Author: Julia Whelan OXFORD - Here at Lincoln College, Oxford, we take our meals "in hall." The space itself looks like the dining room in the Harry Potter series, complete with long community tables and soaring ceiling. We had our first dinner on Monday evening, commencing "Fresher's Week," or what ...
Author: Leslie Lim The College announced its four nominees for the coveted Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in mid-October. The four seniors nominated were Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Jamie Henn, Vani Sathisan and Carolyn Barnwell. As one of 47 institutions participating in the fellowship program, the College ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College administration hopes to begin a campus-wide convocation series, as outlined in the College's Strategic Plan, in early spring 2007. The goal of the series would be to promote more discussion of important issues within the College community.Proposed as a way to bring ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The Monterey Institute of International Studies' (MIIS) Board of Trustees met Oct. 14 on Middlebury's campus amidst a surge in fundraising and joint degree programs taking shape, marking a turning point nearly one year into the two schools' affiliation. With a new MIIS president ...
Author: Scott Greene In an effort designed to reverse the recent devolution of the College's social scene away from campus and promote more on-campus partying, at least one additional music concert will be brought to campus during Winter Term after members of the Student Government Association's (SGA) ...
Author: Dina Magaril The recent murder of University of Vermont student Michelle Gardner-Quinn has provoked professors and local community organizations working to stop violence against women, to urge individuals to question why such tragedies continue to occur in local communities. Gardner-Quinn's ...
Author: By Liza Murray VIETNAM - While studying abroad in Viet Nam for the semester, I had no doubt that I would encounter emotionally demanding and psychologically trying experiences. I had assumed, however, that these occurrences would be catalyzed by the widespread poverty and under-development surrounding ...
Author: Kacie Sherman Last spring, Middlebury's Town Health Officer (Dr. Robert P. LiFiandra, M.D.) proposed a plan that would eliminate tobacco sales from Middlebury. In an effort to reduce the visibility of tobacco sales and curtail the acceptance of the habit of smoking, Dr. LaFiandra suggested that ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Most student organizations are no longer permitted to send out student-wide e-mails, as administrators work to reduce the number of all-campus e-mails. The policy change was made this year after dozens of campus-wide messages were sent at the end of last year's fall semester, clogging ...
Author: Akshay Khanna College reports making strides on Strategic PlanThe College has made significant progress toward implementing more than half of the 82 numbered recommendations outlined last spring in the Strategic Plan, Dean of Planning John Emerson reported after returning from the Board of Trustees' ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Karlye Wisdom '09 was awarded the Paul W. Ward '25 Memorial Prize on Oct 6. in a competiton that honors students for writing in their first year at the College. Fellow sophomores Samantha Pack and Claire Kelly were named the runners-up. In all, 33 members of the Class of 2009 ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman At the time of press, the Burlington Police Department (BPD) had yet to identify any suspects in the suspicious disappearance of University of Vermont (UVM) senior Michelle Gardner-Quinn, last seen in Burlington during the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 7. Deputy Police ...
Author: Dean Atyia This week marks the 30th anniversary of Middlebury's Chinese program, an occasion for which over 60 program alumni will return to campus for panels on current topics in Chinese studies. The week's symposium marks a high point for a program that has steadily gained momentum since its ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes For years, the Town Hall Theatre that was once the heart of the Middlebury community has been deteriorating. The building, first erected in 1884, is located on the corner of Merchant's Row and, overlooking the Town Green. It is a cornerstone of Middlebury history and a potential ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In a mini-blow to the American mini-vehicle industry, the College turned to Japan this year for an automotive invention that could bridge the gap between car and Gator. Middlebury's iconic green Gator utility vehicles now share the sidewalks with not only students, snakes and squirrels, ...
Author: Kelly Janis Nestled snugly inside a church cellar at 52 Merchants' Row lies the pizza styx world headquarters Neil & Otto's pizza parlor. A brisk autumn afternoon saw the eclectic joint abuzz with customers both young and old, enjoying their generous helpings of pizza, calzones, pasta, wraps, ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury will not follow the likes of Harvard University and Princeton University in discontinuing its early admission program. Instead the College reformed the admissions process over the past year through the introduction of an academic rating system for all applicants. The ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Democratic House candidate Peter Welch headlined a climate change rally at the College last Friday, taking the opportunity to tie his opponent to Republican inaction on the issue.With the race still close just over four weeks before Election Day, Welch argued that Martha Rainville's ...
Author: Leslie Lim IBM opens contest for software designIBM Corporation is challenging college students to create computer programs that will be easy for those with physical disabilities to use. The company launched a competition this week that encourages competitors to design word processing and spreadsheet ...
Author: Annie Onishi The Career Services Office (CSO) revamped its office, its Web site and several recruitment programs this year with the goal of making its employment offerings more accessible to students. Though hampered by technological glitches during senior resume submissions, the office believes ...