Author: Sean Breen After indulging in a cupcake from Magnolia Bakery in New York's West Village over the Easter weekend, I began reflecting on precisely what it takes to excel at baking. Fortunately I do not have to look far, because the Otter Creek Bakery epitomizes what to me defines a terrific bakery. ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Unveiling long-awaited and long-overdue recommendations on diversity at Middlebury College, Director of the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life Augustus Jordan announced last Thursday in an e-mail to the College community that the Human Relations Ad-Hoc Committee had ...
Author: Dan Stevens The recently formed Social Life Task Force met again on Friday to continue its discussion of social life at the College. The administration formed the Task Force in response to a student call for changes at Middlebury. While the eventual goal of the task force is the presentation ...
Author: Joshua Carson The town of Middlebury needs a marketing facelift, according to the Middlebury Business Association (MBA). At an event last week, members of the MBA and a marketing expert presented a new proposal to the business community, calling for a more cohesive presentation of the goods ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG ICICLE racks up energysavings for institution during April contestHalfway through the month of April, the Inter-Commons Initiative to Consume Less Energy (ICICLE) has saved the College over $1,000. The month-long event, organized by Bobby Levine '08 in conjunction with several ...
Author: Polly johnson Arrests made in Duke lax scandalIn another twist in the Duke lacrosse scandal, two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of raping and kidnapping an exotic dancer who was hired to perform at an off-campus party in early March. The two students ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer The College's Public Safety log for the week of April 5 through April 9 reported two incidents of sexual assault in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 1. Both incidents allegedly took place in Prescott (Delta House), and are undergoing an investigation conducted ...
Author: Caitlyn Olson Fly fishing seems simple enough. Take a stick with some string attached to it and throw the fuzzy doo-dad at the end of the string in the water. Following this line of thinking, though, a person might as well reduce football to a bunch of spandexed men crashing into each other. ...
Author: Amy McCowan Completing its annual review evaluating each house's fulfillment of house missions, the Community Council Subcommittee on Social Houses recommended that all five of Middlebury's social houses continue operation in the 2006-2007 academic year. The Subcommittee, consisting of Chair ...
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 ...