Author: Michelle Constant The College will utilize its affiliation with the Monterey Institue of International Studies (MIIS) to offer new Winter Term courses consistent with the international aspirations of the Middlebury Initiative. Many students have decided to take advantage of the new courses, ...
Author: [no author name found] Twist O'Wool GuildWhat is your skill level in constructing and decorating drop spindles, making knitted I-cord candy canes and weaving heart ornaments. Up to par? No? Mmm, yeah, that's what we thought. Good thing the American Legion is holding Christmas mini-workshops ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes with help from Jay Dolan Juice Bar not satisfying your hot chocolate needs? Have no fear - inspired by the wintry wonderland that Middlebury became under the second snowfall of the year, The Campus went in search of the best cup of hot chocolate in Middlebury, and this is what ...
Author: Kelly Janis Middlebury is hard at work to continue to bridge the divide between the College and the town - this time, quite literally. In a campus-wide e-mail issued on Nov. 29, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the College's commitment to donate $18 million to the town ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury and its top-ranked NESCAC peers are overrated, according to a new guide to colleges released by The Washington Monthly. The controversial rankings, whose editors purport to ask "not what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country," place ...
Author: [no author name found] Henry Sheldon Open HouseKick off your holiday celebration with a flair - music, homeade cookies, crafts, raffles and general merriment and cheer at the nation's oldest chartered community history museum. The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History on Main Street in Middlebury ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed In light of recent media coverage regarding the bacterial infection methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), you might believe that you could be the next victim of this potentially fatal infection. However, according to College health officials, Middlebury has one of the ...
Author: Jamie Fuller and Anthony Adragna Columbia hunger strike finally ends for breadOn Nov. 16, seven students and a professor who waged a 10-day hunger strike at Columbia University finally broke fast with a small meal of bread. The strike was being held to protest certain administrative policies ...
Author: Joseph Bergan If you were driving on College Street on Thanksgiving evening you would have driven through a somber Middlebury campus, dark save for a few lit dormitory windows. While most Americans gather away from school to carve turkey and shop at 4 a.m., international students often stay ...
Author: Andrew Fuller Congress is aiming to combat illegal file sharing on college campuses in a new financial aid and education spending bill that recently received the approval of the House Education and Labor Committee. Strongly supported by the Motion Picture Association of America and other industry ...
Author: Theo May Tensions between the College and the town of Middlebury have risen in recent weeks as the administration set about reserving parking spaces for faculty and staff.At issue are parking spots on Route 125 (College Street) and Route 30 (South Main Street) that have College signs instructing ...
Author: Cloe Shasha On Nov. 13 the Parliamentary Debate team set up a wooden soapbox in the Ross Fireplace Lounge. In order to speak at the inaugural soapbox debate, students had to stand on the object. Two dozen Middlebury students with a wide range of interests participated in the first debate entitled, ...
Author: Kelly Janis In a campus-wide e-mail issued on Nov. 29, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the College's commitment to donate $18 million to the Town of Middlebury in the form of 30 annual $600,000 installments, beginning in early 2011. The money will allow the town to borrow ...
Author: Aviva Shen On Nov. 16, the Class of 2008 announced that it will fund the restoration of the Starr Library Reading Room at the Donald E. Axinn Center at Starr Library as its senior gift. The Reading Room restoration is part of a larger plan to restore historic library spaces in the new center.Other ...
Author: Bryant Cobb Library sells books to community membersFrom Nov. 12 to Nov. 19, the New Library hosted a book sale. All of the books sold were either books that had been withdrawn from the selves to make room for newer editions or were duplicates of books that the library already has. On the first ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Assistant Professor of Economics Caitlin Myers and five Middlebury students found surprising results when they traveled to Boston, Mass. last January as part of their Winter Term class, "Deconstructing Discrimination," to conduct a study on discrimination. The class, comprised ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you find yourself craving the catch of the day after a long day of shopping on Church Street, walk a couple blocks down to the Burlington Bay Market and CafÈ located on Battery St., near the ferry. This market and restaurant combo is located right on the edge of Lake Champlain ...
Author: Brian Fung President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz sought to deflect criticism for his stance on military recruitment practices at an open forum in McCullough Social Space on Nov. 26. During the hour-and-a-half discussion, Liebowitz defended the administration's decision to allow the U.S. ...
Author: Kelly Janis "I am a particularly stammering idiot right now, because my heart is pounding," said Elissa Campbell above the din of shoppers milling about the Emerald Room of the Sheraton Conference Center in South Burlington. "Like, I'm hot and sweating and completely hysterical and about to ...
Author: Mary Lane The Five Town Massive, produced by Nine37 Productions and located each year in Bristol, Vt. will be held Dec. 26-30 and feature "multi-media events throughout the week," as the festival's official Web site advertises. This self-titled interdisciplinary arts extravaganza is open to ...