Author: ERICA GOODMAN Vermont has always seemed a friendly and inviting state. Amiable neighbors smile as you pass on the street, people are constantly holding doors open and drivers halt at every crosswalk to let pedestrians and women with baby carriages safely cross. New York Staters, on the other ...
Author: Scott Greene The Student Government Association (SGA) announced its candidates for the positions of SGA President and Student co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) during its meeting on Sunday, April 9 in the Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room, a list that does not include current ...
Author: Polly Johnson On Saturday, April 8, Mead Chapel buzzed with a blend of sadness, remembrance and joy as the Orange Grove Gospel Choir took the stage to both celebrate the conclusion of Religious Awareness Week as well as honor the memories of the Four Angels, Anisa Gamble, Tiffany Holmes, Iniko ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Delany Construction Corporation, specializing in heavy machinery and highway maintenance, is on strike, and the inhabitants of Goodman Road are silently smiling. The pause in construction is a minor disturbance compared to the refusal of New York City transit employees to work ...
Author: SONJA PEDERSEN-GREEN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Transportation in the Dominican Republic is a study in successful anarchy. There really is no transportation authority and there certainly are no schedules, yet somehow people manage to get where they need to go. They somehow get there relatively promptly, ...
Author: Dan Stevens Alina Levina, Class of 2009Alina Levina is running for SGA President because she envisions a "5 Step platform of concrete actions that [she hopes] to achieve by the end of 2007." These include reforms concerning "transportation, lighting, Sunday Dunch, a Book Fair and Performances."Levina ...
Author: Katie Hylas In an attempt to allay some room draw stress, the block draw process has been restructured and transferred online to BannerWeb. The process was altered in response to student vocalization that the system was overly complicated and confusing, but since only the actual registration ...
Author: LISIE MEHLMAN Apple develops iTunes U for use at universitiesITunes U, a program that partners Apple with universities in order to help them distribute educational content via the Internet using an iTunes-inspired format, has been implemented at six universities nationwide and Apple is seeking ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher An assortment of faculty members met on Tuesday afternoon in Kenyon Lounge to discuss three Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) recommendations designed to combat grade inflation at the College. The recommendations were crafted by the EAC's Ad Hoc Committee on Grading and ...
Author: Dan Stevens Ryan Tauriainen, Class of 2008Ryan Tauriainen is running for Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) because he feels he is the "best person to present the voice of this school." Along with a number of other specific goals, Ryan wants to open the dialogue between the student ...
Author: Jack Lysohir Looking for a classy dining alternative to the cumbersome menu of "Fire and Ice?" Then travel north on Rt. 7 for just a minute to the favorite bunking place of many Middlebury College parents, The Swift House Inn. Although the Inn itself is a relatively new entity - founded in the ...
Author: Katie Flagg Dispelling rumors of an unfair selection process for PALANA (Pan-African, Latino, Asian, Native American) residents, assistant in academic administration Jennifer Herrera said on Tuesday that racial bias did not play a role in the selection of PALANA residents for the 2006-2007 academic ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Recent demonstrations by illegal immigrants in response to crackdowns on U.S. border control and deportation have prompted legislators to once again examine an issue that has been the source of fiery debate since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. In what The New York Times ...
Author: Katherine Doorley Outright Vermont, an organization dedicated to promoting tolerance and support for all sexual orientations, will present an anti-bullying program at the Williston Central School after the school board unanimously voted to allow the program to take place. A few weeks earlier, ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG AND LISIE MEHLMAN CSO sponsors resume collection for nonprofit sector employersCareer Services (CSO) will be conducting its first-ever Nonprofit Sector Resume Collection on April 19. This last collection will be the first to focus primarily on jobs in the nonprofit sector, although ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg In a letter mailed yesterday to parents of Middlebury College students, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced a 2006-2007 comprehensive fee of $44,330. This fee, which was approved by the Board of Trustees at their February meeting, represents a 5.25 percent increase ...
Author: Polly Johnson In an effort to reduce campus energy usage, Bobby Levine '08, with the support of the Sunday Night Group and a large number of volunteers, has created ICICLE, the Inter-Commons Initiative to Consume Less Energy. As stated in the all-student e-mail that was sent out, ICICLE is a ...
Author: Emily Thompson Six lucky students will move into the newly located and improved German House and Max Kade Center at the start of next semester. The German House, the first academic house to have been established on campus, will also be the first language house to possess a permanent residence. ...
Author: Katie Flagg Orange Grove Gospel to perform SaturdayThe Orange Grove Gospel Choir of Durham, N.C., will return to Middlebury College on Saturday to perform in Mead Chapel at 4 p.m. The choir's performance, the third at the College, will celebrate the conclusion of this week's Religious Life Awareness ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman In response to student vocalization of discontent with social life on campus, the administration has developed the Social Life Task Force. An amalgamation of students with different interests selected to represent the diverse College community, the Task Force held its first meeting ...