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 ...
Lecture example sparks media frenzy on Roberts What started out as a simple law lecture turned into a media frenzy on Thursday at Georgetown University. Professor Peter W. Tague started his criminal law course in the morning by telling students that the Supreme Court’s chief justice, John G. Roberts, ...
Applications to the College have increased by 16 percent compared to last year, with 7,976 prospective students vying for entry into the Class of 2014, according to Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett. The increase in popularity could be attributed to the College’s gradual climb in The U.S. News and World ...
The Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) has reinstated raffles for students over the age of 21 during Pub Night this semester, a decision praised by many seniors who remember longing to participate as underclassmen. The move came after MCAB received comments from various upperclassmen, nostalgic ...
The SGA voted to contribute $47,000 to fund an expanded Outdoor Introduction for New Kids (OINK) program for the fall of 2010 at its Feb. 28 meeting. After the administration withdrew financial support for the reinstatement of MiddView, the outdoor orientation program supported by the Middlebury Mountain ...
All Middlebury students studying abroad in Chile are accounted for and doing well after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region on Feb. 27. Saturday’s quake hit Chile at 3:28 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. By 4 a.m., the Schools Abroad program had alerted Dean of International Programs Jeff ...
President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz revealed that an Academy-Award winning filmmaker, a decorated Army Colonel and the President of the Juilliard School are among the seven Honorary Degree Recipients for the 2010 graduation ceremony, exclusively to The Campus. Members of the Honorary Degree ...
By the fall of 2010, the Middlebury College Summer Language Schools, in collaboration with an undisclosed online partner, will launch a language software program geared toward teaching Spanish and French to K-12 students across the United States. According to Michael Geisler, vice president of Language ...
DAKAR, Senegal — An African international student, studying abroad in Africa. Even I felt it was weird to go for study abroad to my home continent while I am actually already studying abroad in the U.S. My friends on campus kept asking, ‘why not France?’ and one of my relatives was suspicious ...
A combination of both financial and environmental concerns led Library and Information Services (LIS) to recently remove 50 computers from the two language labs in the basement of the Sunderland Language Center. The computers, which were about five years old, have either been recycled for parts or ...
Midd students race to complete their ice creations before the judging starts.
The much-anticipated music video to “Midd Kid,” by the Allen Jokers, which premiered on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Donald E. Axinn ’51 Center at Starr Library, continues to stir controversy among all members of the College community. Some see the video as an honest interpretation of campus social ...
Renowned mash-up artist DJ Earworm will perform at the 87th Winter Carnival’s “Go Gold” Ball on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 10 p.m. in Nelson Arena. Students can purchase tickets for the ball ahead of time for $12. Admission will cost $15 at the door of the venue. DJ Officer Chris will open for ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
During last weekend’s Trustee meetings, many of the recommendations that President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz made in his Public Address on College Finances were discussed and endorsed. The Board of Trustees agreed that each year, the comprehensive fee should only increase by one percentage ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...