Author: Katherine N. Doorley "Grandmas for Clean Air" and "Roast Coffee, Not Tires" were two of the many slogans displayed on the signs of protesters who gathered earlier this year to combat an International Paper Company proposal calling for a test-burn of shredded tires at its Ticonderoga plant. Vermont ...
Author: Liz Campbell The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate voted unanimously on Sunday, Oct. 30, to support the Textbook Requisition Forms Legislation, to be enacted immediately. The bill, co-authored by Brainerd Commons Senator and visiting Tulane student Jennifer Bowen, Atwater Commons Senator ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel and Ben Salkowe MIT students have 'Sex' on their mindsIn an unusual departure from their highly scientific courses, some 24 lucky MIT students are analyzing a cultural phenomenon equally as complex: "Sex and the City."In an upper-level Women's Studies seminar called "Sex and ...
Author: Rachel Durfee There is a newcomer in town whose menu offers a return to the quintessential culinary classic often overshadowed by nouveau gourmet trends. Instead of boasting courses concocted in the now old-news Italian, Asian or Fusion schools, this new restaurant serves dishes derived from ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen In recent weeks, two separate incidents affecting the student-run Islamic Society's ability to communicate with the Middlebury community have led the club's leadership to suspect harassment. The events sparked a condemnation from President Ronald D. Liebowitz and are now ...
Author: Jennifer Shapland In June of 1971, a social phenomenon called the "Back-to-the-Land Movement" was beginning to build momentum across the United States. In an effort to escape the rampant consumerism of the 1950s, many people fled the polluted, industrialized cities for rural safe havens to pursue ...
Author: Jason Siegel On Nov. 6, the Middlebury College community lost a member of its family when Lorraine Zak, 51, passed away following a year-long battle with cancer. Throughout her 25-year career at Middlebury, Zak played an important role in student life. After starting her work at the College ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Travel along NY Route 4 on any weekend and you will probably reach your destination a few cents poorer.Just over the Vermont border in upstate New York rests the small town of Whitehall. The hamlet of about 4,000 people asserts its title as the birthplace of the U.S. Navy. The ...
Author: Annie Onishi The winter parking ban that went into effect Nov. 1 has created headaches for residents of Fletcher House, a Cook Commons residence. After a series of noise complaints from neighbors last year, parking in the Fletcher House parking lot was eliminated from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. on Thursdays, ...
Author: Daniel L. J. Phillips During its annual November meeting at the Kirk Alumni Center on Monday, the Faculty Council voted 104-62, with three abstentions, to strike down the Substitute Motion to preserve the American Literature and Civilization Department. The move to cast paper ballots on the ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner For the second winter in a row, the Vermont state legislature will be forced to use state funds to provide heating cost assistance for low-income families. American consumers from all income brackets are forking over more money than ever to pay for fuel and - in colder parts ...
Author: Liz Campbell In June 2005, the Investment Committee of the Board of Trustees elected to partner with Investure, LLC, an asset-management company specializing in small colleges and nonprofit organizations, in order to more effectively manage Middlebury College's endowment and assets. The new ...
Author: Julie Ellenberger, Jason F. Siegel & Daniel L. J. Phillips Students targeted in recording suit Last week, yet another set of lawsuits was brought against 745 college students by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the illegal downloading of music on peer to peer networks. ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN If you don't know where you are, you don't know who you are. - Wendall Berry The sun has (briefly) emerged after weeks of hiding dormant behind layers of rain and clouds. A few maples and oak have maintained their colorful leaves but unfortunately, the peak of fall foliage has ...
Author: By Kathryn Flagg and Ben Salkowe In a score for Brainerd Commons, a steady crowd of over 200 turned out last Friday night for a late October pool party, complete with more than $2,200 worth of inflatable tubes and rafts and a two-story high projection screen showing "Jaws." Telling students ...
Author: Jennifer Shapland Erica Goodman '06 was named Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) volunteer of the year for her work to maintain one of the area's prized recreational assets. The Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) is a great link between the town, the College and the countryside and is open to the ...
Author: ANNABELLE CAZES PARIS-Though the Monoprix - France's most unpleasant and aggravating excuse for an American grocery store - might have everything from Princesse Tam-Tam lingerie to Nutella, the aisles are too narrow, there are always too many people and worst of all, the checkout lines are never-ending. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Last Tuesday, instead of the daily dose of rain that had been dousing the Northeast Region for the past two weeks, the skies opened up and surprised Vermonters with an unseasonably early snowstorm. Though Middlebury residents only saw flurries, which melted before they even ...
Author: Jason F. Siegel The Strategic Planning Committee held a town meeting in the McCullough Social Space last Thursday in an attempt to present its completed work and gather feedback from the College community.Addressing a sparse crowd of around 15 or 20 people - about one-third the number who had ...
Author: Annie Onishi On Sunday, Oct. 30, the Student Government Association (SGA) met to discuss Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, grade inflation, lowering the temperature of all buildings on campus and installing printers in residence halls. Isabel Yordan '07 provided the SGA with an update on the ...