Author: Anthony Adragna Just one week into the new academic year, the newly created First-Year Counselor (FYC) program has already led to strong connections between residents and their counselors, according to several FYCs. Jimmy Wong '09, a FYC in Stewart, now affectionately answers to the name "mom" ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The white tops of the tents set up in the Town Green on Saturday beckoned to students to come and sample some of what members of the Middlebury Business Association have to offer, though with minimal success. Various local businesses set up booths manned by representatives and ...
Author: Will Mallett Some of you may have seen Apocalypto this weekend - a great movie about cliff-jumping. Though it was tempting to write an article extolling the benefits of the activity while watching Jaguar Paw make a leap of faith over an 80-plus-foot waterfall and come up unscathed, the fact ...
Author: Scott Greene The College expanded an already far-reaching foreign language repertoire by announcing the establishment of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a summer language immersion program for pre-college students, in a press release on Tuesday, Sept 11."The Middlebury-Monterey ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Over the years, many residents and business owners in the Middlebury community have felt an increasing separation between the College and the town. Recently, however, the College made a decision that administrators, students and town residents alike hope will blur the lines between ...
Author: Brian Fung and Anthony Adragna Esarey wins ice cream for Gonzales predictionThe next time you see Assistant Professor of Political Science Ashley Esarey, ask him what flavor he's on now. Esarey, who recently won a contest by correctly predicting the date and time of former U.S. Attorney General ...
Author: Kelly Janis "When people think of studying culture, often their first image is of going to some exotic, faraway place and trying to sort out patterns of adolescent sexuality in New Guinea or something," said folklorist Greg Sharrow with a playful grin as he gazed out the window at late afternoon ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College's roll-out and subsequent retraction of its new logo this summer brought administrators face-to-face with a growing reality - the speed and power of Facebook as an organizing medium among college students.Armed only with their computers and disdain for the "Middlebury ...
Author: Will Mallett The 162nd Vermont State Fair went out with a bang on Sunday as the long-anticipated demolition derby wrapped up 10 days of festivities. For the handful of Middlebury students lucky enough to attend, the fair provided a slew of opportunities both recreational and anthropological ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Administrators on the College's Emergency Planning Steering Committee made headway this summer with plans to provide automated emergency notifications to the community's students, faculty and staff in the event of a crisis. The decision to enlist MessageOne, an Austin, Texas-based ...
Author: Thomas Brant Though it has only six designers, the New York firm of Chermayeff & Geismar has created some of the most recognizable corporate and academic logos on the planet. Whenever they ride the T, fill up the tank at a Mobil station or check their Chase bank accounts, people worldwide ...
Author: Lizz Herron-Sweet Rio De Janeiro- Brazil is a country made famous by its beautiful women, but nobody mentions the men. The Brazilian man must not be judged for his looks, as they are usually unimpressive, but instead by his futebol skills and passion for the game. With this in mind, my family ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Middlebury College has teamed with Brandeis University to establish a School of Hebrew, the College's 10th language school and newest since the opening of the Portuguese Language School in 2003. The new program, which will accommodate between 40 and 60 students when it opens in June ...
Author: Brian Fung It is a sign that the college admissions gloves have really come off when even your best friend jumps on your future alma mater.That's what Patrick Knise '11 discovered when his best friend, now a first-year student at Bowdoin College, opened up the August 20 copy of U.S.News and ...
Author: Scott Greene UPenn officials talk student off of rooftopA female undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania threatened to jump off of the 10th story roof of an on-campus grocery store before being coaxed off of the ledge on Thursday, Sept. 6. It took Penn Police, Philadelphia Police and ...
Author: Anthony Adragna College officials created a new division of the Dean of the College's Office, named Student Life, as part of the school's ongoing effort to combine leadership between the Commons and the administration. Announced to students in an e-mail over the summer, the changes facilitate ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury College's on-campus social scene may soon welcome new blood in the coming weeks as a newly proposed social house awaits approval from the College administration. Already blessed with the backing of several key groups and the rest of the social house committee, the new ...
Author: [no author name found] Taste of Town Celebration Hungry for something besides dining hall cuisine? Join members of the Middlebury Business Association on Saturday, Sept. 15 from 2-5 p.m. on the Town Green for free refreshments provided by local eateries including Green Peppers, The Swift House ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes So you have finally managed to navigate Milliken, and you now recognize the distinction between Battell North and South. You have shelled out entirely too much money on your textbooks and you have even survived your first few days of classes. You can even open your mailbox on the ...
Author: Lizzy Zevalos The College announced this week that the Center for the Arts has been renamed after 1984 graduate Kevin P. Mahaney to honor Mahaney's support of the arts at the College. The official dedication and renaming cer emony will take place on March 8, 2008, coinciding with a celebration ...