Author: ERICA GOODMAN As the Christmas story tells us, the three magi followed a "yonder star" over two millennia ago. They brought offerings of gold, frankincense and myrrh, but the gift they sought lay beneath the Star of Bethlehem, guiding them "across a midnight clear." Unquestionably, the celestial ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Approximately 120 Middlebury students spent much of last weekend making their voices heard at the United Nations conference on global warming in Montreal, Canada. The trip's sponsor, the campus climate-change organization Sunday Night Group (SNG), hoped to increase awareness ...
Author: Jennifer Shapland Need a ride? A white and yellow Addison County Transit Resource (ACTR) bus, the county's public transportation service, can take you there free of charge - both for you and soon for the environment.Waiting at any of the on-campus stops at Adirondack Circle, Old Chapel, McCullough ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel Following months of negotiations, members of the Boards of Trustees of Middlebury College and the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) met in Monterey, Calif., on Dec. 2 to sign an agreement to make MIIS an affiliate of Middlebury. The agreement also coincides with ...
Author: Liz Campbell The Board of Trustees will convene in New York City for its annual December meeting this Thursday. The main topic of discussion will be the Strategic Planning Process for Middlebury's future, while other items on the agenda include a discussion of the comprehensive fee and financial ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Suburban Sprawl. The phrase rings not quite the same pleasant value as others like "Happy Holidays" or "Bon Appetit." Although it conjures up images of "Leave it to Beaver" living, the spread of the urban periphery lends to more criticism. The intricate highway systems are nothing ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner and Josh Carson There are many things that Middlebury has just one of: one post office, one movie theater and one liquor store. And until recently, the town had only one Chinese restaurant, but with the arrival of China House, there is now a second. Located in the lot adjacent ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In a ruling from the Addison County Superior Court issued Tuesday, Nov. 8, the request of former Middlebury senior O'Neil Walker for a final injunction in the College's decision to suspend him last spring was denied. "Walker has not established a clear right to such extraordinary ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Ever wondered what a "kitchen tunk" is? Archivists and folklorists at the Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) have the answer for just about every random question regarding Vermont culture and history. The VFC is a haven for historians, teachers and regular folks with an insatiable ...
Author: Joshua Carson Big game hunting is more than just a sport in Vermont - "It runs thick in the blood," said Stephen Waller, gunsmith at Pidgeon's Gun Shop. But the declining numbers of white-tailed deer, Vermont's most popular game, are threatening an industry which has deep cultural and financial ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College's Student Government Association (SGA) tackled issues surrounding off-campus transportation in a meeting on Sunday, Nov. 20. In the discussion, senators voiced their support for expanding busing options to outlying cities and providing students with safe rides ...
Author: ANNABELLE CAZES PARIS - Upon waking up late one morning, I realized that all I had left to replenish my energy was some instant coffee, a few heart-shaped sugar cubes and a package of slimy lamb's lettuce. So I forced myself out the door and headed down to the corner grocery store, a modest ...
Author: BEN SALKOWE, KATHRYN FLAGG AND JASON F. SIEGEL Senior honored with Marshall ScholarshipIn a press release issued Monday, Nov. 28, the Office of the British Consulate-General announced that 43 young Americans had been selected for the prestigious British Marshall Scholarship next year, including ...
Author: DANIEL L. J. PHILLIPS Confession board stirs up WesleyanFollowing the trend set at Oberlin College, Wesleyan University launched and recently ended its Anonymous Confession Board - an online message board that provided space that invited students to post their opinions or concerns. The Confession ...
A new report in The Chronicle of Higher Education shows that President Emeritus John M. McCardell, Jr., was one of a handful of presidents paid more than $1 million by their institution in 2003-04. It also revealed that during the rest of his presidency, McCardell was making merely a fraction of that ...
Author: Liz Campbell On Nov. 14, the Parton Health Center announced the arrival of the first doses of flu vaccine for Middlebury College students. But of the 500 doses ordered, only 100 were initially received during the second week of November, followed by a mere 50 additional vaccines a week later. ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel A recent survey regarding a decrease in the temperature of campus buildings shows that student opinion is generally in favor of the initiative to lower the temperature of classroom buildings and dormitories by two degrees Fahrenheit.The sponsoring committee, a division of the ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Social house pledge events ground to a halt last week after College employees found and reported 14 30-rack cases of beer in Alpha Delta Phi (ADP). The cans were used as evidence of an unregistered party at ADP and shed light on a pledge violation. While pledge resumed this Tuesday ...
Author: ANNA SPENCER MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - It's strange, but one of the things I miss most about living in the United States is eavesdropping. Not the eavesdropping one does through a keyhole or with an upside-down water glass against a door, but the unconscious kind. The kind one does in the dining ...
Author: KATHRYN FLAGG E-mail hoax strikes Middlebury inboxes Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson informed students on Monday of an e-mail hoax targeted at student inboxes. According to Hanson's memorandum, "a number of students" received the hoax e-mail, which originated from an off-campus source. The ...