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 ...
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: 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: 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: Dina Magaril Middlebury held its annual "CROP walk" on the town green this past Sunday and followed a two-mile in-town route, in efforts to raise money to combat hunger in the United States and around the world. The event got off to a great start in spite of Sunday's rain showers and is one ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Hailed as the "Billboard-less State," Vermont has been forced to seek alternative methods of pointing the thousands of roadway tourists who pour in every autumn towards its local shops. And so the black sign was born to fill the void of billboard advertisements in the Green ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College's Board of Trustees met this past weekend to implement priorities adopted in last spring's Strategic Plan, including a capital campaign to support added faculty members and financial aid and the construction of a low-emissions power plant on campus. The annual ...
Author: Brian Fung The College's Community Council outlined its agenda for the coming months and appointed new student and faculty representatives to handle judicial appeals during its first meeting of the year, held Monday, Oct 2. The Council spent much of its first gathering of the year discussing ...
Author: Dana Isaac FLORENCE - When I told people that I was going to be studying abroad in Italy, the initial response was almost always, "Be careful of the Italian men!" This was reiterated by a policeman who came to the Middlebury School in Firenze to talk to us about safety:"What is the national ...
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 ...