Author: Michael Nevadomski ALEXANDRIA - I awoke to Hamada shaking my shoulders in the darkness."Sabahal-ful, ya bey. Yulla bina." Morning, boss. Time to go.I stretched under the blankets and pulled on my boots, shivering in the cold. The blue light of morning was breaking to violet, and I could hear ...
Author: Afsana Liza Following up on its previous recommendation that first-years be allowed to pledge a social house during their second semester at the College, the Community Council convened on April 21 to discuss whether or not February-admitted students should also be allowed to pledge in the spring ...
Author: Adam Dede For over three years, MaryEllen Bertolini, a member of the Center for Teaching and Learning Research (CTLR), has been training peer writing tutors to double as peer speaking tutors. Last Thursday, Bertolini - along with Yonna McShane, director of Learning Resources - gave these students, ...
Author: Samantha Michaels The Community Council met on April 14 with representatives from Recycling Facilities and discussed initiatives to reduce the tremendous amount of reusable furniture, books, clothing and other materials which are annually left as waste during the student move-out period in May. ...
Author: [no author name found] Last year, solitary candidate and current President of the Student Government Association (SGA) Max Nardini '08 stood alone on the ballot in the annual spring elections - making this year's gaggle of contenders all the more shocking. With an impressive 10 candidates vying ...
Author: Cloe Shasha President of Freeman French Freeman Architecture Jesse Beck led a campus-wide Open Forum on Proposed Renovations to Proctor Hall on April 11. A panel of administrators sat on stage to answer questions and provide information about the new building at the meeting for an audience of ...
Author: [no author name found] Beyond the Bush yearsBob Herbert, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, gave the Robert W. van de Velde Jr. '75 Memorial Lecture on April 9 in which he espoused the virtues of future civic engavement.
Author: Anthony Adragna UCLA police seek two criminals on campusMembers of the UCLA community continue to search for two prowlers who have recently terrorized various groups of people on campus. Police are seeking Jorge Angel Velasco and Brent Kennedy who have been seen in suspicious circumstances on ...
Author: Jaime Fuller The Middlebury Bike Shop reopened its doors last week in celebration of the return of green grass and optimal cycling weather. The student-run Bike Shop will continue to offer its free workshops teaching students, faculty and staff how to fix either their own bikes or one of the ...
Author: Kelly Janis Poised on the brink of her 80th birthday, Sally Foley has spent several decades witnessing the evolution of the local Republican party of which she is chairwoman with increasing dismay."You have people who are concerned about saying they're Republican, because people will come to ...
Author: [no author name found] Spring Rummage SaleSpring cleaning may not rank particularly high on most individuals' list of preferred ways to spend a gloriously warm April afternoon - but selling the fruits of such labor sure does. With this in mind, the Middlebury Congregational Church's fellowship ...
Author: Kelly Janis Temperatures hovered around the freezing mark, snow flurries trickled down in earnest and hundreds of spectators gazed on expectantly as 85 thrill-seeking skiers and snowboarders attired as pirates, tigers, sunflowers and superheroes attempted to skid their way across 100 feet of ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If having a tree as its namesake was not quite hint enough, you need not look further than the Magnolia Bistro's 100-percent-recycled menu to realize that this cozy little cafe is dedicated to the "green" effort. The Magnolia Bistro, located at 1 Lawson Lane in Burlington, is the ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Pending approval by the College's Board of Trustees at its May meeting, the McCullough Social Space and Mail Center will close for the fall 2008 semester, administrators confirmed. Director for the Center of Campus Activities and Learning Doug Adams said The Grille would remain ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed At their April 11 meeting faculty members approved a sense of the faculty motion that reflects a desire for the College community to consider an Honor Code during next year's review of the Code that allows professors to proctor exams. Though the vote is non-binding and only ceremonial, ...
Author: [no author name found] Bobby Joe Smith '09 for presidentThe Middlebury Campus endorses Bobby Joe Smith's '09 bid for the SGA presidency. While Smith is joined in this race by a number of exciting contenders - most notably, in the opinion of the The Campus' editorial board, David Dolginow '09 ...
Author: Scott Greene The search for missing Middlebury student Nicholas Garza '11 continued last week as crews explored Otter Creek for the first time since the first-year went missing more than two months ago, though the search yielded no new leads or evidence as to his whereabouts. The Saranac, N.Y. ...
Author: Ilana Prior The Office of Admissions sent out letters of acceptance to over 1,400 prospective students on March 28. This year, the College saw the largest applicant pool ever, with 7,823 prospective students vying for 570 September-enrollment spots in the Class of 2012, and 90 February-admission ...
Author: Anthony Adragna College administrators suspended the Stuck in the Middle (SIM) a cappella group for the rest of semester after finding the group committed hazing violations.Allegations of the hazing incident came to the attention of the College during the first week of March, Dean of the College ...
Author: Michelle Constant On April 7, the Community Council approved a motion to ask President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz to allow second-semester students to pledge social houses. For an hour and a half, over 30 faculty members, administrators and students gathered to debate whether the pledge ...