Author: Cloe Shasha Started in 2006 by two college students from the University of Wisconsin Madison, the Web site www.theclassconnection.com now serves over 600 colleges and 350 high schools across the country. The mission of the website is directly stated: the creators want to help students get better ...
Author: Tim O'Grady Robert Jansen has enacted a plethora of changes since becoming manager of the Middlebury College Bookstore in January 2007. As he plans for the future, Jansen strives to create a world-class bookstore that delivers more value back to students.One way he plans to achieve his goal ...
Author: Miles Abdilla and Ian Trombulak PROFESSORS EASE STUDENTS' FINANCIAL FEARSIn response to a bombardment of questions from both students and faculty members regarding the state of the U.S. economy, Professors of Economics David Colander, Peter Matthews, Scott Pardee and Bob Prasch held a discussion ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Vermont Congressman Peter Welch joined 263 of his fellow House representatives Oct. 3 in approving the $700 billion bailout package designed to rescue ailing credit markets. Although the House rejected the bill on Oct. 1, 58 representatives, including Welch, changed their votes ...
Author: Kaity Potak What happens when a Provençal chef with 30 years of gastronomic experience graduates from "La Colline" in Montpellier, France and moves to the United States? He ends up in a different Montpelier entirely - The New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt, that is. Chef Robert ...
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Author: H. Kay Merriman Whilst studying Shakespeare and Journalism at "the most creative college in the U.K." this semester, I have successfully resigned my Middlebury prepster status for that of a hipster, developed a nasty second-hand smokers' cough, watched multiple British professors mock Sarah ...
Author: Lois Parshley The College's administration is working on a new program to provide direction for sophomores called the "Sophomore Year Experience." President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz hopes the new program will keep sophomores from feeling forgotten, as first-years have the First-Year ...
Author: Stephanie Joyce UNCONVENTIONAL EXHIBIT RAISES AWARENESSEmploying an unconventional technique to raise awareness about sexual assault, students at the University of Northern Colorado hung t-shirts decorated with stories and artwork from stair railings around campus this week. Each shirt depicted ...
Author: Mario Ariza Although Student Government Association (SGA) President Bobby Joe Smith has proved to be an efficient executive thus far, this week the SGA hit its first speed bump of the semester. Whereas the previous week's debate was orderly, and that meeting's movement from topic to topic organically ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Last winter, in the middle of the academic school year, a group of students joined together to practice improvisational theater. On Sept. 29, four of these students performed their first official show under the title of "Middlebrow."Neil Baron '10, Adam Kritzer '11, Danny Metzger-Traber ...
Author: Tim O'Grady The 30th annual presentation of the "Paul Ward '25 Prize In Writing" to the Class of 2011 was held on Oct. 3 in the New Library, honoring 40 members of the Class of 2011. The esteemed competition recognizes current sophomores who have produced outstanding essays during their first ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Robert Schlesinger '94, deputy assistant managing editor of opinions at U.S. News & World Report, gave a lecture promoting his book, White House Ghosts: Presidents and their Speechwriters, as part of the Rohatyn Center International Studies Colloquium on Oct. 3. Schlesinger ...
Author: Patrick D'Arcy On Oct. 2, the documentary "18 in '08" offered both a historic and contemporary look at the youth vote in America to a crowd of young voters. The event, sponsored by Middlebury Republicans and Democrats, Brainerd Commons and the Alliance for Civic Engagement, welcomed the film's ...
Author: Jahd Khalil and Rodrigo Seira Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader addressed a crowd of about 2,000 people at a campaign stump at the University of Vermont (UVM) Oct. 5, touching on local Vermont politics, the state of American democracy, civic engagement and the current financial ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Amidst the release of national polls predicting significant Republican losses in this November's elections, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas '73 (R) looks well-positioned in his re-election race against challenger Gaye Symington (D), speaker of the democratically-controlled State ...
Author: [no author name found] Stargazing on campus! Oct. 3, 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.The college observatory in McCardell Bicentennial Hall is having an open house on the rooftop observatory this Friday.(Free, weather permitting.)Robert Frost Mountain HikeOct. 4. 10 a.m.The Green Mountain Club is organizing ...
Author: Livingston Burgess The agenda for Middlebury's Community Council's autumn was set Sept. 29 in the body's first meeting of the year. New members were brought up to speed and the council fielded proposals for upcoming topics of discussion, as well as reviving issues tabled from the spring. Talking ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The Old Stone Mill Board approved six student artistic proposals for this semester Sept. 29. These first student groups will inaugurate the building for its new purpose: a space to foster creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The students' proposed projects range from cooking ...
Author: Scott Greene Several students living in the Mods met with College residential administrators, including new Senior Residence Director Lee Zerrila, on Sept. 25 to discuss issues related to social activity in the area through the first few weeks of the fall term. Since Sept. 8, 39 of the 77 alcohol ...