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 ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Now that's a sturdy little Morgan right there," chuckled Steve Davis, director of University of Vermont's (UVM's) Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, pointing to a frisky young stallion trotting around the ring with his trainer, propped up in a carriage, in tow. var uslide_show_id ...
Author: Anthony Adragna After locating a man seen walking on Weybridge Street late on Feb 5., the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) saw one of their most promising leads in the disappearance of Nick Garza '11 run dry. MPD officers located and talked to man walking on the street and determined he was ...
Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen If you gave your time to a cause you support last year, you are not alone: more than 60 million Americans volunteered in some capacity during the year 2007. Here at the College, most-but not all-volunteers come to the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), an umbrella ...
Author: Andrew Fuller A faculty and student research symposium on climate change took place on March 10 to discuss issues related to the problem from the viewpoint of different academic disciplines. Organized by Mead Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Steve Trombulak, the symposium consisted ...
Author: Afsana Liza Community Council convened on March 10 to discuss the topic of early pledging to the social houses on campus. Early pledging would permit first-years to pledge social houses in their spring semester, which would enable them to reside in the social house in the fall of their sophomore ...
Author: Robert Norberg The After Dark Music Series wrapped up its 13th season Saturday night at the Middlebury United Methodist Church with a performance by a local favorite and mainstay - singer-songwriter and folk/blues guitarist Chris Smither. Smither has appeared in the After Dark series for the ...
Author: Ryan Kellett HANGZHOU - As a preview of coming attractions this summer at the 2008 Beijing Olympic games, a crowd of cheering Chinese citizens filled the Zhejiang Dragon Arena to watch China compete against Cuba in women's volleyball. And fresh off the news of Raul Castro's election in Cuba, ...
Author: [no author name found] High school takes you "Back to the 80s"At 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7, as well as on the 8th and 9th, Middlebury Union High school will be performing a musical extravaganza entitled "Back to the 80s," a play that follows the senior class of William Ocean High School. ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The Middlebury Police Department (MPD) has added two retired Vermont State Police troopers to the investigative team convering the disappearance of Nick Garza '11, who vanished on Feb. 5 during February Break.MPD retained the two troopers on contract, who were formerly stationed ...