Prominent economist delivers lecture

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 ...

Inside the Crest

The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate convened for the first time this past Sunday at a brief meeting in their Crest Room chamber. With no set agenda the President provided introductions; his cabinet gave fleeting details of their intended plans, and were thus unanimously ratified; senators ...

Beyond the Bubble

Florida is underwater. People are standing on their roofs calling for help. In some areas the water has risen to 18 feet above the ground. 17 million people have been affected. 2,000 people have died. 700,000 people have been forced into makeshift camps after being displaced from their homes. This ...

Overseas Briefing

NAIROBI — In Kenya, staring is okay. Actually, it is welcomed. In the U.S., if you rest your eyes on a stranger for longer than the duration of a flash of lightening you risk being identified as a psychopath. You have to be stealth: sneak a glance, wait a second, steal another glimpse. But Kenyans ...

College Shorts

Average SAT scores remain steady According to a report released on Monday, average scores on the SAT college entrance exam remained steady this year, in contrast to the falling trend of the past five years.  The score remained stable in spite of the record number of students and minority students ...

Summer photo contest gallery

Congratulations to this year's summer photo contest winner, Petra Smitková (you can see her winning photo here). Petra's photo was chosen from over 100 images submitted by 47 students. Check out the full gallery after the jump.

Old Chapel dramatically realigns responsibilities

Administrators have enacted a major strategic realignment of responsibilities in recent months as part of an ongoing effort to integrate academics and student life on campus. Though most of the changes became effective July 1, many remain in transition as areas of administrative oversight shift. President ...

Shirley Collado joins administration as Dean of the College and Chief Diversity Officer

In April 2006, the Human Relations Committee, chaired by Dean of Students Gus Jordan and consisting of staff, faculty and student members, submitted a 44-page report to President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz.  The report set out to examine diversity issues across every facet of the College, from ...

Popular author gives reading

On Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m., only two days after the new first-years filed into Mead Chapel for Convocation, the pews filled once again with students, faculty, staff and community members to welcome a special guest: critically acclaimed fiction writer Ian McEwan. The English author gave a reading of his ...

Summer Photo Contest Winner - Petra Smitková '13

Grille undergoes temporary cut in hours

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, ...

Student organizes ideas conference

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 ...

Quidditch World Cup moves to New York City

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 ...

College welcomes new first-year class

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 ...

Beyond the Bubble

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 ...

Overseas Briefing

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 ...

College Shorts

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 ...

Audio Slideshow: Middlebury Orientation 2010