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 ...
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 ...