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 ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler MiddCORE Winter Term students launched an online menu rating system for the dining halls at Middlebury College in February. The online menu rating system, named Middelicious, stemmed from a project for the MiddCORE Winter Term class, which focused on the development of entrepreneurial ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes According to Joe Manning, his credentials for researching the children in Lewis Hine's photographs are merely that he very nearly resembles the turn-of-the-century photographer himself. In spite of his modest claim, however, over the past two years Manning has done more than just ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Visiting Professor of Mathematics John Schmitt received the 2008 Perkins Award for Excellence in teaching. Schmitt and others celebrated the news with an award reception March 11.The Perkins Award celebrates excellence in mathematics and sciences. It alternates between a member ...
Author: [no author name found] Say Cheese and DineWine and cheese, the classic combination. While wine tastings are common practice elsewhere, in Vermont cheese tastings are apparently all the rage. If you are looking to become a cheese connosieur, head over to the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol on ...
Author: Michelle Constant The College's Initiative fundraising campaign has raised $273 million toward its $500 million goal as of Feb. 29, according to top administrators. The College had raised $234 million during the initative's silent phase before taking it public in October. According to Ann Crumb, ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 8 and 9, an unfavorable brew of heavy winds and freezing rain conspired to coat power lines with ice, topple trees and leave thousands of Vermont homes and businesses cloaked beneath an unwelcome shroud of darkness.According to Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) spokesperson ...
Author: Cloe Shasha While a March 6 a farewell party was held for Proctor's Woodstove Lounge to give regular visitors to the space a chance to gather together and celebrate the lounge, the spot will likely remain open until at least spring break, according to Dining Room Servery Worker Stephen Draper. ...
Author: Scott Greene The College's Appeals Committee, citing procedural grounds, has upheld the appeal of Assistant Professor of Sociology Laurie Essig following a December recommendation by the Reappointments Committee to President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz that Essig's tenure-track contract ...
Author: Holly O'Donnell Two students killed in separate violent attacksThe University of North Carolina's (UNC) student body president was found dead in a Chapel Hill neighborhood on March 5. Meanwhile, police from Auburn University were still busy investigating the death of a student, found just off ...