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 ...
Author: Michael Suen In developing a comprehensive emergency response protocol, the College plans to test AlertFind, a sophisticated broadcast notification system, as early as next week's spring break. The test will allow the College to identify flaws in the system and expose students to the College's ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Dozens of students crowded the Gamut Room March 18 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq. Students performed a variety of largely original works throughout the evening. Performances included songs, poetry, dance and other visual exhibits. Paintings, photographs ...
Author: Scott Greene The College announced this week that Harvard University Law Professor Lani Guinier will give the John Hamilton Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts on Wednesday, April 30 in Mead Chapel at 8 p.m. Guinier, who became the first woman of color appointed to a tenured professorship at ...
Author: Holly O'Donnell On March 17, the Community Council voted in favor of approving a motion to recommend to the President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz that students be required to spend at least one hour working, learning or spending time at the recycling center during their first year at ...
Author: Patrick Jobson President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz and other administrators sought to emphasize their accessibility to students at a MiDDialogue panel about bureaucracy and administrative decision-making processes on March 11. After a 40-minute discussion panel and question-and-answer ...
Author: Andrew Fuller Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford University biologist and researcher on stress, will deliver the second annual convocation series keynote address on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Mead Chapel. Sapolsky has done extensive field research on baboons in Kenya and the effects of stress on ...
Author: Brian Fung Ga. Tech president to head SmithsonianThe Smithsonian Institution announced on March 15 that Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, would be taking the organization's top post beginning on July 1.Upon his assumption of the role, Clough will inherit ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The Lattice Group, started by Middlebury alumni Astri von Arbin Ahlander '07 and Yelizavetta Kofman '07, is a grassroots campaign that strives to foster communication among young academics about a balance between work and life goals.Inspired by their own search for employment in ...
Author: [no author name found] Cabin Fever with Chocolate and Cheese Tasting If you are longing to satiate your yearning for Colby, Monterey Jack, Godiva and Hershey's, muster the very best of your tastebuds' resources and head on up to Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes on March 20 at 7 p.m. ...
Author: Bryant Cobb On March 13, the Fraker Prize was awarded to Kate Silbert '08 for her essay entitled "Real Human Bodies: A Critical Examination of Bodies - The Exhibition in Pittsburgh." The Fraker Prize is awarded annually to the best essay written by a Middlebury student on issues pertaining to ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 4, the Town of Middlebury cleared the final significant hurdle standing between it and an effort to assuage the traffic congestion for which it is notorious when residents voted 1,535 to 673 in favor of authorizing a 30-year, $16-million bond issue to fund the construction ...