Author: Liam Gluck The Marquis Theatre, Main Street's small-town movie theater with the unmistakable faded awning, is in the midst of considerable renovations, the biggest of which is the addition of a third movie screen in the upstairs balcony. The rest of the changes culminate into what theater owner ...
Author: Amanda Cormier The battle between the smell of heavy-duty citrus degreasing solution and the smell of grease itself was a losing one.On April 11, about 12 students from the College took copper scrubbers to the walls and appliances of what was formerly occupied by Top Spice Asian Cuisine. Just ...
Author: [no author name found] MIKE PANZER '10Platform: no printing charge, increase cooperation between SGA and Community Council, adjust alcohol policy, keep financial aid need blind and full need, provide late night shuttle to Burlington, and address housing crisis.Campus comment: With significant ...
Author: [no author name found] Pearls, Politics,and PowerApril 16, 4 p.m.Former Vermont governor Madeline Kunin speaks at Elderly Serviceson Exchange Street toencourage women to enterpolitics and work for changein their communities. Tickets includedinner, $30. Info: 388-3983.Tom Paxtonconcert inMiddleburyApril ...
Author: Tim O'Grady This past January, students discovered that the first-year orientation program known as MiddView would be eliminated beginning next fall as a measure to cut back on the College's costs. In response to this void, the Middlebury Mountain Club (MMC) has initiated an alternative outdoor ...
Author: Kaity Potak As the celebrations of GAYpril get under way, last week's decision by the Vermont state legislature to overturn Governor Jim Douglas' '72 veto against the proposed marriage equality bill could not have come at a more appropriate time. With a bold swiftness that inspired heated debate ...
Author: Grady Ross As a young girl, my cousin Eva was a figure skater. Eva is the younger sister of George. As a high school student, George found it his responsibility to care for Eva after school. His friends took to taunting him: "Haha, Georgie, you smell of Eva," which was the less graphic but more ...
Author: Kate Siegner "A Cleaner Tomorrow." "Baking with Solar Energy." "Algae Fuels the Future." These titles accompany three of the videos that have been uploaded to Planet Forward, the new social networking video site devoted to publicizing issues related to climate change and clean energy. Frank ...
Author: Hilary Hall On April 7, the Community Council discussed 51 Main, which - while boasting stronger profits - is still far from reaching the point where it is a viable auxiliary operation for the College in difficult economic times. The stalled Community Principles program was also discussed.Barbara ...
Author: Nicole Lam NEW SCHOOL PRESIDENT PRESSURED TO RESIGNOn April 10, police officers stormed the New School, a university in New York City, to arrest student protestors demanding the resignation of New School president Bob Kerrey. 200 protesters met in Union Square, and the protest culminated in ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Yesterday was April 15 - a dreaded day for many of our parents who must, yet again, file their taxes. Though the wide world of adulthood may continue to loom far off in the distance for the average college student, others have found themselves already taking on the burdens of a ...
Author: Carson Dietz Hartmann Even with present economic pressures, admissions projections for Middlebury Language Schools are far better than expected, with the number of applicants for 2009 equaling that of last year. According to Vice President of the Language Schools Michael Geisler, in times of ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Though Ana's Mitchell '04 headlined the show at the Town Hall Theater on Friday, April 10, the audience came just as much to support the Willowell Foundation as they did to see the folk singer-songwriter. That's what she loved about the show."I really enjoy doing benefits ...
Author: Catherine Ahearn April 10 marked the final day of rooming assignments for students living on campus next year. Although there were not many changes in the room draw system, the upcoming closure of Atwater dining hall in January 2009 generated rumors about changes in housing desirability around ...
Author: Anna Briggs MONEY RETURNS TO ADMISSIONS DECISIONSBeing able to pay full tuition may benefit college hopefuls in the application process. The combination of shrunken endowments and a generally needier applicant pool is causing colleges around the country to consider financial status when accepting ...
Author: Carolyn Fox The Otter Creek Audubon Society welcomed Jim Shallow to the Ilsley Public Library on March 19 for his lecture, "Wings of the North: Songbirds and Global Warming." The evening marked the final event in a three-part winter lecture series. It addressed the latest National Audubon Society ...
Author: Brian Fung In the smallest increase in nearly four decades, Middlebury College has raised its comprehensive fee by 3.2 percent - to $50,780 for the 2009-2010 academic year. Up by $1,570 from $49,210, the fee includes tuition, room and board, and the annual $380 charge for student activities.While ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Nestled south of Sugarbush on Route 100 and east of the Snow Bowl on Route 125 is the little town of Rochester. It would be merely a blur of lit storefronts in the otherwise pitch dark of the mountains if it were not for the speed limit change, but I was pleasantly surprised ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Middlebury's industrial district boasts several well-known Vermont companies, but is also home to America's premier bow tie maker. As Bill Kennerson and his wife Deb Venman approached retirement 16 years ago, they sought a way to keep busy and satisfy a niche market, and Beau ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Middlebury College President Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr. first published his views regarding the 21-year-old drinking age in a 2004 New York Times op-ed piece. This early public criticism bloomed into a widespread initiative to lower the national drinking age to 18. He started ...