Author: Bryant Cobb New languages offered through student classesMidd on the Globe, a student-led initiative to teach languages not offered by the College, announced it will offer classes in Korean, Swahili and Serbo-Croatian this semester. The languages offered were determined by expressed student ...
Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant College is one of those "big moments" in a person's life where everything seems to change. We ditch backpacks for messenger bags, swap a cozy room just outside of Boston for a cramped cinder block barrack and leave our parents for a stranger who may turn out to ...
Author: Matt Doyle HANGZHOU, P.R.C - In Leonardo DiCaprio's latest movie, "Blood Diamond," Leo's character, Danny Archer, explains the insanity that is the African diamond trade by simply stating, "T.I.A. This is Africa." Here in Hangzhou, China, a few of my classmates have adopted this saying and applied ...
Author: Kelly Janis Simmering apple slices embedded in a flaky crust were the order of the day at the Cabot Apple Pie Festival, held last weekend at the Cabot School in Cabot, Vt. "It's about pie, lots of apple pie," said volunteer Carla Payne. "All homemade."The annual event - one of the crowning markers ...
Author: Aviva Shen The identity of the social space formerly belonging to Eat Good Food (EGF) is starting to gather definition as planning continues into the fall semester. This past summer, Dean of the College Tim Spears and a committee of students who were on campus at the time began brainstorming ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Members of the Community Council convened on Oct. 15 to review the College's sexual harassment policy, which, according to Council officials, will be updated to help protect the privacy of individuals filing a harassment complaint. Gus Jordan, associate dean of the College, led the ...
Author: Colin Foss A weekly audio news digest of leading stories. Produced by Radio Arts Middlebury in partnership with the Middlebury Campus.
Author: Scott Greene The 2007-2008 academic year will see more than 350 Middlebury students study abroad in more than 40 countries at more than 90 different programs and universities, including 30 current locations for the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad, which have been in operation for over a ...
Author: Will Mallett Should you have been so lucky as to find parking around the United Methodist Church on Sunday night, you would have found seating in that building scarce. Jazz and blues enthusiasts from the extremities of the region were gathered for the commencement of this year's After Dark Music ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you thought you'd never be able to push the 'easy button' or order a frappucino in Middlebury, Vt. - think again. Both the Starbucks and Staples corporations have submitted proposals to the Middlebury Planning Commission and Development Review Board for approval for each to ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg "Welcome to World Headquarters, the nerve center." John M. McCardell, Jr. - professor of History and president emeritus of Middlebury College - is a familiar fixture on the College's campus. But this jovial pronouncement was offered in a high-ceilinged, one-room office just off ...
Author: Nicole Wyndham Stanford protests new Rumsfeld appointmentStudents and faculty at Stanford University have protested the appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to a university think tank, the Hoover Institution. Professor Pamela Lee began an online petition after Rumsfeld's ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Oct. 22 - Residents and business owners in downtown Middlebury were evacuated this afternoon after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed while traveling through town.The accident, which included up to 14 railway cars according to State Trooper Steve Coote, occurred around ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Middlebury College, through its involvement in the College Sports Project, is now undertaking a five-year long data collection and analysis project to determine if there is a negative correlation between athletics and academic performance. John Emerson, dean of Planning, is the ...
Author: Michelle Constant Members of the new Task Force on the Status of Women at the College discussed increased access to childcare for faculty members, increasing faculty diversity and protecting female students during social situations at the group's first open meeting on Oct. 11. Faculty, staff ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you are looking for a meal to set your taste buds ablaze with flavor, stop, drop and California roll on over to Asiana House and sushi bar at 191 Pearl Street in Burlington, Vt. While I am no connoisseur of raw fish dishes, I can safely say that the sushi that I sampled at this ...
Author: [no author name found] Vermont Skydiving AdventuresDoes the thought of a weekend with your parents make you want to jump out of a plane? If so, you might consider seeing the fall foliage for which Vermont is famous from a whole new angle. Leap on over to Vermont Skydiving Adventures, located ...
Author: Samantha Michaels NPR host Bill Littlefield to address CollegeAs part of the College's "Meet the Press" series, Bill Littlefield, host of National Public Radio's "Only Game," will speak at McCardell Bicentennial Hall on Oct. 15. In his lecture entitled "Why We Need Sports," Littlefield will ...
Author: Patrick Jobson Memphis football star gunned down at nightUniversity of Memphis junior Taylor Bradford was shot to death on Sept. 30 on university grounds, prompting the university locked down all residence halls and canceled Monday classes as an "early precaution" in case that there was still ...
Author: Mary Lane Audio produced by Radio Arts Middlebury.While glancing over your half-yearly bill from the College, something may have caught your eye on one line item - the Student Activities Fee (SAF) jumped $120. This year's increase of the SAF to $360 has resulted in many benefits including cheaper ...