Author: Jaime Fuller Online student paper fights administrationThe chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at Quinnipiac University was threatened with dissolution this week because of their involvement with an independent online newspaper. The online paper, the Quad News, which is staffed ...
Author: Lizzie Zevallos Tents sprout across the lawn of Marbleworks every Wednesday and Saturday morning from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m., creating a one-stop-shopping enterprise for all of your gourmet desires. See if you can wake yourself up before mid-day this weekend and take a look at (and a taste ...
Author: Nicole Lam As the attendees of last week's Chamber of Commerce meeting listened to bylaw changes and voted yay or nay, they were pleased to find that the overwhelming sentiment was not one of serious business, but of community spirit. The meeting was conducted over dinner and saw speakers referring ...
Author: Livingston Burgess The so-called "work hard, play hard" ethic returned to Middlebury this week, along with its adherents. The two come on the heels of a summer that saw President Emeritus John M. McCardell, founder of the group Choose Responsibility, develop the "Amethyst Initiative" in an effort ...
Author: Scott Greene Though the College announced the appointment of Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics Sunder Ramaswamy as the next President of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in May, the final countdown for his time at Middlebury officially began on Sept. ...
Author: Grace Close "It was a great community project to save a historic building," Doug Anderson said, beaming as he looked around his office, proud of Middlebury's most recent accomplishment: the ten-year, five-million dollar renovation and recent July reopening of the Middlebury Town Hall Theater. ...
Author: James Kerrigan Tragedy struck the College at the end of the spring when the College community learned of the death of Nicholas Garza '11, whose body was recovered from Otter Creek on May 27. President Ronald D. Liebowitz notified the College community in an email sent to all students, faculty ...
Author: Jaime Fuller The College community lost one of its most promising young students on August 1, after Pavlo Levkiv '11 drowned while swimming in New Jersey. A memorial service was held in the 19-year-old's honor on Aug. 5 in his hometown of Rockaway Township, N.J., and 250 people gathered to remember ...
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Author: Peter Baumann While most incoming first-years spend the last two weeks of summer nervously preparing to leave for college, Taylor Bates had other ideas. The 18-year-old Burlington, Vt. native pined to travel to Denver, Colo. as a member of the Vermont delegation to the Democratic National Convention. ...
Author: [no author name found] Performance by The Grift Friday, Sept. 12, 10 p.m. Two Brothers Tavern in town. Atlatl Competition in Addison Saturday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.What's an atlatl?! Come to Chimney Point State Historic Site to witness and participate ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Come December, the College will lose two esteemed staff members as they move closer to New York City because of pressing family circumstances. Shirley and Alfredo Ramirez came to Middlebury at the end of 2006 when Shirley was hired following a report from the 2006 Human Relations ...
Author: Kaity Potak Gray skies and rain showers did not stop Middlebury community members from gathering on the Green to celebrate this fall's Harvest Festival on Sept. 6. Featuring everything from homemade ice cream and a harp player, to a whole host of workshops geared toward educating and encouraging ...
Author: Jack Lysohir Professor of History and Russian Studies and longtime director of Middlebury College's program in international studies, David A.J. Macey passed away on Aug. 10. The 30-year veteran of the Middlebury faculty will be remembered for his renowned scholarship, his vision for Middlebury's ...
Author: Brian Fung BEIJING - The stands are finally empty at the National Stadium. The Water Cube keeps pulsing gently at night, for nobody in particular. The athletes have all gone home, the reporters and photographers back to their day jobs covering golf or baseball. Even the Chinese tourists have ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Hurricane Gustav ravages LSU campusAlthough Hurricane Gustav passed quickly out of the American mindset in comparison to its predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, it still had the opportunity to cause destruction all across Louisiana, including the State University. "It's the worst storm ...
Author: Jaime Fuller This summer, Middlebury College continued its rise in commercial prominence and academic prestige with its posting on college rankings lists published by U.S News and World Report Magazine, Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, and the Sierra Club.Middlebury is no stranger to the rankings, ...
Author: Jack Lysohir, Managing Editor The 16-week search for Middlebury College first-year student Nicholas Garza is over. On Tuesday, May 27, Middlebury Police discovered a body in Otter Creek, which they have tentatively identified as Nicholas Garza. At approximately 4:00 p.m., while checking water ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The College's Office of Admissions announced that, as of May 6, it had received 564 deposits for September and 92 for February enrollment. The numbers ensured that it would fill its target enrollment size of 570 for September and 90 students for February, after only 18.5 percent ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman "Lani Guinier is an idea-woman who does not shrink from controversy," said President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz in introducing this year's John Hamilton Fulton Lecturer. Guinier, a lawyer, author, scholar and activist, spoke to members of the College and community last ...