Author: Dina Magaril The outdoor seating may have been full at Tully and Marie's this past weekend and students may have made reservations at their favorite eateries, but the consumer attitude in Middlebury was very different just a few months earlier. While fall foliage season is famed here in photogenic ...
Author: Jessica Weiss URUGUAY - After a brief hour of sleep my alarm sounds Yankee Doodle. Just about sunset. Perfect. Time to wake up. My tired body aches as I fall out of my bed onto the cold wood floor. I carefully calculate: three pair of underwear, one pair of pants, and then I throw a random assortment ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Man opens fire on Montreal campusOne person was killed and 20 others were wounded after a 25-year-old man opened fire on the campus of Dawson College in downtown Montreal on September 13. The gunman later shot himself in the head after a shootout with police.Witnesses say that Kimveer ...
Author: Katie Hylas Five months after convening, Middlebury's Social Life Task Force - a student-run group billed as a potential solution to last year's frustration at organized social life on campus - has yet to produce any substantive recommendations. Plagued by sporadic student participation, the ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Autumn is just around the corner, and this year, Americans may be witnessing more than the usual turning of the leaves on Capitol Hill. With Bush's approval ratings dipping to a 31 percent in May, things seem promising for Democratic candidates across the country. Though the ...
Author: Anthony Adragna SGA President Alex Stanton '07 will focus on the implementation of his SafeRides program and increased involvement in the student body this semester, he said in an interview on Sunday. Stemming from a campaign promise last year, Stanton will make the creation of SafeRides, a ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will deliver Middlebury's Fulton lecture next month, College President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced in an all-campus e-mail on Friday. While not an official part of the strategic plan's proposed college-wide convocation series, Liebowitz wrote ...
Author: Emily Thompson Moving in last weekend, first-year families and returning upperclassmen faced ongoing construction not only on-campus, but off as well.Construction accidents on College Street this summer caused disruptions in local telephone and water service, and delayed the project's anticipated ...
Author: Dina Magaril Forgoing the usual Atwater dinner my first Saturday back on campus, a couple of friends of mine decided to take ourselves out somewhere a bit fancier for the commencement of our junior year. After a short drive we found ourselves at the door of the 'Bangkok Bistro's' in Burlington. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Revered for apples and fall, and notorious for frigid winters, Vermont seems an unlikely habitat for swarms of mosquitoes. Yet this year, a second wet summer yielded the perfect breeding ground for these pesky summertime insects. Now that exotic species have immigrated to the ...
Author: Christina Spencer PARIS - Last night, after eating a modest nine Euro meal - a massive mound of salad topped with peppers, tomatoes and hot chevre cheese covering slices of bread - another student commented that the food in Paris is "beautiful." Never have I heard a truer statement - impressive, ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed After years of construction in the peripheries of campus, projects at the former site of Hillcrest and Starr Library have now brought construction to the center of the College. Construction on these projects began on June 30. The Donald E. Axinn '51 Center for Literary and Cultural ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner The legendary Dog Team Tavern went up in flames in the early morning hours of September 1st, causing what appears to be irreparable damage to the beloved Middlebury restaurant. Dog Team, famous for its sticky buns, relish wheel and cozy, home-style interior, has become a crime ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed & Derek Schlickeisen President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz suspended the Delta social house organization for a one-year period and denied the group residential status for the 2006-2007 academic year, house members were informed in a June 2 e-mail. The President's decision ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg and Derek Schlickeisen Harvard drops early admissionIn a move that could significantly alter the landscape of elite university admissions, Harvard University announced Tuesday its plans to abolish the "early action" admissions option that allows high school students to vie for ...
Author: Dina Magaril Students on campus looking for a sunny terrace to enjoy a midday snack need look no further than the recently renovated Middlebury Market and Cafe, formerly known as Baba's and most recently The Blue Hen and perhaps most famous for its selection of "creemes" ice cream. Many students ...
Author: Scott Greene Shirley Ramirez, executive vice president of the New York City-based Posse Foundation, will join the President's staff in January as the Dean of Institutional Diversity, Middlebury College announced on Thursday."We are delighted and most fortunate to welcome Shirley Ramirez to the ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will deliver Middlebury's Fulton lecture next month, the Office of the President announced in an all-campus e-mail earlier this afternoon. Roberts, 51, will speak in Mead Chapel at 8:15 p.m. on Oct. 24. "The Chief Justice will take questions from ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury College vaulted into the top five of the recently released U.S.News and World Report "America's Best Colleges" ranking of the country's top liberal arts colleges, moving up from eighth to fifth place in the publication's annual calculations. Both the report and College ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Language School accused of Arab-nationalismFranck Salameh, an adjunct professor who taught at Middlebury's Arabic School in the summer of 2004, published an opinion piece this August in several online news outlets charging administrators and faculty with "a restrictive Arab-nationalist ...