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 ...
Even as the newly implemented printing quota system has already reduced the use of printers across campus, students find themselves nearing the end of their free allowance of pages. By making students pay for additional printing, the College seeks to cut down on waste and trim its budget however. ...
Members of the Student Government Association (SGA) committed $12,000 to expand Midnight Breakfast this spring at its meeting on March 7. Based on high student attendance in the fall and positive feedback from the student body, the Student Government Association has decided to continue and expand Midnight ...
For four Middlebury College students living at Quarry Road, October 30 is a day that will live in infamy. The day marked the first, though to the dismay of some, not the last, time the Vermont liquor inspector would take action against collegiate underage drinking. That night the Vermont liquor inspector, ...
The unmarked SUV students may have noticed Public Safety officers driving around campus in recent weeks is simply the department’s newest addition to its regular fleet of two vehicles. It has not yet been marked to identify it as a Public Safety vehicle because the department is awaiting a price ...
For two decades, chaos has engulfed the nation of Somalia. The United States government has been a key player in the rehabilitation effort in this nation, and recent government policies indicate that this trend will continue. In a New York Times article published on March 5, it was reported that the ...
Over 200 students will participate in this year’s Student Research Symposium on April 16, an increase of 50 percent from last year. The event has been expanded for the first time to include performances in the Kevin P. Mahaney ’84 Center for the Arts and presentations in foreign languages. The ...
The Dean of Students’ office will restructure the distribution of Residential Advisors (RA) for the 2010-11 academic year in order to achieve a more balanced ratio of RAs to the students they oversee. Under the new system, the administration will retain the same number of RA positions. Many of the ...
ALEXANDRIA — Prior to traveling to Egypt, I had never been out of the United States (Canada doesn’t count), so I really wasn’t sure what to expect from a land as exotic as the Middle East. When I arrived, culture shock was my first reaction, but, like all who go abroad, I had expected this. What ...
Due to the recent economic crisis and Middlebury’s current financial balance, executives of the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) imposed major budget limitations on commons councils at the beginning of the 2009-10 year. In spite of these loses, as the College enters the midway point of the ...