Author: Hillary Hall Last April in a tight election, College students elected Bobby Joe Smith '09 as the Student Government Association's (SGA) president for the 2008-2009 school year. Voters responded to the three platforms he called his most important: communication between the SGA and the community, ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Brooker House and Palmer House, Middlebury's two "super block" houses, will continue to be used to house students united by a common interest in the fall of 2009. This year Brooker is themed as an outdoor interest house and Palmer houses students interested in arts and architecture. ...
Author: Liz Scarcini The Middlebury Fire Department recently turned up the heat at one of their bi-weekly meetings by sampling eight different homemade chilis. Eight firefighters aim to compete with several other chefs in Middlebury's first annual chili contest. The Better Middlebury Partnership, formerly ...
Author: Stephanie Joyce Money concerns can strain even the healthiest of relationships and the relationship between the town and the College has never been tension-free. When the College opened 51 Main at the Bridge last year, it took an unprecedented step toward competing with local business and potentially ...
Author: [no author name found] It's a British comedy, dahlingFeb. 19, 20, 21, 8:00 p.m.and Feb. 22, 2:00 p.m. The Middlebury Community Players present "Lettice and Lovage" at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Hailed as "a deliciously offbeat comedy," "Lettice and Lovage" features a tour guide to ...
Author: Beth Connolly I spent thirteen hours aboard Trenitalia. In English, this is called learning things the hard way; in Italian one would say, essere una stupidona. It all started well enough. The train departed from the ancient Greek city of Siracusa and traveled up the Sicilian coast. Outside ...
Author: Amanda Cormier When Bristol farmer and activist Erin Buckwalter recently worked with a group of Winooski children at the town's community garden, she was surprised to find that many of them did not know carrots grew underground.Until August, Buckwalter ran the community and youth garden programs ...
Author: Kelly Janis After months of deliberations by the Budget Oversight Committee, College President Ronald D. Liebowitz publicly announced the first set of a series of cost-cutting measures aimed at reducing expenditures by $20 million over the next several years to counter a mounting budget deficit. ...
Author: Tim O'Grady The release of course textbook lists two weeks before the semester commences and a $500 giveaway for College Bookstore members were the first of a myriad of developments for the newly renovated Bookstore in Proctor Hall.The new bookstore, which will sell textbooks, school supplies ...
Author: [no author name found] Relationship WorkshopFeb. 12, 6:30 p.m.The One-World Literary Project will be hosting local author Greg Krech's presentation, "Cultivating a Sense of Gratitude in Relationships: Lessons from Japanese Psychology, or How to Appreciate Your Partner Without Trying to Fix ...
Author: Kaity Potak Governor Jim Douglas faced heat from the town of his alma mater regarding the latest state budget and health-care cuts this past week. Middlebury residents gathered on Court Square on Feb. 2 to call attention to the details of Douglas' cuts and to remind citizens to continue pressuring ...
Author: Jaime Fuller On Feb. 28, well-known medical anthropologist and physician Dr. Paul Farmer will speak at the reopened Social Space in the McCullough Student Center. Farmer is the keynote speaker preceding the global public health symposium to be held from March 5 to 13.Romany Redman '11, one of ...
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 ...