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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 O'Brien's hair salon has occupied a coveted position among the most frequented establishments on Main Street since opening in 1979. Now, boasting a new name, new services and a new line of hair care products, O'Brien's, now going by Bimini Bills: "Your Hair Resort," is eager to ascend ...
Author: Scott Greene A week before the College's first early decision (ED I) deadline for the class of 2011, the number of applications received has hit 685 or seven percent over last year, Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett reported on Tuesday afternoon. He estimated that the final number would rest around ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed A campus-wide survey looking at College facilities is now underway as part of a new effort to revise the Master Plan and better align handicap accessibility on campus with regulations outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As part of the College's reform to the Master ...
Author: Will Ceurvels Last Friday, I joined a group of roughly 20 College students to stage a last-minute petition outside of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters' Waterbury, Vt. visitor's center. We were requesting that the company continue to put pressure on its partner firm, International Paper, to delay ...
Author: Michelle Constant The College's Master Plan Committee assembled on campus for a series of meetings on Nov. 2-3 to discuss a long-range facilities plan that includes the future of the Center for the Arts (CFA) and Proctor Hall. The group hopes to present new Plan revisions to the Board of Trustees ...
Author: Leslie Lim and Scott Greene Former foreign language chair, German professor diesLong-time German professor M. Kimberly Sparks passed away early on Oct. 30, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced on the College's Web site. Professor Emeritus Sparks began his time at Middlebury ...
Author: Meg Young Tucked away just past Ben Franklin's, down Bakery Lane and past the curry-laden Taste of India, Tully and Marie's boasts an intriguing boat-like facade, and a striking river-front view. The wait-staff is friendly and punctual, and the check always comes flanked with gingersnaps. On ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College will begin to offer Modern Hebrew as a language course option to students beginning in the fall of 2007. Professor of Jewish Studies Robert Schine said the College, which already offers Classical Hebrew, created a new faculty position to allow for the creation of ...
Author: Kacie Sherman On the green across from downtown Middlebury's Alpine Shop, the Addison Peace Coalition convenes every Saturday morning by the large stone fountain.For thirty minutes each week, the non-exclusive group joins together to silently demonstrate against the war in Iraq. Every Saturday ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Democrat Peter Welch and left-leaning Independent Bernie Sanders won Vermont's open House and Senate seats Tuesday night, while Republican Governor Jim Douglas sailed past Democratic challenger Scudder Parker.Though Sanders and Douglas had long been predicted to win their ...