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. ...
Author: Scott Greene Prospective candidates for the positions of Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) and Student Government Association (SGA) president came together to discuss smoking, on- and off-campus social life as well as diversity in the annual SGA Candidate Debate held in the new ...
Author: Tristan Hayes This week, our never-ending quest for novelty and adventure in the VT led us, only because we were short on gas, not to Burlington, but, to the sometimes overlooked but remarkably quaint Shelburne. Claire and Lisie constantly (well, there was that one time) bemoan the fact that ...
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 ...