Author: Andrea Glaessner I recently heard through the grapevine about a shop near the Middlebury Co-op called Yak Adventure. The "grapevine" claimed is was owned by a Tibetan refugee named Tenzin Chophel. A Tibetan in Middlebury, VT? That was enough intrigue to get me to stop by the shop.I entered Yak ...
Author: Thomas Phillips College degrees pay, Census Bureau saysA student who has a bachelor's degree is likely to make $23,000 more a year than a student who does not have one, according to a recent report by the Census Bureau. The study compared adults with bachelor's degrees to those who only have ...
Author: Brian Fung The College has now entered the second stage of its yearly search for a graduation speaker, a member of the committee responsible for the job said this week. Though it refused to disclose the names of potential candidates for privacy reasons, the Committee promised an engaging show ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Addressing topics ranging from the controversial Rehnquist professorship to the College's upcoming fundraising campaign, members of the Middlebury College faculty convened Monday for their monthly faculty meeting. In what was the most enlivened debate of the meeting, Professor ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate approved a bill that recommended the creation of an "open" room draw system for seniors on Nov. 5. The recommendation comes after an SGA-sponsored survey found widespread student disapproval of the current room draw system.The bill, ...
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 ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Dean Atyia Commons-sponsored events kick-off Halloween festivitiesAtwater and Wonnacott Commons hosted Halloween events this past weekend, seeing a mixed result of student attendance. A Wonnacott-sponsored dance party, held in Prescott House, "never had more than 30 people at one time," said ...
Author: Dina Magaril Maura Clancy, a native of Fairfield Conn., works as an access services assistant at the New Library. But she has another passion that rivals her love of books. Every Saturday morning, from Memorial Day weekend until the weekend before Halloween, Clancy sets up her stand alongside ...
Author: Kelly Janis As Vermonters head to the polls next Tuesday to select a representative of Vermont's at-large congressional district in the House, U.S. House candidate Jerry Trudell bristles with hope that perhaps he can blaze the way to a much better state of affairs. "I love Vermont and I love ...
Author: Scott Greene Last week's newly endowed Justice William H. Rehnquist Professorship of American History and Culture joins the College's 44 other endowed chairs as a form of giving that many administrators believe provides the most overall benefit to the College in terms of flexibility and reaching ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College has added two international members to its Board of Trustees and is working to expand career and internship opportunities abroad, working toward the dual goals identified in last spring's Strategic Plan of building stronger ties with international alumni and attracting ...