Author: Denizhan Duran The Department of Public Safety introduced the Residential Life Helpline this fall in a response to organizational reshuffling in the College. The hotline is available after 5 p.m. weekdays and all-day on weekends and staffed by student dispatchers who try to find a solution to ...
Author: [no author name found] Every year, you - or your parent's fully-matured trust fund - gets drained about $46,910. As students, this number is justified through the friendships we foster in these increasingly cold days as we explore our intellectual pursuits and toast up cheesy panini. But where ...
Author: Cecilia Goldschmidt Based on a survey last year conducted by the Student Comprehensive Fee Committee and completed by 430 students, half of the students here do not know that the actual figure for tuition is close to $30,000 more than what you see on your twice yearly bill. So you think $46,910 ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Joseph C. (Joe) Doria passed away on Oct. 2, 2007 at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, N.Y. at the age of 86. Doria, who had been employed at the College for over 40 years, succumbed to injuries sustained seven weeks prior in an automobile accident.Doria, who was born in Winooski, ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate convened on Sept. 30 to discuss a bill proposed by First Year Senator David Peduto '11, whose goal is to organize students across the country and possibly around the globe in a demonstration for peace. At an agreed upon time, they would ...
Author: Jaime Fuller, Andrew Fuller and Anthony Adragna Blood drive suffers lower donation levelsAtwater Commons sponsored its biannual Red Cross Blood Drive in the McCullough Hall Social Space on Sept. 26. Altogether 106 students donated blood, but some potential donators were deferred because of low ...
Author: Bryant Cobb Last year, the much-anticipated new student-run nightclub, Xanadu, opened its doors to the general student body in a bid to liven up social life on campus. After moderate success in the spring, the nightclub's management plans to address challenges it found during the club's inaugural ...
Author: Rachael Jennings "When we wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night, there is a genocide going on," said Brian, one of the collegiate coordinators for the Dream for Darfur Torch Campaign, as a local band, Fall Line, hit a striking chord. His bright eyes reflected his astonishment as he ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe The Community Council held its second meeting of the year on Oct. 1 to consider the reinstatement of Delta House, a social house that has been suspended since the spring of 2006. Chris Angelini '08.5, president of Delta House, and Tarrah Bowen '08.5, vice president of the ...
Author: Kelly Janis When was the last time you petted an alpaca? On Sept. 29, Maple View Farm Alpacas in Brandon, Vt. held one of several annual open houses to allow visitors to satiate their curiosity about these fuzzy, little-known creatures who roam more than 45 farms in Vermont alone.According to ...
Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant Keeping up with the Ivy League?For many students at the College, programs like paying for visitation trips for the Top 100 students spell the downfall of the liberal arts. Last spring, Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett had to field many questions about the program ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Stewart book ignites merit debate at CornellDebate over source legitimacy, similar to the Wikipedia debate at Middlebury last year, is occurring at Cornell University. Professors at Cornell have expressed skepticism in response to the integration of Jon Stewart's 2004 bestseller ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's McCullough Student Center could see extensive renovations to its internal structure completed by as early as 2010, according to administration officials familiar with the project. Though the proposal has yet to be confirmed in any final form, College officials say the ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Na's House of Thai - mediocre excuse for Asian cuisine or spicy ambrosia from the Far East? Sadly, I will never know. If you have seen the sign for Na's House of Thai on Route 7 as you head toward Lake Dunmore, do not be fooled as my friends and I were this past Saturday. Less ...
Author: Joseph Bergan and Thomas Brant Last spring, Middlebury admissions conducted an experiment - fly in 100 stand-out admitted students who may choose another school for one final presentation on why they should choose Middlebury. The College planned to attract "truly fabulous" students following ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you are in search of Vermont's sweetest tourist destination, look no further than the New England Maple Museum just outside Rutland, Vt. on Route 7. This tiny waystation in the Vermont countryside offers a delectable mix of history, creepy mannequins, slideshows and - oh, yeah ...
Author: Reid Hansen MADRID - As United States companies have advertisements along every major sidewalk in the city, American marketing in Madrid can't be missed. John McClane's bald head, frowning face and fingers wrapped around a nine milly celebrate the release of "La Jungla 4.0," better-known back ...
Author: Eleanor Horowitz After six years of freewheeling around campus, the Yellow Bikes Cooperative has locked up its fleet and will no longer be supplying its yellow bikes to the College community.The decision to terminate the program this year did not come easy, according to coordinator Abel Fillion ...
Author: Brian Fung Politically active members of the College community respectfully faced off with one another on Oct. 1 in an open discussion sponsored by Dialogues for Peace. The discussions were prompted by a poster, obtained several weeks ago by the College Republicans and subsequently displayed ...
Author: Will Mallett Otter Creek Brewing held its 13th Annual Oktoberfest Benefit Bash on Sept. 29, celebrating the season and raising funds for the United Way of Addison County, a nationwide organization whose mission, according to its Web site, is to "improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of ...