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 ...
Author: Sarah Black Facilities unsure why LaForce is falling apartFacilities Services has erected temporary canopies over the entrances to LaForce hall to protect building occupants from stones that have been falling from the building facade while they attempt to figure out why the stones are loose. ...
Author: Tom Brant and Zamir Ahmed Gentleman's Quarterly calls Smith women uglyAn feature in the April issue of Gentleman's Quarterly entitled "Where to find her 2007" lists all-female Smith College as one of 17 places not to look for hot women. The article has provoked the ire of several Smith students, ...
Author: Tom Brant, news editor Energy efficiency and landscaping issues were the main topics of discussion at the second forum for the Master Plan on Monday in Dana Auditorium. Administrators and professional planners identified significant weaknesses with the College's infrastructure and grounds, and ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Mandatory student fees will total $46,910 for the 2007-2008 academic year, according to a letter sent to parents on Tuesday. The higher total reflects a combined 5.25 percent increase over this year's mandatory fees, including a five percent increase in the comprehensive fee ...
Author: Justine Katzenbach PARIS - If you've ever visited Paris, you couldn't help but have noticed it before. It all begins with a little peck on the cheek, a simple "hello." Instantaneously, that peck takes a turn for the dark side. Kisses grow ever more impassioned with each moment of lip-on-lip ...
Author: Kelly Janis This winter, Middlebury was infused with a burst of technological savvy when Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless set up shop alongside Unicel to vie for the town's wireless loyalties. This spurt of cell phone providers leaves Middlebury locals with a dizzying conundrum: which carrier ...
Author: Brian Fung When Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Bob Cluss moved to Middlebury over a decade ago, he had never owned his own home before. So it was a new experience for him when he checked his mailbox for the first time - and made a new friend."I discovered I had a mailbox buddy," said ...
Author: Brian Fung The hubbub and commotion typically associated with lunch hour at Proctor Dining Hall ceased briefly on Monday afternoon as Daniel Kane '09 stood on a chair and called for attention. Proctor diners then paused in a campus-wide moment of silence meant to honor those who had fallen in ...
Author: Emma Moros On Thursday night, in the typically serene basement of Ilsley Public Library, farmers made livestock deals while children played with puzzles and everyone sipped on hot chocolate made with local farm fresh milk. The uncharacteristic liveliness can be attributed to Rural Vermont's ...