Author: Kelly Janis When the Vermont Electrical Power Company (VELCO) scoped out the proposed site of its new line easement corridor on the banks of South Slang Creek, near Vergennes, it found its desired transmission pole structure already occupied. But it was not another utilities company that had ...
Author: George Heinrichs In recent years, colleges and universities across the country, including Middlebury, have been under siege by the music, television and film industries because of the use of their servers by students to illegally share files. In order to fight back against illegal downloading, ...
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 ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Kelly Janis The whir of snow plows. The scrape of shovels. The exasperated sighs of snowbound homeowners, suffocated by a whirlwind of white fluff.As Middlebury College students basked snugly in the reprieve of a snow day, the Northeast pulled out all the stops to wrench itself out from under ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen [CORRECTED FEB. 21] Two men are alleged to have assaulted a female student late Friday night at Brackett, the home of Tavern social house, according to a campus-wide crime alert sent by the Department of Public Safety on Monday evening.The assault, described as a sex offense ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Guster will headline the Middlebury College Activity Board's (MCAB) spring concert on April 27 after an opening by up-and-coming indie band The Format, according to MCAB officers. The Spring Concert will be a part of Guster's Campus Consciousness Tour, a project sprouting from ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed A Valentine's Day blizzard that paralyzed states from the Midwest to Northeast forced the College to officially close down on Feb. 15, canceling classes and instructing all non-essential staff to stay home. The cancellation of classes marked the College's first forced closure since ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner It was a blustery day when I first spotted Otter Creek Yoga on my way to the neighboring Chinese restaurant. I had a rough day at school and decided a little comfort in the form of hot and sour soup and some Kung Pao chicken would certainly boost my spirits. As I rushed over ...
Author: Brian Fung Members of the Student Comprehensive Fee Committee recommended raising next year's comprehensive fee to $46,768 in a presentation before the Board of Trustees last Saturday. While the official amount approved by the Trustees will not be announced for several weeks, the student Committee's ...
Author: [no author name found] Relay for Life aims high with fundraising goalsThe second kickoff event for the College's Relay for Life was held Feb. 17 in McCullough Social Space. The event raised awareness about the relay and other related events, all of which benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS).As ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes PeekVid and YouTube may be offering students free, criminal access to tv shows and movies online, but for those who tire of watching films in small, three-inch boxes, there's still the video rental store.Whether you are looking for the complete second season of "Lost," a sophisticated ...
Author: Ben Salkowe University of Wisconsin to require drug testingThe University of Wisconsin-Stout will require all 100 of its Division III football players to undergo drug testing this spring for commonly abused drugs, and will randomly test 25 players for steroid use, the Associated Press (AP) reported ...
Author: James Kerrigan PRAGUE - America has got a lot of things figured out, but not everything. I grew up going to the Hanover Co-op, our neighborhood grocery store which doubled as the gossip headquarters for local mothers. It had just about everything one could want, but after one trip to Albert, ...
Author: Tom Brant In an effort to more effectively recruit highly qualified applicants, the Admissions Office will soon begin notifying more than a hundred top applicants to the Class of 2011 of their likely acceptance and offer them a free trip to Middlebury, Dean of Admissions Robert Clagett announced ...
Author: Kerren McKeeman This spring, the College's room draw process will take place for the first time entirely online. The change represents the continuation of an ongoing effort to reform room draw. Using Banner Web will not only eliminate the need to relocate Commons staff to Kenyon Arena during ...