Author: Sara Black I am writing you from the cloudy skies above Buenos Aires in the first minutes of flight 1804 to El Calafate in Patagonia. The clouds clear out as we rise and leave the city behind, heading south. The pampa spills out below like a patchwork quilt, falling away to the glassy blue of ...
Author: Amanda Cormier On Nov. 20, representatives from Vermont State Police, Middlebury Police Department and the Middlebury Select Board convened to answer questions about policies regarding undocumented foreign nationals in Middlebury. The issue of undocumented foreign nationals working in the agricultural ...
Author: Cloe Shasha On Nov. 15, the College threw the seniors a Two Hundred Days Party. While a total of 550 students socialized and sipped cocktails, the senior class gift was announced: a donation towards the renovation of Woodstove Lounge in the Proctor Dining Hall.The event was a fundraiser organized ...
Author: Hilary Hall The College's Acting Provost Tim Spears' announced Nov. 20 that 51 Main, Middlebury's new Main Street social space, might be closed to aid the College's finances. In his entry on the blog "One Dean's View," Spears asked for student input on the issue of whether or not the College ...
Author: Nicole Lam This winter, the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in downtown Middlebury is featuring the quilt exhibit "Piecemakers: Vermont Country Quilts 1830-present." While many of the quilts date back to the 1800s, there are a few unique, modern quilts that immediately catch the eye. ...
Author: [no author name found] Ho! Ho! Ho!Dec. 6, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.Santa and his elves are coming to the Middlebury Community House. Horse-drawn wagon rides will be available to ferry visitors to the many events going on in town. Stop by, sit on his lap and tell him what you want for Christmukkah!Gingerbread ...
Author: Adam Schaffer A handful of students gathered in the Crest Room on Nov. 20 to begin planning the 2009 Middlebury College Winter Carnival. The event, which will carry the theme of "Fire and Ice," will take place from Feb. 19 to Feb. 21.The meeting was led by committee co-chair Derek Sakamoto '10 ...
Author: [no author name found] Professor of Environmental Studies and English and American Literatures John Elder was named the Vermont Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education on Nov. 20. Elder is known ...
Author: Tim O'Grady This past spring President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz appointed an Internet Strategy Task-Force to explore the various ways in which Middlebury's Web site could be improved. The task-force released a report formally addressing the problems and shortcomings of the College ...
Author: Ian Trombulak The construction on campus has been hard to miss this semester, with major renovations happening on two of the College's most frequented buildings. Students can look forward to McCullough Student Center re-opening before the start of the spring term, and Proctor Dining Hall to ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Attention Middlebury: the American economy is officially in a recession. Most of us do not need a reminder of the stark reality that the buying power of one dollar has diminished significantly. Even bargain shopping is now a risky endeavor - as Black Friday's tragic Wal-Mart ...
Author: [no author name found] After winter threatened to begin in force with a sleet storm Nov. 30 that hindered students returning to campus, they were greeted with a clear, warm day that included the picturesque shadow of Old Chapel on the side of Painter Hall.
Author: Amanda Cormier At the first Community Supper at the Congregational Church of Middlebury in 2004, Dottie Neuberger and a few other volunteers served 22 meals to low-income, elderly and other members of the community. Four years later, on Nov. 21, 110 people ate a turkey dinner provided by the ...
Author: Jaime Fuller John M. McCardell, President Emeritus of the College and Director of Choose Responsibility, was the guest speaker at the inaugural run of "The Forum at 51 Main" on Nov. 18, giving a talk titled, "The 21 Year-Old Drinking Age: Mend It or End It?" The Forum seeks to improve town-gown ...
Author: James Kerrigan After fewer than two years of construction in the southern part of campus, the Biomass Plant project is nearing its end and will likely be operational by January 2009. Flanked by the recently completed Donald E. Axinn '51 Center for Literary and Cultural Studies at Starr Library ...
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Author: Jack Lysohir The Office of International Programs and Off-Campus Study, as well as the Sustainability Integration Office, have begun a yearlong effort to assess the environmental practices of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad. Director of Sustainability Integration Jack Byrne and Assistant ...
Author: Layout by Hannah Wilson, Photos by Andrew Ngeow and Angela Evancie From our earliest discussions of making this issue, we knew the most effective approach would be twofold - the week's content would focus on pressing environmental issues, of course, but we would also endeavor to change certain ...
Author: Stephanie Joyce, Ian Trombulak, Adam Schaffer, and Tess Russell COLLEGE KEEPS UP WITH CURRENT PRINTING TRENDSEven printing has a taken on a distinctly green hue in recent years as Middlebury has kept pace with the national trend, switching to 100 percent post-consumer waste paper in most publications, ...