Author: Andrea Glaessner While most Americans ring in the new year with promises to cut back on everything from carbs to cigarettes, Otter Creek Brewery shows no signs of holding back with the release of four creative brews due out this spring season. The local craft brewery has upped the ante on its ...
Author: Kaity Potak Memory may be the last thing one would expect to find at the bottom of a coffee cup. But it is memory that separates clay from any other artistic medium. Just as clay retains the movements of those who give it shape and form, Bob Crystal vividly remembers the first time he sat down ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Former Dean of Advising Karl Lindholm was appointed dean of Cook Commons on Jan. 8 by Gus Jordan, acting dean of the College. Lindholm, who is also an assistant professor of American literature, had served as acting dean since the departure of former Dean of Cook Commons Matt ...
Author: [no author name found] Afghanistan DiscussionJan. 15, 7 p.m.Author, journalist and Vermont native Mary Kerr will speak about her experiences traveling in Afghanistan with Global Exchange, a humanitarian organization dedicated to creating change through social, environmental and economic justice. ...
Author: Kelly Janis The College is mobilizing to cope with an anticipated $9 million to $10 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2010, eliminating at least 100 staff positions and weighing cuts or changes to auxiliary operations such as the Snow Bowl, golf course, bookstore and The Grille.The losses ...
Author: Jaime Fuller and Tamara Hilmes CORRECTION APPENDEDThe Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) announced on Jan. 13 that activist The Reverend Alfred Sharpton, Jr. will be speaking at the College on Feb. 11. Sharpton will speak at Mead Chapel, and a live feed will allow people to watch the ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The country's stumbling economy has led to a drop in applicants to private colleges - including Middlebury. In January of 2008, soon after the regular decision deadline, the College had received 7,641 applications. This year, by the same time, the number had dropped by 12 percent ...
Author: Adam Schaffer Recent graduates Sarah Jones '07 and Lee Ware '06 joined four other Middlebury alumni as Fulbright scholars for the 2008-09 year.The program, which is funded via grants from both the U.S. Department of State and foreign governments, was established in the late 1940s.It's goal was ...
Author: Jaime Fuller STUDENTS FIGHT TO HOST INAUGURATION ATTENDEESAs Washington, D.C. prepares for the record-shattering turnout expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009, enterprising students trying to sublet their dorms might run into conflict with university administration. ...
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 ...