Riley O’Rourke, current Cook Commons Senator, has built a specific platform on increasing access to transportation for the student body. “The idea of better transportation is the focus of my campaign,” said O’Rourke. “If I am elected I am going to set up free shuttles from Middlebury to ...
Congratulations to this year's spring break photo contest winner, Matthew Kingsbury! Kingsbury's winning photo, on display here, depicts the women's varsity crew team practicing in the early morning on Georgia's Lake Lanier. An extended gallery of all our contestants' entries is available below: [nggallery ...
Middlebury’s comprehensive fee for the 2010-2011 academic year will rise 3.4 percent to $52,120, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz confirmed on April 7. Factoring in the $380 annual student activities fee, this latest increase brings the total price of a year at Middlebury to $52,500. The ...
College officials have apologized following a significant computing error by Library and Information Services (LIS) that led rising upperclassmen to receive incorrect room draw lottery numbers on March 31. Administrators also expressed regret this week for ongoing delays in finalizing super block housing ...
On April 11 and 18, the members of the recently admitted Class of 2014 will arrive at Middlebury for Preview Days, having been selected from a pool of applicants 16 percent larger than last year’s. The admit rate this year stands at about 17.5 percent, making the Class of 2014, the product of Middlebury’s ...
In an April 1 e-mail that turned out not to be another April Fools joke, Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette announced plans to close the Juice Bar during the academic year and further reduce hours and some offerings at the Grille and MiddXpress. The McCullough retail operations have been losing ...
Two new elliptical machines will soon be purchased for the fitness center. At its April 4 meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) approved a bill allocating $10,390.00 to the fitness center to buy the two machines. The bill, proposed by David Peduto ’11, emphasized that SGA funding in the ...
Starting the week after Spring Break, the Middlebury College Bike Shop reopened for the first time since the fall, and will remain open through finals period. The space for the shop, which first opened in 2007, is located in the basement of Adirondack House, with its entrance facing Ross Dining Hall. ...
UCLA celebrates “the Dude” at Lebowski Fest A man dressed as Jesus swilling White Russians and bowling strikes was not out of place in Los Angeles on April 2-3, at the Annual Lebowski Fest. The festival celebrates the 1998 cult film “The Big Lebowski.” The festival started in Louisville, Kent. ...
I left home for the first time, to go study abroad, when I was 16. Since then I have been moving from place to place, meeting new people, living new experiences, becoming part of new things. Every place is a new adventure, a new challenge, a new culture to understand and become a part of. I keep on ...
In the coming months, students living on and off campus will receive forms from the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census. The Census, which is required by law every 10 years, includes questions regarding primary residence, age and ethnicity. Students will receive a shortened form of seven ...
Hamilton adopts need-blind admissions While tough economic conditions have caused many colleges to favor applicants who do not require financial aid, Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., has decided to swim against the current by adopting a need-blind admissions policy. Admitting those students who ...
The College is exploring options for expanding the number of student rooms on campus in the wake of this year’s contentious super block process. No final decisions have been made about where these new housing options would be, but the outcome may change where the 2010-2011 super blocks will be housed ...
On March 13, a suicide attack in Pakistan killed 13 people and injured dozens. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed that his organization was responsible for the attack. In his statement, the spokesman condemned the Pakistani government for becoming “a colony of Blackwater,” referring ...
On Sunday, the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) reported that they had cited Adrian Moore, a 19-20 year old man living in the Middlebury area, for attempted grand larceny, unlawful mischief and unlawful trespass. Chief Tom Hanley of the Middlebury Police Department stated, “Adrian Moore has been ...
Last week, the Campus reported that Midnight Breakfast had been expanded to three nights. However, although the SGA approved three nights, Dining Services is currently comfortable with providing only two nights due to staff reductions. There will therefore be only two nights of Midnight Breakfast this ...
Dean of Brainerd Commons Matthew Pacholec announced that he will be leaving Middlebury College at the end of the academic year, the second commons dean to do so since the beginning of the spring semester. Pacholec’s decision comes just weeks after Dean of Cook Commons Karl Lindholm made public his ...
President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz asked for input from students on the College’s current dining plan, in a blog post March 10. He asked students to describe what they value most about the current system. The dining model may change following the review process. In order to achieve the ...
Every year, Middlebury College releases statistics about its student body diversity in publications, government agencies, surveys and other databases. These statistics, however, do not factor in the diversity of students who matriculate to the College in February. According to Dean of Admissions Robert ...