Author: Emma Moros Cellular phone service and broadband Internet access have never been available to every Vermont citizen, but with the introduction of Vermont House Bill 248 and the work of the Internet for All, NOW! committee, that may be about to change.Currently, 87 percent of Vermonters have broadband ...
Author: Katie Flagg MAINZ, GERMANY - Today, in a course I am taking about literary portrayals of America, our professor asked us to express our pre-existing ideas of the United States. For me, the exercise was strange. In my broken German, I identified myself as an American and then listened as the ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Citadel to install dormitory locksIn response to the shootings at Virginia Tech last week, Charleston, S.C.-based military college The Citadel will install locks on all cadet rooms by next semester in an effort to increase student safety. The installation of locks breaks with ...
Author: Dany Noguera-Garces Symposium to honor Gandhi's non-violenceA symposium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi's non-violent movement to end British sovereignty of India is currently underway. Pooja Shahani '09, Micah Macfarlane '09 and Vani Sathisan '07, with support from the ...
Author: Kelly Janis For months, the dingy exterior of 73 Main St. has been plastered with colorful, enigmatic posters that promised that "something exciting" was in store for April. On Friday, the suspenseful signs were peeled away at last and replaced by a flurry of streamers and balloons, as Middlebury's ...
Author: Michelle Constant, Kerren McKeeman, & Chelsea Utterback Before heading to the online polls on Thursday, read up on the candidates for SGA president and Student Co-Chair of Community Council in The Campus' annual SGA election preview.Meet your SGA Presidential candidate: Max Nardini '08Junior ...
Author: Brian Fung Mary Lane '10 heard the news from her mother shortly after 11 a.m. last Monday morning: a gunman was loose at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. By noon, 33 people had been fatally shot in the deadliest school shooting in American history. As soon as she found out what was happening, ...
Author: Michelle Constant The Kathryn Wasserman Davis organization awarded $10,000 grants this spring to three groups from the College for proposals they designed for 100 Projects for Peace. The grants are to be used to launch these student initiatives this summer. The College has allotted an additional ...
Author: Mia Lieb-Lappen The Student Government Association (SGA) approved three candidates for the 2007 election ballot for SGA president and Student Co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) in its weekly meeting on April 15. Max Nardini '08, the current Wonnacott Commons Senator, will run unopposed ...
Author: Kelly Janis Whether as part of a bagpipe-led procession in Shelburne, a bike ride in Brandon, a ski-down in Killington or a trek from a sugaring shack to the statehouse in Montpelier, Vermonters turned out en masse on Saturday to "Step It Up" and demand that Congress pledge to cut the nation's ...
Author: Ceara Danaher Prindle Mullin Wissler is a firecracker of a lady. The petite 94-year-old artist was the center of attention at Ilsley Library on the evening of April 12, and for the remainder of the month, Wissler's paintings will be on display in the library. The show is a precursor to the 21st ...
Author: Tom Brant Thirty-three people were confirmed dead and more than a dozen wounded in the wake of a shooting rampage that occurred Monday morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. By Tuesday afternoon, Virginia Tech Police identified a student, Cho Seung-Hui, 23, as the gunman responsible for ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The largest global warming demonstration in American history took place on April 14, all thanks to an idea conceived by six recent graduates of the College and Scholar-in-Residence Bill McKibben. Step It Up 2007, a campaign of more than 1,400 coordinated demonstrations in ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman Rutgers' profile surges after Imus scandalAfter radio show host Don Imus's reference to the predominantly black Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos," the team's coach and players have been commended for their cordial response to the insult. As a result, sale of ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback Cox '07 recognized for community service workJessica Cox '07 was awarded this year's Vermont Campus Compact (VCC) TD Banknorth Commitment to Service and Engagement Award on March 29. The award is given for exceptional participation in community service.Cox contributed to the ...
Author: Claire & Lisie Beyond the Bubbling is no walk in the park - it takes a lot of forethought and creativity, as evidenced by the four years worth of highly innovative outings on which we have reported. Highlights, of course, include our visits to several county and antique stores. But, Claire ...
Author: Tom Brant Students will no longer be able to declare triple majors, and will have to follow stricter guidelines when they declare or add new majors or minors, according to a bill passed by the faculty at their monthly meeting on April 10. The new measures will take effect next year. The first ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Cook Commons Dean David Edleson will leave his position in June after eight years at the College. A founding staff member of the decentralized Cook Commons and a popular counselor for students inside and outside his community, Edleson said Monday that it was a growing number of decisions ...
Author: Scott Greene How did I end up in a Chinese Internet cafÈ at 4 a.m. on a Monday night in April?I haven't missed Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season in a long time. For most avid baseball fans, that isn't saying much. They can easily watch the handful of opening day games across the ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman According to an April 12 Crime Alert that the College's Department of Public Safety released to the student body via e-mail, "On Saturday, April 7, 2007, at approximately 4:30 a.m., an intruder entered the room of a male student in Coffrin Hall. The resident was asleep when he ...