Author: Polly Johnson Recognizing the need for Middlebury to take a stance against the genocide that is taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz informed the community of the College's position on divestment in companies with direct ties to Sudan in an ...
Author: Katie Hylas This March, Associate Professor of English Timothy Billings was awarded a $181,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - one of the largest grants ever offered to a Middlebury professor. The grant is intended to foster higher level interdisciplinary competence. Billings will ...
Author: Liz Campbell Two Middlebury students were rescued from Lake Champlain after their sailboat capsized last Tuesday evening, April 18. Chris Wearn '08 and Robbie Burton '08 were sailing out of Point Bay Marina in Charlotte, Vt. when a gust of wind capsized the boat, launching them into the frigid ...
Author: CLAIRE NIELSON AND LISIE MEHLMAN The last time Markandbar came into town, there was a lot of antiquing and a lot of separation anxiety between Claire and Lisie. This time, there was less antiquing and more separation anxiety. When the Mehlman parental unit arrived in town, we jetted off to explore ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG AND LISIE MEHLMAN College hosts multiple environmental speakersAn institution known for its environmentalism, Middlebury College will host two environmentally-minded speakers next week. Essayist and acclaimed environmentalist Scott Russell Sanders will speak in Dana Auditorium ...
Author: Zoey Burrows When it comes to free entertainment, Middkids are pampered with astounding resources. FreshTracks Music (FTM), a brand-new music subscription service, is just one more resource that will be offered to students by the end of the year. Director of the Center for Campus Activities ...
Author: Joshua Carson This week, The Campus spoke with the Democratic candidate for Vermont's lone House seat, Peter Welch. Welch is currently the president pro tempore of the Vermont state Senate and is gearing up for the November election, one of the few competitive House races in the country. Both ...
Author: Dan Stevens Following a hotly debated election last week, College administrators announced Friday that Alex Stanton and Annie Williams, both '07, will become Middlebury's next generation of top student leaders. Stanton and Williams, the new SGA President and Student Co-Chair of Community Council ...
Author: [no author name found] Author, Harvard student accused of plagiarismOn Wednesday, April 24, Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan responded to accusations that she had plagiarized selections of her newly released book, "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life," by acknowledging that ...
Author: Polly Johnson On Saturday, April 22, Clara Yu became the 12th president of the Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS), an affiliate of Middlebury College since Dec. 22, 2005. Yu was formerly a faculty member, vice president for foreign languages and director of the Center for Educational ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Beware of ... salamanders crossing?The colorful amphibians seem quite odd specimens to watch out for. They do not hold for individuals the equal fear as running into a bear on your travels nor the same awe of seeing a moose cross your path. But within the Otter Creek Preserve, ...
Author: Caitlyn Olson Forget AP classes. Each semester, a number of seniors from local high schools have the opportunity to take actual college courses here at Middlebury. The Dean of Student Affairs Office is in charge of this program, which offers 30 "slots" every term to students from Middlebury ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer and Thomas C. Drescher Patrol Officer Vegar Boe said that drugs and alcohol likely played a role in the two alleged sexual assaults that reportedly took place on the evening of Friday, March 31 in Prescott House as the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) proceeds with its ...
Author: Jack Lysohir Travel north to Bristol, Vt. to enjoy a scenic, gracious setting as well as a decent meal at Mary's Restaurant at The Inn at Baldwin Creek. Mary's Restaurant is a perennial favorite of Middlebury parents looking to take their kids somewhere a bit more formal than the usual Middlebury ...
Author: Annie Onishi The Student Government Association (SGA) held its weekly meeting on Sunday in the Robert A. Jones '59 House Conference Room. It was the first meeting after the highly charged SGA and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) elections of last week. Despite this, news of the ...
Author: Rachel Durfee In a surprising success story, the Middlebury College United Way Campaign Committee raised $117,240 this year for the United Way of Addison County's annual campaign, exceeding its fundraising expectations. The heads of the College team - Programmer Analyst Liane Barrera, Dean of ...
Author: ARIELLE WEISMAN MADRID, Spain - Still preoccupied with 1985? Two-toned mullets, fuzzy woolen legwarmers, low-cut shirts that show off the shoulders and bra straps. What do all of these things have in common? Well I'll tell you. They are essentials of every Spaniard's wardrobe. In fact, some ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel and James Dolan In 2003, Addison County, home to one of the richest liberal arts institutions in the nation, was also home to nearly 3200 poor people. Despite this great inequity, the College has taken steps to alleviate the problem.Living below the poverty line means that one ...
Author: Elizabeth Campbell An anonymous donor has pledged $20 million to Middlebury in response to the challenge established by an anonymous $50 million gift almost two years ago. The donor, wishing to remain anonymous, is identified only as a Middlebury Trustee family who has long been devoted to Middlebury ...
Author: Rachel Durfee Is there a new Wednesday night hot spot for Middlebury students? It looks like there could be. This past Wednesday, college students headed to May Garden, a Chinese restaurant located in Marbleworks, where, for a $5 cover charge, they received one free beer and unlimited free appetizers. ...