Author: Tamara Hilmes On Jan. 22 Reginald L. Cook Professor of American Literature and Chair of the English and American Literatures (ENAM) Department Brett Millier invited both ENAM and English Literature (ENGL) majors to attend an open meeting allowing students to express their opinions regarding ...
Author: Nicole Lam The five women sitting in the car knew what to do.Their performance was going to start in 10 minutes. After struggling to find a parking spot at the venue, they spotted a police officer. After signalling that they would be receiving a ticket, they jumped out of the car, formed a circle ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Prominent civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton spoke on Feb. 11 as part of the Middlebury College Activities Board's (MCAB) Speaker Series. The event was held at Mead Chapel, with a live feed being broadcast at auxiliary locations in Dana Auditorium and the newly renovated ...
Author: Kelly Janis In the latest iteration of a close financial relationship, College trustee and ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers Richard S. Fuld, Jr. donated the 15 offset lithographs and silk screen prints which constitute the centerpiece of the College Museum of Art's new exhibition, "Confronting History: ...
Author: [no author name found] After 38 years as Middlebury's flagship arts center, the Vermont State Craft Center (VSCC) at Frog Hollow closed Jan. 31 as a result of declining sales.Although the VSCC will sell its building on Mill Street, it will continue to offer arts education classes in a venue ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen As the global economic crisis continues to chip away at the College's finances, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced Jan. 29 that the school hopes to save at least $1.5 million in coming years by ending regular meal service at Atwater Dining Hall and making ...
Author: Grace Close In the midst of the current U.S. financial crisis, some Americans are urging their fellow citizens to spend big to sustain the local economy. Vermont resident Jim Merkel, however, holds a different view of sustainability. Merkel, author of Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on ...
On Saturday, Jan. 31, the 123 members of the Class of 2008.5 celebrated the conclusion of their college careers at Mid-year graduation. After attending the celebratory ceremony in Mead Chapel, parents and friends headed over to the Snow Bowl, where the graduating Febs skied, snowboarded and snowshoed ...
Author: Jaime Fuller STANFORD STUDENT INJURED BY FALLING CEILINGLast Friday, a piece of plaster ceiling fell on a Stanford student while she was lying in bed. "I heard a noise and all of a sudden, before I knew it, a very large portion of my ceiling fell on my head," said Laura Stampler '10, the victim ...
Author: J.P. Allen The prevention of academic dishonesty is one of the thorniest issues facing Middlebury College. How often do students cheat and why? Does the Honor Code discourage students from cheating? Would changes to the Honor Code improve the situation, or will amendments be thwarted by human ...
Author: Patrick D'Arcy The second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, organized by the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), drew 55 student volunteers at 10 different worksites on Jan. 17."Last year we only had six sites, with forty volunteers," said Service and Activism Initiatives Coordinator ...
Author: Amanda Cormier A boy with a felt mustache and denim overalls wields a plunger down the aisle. His willing attendant, Mom, follows. Gray-haired ladies usher families to their seats through bold rays of gamma-green light. Some of them mouth the words of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Somewhere Over ...
Author: [no author name found] Benefit Yoga ClassJan. 25, 12 - 1 p.m.Otter Creek Yoga in the Marble Works will be hosting this class to benefit H.O.P.E. (Helping Overcome Poverty's Effects). Donations of nonperishable food or money would be most appreciated.All levels welcome. "Torturing Democracy"Jan. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner "It's the economy, stupid," seems to explain the retail and restaurant scene across Vermont these days. As Americans pinch those pennies and start holding back on excesses, local restaurants find themselves in a position to change. Tully and Marie's, the eight-year-old restaurant ...
Author: Jaime Fuller LAWLESS TOILETS CAUSE TROUBLE AT INAUGURATIONPresident Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20 drew millions of people, but the lack of portable toilets led John Banzhaf, professor of public interest law at George Washington University, to threaten legal action against the Presidential ...
Author: [no author name found] To see the Campus's inauguration coverage, please click on the pdf file to the right.
Author: Tamara Hilmes On Jan. 19, Chair of the English and American Literatures (ENAM) Department Brett Millier sent out an e-mail to all ENAM and English (ENGL) majors outlining changes that the department has already voted to set into motion next year. According to the e-mail, the ENAM/ENGL Senior ...
Author: Amanda Cormier It has been more than a month since 64-year-old Lorraine Clark of Bristol survived her car's plunge into the New Haven River, but there remain three moments that she does not understand.She doesn't understand how the green car that straddled the lane line on River Road did not ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe What the world needs now is love - cookie love.At least that is what Suzanna Miller and Paul Seyler, husband-and-wife owners of Vermont Cookie Love, have to say. They have been spreading their brand of cookie love since June 2007 when they started a small stand at the Shelburne ...
Author: Tim O'Grady At the Jan. 18 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting, officers updated the committee and discussed their plans for the coming year.Senator Roger Perrault '09 discussed the need to create a centralized resource for incoming first-years to pose their questions to current students. ...