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 ...
Author: [no author name found] Dance lessonsApril 9, 7 p.m.Come to the Middlebury TownHall Theater for big band music. Dick Forman is bringing the Sound Investment, Middlebury College's jazz ensemble, downtown for dance lessons at 7 p.m. and a performance at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10, or free with a Middlebury ...
Author: Tim O'Grady "Power Strip: How Much Can You Take Off" is an ongoing competition, run by the Sustainability Integration Office, to encourage students to minimize their daily electricity usage. Five teams of five students track their normal energy use for one week using a Kill-a-Watt meter, then ...
Author: Adam Schaffer Students have the Student Government Association (SGA), Commons Councils and protests to ensure their voices are heard by the College administration. The American people have their vote (and their dollar). But how is the will of the faculty expressed?As part of The Campus's series ...
Author: [no author name found] 4/7 - State lawmakers voted to override Governor Jim Douglas' Monday veto of a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry.The Senate passed the bill with enough support to garner the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto, 23-5. The House announced its 100-49 vote ...
Author: Elizabeth Scarinci For decades, the town of Middlebury has not had a functional passenger train. During college breaks, students arrange for taxis or carpools, or sometimes resort to asking a friend or advisor to drive them to the nearest train station, a 45-minute drive away in downtown Rutland. ...
Author: Jaime Fuller This week, candidates for Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) are stumping for students to sign their petitions so they can ask the SGA to accept their candidacy on April 12. After that, candidates have until next Thursday ...
Author: Grady Ross The idea of home always becomes more clearly defined for me when I travel. No matter how many sights I see or people I meet, travel never fails to lose some of its novelty after extended periods of time. Lying in a hotel bed with the sheets too tightly tucked in hospital corners, ...
Author: Aseem Mulji In a meeting on March 19, the Student Government Association (SGA) and Faculty Council hammered out a compromise on the contentious Honor Code amendment on faculty proctoring, which SGA Chief of Staff Katie Hylas '09 called "the biggest thing the SGA has accomplished since I've been ...