Author: Zamir Ahmed Increased transparency of the organization and a renewed focus on the passage and implementation of bills were two of the main points discussed at the opening meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA) on Oct. 1. The meeting served as the first chance for the SGA to lay ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Members of the Middlebury Mountain Club (MMC) have relocated their supplies to a facility in the Freeman International Center after the space became available this summer in a move that combined their supplies with those of the Middlebury Outdoor Programs (MOP). Though a mold ...
Author: Lisa Zaval Numerous Ridgeline sightings and several road-kill specimens have led some students to speculate that the population of Middlebury garter snakes is on the rise. While no recent scientific data has been analyzed or even collected, many students posit that the population of these harmless, ...
Author: Lisa Zaval and Derek Schlickeisen Adragna '10 snags single contested Senate seatWinning the position of Ross Commons' Senator, Anthony Adragna '10 secured the only contested position in the 2006 Student Government Association (SGA) Senate elections. The SGA announced the results of the elections ...
Author: Michelle Constant CU implements intramural codeThe University of Colorado at Boulder has adopted a new policy this fall season for intramural sports leagues in an attempt to reduce profanity and verbal abuse while encouraging safe, responsible play. Annie Mulvany, CU's new IM coordinator, devised ...
Author: Scott Greene Students were forced to evacuate Ross Commons late last Thursday night after alarms sounded throughout the complex when a lamp caught fire in a third floor lounge. Members of Middlebury's Volunteer Fire Department and several administrators arrived at the scene shortly after the ...
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: 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: 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: 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: [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: 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] 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...