Overseas briefing 2/25/10

NELSPRUIT, South Africa—Being told that if you can’t find a tree when charged by a rhino you should lie flat on the ground because it won’t be able to reach you with its horn and will only be able to trample you does not inspire much confidence. Amidst the snows of a Middlebury  J-term I could ...

Beyond the bubble 2/25/10

On Feb. 12 at Vancouver’s BC Place, over 2,600 athletes from 82 National Olympic Committees marched into the stadium to open the 21st Winter Olympics Games. To the delight of the 60,000 in attendance, and an estimated 1 billion watching live on television internationally, the ceremonies featured prominent ...

Lengthy lines snarl lunch traffic

In spite of extremely long lines at Ross and Proctor during the first weeks of spring semester, administration officials deny changes to the scheduling of courses could be responsible for the situation. In response to what some call a particularly bad year for dining hall congestion, students have ...

Midd brief 2/25/10

Several administrators will divide the various duties of Dean of the College Tim Spears during his leave of absence this spring. Spears’ responsibilities will be divided among Dean of Students Gus Jordan, Provost Alison Byerly and the Office of the President until he returns to the administration ...

College shorts 2/25/10

Professor arrested for murder of colleagues Details continue to surface in the case of the recent shootings of biology professors at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Authorities arrested Biology professor Amy Bishop after her shooting spree at a biology department meeting on Feb. 12 left three ...

Fumes force Allen evacuation

Public Safety officers evacuated all residents of Allen Hall after an unknown person sprayed a fire extinguisher in one of the building’s hallways, allowing the release of hazardous fumes into the air, around 2 a.m. on Feb. 20. Students could not enter the dorm until 8 a.m. because the fumes from ...

CSO job fair offers seniors opportunities

The Career Services Office (CSO) will sponsor its eighth annual Spring Job Fling in Coltrane Lounge on Tuesday, March 2, where seniors still looking for jobs and juniors looking for summer internships will have the opportunity to speak to recruiters from a wide range of industries. The event, running ...

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Senior work plan raises controversy

President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz reaffirmed the College’s pledge for mandatory senior work despite the acknowledgement that departments would not have the 25 additional faculty positions envisioned to realize that goal, during his address on Feb. 12. The decision attracted both praise ...

Liebowitz unveils bold financial model

In a heavily attended speech in Mead Chapel on Feb. 12, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz unveiled a bold new financial model that would rely more heavily on alternative funding sources like the summer Language Schools and the Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS) to support ...

Middbrief: New dining hall dishes emerge from storage

The influx of new white plates and little bowls of varied sizes in Ross and Proctor dining halls have no significant purpose except to replace the more colorful china students have taken from the dining halls but not returned. These white plates, which were replaced with the colored ceramic dishware ...

College Shorts - 02/18/10

St. Michael’s gets Third Eye Blind for concert On April 16, popular ’90s band Third Eye Blind will play at St. Michael’s College in Burlington. A survey released last year showed that the campus preferred a spring concert that featured a rock band. “The top genre was rock, overwhelmingly ...

Super block options increase

Beginning in Fall 2010, Residential Life will offer significantly more options for super block housing, allowing an unspecified number of rising juniors and seniors to be housed in groups of 5, 10, 15, 20, 24 or 30. The new group sizes represent a substantial change from options offered in the past. ...

Student body will grow to 2,450 by 2012

The College plans to increase the student body by 50 students, lower the annual increase of the comprehensive fee and retain the current financial aid structure, according to an address given by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz on Feb. 12. If the Board of Trustees approves Liebowitz’s ...

Police continue to investigate thefts

The Department of Public Safety, in collaboration with the Middlebury Police Department (MPD), is conducting an ongoing investigation into a series of thefts, mostly targeting laptop computers and cell phones, from residence halls and public spaces on campus over the past three weeks. Though no one ...

Overseas Briefing - 02/17/10

POITIERS — “The immigration office really doesn’t appreciate it when people are late. It is absolutely essential that you don’t miss your appointment.” The coordinator for the Middlebury schools in France offered us this advice the week we arrived. In order to get your visa validated, you ...

Video: Images from Madagascar

Nick Sohl '10 describes the time he spent learning about and photographing the Antandroy people during his recent study abroad experience in southern Madagascar.