Author: Emily Thompson Eat Good Food lifts the spirits of any student who has grown tired of the dining hall lunches found here on campus. True to its name, Eat Good Food provides a plethora of delights with its "localvore," or the use of only local products. Though already well known for its dinner ...
Author: Emily Thompson Vermont's Own may appear to be another tourist shop along Main Street from the outside, but the inside offers food and condiments that any epicurean could appreciate. The store opened this past summer on June 21 by Dana and Lorraine Franklin of Addison. The couple also owns another ...
Author: Leslie Lim At last weekend's meeting of the Board of Trustees, the College reaffirmed its commitment to making on-campus power production more environmentally friendly. Director of Environmental Affairs Nan Jenks-Jay announced Saturday that the Board had approved a recommendation to construct ...
Author: Michelle Constant, Kathryn Flagg, and Scott Greene Battle joins Middlebury as new Health EducatorAlicia Battle recently assumed the position as Middlebury College's Health Educator, a position that had been vacant for the past four years. Battle said that she found the prospect of creating a ...
Author: Claire Nielson and Lisie Mehlman Your beloved Beyond the Bubble writers returned to good 'ol VT having spent the summer shacked up together in DC. Apartment number 701, shockingly enough, received many mealtime visits from the fire department as we frequently forgot to turn on the overhead fan ...
Author: Kelsey Eichhorn A mid-summer morning in Oslo, Norway finds the sun cresting the fjord horizon at 5:30 a.m. Exhausted university students do not enjoy rays peaking through the curtains at such an unseemly hour, yet daybreak is a welcome friend to the local Oslo Fjord fishermen, whose workday ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green When Pub Night resumes next Thursday, Middlebury students will see a restructured program that no longer includes free drinks for students of legal drinking age. The popular two free beers at Pub Night will be replaced with college-subsidized food and drink specials, according ...
Author: Kacie Sherman His is a face you'd recognize - you might even know his first name - and if you know either of those, you definitely know his American League allegiance. Joe Controneo is the owner and all-around personality behind Middlebury Discount Beverage, more commonly known as BevCo. Controneo ...
Author: Scott Greene Students will log-in to vote today as polls open online for the Fall Student Government Association (SGA) Senate elections. The elections begin after SGA leaders were forced to actively recruit candidates and extend deadlines to fill the ballot with even one student for each race, ...
Author: [no author name found] Suspicious package found at UPennStudents evacuated the Upper Quad of the University of Pennsylvania following the discovery of a suspicious package on Sept. 21.Police received word on an unattended package around 7 p.m. and arrived at the scene to investigate. Students ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Candidates for Vermont's open U.S. House seat debated foreign policy Tuesday night in Mead Chapel. With public opinion polls predicting Democratic gains in November's elections, the race has become one of the most closely-watched Congressional competitions in the country. ...
Author: [no author name found] Ever fantasized about traveling back in time and enjoying dinner with one of the most eloquent orators in history? Well, your chance has arrived. This coming Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Ilsley Library on Main St. in downtown Middlebury, Jim Rubin, who has been portraying ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Finance Committee cut the budget of every student organization by 12.5 percent for the 2006-2007 year, student leaders were informed earlier this semester. The funding cuts came at the same time that the Student Activities Fee, which provides the budget for the Finance Committee, ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Middlebury College administrators remain reluctant to commit to a SafeRides program until they receive a more concrete proposal which encompasses all forms of campus life, despite the Student Government Association's drive to implement the program as quickly as possible."The ...
Author: Dina Magaril New luxury condos in the Marbleworks complex are in the works. Construction on the newest addition to the Marbleworks community, a complex of condominium residences, began in the second week of September. The apartments should be finished by September 2007, according to Jen Etsy, ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury's chapter of The Roosevelt Institution rode a wave of momentum into the semester following a successful summer of policy work with the national organization in New York City and Washington, D.C., which included the publishing of a second policy review and the hosting ...
Author: Kasie Sherman If you are not a tobacco connoisseur, never fear, Middlebury's newest store, The Emporium: Tobacco and Gift Shop, is anything but intimidating. Alongside high-quality cigars and cigarettes, the store sells the work of local artisans and the helpful staff is available to offer ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Be ware the perils of Facebook, warned Middlebury College Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Dean of the College Tim Spears in an August 31 e-mail outlining the pitfalls of the popular social networking website. The warning highlighted privacy concerns related to the website ...
Author: Annie Onishi Schines take on new posts as Brainerd faculty headsBrainerd Commons received two new faculty heads this summer in the form of Robert and Marita Schine. The Schines take over the post from Karl Lindholm, who served as faculty head last year.The Schines have been affiliated with Middlebury ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury College's total number of occupied faculty positions went up only slightly this year, despite the addition of 36 new teachers. The change signals the beginning of the gradual implementation of part of the College's Strategic Plan, which proposes to "increase faculty resources ...