Author: Kevin Redmon My day begins at 5:23 in the morning when Adi sends me a series of text messages. He's standing in the pre-dawn dark outside a Virginia polling place, trying to talk his way inside with a camera crew. He sounds a little disappointed that I'm not in the Bureau yet. As I pull on pants, ...
Author: Scott Greene Select members of the College community received news of another tragedy in the early hours of Oct. 31, when former student Matti Rudolph was found dead after a night in which he was escorted home for violating an on-campus ban. Rudolph, who enrolled at and withdrew from the College ...
Author: [no author name found] Himalayan Market in MiddleburyNov. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Handcrafted treasures from Tibet, India and Nepal will be showcased in this benefit for the Bridge School scholarship fund. South Asian cuisine will also be for sale. Middlebury Bridge School, 1469 Exchange St.Champlain ...
Author: Lois Parshley A College delegation went to Japan in early October to investigate the possibility of establishing a Middlebury School Abroad program in Japan - thereby expanding the Middlebury program's offerings to an additional country. Middlebury currently has study abroad programs in twelve ...
Author: Tim Miles Barbara Ganley, former Lecturer and Tutor in Writing, left the College last spring to pursue her mission of encouraging creativity through digital media in rural communities across the country. Ganley has recently founded the Centers for Community Digital Exploration, an organization ...
Author: Patrick D'Arcy On Oct. 31, an elephant, a cow, a bunny, a collection of garden vegetables and 30 or so others set out on bikes from the lawn of Twilight Hall as part of the critical mass bike ride that marked the finale of Middlebury's First Annual Bike Week.Will Drucker '08.5 conceived the ...
Author: Hillary Hall and Derek Matus BUSINESS GROUP PITCHES "BIG BOX SWINDLE" TO PROMOTE BUYING LOCALWhy should I buy local? Stacy Mitchell of the national nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance answered this very question for a crowded auditorium in Twilight Auditorium on Oct. 28. Mitchell, a ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Vermonters flooded polling stations across the state this Election Day, drawing a close to the epic presidential campaign drama that has riveted Americans for the past 18 months. Vermont was one of the first states the media declared blue, handing President-elect Barack Obama ...
Author: Adam Schaffer STUDY SHOWS PARTYING MAY RESULT IN BRAIN DAMAGEIt now appears that Facebook pictures and a nasty hangover are not the only scars students have to contend with after a night of sin at KDR. New research from the University of California at Davis suggests that there is a correlation ...
Author: Amanda Cormier The creation of a Sexual Assault Oversight Committee (SAOC) was announced by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz in an e-mail to the College community on Oct. 28. Recommended by last year's Task Force on the Status of Women, the Committee will provide oversight on all ...
Author: Scott Greene Students evacuated McCardell Bicentennial Hall just before 5 p.m. on Nov. 2 when "copious" amounts of smoke in a fourth floor lab set off the smoke alarms and prompted the response of numerous Middlebury and neighboring town law enforcement authorities.In what the College's Department ...
Author: Kaity Potak "Buy Local" is a familiar mantra to most Vermonters these days. From bumper stickers to facts posted on farmers' market bulletin boards, the movement implores consumers to support their communities and promote environmental conservation by purchasing food locally as often as possible. ...
Author: Eleanor Horowitz On Oct. 29, a group of over 50 students gathered to watch Al Gore's live webcast for Power Vote. The Sunday Night Group (SNG) and the College's chapter of Power Vote sponsored the event held in the Orchard in the Hillcrest Environmental Center on Wednesday night while American ...
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Author: Mario Ariza The Crest Room was witness to a strange sight on Oct. 28. The school's top brass, including President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Patrick Norton and Acting Provost Tim Spears presented a joint session of the Student Government Association (SGA) ...
Author: Nicole Lam The week before Halloween, festive treats and goodies fill up Middlebury shops and restaurants as everyone gets in gear for the holiday. Instead of reaching for the typical candy corn, orange and black M&M's, and orange caramel-filled chocolates sold in supermarkets like Shaw's, ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Rolling Stone magazine editor Eric Bates gave an opinionated address on the presidential election on Oct. 28 as part of the "Meet the Press" lecture series. Bates spent half-an-hour giving his perspective on the candidates, the campaigns and the mainstream media before relinquishing ...
Author: Adam Schaffer With the Nov. 4 presidential election rapidly approaching, College Republicans and Democrats are scrambling to convince undecided voters to come out for their candidates.College Democrats gathered Oct. 24 in the Hillcrest Environmental Center to make phone calls to potential supporters ...
Author: [no author name found] Lighted Pumpkin PatchOct. 30, 6-8 p.m.Come celebrate the fall at the Middlebury pumpkin patch near Helen Porter Nursing Home. Hot cider and Halloween cookies will be served, come add to the display with your own carved pumpkins. "Smokey Joe's Café" at Town Hall TheaterOct. ...
Author: Amanda Cormier As the worldwide financial crisis deepens, Vermont social welfare programs have witnessed an influx of low-income residents seeking help to make ends meet. Across the state, health care and home heating have risen to the forefront of concern.The Vermont Coalition of Clinics for ...