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 ...
Author: Adam Dede On Oct. 7 the Student Government Association (SGA) continued their discussion from last meeting concerning the addition of class booklists to BannerWeb. With details still in the works, the initiative will give students the option to buy books online, prior to the beginning of term. ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Students who stopped by Saturday's Orange Crush concert in Kenyon Arena may have noticed ways in which the event differed from their usual weekend fare: uniformed catering staff served hot food to guests who at times found themselves mingling in the decked-out gymnasium with ...
Author: Molley Kaiyoorawongs FERRARA - I just saw my coach's penis. I'm in Italy and the second grueling practice of Tchoukball just ended. I suppose he was on the way to take a shower in this locker room that isn't really a locker room. The "men's locker room" is an empty room except for some benches. ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback Student representatives attending the Community Council's weekly meeting on Oct. 8 were shocked to learn that the College's Board of Trustees had in May approved a new College calendar that eliminates the first day of Winter Carnival, traditionally a class-free Friday in February. ...
Author: Kelly Janis On Oct. 6 and 7, the Robert E. Miller Expo Centre in Essex Junction, Vt. boasted the highest concentration of Navajo wedding sets, 19th century hand-cut doll dresses and vintage sewing machines for miles as it played host to the annual Champlain Valley Antiques Festival. The two-day ...
Author: Brian Fung Cook Commons found itself under fire from College community members last weekend after sponsoring a "Surrender Your Booty" party on Oct. 5 that included the screening of a pornographic film. An R-rated version of "Pirates," the highest-budget pornographic movie ever made, was initially ...
Author: Mary Lane MacPherson When local artist Doug Lazarus first started holding major art shows in 1976, he had a little inkling that the major theme of his displays during the 21st century would be water.Lazarus, whose art gallery and studio, The Great Falls Fine Art Center is located in downtown ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Around noon on Saturday, Oct. 6, a procession of dog lovers and their four-legged friends took to the streets in a great jingling of collars and wagging of tails. Passersby grinned at the puppy parade as it marched a half-mile loop around town, finally returning to the town ...
Author: Hannah Wilson In true Vermont fashion, on the first Thursday in October, restaurants, co-ops and stores around Vermont donated some of their sales to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA). NOFA uses the money collected from Share the Harvest to help fund its Farm Share ...
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 ...