Author: [no author name found] Wild Apple Tree Release WorkshopRound up your "work gloves, loppers, bow saws and heavy duty snippers." And your heavy duty footwear. Meet in the Murdock Woods at 1 p.m. on Nov. 10. Rain or shine. Don't ask any questions. That's all we can tell you ... just kidding. (We ...
Author: Brian Fung Study reveals political views among academiaThere are marginally more moderates than liberals among college academics, according to a recent study of the political beliefs of college professors presented at a Harvard University symposium on Oct. 6. The survey was conducted by Neil ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman The preliminary groundwork on the new $11 million biomass facility on Old Chapel Road behind the Service Building has begun, according to project manager Tom McGinn. The biomass facility's construction has redirected both pedestrian and vehicular traffic patterns, yet many students ...
Author: Brian Fung National editor for The Washington Post Rajiv Chandrasekaran criticized the Bush administration for mismanaging the Iraq war in a lecture on Oct. 30 about his experiences as the Post's Baghdad bureau chief before and after the U.S. invasion in 2003. Seats at the talk were in short ...
Author: Tarsi Dunlop LONDON- Here are some instructions for the fine art of umbrella dodging. London is the place for them. Heretofore, they shall be referred to as brollies. When it rains, or mists, the bobbing heads become a sea of different sizes and colors. It is noteworthy that having a smaller ...
Author: Denizhan Duran Ah, the dream job. With a bit of luck, it will bring you the "new car, caviar, four star day dream," or so Roger Waters of Pink Floyd claims in their hit song, "Money". But as countless seniors have discovered after graduation, dream jobs don't just fall from the sky. It is that ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes As Middlebury students, we are all a little stressed out. We attend classes, write papers, study for exams and still find time to work at the circulation desk in the library, play two or three sports and attend orchestra practices. Many of us have just reached the end of a very ...
Author: Cloe Shasha President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz and Dean of the College Tim Spears held the first of two meetings on Oct. 18 to discuss the "'4/2' Commons (Draft) Outline." Though students from four out of the College's five commons were present, the meeting was sparsely attended. Spears ...
Author: Joe Bergan The future. It is a daunting topic of conversation, especially for Middlebury students who can measure their remaining time at the College in months. The seniors holding this paper in the dining halls right now have just started sweating at the thought what happens in June 2008. Middlebury ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury's efforts to achieve sustainability in its campus operations and endowment investments have earned the College high marks from Sustainable Endowments Institute (SEI), a national non-profit which recently ranked schools on their progress towards social responsibility. ...
Author: Brian Fung and Anthony Adragna Danlere new head of Health and Wellness Former University of Vermont and Saint Michael's College staff counselor Jyoti Daniere has been selected as the College's new director of Health and Wellness Education.One of Daniere's first objectives is to create programming ...
Author: Anthony Adragna With the reinstatement of Delta House, a large pledge class and the potential creation of another organization of similar size, social houses appear primed for growth and an alteration in their social role on campus, following several years of decreasing student involvement. ...
Author: [no author name found] Open Mic Night at Carol's Hungry MindItching to hear some new music? Something that has not even hit Pitchfork.com or iTunes? Come check out Middlebury's own up-and-comers on the music scene at Carol's Hungry Mind, located at 94 Main St., on Thursday, Nov. 1, 7-9 p.m. ...
Author: Kelly Janis As the dust settles in the wake of the Oct. 22 derailment of a freight train in downtown Middlebury, the numerous local agencies instrumental in the ensuing response and clean-up are taking stock of their performance, and looking toward the future with a newly-honed conception of ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate voted nine to three with one abstention to approve a change to the Finance Committee guidelines that will limit student organization travel to a 300-mile radius. AnnMarie Wesolowski '08, Finance Committee chair, presented the proposed ...
Author: Scott Greene The annual Vitality of the Artistic Community Association (VACA)-sponsored Halloween party required the presence of the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) for the second consecutive year as police arrested two people in connection with an altercation with officers from the College's ...
Author: Brian Fung South Carolina students killed in beach blazeA deadly fire in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., killed seven and injured six, Oct. 28. The origins of the incident are still unclear.According to The University of South Carolina's Daily Gamecock, of those who perished in the fire, six were USC ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe In the past, the arrival of November meant that the chilly air and biting winds would force students into the comfort of their heated rooms, and the eateries in town would become little more than seemingly mythical, distant dreams of scrumptious sandwiches and ethnic food ...
Author: Mary Lane A Shoreham, Vt. high school student has filed suit with the U.S. District Court in Burlington against Middlebury Union High School (MUHS) for denying student-run Christian fellowship club Youth Alive official club status. MUHS has been served papers, but no official court date has ...
Author: [no author name found] Mummy Mania! at Sheldon MuseumFor anyone who has ever dreamed of rattling the crypts of ancient mummies to discover what lies within, the Henry Sheldon Museum on Main St. in Middlebury will offer the next best thing on Saturday, Oct. 27 when it holds Mummy Mania, an event ...