Author: Catherine Ahearn Faculty members who published books in the past year were honored on April 24 at a reception in Special Collections at the Main Library. Eighteen authors were recognized for 24 titles, which were displayed for attendees to browse. The reception formally began when attendees, ...
Author: Becca Fanning As Middlebury community members came out of winter hibernation to enjoy the beautiful weather, listen to live music and sample local foods, the message for the environment was perfectly clear. Despite the current economic crisis and the nation's seeming preoccupation with large-scale ...
Author: Amy Francisco This past Sunday, students waking up before noon may have noticed the yellow flags, cheering supporters and almost 200 racers participating in the newly created "Middlebury Maple Run - The Sweetest Half." The name refers both to one of Vermont's quintessential winter activities ...
Author: Nicole Lam YALE ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 WORLD FELLOWSOn April 23, Yale University announced next year's Yale World Fellows. The fellows include an advisor to the president of South Africa, a United Nations television producer and the opinions editor of leading Russian business daily, Vedemosti. ...
Author: Garrett Reynold Dining Services has been one of the divisions targeted for streamlining as the College searches for creative ways to scale back the budget. By January 2010, the College will operate just two dining halls - Ross and Proctor - which will both be newly renovated to meet the needs ...
Author: Amanda Cormier Andy Buxton never minds keeping his varied posts behind the bar - part nurse, part psychiatrist, part trivia master (he likes to combine local knowledge with pop culture references), part friendly conversationalist. He especially loves his job on days like today, when the raw ...
Author: Grady Ross At the heart of the crowded vitality of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida runs Main Street USA, a tribute to the role of a traditional American main street as the lifeblood of any town. Complete with a barber shop, bakery and a cinema, the quaint homage to small-town life ...
Author: Hilary Hall Despite voting glitches, a wide majority of student voters elected Molly Dwyer '10 as the Student Co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) for the 2009-2010 academic year. Dwyer, a two-year Community Council veteran, gained 466 of the 731 votes cast and beat out two first-year ...
Author: Dana Walters On April 14, Dean of the College Gus Jordan sent out a campus-wide e-mail informing students that they would have to pay a $50 parking fee per semester next academic year. This new fee will affect on-campus residents as well as commuters and Language School students, who will be ...
Author: Grady Ross Vermont ranks last among all 50 states in its demand for petroleum products, and emerges second only to Hawaii in least consumption of natural gas. Still, nearly 3/5 of Vermonters use fuel oil as their primary source of home heating. Furthermore, in January 2009, the state paid on ...
Author: Greg Larsen ATHENS, Ga. - When I told my friends at Middlebury that I'd be studying this spring at the University of Georgia, a surprising number of people replied with the question, "Georgia the country?" And I'm sure when this briefing shows up in the paper, many people will see Athens and ...
Author: Grady Ross Middlebury College is a well-oiled machine. Slaves to routine, we go to class and go to the dining hall and carry out our undergraduate obligations expecting every part of this machine to work. Yes, we see the custodians in our halls every morning, but do we really make that connection ...
Author: Thomas Mayell Student employees working at the College this summer will be living in Battell Hall, considered by some students the worst housing on campus, though championed by loyal Battell alums. Administrators chose Battell for summer 2009 because all other dorms will be used by the Language ...
Author: Elizabeth Scarinci After more than 50 years of debating, lobbying and voting, the town of Middlebury broke ground on April 14 on construction of the Cross Street Bridge. The bridge will run over Otter Creek and connect Main Street to Court Street in the center of town. The project will cost ...
Author: Derek Matus On April 17, 137 students presented their independent research projects at Middlebury's third annual and largest ever Spring Student Symposium. Representing all 4 classes and almost three-quarters of the College's academic departments and programs, the student-lead, faculty sponsored ...
Author: Amy Francisco SOY MILK, SOY BEANS, TOFU AND...UNDERWEAR?The Uranus underwear line - a small business started by a University of Florida student, Natalie San-Andres, and recent alumna, Lauren Golik - aims to "promote sustainability through a sense of humor." The line is made of 47.5 percent soybean ...
Author: Kate Strangfeld Middlebury College prides itself on its progressive green policies, and Dining Services play a crucial role in furthering the College's goals by purchasing local food. Around 25 percent of the food in the dining halls is from farms and factories in Vermont and is considered local, ...
Author: Simran Bhalla A total of 400 students visited the College during the Campus Preview days on April 13-14 and April 19-20, only slightly fewer than last year's 422 students. Sixty-one percent of prospective students attending Campus Preview days in 2008 matriculated, a number that justifies Middlebury's ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Next year, Weybridge House - the academic interest residence in environmental studies - plans to take its environmentally conscious cuisine to the next level by only purchasing local food with their budget, curtailed at approximately $16,000 ($8,000 less than their proposed budget ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe As the College's endowment continues to drop in the economic downturn, the Middlebury Initiative's goal of raising $500 million in the next five years may be unfeasible. However, Vice President for College Advancement Mike Schoenfeld said the state of the endowment will not ...