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 ...
Author: Leslie Lim Two days after a town meeting in McCullough Social Space to discuss hate speech on campus, another instance of homophic graffiti was found written in permanent red marker on the white board of a student's door in Starr Hall. The incident underscored recent concerns that an earlier ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Vibrant, charming woodcut prints of four-legged friends deck the walls and a six-foot wooden dog looms in the entrance, welcoming visitors with puppy dog eyes that laugh merrily, despite its statuesque, vertical posture. The multitude of cartoon-like images of dogs clustered ...
Author: Kelly Janis In spite of its puny stature, the Green Mountain State wields mighty political brawn, which has made it an alluring attraction for some of history's most remarkable figures. On a snowy Wednesday night, Middlebury residents flocked to Ilsley Public Library's community meeting room ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Choose Responsibility, the local non-profit organization founded by President Emeritus John M. McCardell, Jr. to study the 21-year-old drinking age, officially launched its website (www.chooseresponsibility.org) this week. Although Monday, April 9 was the official launch ...
Author: Leslie Lim In response to homophobic graffiti found in the hallways of Ross Commons over Spring Break, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz sent a campus-wide e-mail over the break condemning the acts. Students and administrators met last Tuesday to discuss the incidents, and a student ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The windows of Carol's Hungry Mind CafÈ were foggier than usual last Friday night. Inside the local coffee shop, there was more to hear than the usual hum of chatty coffee drinkers and the periodic squeal of the espresso machine. Down in the basement below, the rising stars of ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman The new student-run nightclub Xanadu celebrated its grand opening Friday night in Hamlin Dining Hall with a test run to identify logistical issues before the club's official opening next fall. The opening saw widespread attendance by students, with large waiting lines to gain ...
Author: Chi Zhang The first annual Spring Student Symposium, which will display the fruits of student research, will take place on Friday, April 13, in McCardell Bicentennial Hall. The half-day symposium, the result of a recommendation in the Strategic Plan, will showcase more than 50 multi-disciplinary ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College was buzzing last week with the 60 prospective students who received free trips to the College. The visits were part of the busiest time of year for the Office of Admissions, which also announced plans to introduce more financial aid dollars for qualified students."With ...
Author: Kerren McKeeman Beginning in the spring of 2008, seniors will be allowed to apply for rooms in any of the College's five Commons during room draw, according to an all-student e-mail sent by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz last week. The change is the result of a proposal from the ...
Author: Ceara Danaher A new phase of the Middlebury Downtown Street Lighting plan is now being put into action as town employees strategically plan how best to light the downtown area. As a piece of the project, Court Square is soon to be filled with highly efficient, historically-styled streetlights."We've ...