americans may not know the name of our current prime minister, they are however becoming increasingly aware of the impact that Canada’s climate policies are having on the global community. In recent months pressure ...
Dining Services will expand the operating hours of the Grille to 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Sundays and until 12 a.m. on Mondays beginning this month. Old Chapel has been privy to many complaints from students about the lack of dining options on campus this semester, particularly on Sundays and Mondays. ...
In the upcoming weeks, senator Anne Runkel ’11 will present a resolution before SGA urging the administration to help promptly restore MiddView (OINK, MOO et al.) to our community and future peers. This initiative expects to receive full SGA support, and should garner our backing as well. Outdoor ...
The College is currently in the process of reaccreditation, a process that all institutions of higher learning must undergo every 10 years. The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) performs the reaccreditation; a team from that organization will visit campus in the fall of 2011 ...
On Sept. 30, the College released its annual security report, including statistics of on-campus crime from the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. According to Associate Dean of the College and Director of Public Safety Lisa Boudah, the report is designed to “make sure students are familiar with safety procedures” ...
Despite the financial setbacks the College has faced during the economic downturn, the administration has continued to actively search for and hire new faculty members, including members who will occupy tenure-track positions. According to Dean of the Faculty Jim Ralph, the College most actively recruits ...
During its Oct. 3 meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) discussed ways to decrease waiting time for students who need to print few pages, yet find themselves waiting for long periods of time to use the printer as other students release large printing jobs. One of the proposed solutions ...
As part of the College’s “Meet the Press” lecture series, acclaimed New Yorker reporter Jane Mayer will visit campus on Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m. to give a talk on civil liberties and torture. Though Mayer has an impressive resume, including a 12-year stint with The Wall Street Journal where she was ...