Author: Eleanor Horowitz Text messages and e-mails were delivered to 2,802 members of the College community during the first test of the emergency notification system AlertFind on Wednesday, April 2. The campus-wide test helped identify glitches and problems with the system and is part of the College's ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Hailing from the state with the highest per capita war-death rate in the nation, these Vermont soldiers certainly do not have it easy. But despite the immense danger they face on a daily basis, Vermont soldiers fighting in Iraq do not ask for much. When Congressman Peter Welch ...
Author: Bryant Cobb In response to a student request received by the Dean of Library and Information Services last year, Facilities Services has drilled holes in 300 study carrels in Middlebury's libraries to reduce and prevent laptop theft. The laptop lockdown cables are relatively easy to use. There ...
Author: Scott Greene In a largely unprecedented move, the College's Reappointments Committee last week reversed its decision regarding the tenure-track contract of Assistant Professor of Sociology Laurie Essig after a decision last month by the Appeals Committee found procedural errors in the original ...
Author: Brian Fung Getting a small, thin envelope in the mail from a top college or university typically spells disappointment for hopeful students seeking their place in higher education. And as long as competition and selectivity remain watchwords of the college admissions game, that kind of anxiety ...
Author: Kelly Janis Thoughtful Vermonters, opposed to the tyranny of the United States government, corporate America and globalization, believe that Vermont should once again become an independent republic, as it was between 1777 and 1791, and that the United States of America should begin to peacefully ...
Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury's diverse student population finds in its quaint college town something which is becoming increasingly rare in the 50 states and more than 40 countries its students are from: a respite from the sprawl of globalized chain stores. As unique as the town ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Though she had grown up being told never to yell "fire!" in a movie theater, Dierdra Michelle found herself doing just that, or almost, when she was the first to notice the fire at the Marquis Theater on Main Street. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, Michelle, a sales clerk at Forth ...
Author: [no author name found] Sample the 'Low Carbon Diet' at IlsleyOn Thursday, Apr. 10, Ilsley Library will be holding its "Low Carbon Diet" program. The program, which was created to help inspire community members to "reduce their carbon footprint while saving energy costs" will be held at 5 p.m. ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Elections will be held on April 17 for the positions of Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC). By 5 p.m. today, the candidates will have turned in their petitions and letters of intent and the campaigning will officially ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Starting March 7, students, faculty and staff may have noticed a change in the appearance of the Webmail interface along with an increase in mailbox size. Middlebury's Library and Information Services (LIS) department recently upgraded the College's e-mail system from Microsoft ...
Author: Sasha Swerdloff I have always learned best at the table, surrounded by good food and good conversation. I found both at The Inn at Baldwin Creek outside of Bristol, Vt. The Inn hosts the Table Talk Series - a monthly dinner event exploring various food-related topics. The subject of the March ...
Author: Jaime Fuller On March 19, Middlebury College students were assigned random room draw numbers for the first time since the inception of the commons system in 1998. This marks a dramatic change from the point system, in which students were rewarded for their residency within a commons. The new ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you find yourself spending your spring break in Vermont, never fear - awesome tours for all ages await.Not venturing to Aruba or Cabo this spring break? Bummed that you are going to be staying in snowy Vermont while your friends work up a tan? Do not despair, Vermont has plenty ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg MARCH 27 - Mandatory student fees will total $49,210 for the 2008-2009 academic year, according to a letter sent to parents mid-week. The updated comprehensive fee represents a 4.9 percent hike over this year's price tag for a Middlebury education - an increase lower than last ...
Author: Kelly Janis "Sugaring is part of Vermont's identity, culture and history," said Susan Folino, who owns and operates Hillsboro Sugarworks in Starksboro, Vt. with her husband, David. "I think when people hear the name Vermont, they make the association with maple syrup quite frequently, and quite ...
Author: Samantha Michaels Amidst the typical dinner ambiance of appetizing aromas, clanging dishes and throngs of hungry bodies, Ross Dining Hall was imbued with sparks of protest and activism on March 12 as a group of students gathered to raise awareness about the lack of an Africana Studies major ...
Author: Brian Fung & Anthony Adragna Police employ helicopter in search for Garza, several leads dead endMembers of the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) used a helicopter to conduct an aerial search of the local area including Otter Creek on March 18 in the latest in a series of measures to locate ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen and Mary Lane The Target: Carbon Neutrality It's a race to zero: by 2016, Middlebury hopes to have eliminated its annual carbon "footprint" of over 30,000 metric tons of CO2.The commitment comes as part of the College's May 2006 Strategic Plan, which names "strengthening our ...
Author: Nicole Lam If standing on the corner of Main Street every Saturday was not enough to get the message out, they were going to sing. And the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (CVUUS) did just that on the afternoon of March 16. The group met at the Unitarian Universalist Church on ...