Author: Cloe Shasha Since the announcement of the budget cuts at the end of Winter Term, speculation about the implementation of a meal plan has become a talking point on campus. But according to Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette, the discussion among faculty and staff is at an early, non-definitive ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's comprehensive fee could rise by the lowest margin in recent memory next month, as Old Chapel continues debating how best to grapple with the nationwide economic crisis. In its February meeting last weekend, the Board of Trustees authorized the Office of the President ...
Author: [no author name found] CORNELL ALTERS FINANCIAL AID TO INCREASE RECRUITINGCornell University made the decision this past November to change the face of its need-based financial aid program in order to enhance their ability to "aggressively recruit" select students - particularly athletes, minorities, ...
Author: Liz Scarinci The town of Middlebury holds a distinct identity as a place of tight-knit community and quirks. And at the First Annual Middlebury Winter Carnival and Chili Contest on Feb. 21, students and townspeople held out their bowls to welcome heaping servings of chili and renowned small-town ...
Author: Simran Bhalla Sales at the Bookstore are down by eight percent from last semester, according to Bookstore Manager Robert Jansen. For the first time, the Bookstore released course textbook lists online two weeks before the beginning of the spring term. The decision, brought into practice by the ...
Author: Grady Ross Several weeks ago, while exchanging small talk in the dining hall, I mentioned that I was from Middlebury. Overhearing me, a student interjected: "That's so great that you already consider Middlebury your home." I didn't correct her, but in truth, I wasn't being philosophical or praising ...
Author: Hillary Hall The Community Council held a brief meeting on Feb. 17. After all members approved the minutes, Co-Chair Antoinette Rangel '09 introduced new member Lizzie Horvitz '10 to the rest of the group. Horvitz, an environmental studies major, called her new position an exciting opportunity.The ...
Author: Kelly Janis Bobby Joe Smith III '09 steppeddown as Student Government Association(SGA) president this week afterbeing suspended from the Collegefor plagiarism. In accordance with theprocedure stipulated in the CollegeHandbook, Student Co-Chair of CommunityCouncil (SCCOCC) AntoinetteRangel '09 ...
Author: Jaime Fuller President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced in an e-mail to the College community that the Budget Oversight Committee (BOC) has recommended to continue operations at 51 Main at the Bridge until December 2009. Liebowitz has agreed to the committee's recommendations, but ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe "What powers a learning community? Apparently, wood chips," said Bill McKibben, scholar-in-residence in environmental studies, at the official launch of the Biomass Plant at the College on Feb. 19. Trustees, faculty, staff and students toured the new facility as part of the ...
Author: Livingston Burgess POITIERS - "The chairs will be rearranged once the movement is over." So proclaimed the chalkboard at the front of yet another empty lecture hall, as I sighed and bummed the university wireless network, since my otherwise lovely room outside downtown Poitiers lacks Internet.For ...
Author: [no author name found] On Feb. 21, as part of the town of Middlebury's first Winter Carnival, 28 vendors served 50 different kinds of chili on Main Street. In the professional competition, American Flatbread racked up several awards, including Best Game Chili, Hottest Chili and Best Overall ...
Author: Catherine Ahearn This past weekend marked Middlebury College's 86th annual Winter Carnival, the College's oldest tradition. The three-day event did not disappoint students with its usual salad bar of events aimed at widespread student participation and engagement. In light of the current financial ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen While the ongoing economic crisis has already cost the College 20 percent of its endowment this fiscal year alone, administrators may take a certain measure of comfort from the fact that Middlebury is weathering the current financial storm comparatively well.That was the message ...
Author: Brian Fung Gary Hirshberg, chairman, president and self-described "CEYo" of Stonyfield Farm, will deliver Middlebury's commencement address on May 24 to the graduating class of 2009. At an event expected to draw more than 5,000, Hirshberg and six others will also receive honorary degrees from ...
Author: Liam Gluck Marked only by a small wooden plank with white stenciled letters, the Otter Creek Used Bookstore occupies 20 Main St. with some humility."Believe it or not, a lot of people know us by the sign," said Barbara Harding, who co-owns Addison County's one and only used bookstore with her ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe In his fourth inaugural speech, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas condemned the Equal Education Opportunity Act, calling the proposed school budget increases it allows "unsustainable in any season, and especially when our economy is facing such severe retrenchment." State legislature ...
Author: Aseem Mulji For what was likely to be his last Student Government Association (SGA) meeting as SGA President, Bobby Joe Smith III '09 set a jam-packed, comprehensive agenda. He hosted three guest speakers from the administration who presented reports and fielded questions on current hot-button ...
Author: Alyssa O'Gallagher If the name Peter Shaffer sounds at all familiar to you, you are probably one of three distinct types of people: an English major, a theater major or a rabid Harry Potter fan. Unfortunately for all of you Harry Potheads out there, a scantily-clad equiphilian Daniel Radcliffe ...
Author: Tom Brant PARIS - In September, standing with a friend on a pedestrian bridge in Paris called the Pont des Arts, I was almost persuaded to jump into the River Seine. As we were admiring the night view of the City of Lights, a group of about five French guys our own age sauntered up to us. Seeing ...