Crime rates go up during holidays at U. Penn Members of the University of Pennsylvania police force reported a spike in violent crimes over a three day period in late December. Two robberies, an assault and a purse snatching occurred between December 15-17. In each of the instances, the victim was ...
As 2010 begins, student environmental leaders returning from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen hope to spark federal action on climate change, while those involved in the Solar Decathlon project will work to provide Middlebury students with a tangible model for sustainability. In ...
With the first week of Winter Term well under way, the Middlebury College Snow Bowl began experiencing traffic as students pulled out their skis and snowboards and headed to the mountains. Many students have been buying season passes, with more than 200 sold before the first snow. On busy days, up ...
Members of the Board of Trustees discussed the College’s financial state and promoted two faculty members to the position of associate professor at their Dec. 10 meeting in New York. The one-day meeting focused on discussions of the budgets for the fiscal years of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Members of ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will deliver a joint commencement address to the Class of 2010 on May 23. At an event with an expected audience of 5,000, the couple will receive honorary degrees from the College. Throughout their 25-year careers, which have spanned ...
Though a few scattered application materials continue to trickle in since the Nov. 15 deadline, this year’s pool of Early Decision I (ED I) applications has largely arrived. The Office of Admissions has already evaluated many of the applications, and will announce their decisions electronically on ...
ALEXANDRIA — We, the students of the Alexandria study abroad program, are welcomed in Egypt every day. That doesn’t mean that the Egyptians welcome us to Egypt. Rather, they prefer to welcome us in Egypt. What’s the difference, beyond a preposition? In Arabic, the English phrase “Welcome to ...
This fall, students find themselves in the midst of a compressed final exam period. This semester’s scheduled exams run from Dec. 8 to Dec. 12, and students will have Monday through Saturday to complete self-scheduled tests. In previous years, finals period has stretched across nine days, including ...
The Class of 2010 has voted to establish the “Class of 2010 Scholarship” as its senior class gift. This scholarship is an endowed fund designed to provide financial aid to incoming students. It is designed with a preference for international students, who often need large amounts of financial aid. The ...
Dan Brown tops college bestsellers book list The number one bestselling book on college campuses this year is “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown, according to a list compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Other bestselling books include “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, “The ...
Starting in February, Library and Information Services (LIS) will enact a new policy establishing a printing quota for students. The policy will require students who exceed the quota to pay five cents per page for each side of a page. Under the new policy, first-years, sophomores and juniors can print ...
President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz continues to maintain a salary and benefits package comparable to that of peer institutions despite increases over the last decade. Liebowitz and Chief Financial Officer Patrick Norton note that direct comparisons of total compensation can be misleading, ...
At the Nov. 22 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, Dean of the Students Gus Jordan spoke about the College’s controversial “sober friend” program, clarifying that sober friends were not legally liable for their intoxicated friends. However, when questioned about the unpopularity of the ...
Maryland College cuts carbon by 80 percent St. Mary’s College cut its carbon dioxide outputs by 80 percent last year thanks to a series of student initiatives. Students purchased Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to offset 100 percent of their carbon footprint due to electricity use. Several new ...
“We would often just sit on their porches, they would offer me cornbread and Coke, and we’d just talk for hours on end.” For Sierra Murdoch ’09.5, this year’s undergraduate Environmental Journalism Fellow, this routine was the key to excellent reporting during her time in southwest Virginia ...
DAKAR—Apart from figuring out every method possible to prepare a banana, learning the myriad ways one can eat a mango or a grapefruit, discovering the custard apple, and having a ten-minute game of circumlocution/charades with the man at my favorite fruit stand only to learn that clementine in French, ...
In May 2006, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a strategic plan, entitled “Knowledge without Boundaries,” which strengthens the College’s mission as an institution of higher education. The report includes a lengthy list of recommendations that seek to improve certain ...