Author: Annie Onishi The Student Government Association (SGA) convened Sunday in the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room to vote on the proposed SafeRides program, a program providing student-run transportation from off-campus parties. The SGA also received a report from Middlebury College President ...
Author: JOHN MONTESANTI AUSTRALIA-Australia tends to be a little more lax on most everything: no shoes required at the grocery store, no leashes on their dogs and no tops on their bikinis. They also like their booze, most of the time. The interesting part of Coogee is that everyone here seems to be ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Anti-abortion activists in Vermonthave just reached another milestone on their pro-choice agenda. Residents of the town of Milton, in Chittenden County, have become the latest community in the state to succeed in placing a parental notification recommendation on this spring's ...
Author: Zoey Burrows The Student Government Association (SGA), under President Eli Berman '07.5, temporarily discontinued the Collegiate Readership Program this week. The program, which provides free newspapers in dining halls for students to read, was cancelled after dining hall workers complained ...
Author: Liz Campbell In response to a growing deficiency of student awareness and activism on the Middlebury College campus, a group of students is organizing the Midd8 Global Spring Symposium in order to increase student participation in global affairs and to enhance the role of young people in the ...
Author: Katie Flagg Dean of the College Tim Spears confirmed on Monday that two students have been disciplined for violating College policy following an encounter involving racial epithets allegedly followed by physical force. The Jan. 27 incident has sparked a Community Judicial Board inquiry and several ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman Admissions data affecting the College's national ranking was hotly contested among the faculty, who also discussed grade inflation and the Starr Restoration Project at a meeting on Monday in John M. McCardell, Jr. BiCentennial Hall. The first order of business presented in the ...
Author: Joshua Carson Something revolutionary occurred last weekend in the town of Middlebury - a new restaurant opened. Expanding from its flagship store in Vergennes, Eat Good Food has opened a second location on Main Street right next to the Alpine Shop, ushering in a fresh perspective on dining ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner At Congressional hearings of the National Security Agency (NSA) in early February, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced a skeptical Senate armed with questions regarding the legality and modus operandi of the highly covert terrorist surveillance program. In his testimony, ...
Author: SCOTT GREENE AND KATHRYN FLAGG Campus heats up for 83rd Winter CarnivalThis weekend's expected snowfall comes at a perfect time, coinciding with Middlebury's 83rd annual Winter Carnival. The weekend's festivities, themed "Iced Out," form both the largest and oldest student-run carnival in the ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Senior year, spring semester. CSO keeps sending out emails to apply for this job, send in a resume for that job. But I am no closer to having a plan for next year than I am to knowing what I'll have for dinner next Tuesday. Like my fellow classmates, I examine the offerings with ...
Author: Polly Johnson In a large-scale effort to assess the overall satisfaction with Library and Information Services (LIS), Middlebury College, along with four other schools including Bryn Mawr, the University of Richmond, Wellesley College and Bates College, created a detailed survey that was distributed ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN As has historically been the case, American immigrant populations are often left with the work that we natural-born citizens would prefer not to do. I visited a 2,000-cow dairy in Turlock, California this past August. The day was brutally hot and in the ranching world of NorCal, ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer The Middlebury Police Department (MPD) investigation of the Jan. 18 accident in which a Middlebury recycling vehicle hit student Elizabeth DiCiccio '06 on the sidewalk connecting Atwater Halls A and B is nearly complete, according to Patrol Officer Ken Hawkins, who is overseeing ...
Author: Lisie Mehlman Beginning in July 2006, Middlebury College will assume full responsibility for the management of the SUNY-Plattsburgh Southern Cone Programs in Chile as part of the C.V. Starr School in Latin America. The Chilean program oversees the education of students at universities in four ...
Author: Joshua Carson Although election day is still months away, potential candidates from both sides of the aisle are throwing their hats into the ring. The 2006 election cycle will prove to be an active one for Vermont, with key elections scheduled for the United States House, Senate and Vermont ...
Author: Rachel Durfee When the College awarded its annual Citizens' Medal at the end of 2005, Al Stiles was among the most notable recipients. Stiles' extensive list of volunteer activities includes work with the Green Mountain Club, Catamount Trail Association, United States Forest Service and Middlebury ...
Author: AMANDA GOODWIN LONDON-The culture of the British Library of Political and Economic Science is unique. Its pervasive competition makes Middlebury look like a Kumbaya sing-along. Located at the epicenter of the London School of Economics campus, the library represents everything that is cutting ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher A recent Student Government Association (SGA) press release announced the initial success of last semester's textbook requisition forms legislation, affirming a marked increase in both the number of timely form submissions and subsequent student resale earnings. College Store ...
Author: Polly Johnson Over the February break, the Board of Trustees convened on campus for its annual meeting, a discussion on the future direction and pertinent issues for the College. Although little was voted on during this specific meeting, two important issues were at the forefront of the discussion ...