Author: Joshua Carson Vermont's own Green Mountain Coffee topped Business Ethics magazine's list of the "100 Best Corporate Citizens" this year, joining other conscientious enterprises such as Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett-Packard and the Timberland Company. Each year, the magazine compiles the list ...
Author: Polly Johnson Bowdoin unveils innovative online multimedia mapOnline virtual tours? So last year. In a major feat of technology, Bowdoin College has just unveiled their newest strategy to entice future Bowdoin Polar Bears. The College's Information Technology division recently launched a multimedia ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen and Ben Salkowe President Ronald D. Liebowitz placed Delta social house on an immediate one-year suspension and denied the organization residential status for the 2006-2007 academic year, members were informed earlier this month. The President's decision came in the wake of ...
Author: ARIELLE WEISMAN SPAIN - "Viejos verdes" is the Spanish way of saying dirty old men, of which there are many here in Spain. I have always marveled at the abundance of elderly people out and about on the city streets. You just don't see quite as many of them on the T in Boston or in university ...
Author: Liz Cambell The Middlebury College Board of Trustees convened over the weekend for its annual May meeting. The main item on the agenda was the Strategic Plan and its financial feasibility, while other topics of discussion included the election of new trustees, the approval of the College's budget, ...
Author: Christine Fisher Currently, there seems to be a game of political musical chairs going on in the Green Mountain State. James Jeffords' (I-VT) decision to resign from his position as U.S. senator has initiated a domino effect, as the popular Bernie Sanders (I-VT) vacates Vermont's lone seat ...
Author: LISIE MEHLMAN, POLLY JOHNSON AND KATHRYN FLAGG At their annual May meeting this weekend, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees granted tenure to eight current assistant professors: Tim Huang of the Computer Science department, Pete Nelson of Geography, William Pyle and Thierry Warin of Economics, ...
Author: Rachel Greenhaus Officers from the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) were invited to participate in last week's Social Life Student Task Force meeting. Patrol officers George Merkel and Kevin Emilio, along with Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley, were asked to partake in the ongoing discussion ...
Author: Amy McCowan School is back in session for the students at the C.V. Starr Middlebury Schools in Paris after three to six weeks of student protests against France's new First Employment Contract (CPE) disrupted classes at the Paris 1, Paris 3, Paris 4 and Poitiers campuses. On April 10, French ...
Author: Jack Lysohir "Very apropos" hall of fame reviewer Daniel L.J. PhillipsOne of the great things about George Lucas's first critically acclaimed film, "American Graffiti" is that a teacher mentions that he dropped out of Middlebury College. The other great thing about "American Graffiti" is that ...
Author: Polly Johnson As more of Middlebury's social life moves off campus and into the town bars, the more risk students face - especially underage students attempting to gain entry and drink in these bars - being caught and cited by one of the several Middlebury Police Department (MPD) officers who ...
Author: [no author name found] The Middlebury Campus is now on recess for the summer. Breaking news updates will be posted throughout the summer as they occur, and weekly publication will resume on Sept. 14. Please contact campus@middlebury.edu with questions or comments through the recess.
Author: ERICA GOODMAN At 21 years of age, I am announcing my retirement. Although I will not yet be playing shuffleboard under shady Florida palms, it is true, the moment of departure is nigh. With Commencement approaching rapidly, it is time for me to say goodbye to Rural Banter and bid a fond farewell ...
Author: By Thomas C. Drescher Event organizers and participants at Middlebury's third annual Relay for Life last weekend helped raise almost $200,000 to support the fight against cancer. The all-night event - celebrated as a success for the third straight year - is part of a nationwide fundraising campaign ...
Author: BY KELLY BLYNN AND LAUREN ARMSTRONG BOLIVIA - Buenos días desde las tierras bajas de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, the land of big American-style supermarkets, oil company executives cruising in their sport utility vehicles, trash-eating street horses, Mennonites, telephone booths that look like zoo ...
Author: Caitlyn Olson Many Americans would still be in the dark about the Rwandan genocide had Hollywood failed to step in with the production of "Hotel Rwanda." It is a sad truth that many atrocious events in the world must be popularized before they become a household name. But having a million dollar ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG SGA releases vote count for recent SGA electionIn an e-mail to the student body on Tuesday, the Student Government Association (SGA) announced the long-awaited results of the 2006 SGA Presidential and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) elections. The e-mail explained ...
Author: Joseph Bergan Community Council began the month of May with a decisive meeting dedicated to resolving the issue of the smoking ban on campus. After a short executive session in the beginning of the meeting to discuss Judicial Board nominations, the Council reconvened to discuss the smoking issue ...
Author: Christine Fisher Blogs, short for weblogs, constitute a new phenomenon that has experienced rapid growth in the past decade as more and more people become computer literate and gain access to the Internet. Once strictly relegated to the geek population, blogs are slowly but surely making their ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer The Champlain Channel Five Reporter Ben Stein was on campus Friday asking students questions about the ongoing investigation into two alleged sexual assaults that reportedly took place in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 1. "Students in the area of Ridgeline Parking ...