Author: Kathryn Flagg Professor Emeritus of Economics David K. Smith '42 passed away last Wednesday, marking the College's loss of a great mind and a good friend. His colleagues, former students and many friends and neighbors will remember the native Vermonter not only as a great scholar, but also as ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, Scott Greene, and Derek Schlickeisen BU GOP questions race-based awardsA new student-sponsored scholarship offered to students at Boston University (BU) is being used to protest financial aid programs that are awarded based on ethnic background. The $250 Caucasian Achievement and ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Last August, just a month before Todd Swisher '10 was to begin his Middlebury career as a first-year, he received an e-mail from another soon-to-be MiddKid from Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. They were going to be roommates, the friendly e-mail said. Swisher had not found the site to check ...
Author: Kelly Janis The thick, warm chocolate. The soft, yielding dough. Ah, chocolate chip cookies. As any junk food connoisseur knows, these delightful morsels are most certainly not created equal. Some are endowed by their creator with some extra oomph - a little more oozing chocolate here, a little ...
Author: Kelly Janis and Scott Greene Midd adds masters degree in Chinese to Language SchoolsThis summer, the College's Language Schools will enjoy a much-lauded addition as fifteen students pursue a Master of Arts degree in Chinese, widely considered one of the most increasingly useful focuses of language ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen As college administrators across the country work to increase their visibility among students, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz has added more open office hours to the eight or nine student lunches held each semester. Liebowitz and his staff say the meetings, which ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Vermont ski resorts are gearing up for the season with high hopes for heavy snow. Given last winter's dismal performance of feeble snowfalls and dreary rainstorms, most ski resorts are especially dependent on high snow accumulation this year. So what is in store for this snow ...
Author: Trevor Lee Elevator outages trap several students in Bicentennial HallStudents were trapped multiple times in the elevators in McCardell Bicentennial Hall last week."We have been experiencing an intermittent problem recently where one or both of the passenger elevator controllers has been shutting ...
Author: Kelly Janis The Social Life Task Force committee met last week to discuss a potential campus-wide survey intended to solicit ideas and input from students with reference to relevant social issues. The committee hopes to spark dialogue about pertinent issues regarding Middlebury's social climate."The ...
Author: Alpheus Chan RUSSIA - What a ridiculous place. Russia is every bit as weird as you imagine it to be, and it makes for great traveling and amazing stories. My recent 11-day tour started in St. Petersburg. Peter the Great invited famous Italian architects to help him build the city, which makes ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg American students broaden horizonsMore American college students are choosing to study abroad in exotic, non-English speaking locations, according to figures released Monday by the Institute of International Education. Although Britain remains the most popular choice for the 8 ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College may launch the largest fundraising drive in the history of liberal arts institutions next fall, according to President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz and others in the administration. If successful, the campaign would raise nearly $500 million over five years ...
Author: Brian Fung The Midd Rides program will once again accept telephone requests for evening transportation as soon as the underlying infrastructure has been re-established, the Department of Public Safety said on Monday. The reversal in policy reflects Public Safety's responsiveness to growing disappointment ...
Author: Kelly Janis Professor of Political Science David Rosenberg is not content living as a passive observer of politics. Even in the small town of Middlebury, Rosenberg has assumed a decidedly active role in the political sphere, serving for over thirty years as one of the town's 15 justices of the ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Last Tuesday, International Paper announced its decision to conclude the highly controversial test burn at its Ticonderoga, N.Y. mill one week earlier than they had originally planned. According to IP's press release, "Preliminary test data indicates that long-term use of tire-derived ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Nearly 30 students and faculty members rallied in front of Old Chapel on Friday to protest the new Rehnquist professorship. The protest came amid news that President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz had agreed to better accommodate student interests in the naming of future ...
Author: Michelle Constant The Class of 2007 will present the College with an environmental fund for green initiatives on campus as its senior gift, the Senior Committee announced last Friday. Called The Green Fund, the gift will support projects including biomass incentives, carbon neutralization efforts ...
Author: Akshay Khanna The College will offer multiple courses that will venture off-campus during Winter Term beginning in January 2008 after the Standing Parents Committee raised money for class travel, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced at the Nov. 6 faculty meeting. The increase ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Recommendations calling for the locking of Atwater Dining Hall and the installation of cameras for a test period in Proctor Dining Hall were approved by Community Council on Nov. 13 in an effort to combat theft on campus. The recommendations will now head to Old Chapel for consideration.Under ...
Author: Dina Magaril If you're one of the hunting enthusiasts itching to get out your rifle and hunt for some big game this season, you might just have your chance. Though the two-and-a-half-month-long black bear hunting season officially ends on Nov. 15, Vermont is entering its annual rifle deer season, ...