Author: Zamir Ahmed Members of the faculty discussed a proposal to restrict the number of majors and minors students can declare, and when they can declare them, at the monthly faculty meeting on Monday. The proposal drew immediate objections from faculty members of smaller departments who felt that ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner When Middlebury citizens filed into the local municipal building for their annual town meeting last Monday, there was nothing extraordinary seeming about the forum that was to take place.The townspeople first thanked their snow removal crews for their upstanding work during ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Humanitarian hero Paul Rusesabagina launched the College's convocation series Saturday night with an address at Mead Chapel on his role in saving more than 1,200 refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The talk, entitled "Hotel Rwanda: A Story Yet To Be Learned," moved ...
Author: Alex Garlick COPENHAGEN - "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." In my European travels I have tried to follow that mantra as much as possible. I ate pickled herring in Sweden, I tried currywurst in Berlin and I visited a coffee shop in Amsterdam. In Denmark, I was determined to become a part ...
Author: [no author name found] Scott Center polls students on religious questionsThe Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life issued a survey last week in an attempt to gather information about religious beliefs, activities and concerns at the College. The survey was sent to roughly 850 random ...
Author: Colin Foss Senators of the Student Government Association (SGA) debated a public speaking initiative for the College curriculum during their meeting last Saturday. The initiative would apply a public speaking (PS) label to certain voluntary presentation-intensive courses that would be reflected ...
Author: Kelly Janis While it might not rank high on a list of students' preferred destinations, Porter Medical Center is "interconnected with the College on many levels," according to Ronald G. Hallman, the hospital's Vice President of Development and Public Relations. In fact, said Hallman, "The very ...
Author: Brian Fung The number of Commons Residential Advisors (CRAs) at the College will be reduced from 10 to five next year, Dean of the College Tim Spears confirmed last Saturday. The change has drawn mixed student reactions and, along with plans to offer junior counselors (JCs) $2,500 stipends next ...
Author: Kelly Janis Middlebury Market has now become Middlebury Market and Sama's CafÈ, the newest of 54 College St.'s many distinctive faces. Chef and owner Usamah "Sama" Hayyat is no stranger to Middlebury. He grew up in the town and worked at the Market and CafÈ when it was known as Baba's, serving ...
Author: [no author name found] William & Mary College dumped by cross donorAccording to CNN, an unidentified longtime donor withdrew a $12 million donation pledge to William and Mary College after College President Gene Nichol decided to remove the cross from the campus chapel in October.Critics ...
Author: Leslie Lim A new ticket-based reservation system will limit access to this May's high-profile commencement ceremony, according to commencement planners. The presence of former President Bill Clinton, who will deliver this year's commencement address, is expected to draw a larger than usual crowd, ...
Author: Mike West Students and staff met Monday night to propose the establishment of a student-run, on-campus bar or nightclub. The proposed bar would be located in the Hamlin dining hall, which composes the unused half of the Freeman International Center. The creation of a bar on College premises ...
Author: Ceara Danaher Four dollars and a student ID card will gain you entry to the Henry Sheldon Museum's new exhibit, "A Kid's Eye View of the American Revolution." The Sheldon Museum, located on College Street in Middlebury, is a haven from the neighboring restaurants and retail stores. Set far back ...
Author: Chi Zhang The Sustainable Endowments Institute slapped the College with a grade of "C" for endowment transparency and investment priorities in a report released on Jan. 24. In response to the low mark, the student-led Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investment (ACSRI) announced it ...
Author: Brian Fung Members of the College faculty joined students and staff in an open forum Monday to discuss the role of Wikipedia in higher education. Two presentations sponsored by Ross Commons offered differing treatments of the online encyclopedia and debated the value of open-source technology ...
Author: Kerren McKeeman Beginning next year, Junior Counselors (JCs) will receive a stipend of $2,500 instead of an extra room draw housing point, according to a Feb. 26 e-mail to sophomores and juniors from Dean of the College Tim Spears. In addition, the position will be renamed "First-Year Counselor" ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury raised more money than any other liberal arts college in 2006, signaling a robust start to the likely $500 million Middlebury Initiative to be announced next fall. The $61.5 million total exceeded the College's fundraising goal by more than $10 million.The year's ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner The notoriety associated with Mardi Gras in the United States has given the pre-Lenten holiday a bad rep to say the least. Tales of debauchery, lewd conduct and women flashing their assets up and down Bourbon Street have made the annual event in New Orleans an X-rated affair ...
Author: Tom Brant When Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett took the floor for questions at last week's faculty meeting, one professor raised his hand to ask about the scaleback of the College's February (Feb) admissions program. Specifically, the professor asked, is the program being scaled back to zero?While ...
Author: [no author name found] Gargeya, Stephens, Nardini win SGA electionsIn the Student Government Association (SGA) elections held last week, Ashwin Gargeya '08 took the Junior Half-Year Senator position, Emily Stephens '10.5 became the Feb Senator and Max Nardini '08 was elected Wonnacott Commons ...