Author: Michelle Constant On April 19-21, between 40 and 50 students from the College, local high school students and other community members united on campus for the Power Shift Vermont 2008 conference. On Monday, the group traveled to Montpelier to demand that the Vermont legislature and governor ...
Author: Brian Fung Complaints about the College's annual room draw process have spiked in recent weeks as an unusually high number of rising juniors and seniors failed to secure their preferred housing options for the next academic year. Students and administration officials attributed the housing difficulties ...
Author: Anthony Adragna New aerial photography taken as part of the Nick Garza disappearance investigation revealed an 'object of interest' in Otter Creek, according to officials. The discovery provided investigators with the first new clue in recent memory and prompted a second search of the creek.Members ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt, Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen The scene was unexpected: after a student informed her of a typo in one of her in-class exam's questions, a Middlebury professor left her office for the exam room with the intention of offering the class a corrected version of the question. ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Though most of the events sponsored by PowerShift Vermont occurred on campus earlier in the weekend, the environmental conference culminated events that linked the climate change movement on campus to efforts for change in the greater community of Vermont. On April 20, Vermont ...
Author: Adam Dede Last week's Student Government Association (SGA) Presidential election has left the question of who will take Max Nardini's '08 place undecided. With the SGA having voted to withhold full election results, the only thing known about last Friday's vote is that Hiba Fakhoury '09 and ...
Author: Kelly Janis Last August, as I was sitting in my hometown Barnes & Noble and fantasizing about my imminent return to Middlebury, I leafed through a sea of Vermont travel guides and compiled a list which, eight months later, reads like a prophetic road map of two semesters' worth of Local ...
Author: Adam Dede The Calendar Committee has made a change to its recommendation to give a break from classes for the Spring Student Symposium in response to student objections to the original plan. As a result, the Winter Carnival will likely enjoy its traditional Friday without classes in the 2009-2010 ...
Author: Kelly Janis On April 20, local residents joined College students on the Town Green for an Earth Day Fair, sponsored by the Addison County Relocalization Network (AcoRN) and the Middlebury Area Global Warming Action Committee (MAGWAC). The two-hour event featured an opening drumming circle, a ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Who says 'Get Outside Week' comes only once a year? In honor of spring's arrival, The Campus offers you a guide to popular hiking spots around Middlebury to get you out of the classroom and into some fresh air.1. Cooley Glen/Emily ProctorLocated in South Lincoln in the Green Mountatin ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Madson staff urge students vaccinationsThe University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison) has begun a campaign to ensure all students are properly vaccinated against the measles after a recent outbreak in the community. Four came down with the measles over the past month and ...
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 ...