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Cuts to save College $20 million
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Kelly Janis When the Middlebury College Board of Trustees convenes for its annual spring meeting from May 7 to May 9, money will be at the forefront of its discussions, especially the $20 million in budget cuts Old Chapel is planning for the next academic year. "By and large, we're going to ...
Faculty begin adopting new educational media
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Simran Bhalla Next semester, you may be reading The Campus on your Amazon Kindle, after getting a Google Alert on your iPhone about the arrival of the latest edition, and you'll probably have a few classes at Middlebury where you are asked to blog, post to Segue or a Wiki and perhaps even spend ...
Music, art slated for summer schedule
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Becca Fanning Staying in Middlebury this summer? With gas prices expected to rise, don't head to Burlington or Lake Champlain to beat the heat. Middlebury and Addison County offer more than enough to keep you busy this summer, from outdoor adventures to musical performances. The best part? It's ...
Wield a musket, fire a cannon, play a fife. Gorham's Rangers re-enact French-Indian War battles
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Ever woken up in the middle of a field in strange clothes? Jim Ross, a history teacher at Mt. Abraham Union High School, does it 10 to 12 times a summer, but the clothes he wears have been meticulously researched, and rather than waking up in the middle of Battell Beach, he ...
College puts pandemic plan on hold
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Though the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 4 to phase 5 - one step short of a global pandemic - the recent outbreak of swine flu (also called the Influenza A[H1N1] virus) across the globe will not prompt Middlebury ...
Overseas briefing
May 6, 2009Author: Lizzie Horvitz TANZANIA - I lowered my cupped hands into the cavity of the slaughtered goat, filled them with blood and drank. The night before, I had slept on a cowhide "bed" next to my naked Maasai Mama. I danced in the discos, rode the public transportation and kickboxed at the local gym. ...
Voters approve new honor code
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Kara Shurmantine On May 1, three proposed Honor Code recommendations passed after finally being approved by a two-thirds majority of the student body.The honor code referendum, however, was at a standstill for over a week. In order to be passed, the code amendment had to be voted on by two-thirds ...
Yogurt mogul delivers send-off to 2009 grads "You don't have to choose between doing good and doing well," Hirshberg says
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Tess Russell On May 24, when President and CEO of Stonyfield Farm Gary Hirshberg announced during his speech at Middlebury's Commencement that he planned to "get the bad part over first," he could just have easily been talking about Sunday morning's weather, which forced the Class of 2009 to ...
Town/gown
May 6, 2009Author: Grady Ross Several years ago, my family decided to take a guided tour at a zoo we were visiting. Everything was going quite well: we rode the little trolley from cage to cage oohing and ahhing at the crocodiles and monkeys and giraffes. Then we got to the panther. "We call these panthers," informed ...
Twitter takes College, classes by surprise
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Brian Fung UPDATE: FOLLOW THE CAMPUS ON TWITTER: www.twitter.com/middcampus.What do the Pentagon, the White House, Karl Rove and Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) have in common with National Public Radio, Shaquille O'Neal, Lance Armstrong, Jimmy Fallon, Coldplay, the United Nations and now, Middlebury ...
Midd brief Jake Lieberman '09 elected Student Commencement Speaker
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Anna Briggs A selection committee compromised of select seniors has chosen Jake Liberman '09 to be the student speaker for this year's Commencement. Liberman will be joining Gary Hirschberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farms in sending a final message to the class of 2009."When I thought about what I ...
Class of 2013 now totals 666
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: Tim O'Grady Total applicants for the incoming first-year class have declined 11.7 percent, a drop attributed to changes in the application process. As of May 4, the College's Office of Admissions received 584 deposits for September enrollment and 82 for February. Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett ...
Local lowdown
May 6, 2009Author: [no author name found] Wildflower walkMay 9, time TBAJoin the Green Mountain Club's very own Ave Haviland for a hike up Forest Service Road Number 32 in Goshen to Silver Lake. This is an easy-to-moderate three to four mile hike. Call496-6677 for details.Garden Club saleMay 9, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ...
Shelburne Farms celebrates spring
By Middlebury Campus | May 6, 2009Author: [no author name found] On May 3, Shelburne Farms held a free Calf Open House, allowing Eddie McCaffray '09 and Emmeline Cardozo '09 to get acquainted with chickens, pictured above. Those interested in farming were able to check out the farm's Brown Swiss Cow herd which makes milk for Shelburne ...
College shorts
May 6, 2009Author: Jaime Fuller NYU WARNS OF HIGH COSTNew York University is one of the most expensive higher education institutions in the country, with an annual cost of $54,000, and their low endowment per student means they cannot provide ample financial aid for all students. Eighty percent of undergraduates ...