Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green, focus editor Despite having a reputation as being a predominately Caucasian campus, the Middlebury College Admissions Office remains committed to recruiting students of color. "We remain as committed as ever to making our student body as much of a microcosm of the greater ...
Author: Peter Mueller On Sept. 27, Eastview at Middlebury, a new non-profit organization that facilitates retirement community living, began giving tours of its future site. As of now, there is little to see other than farmland, but the view is bound to change since the area is set to offer 101 new ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Whether you were sipping your piña colada in Cancún reliving spring break, in New York City on your way to your hedge fund internship or sitting in a dorm room talking to yourself in Chinese last July, you can bet someone here in Middlebury had you on their mind. That is because ...
Author: Sean Breen This past week, I had the pleasure of spending a long evening in Ferrisburg, Vt., just off Route 7 at a small cottage of a restaurant - the Starry Night Café. At Starry Night, everything smells good. The eclectic, dimly-lit décor is a refreshing change for any Middlebury student, ...
Author: ANNIE ONISHI College hosts climate crisis symposiumThe 2005 Nicholas R. Clifford Symposium Review, titled, "Renewal: Perspectives and Possibilities in an Age of Climate Crisis," is being held at Middlebury College this weekend. This year's symposium marks the 40th anniversary of the College's ...
Author: THOMAS C. DReSCHER The Marijuana Policy Project Foundation (MPP) recently launched a fundraising campaign targeted at fraternities and sororities in an effort to battle what many could be considered to be excessively harsh weed legislation - legislation which, asserts the MPP, is especially ...
Author: Jason Siegel On Aug. 26, just four days before he was slated to come to campus, Tim Foley '06 and his suitemates received an e-mail from their dean with an unusual message: They had been moved from their suite with a kitchenette to one without, due to errors in the floor plan during Room Draw.The ...
Author: Jason Siegel This fall, in an effort to get students accommodated to the availability of medical appointments outside Middlebury College, the Parton Health Center has shifted its schedule around to fit what Associate Director of the Parton Health Center Terry Jenny calls a "business model."The ...
Author: Zach hecht-Leavitt Ask Dean of Advising and Assistant Professor of American Literature Karl Lindholm to impersonate Bob Dylan, and chances are he'll comply. The "entertaining," "down to earth," and "approachable" new acting faculty head of Brainerd Commons is equally at home advising students ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner To many students' dismay, the Middlebury Bubble has just lost a major escape route. The rumors are true: the Vermont Transit-sponsored Middlebury bus service has been terminated. Now it sadly seems the only way out of our "academic island in the mountains" is by foot or car. ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury College's response to liquor inspector Michael G. Davidson's re-interpretation of the Vermont law regarding alcohol at open parties was put to the test last weekend with events hosted by Omega Alpha (Tavern) and Kappa Delta Rho (KDR). In addition to registering ...
Author: Ben Salkowe According to attorneys and Middlebury College officials involved in a lawsuit filed by O'Neil Walker alleging racial discrimination by the College a ruling in the case is imminent. The College suspended Walker last spring after two campus judicial boards found him guilty both of ...
Author: Joshua Carson Craig Strachan was one of the lucky ones. Heeding the warnings of the local government, he and his girlfriend Valerie Leous collected a few personal belongings - important documents, light clothing, pictures - and evacuated from the city of New Orleans. Within days, everything ...
Author: Katie Flagg Two weeks into his fourth semester at Middlebury College, President of the Student Government Association Eli Berman '07.5 is already campaigning for the "positive change" he advocated in his platform last spring. As Berman cites high hopes for the year ahead, his enthusiasm in pursuing ...
Author: Katie Flagg Middlebury College opened its doors this weekend to eight students from Tulane University and one student attending Dillard University who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. It was the first of many relief efforts on campus to take flight in the wake of the recent disaster. While ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Newly redistricted liquor inspector for Middlebury Michael G. Davidson plans to hold the College more accountable for violations of state liquor laws, potentially altering the nature of social life on campus. Davidson's new statute interpretations include a redefinition ...
Author: Joshua Carson Residents of Vermont are providing aid to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, volunteering services, offering rooms in their homes and seats in schools and sending down food, water and supplies by the truckload to the South. Led by an amalgamation of local, state and independent ...
Faculty Garner Summer Accolades Several members of the Middlebury College faculty received grants and awards this summer. Professor of Geology Pat Manley was awarded a grant by the U.S. Geological Survey to further her research on Lake Champlain for a project about "Abrupt Climate Change in the Eastern ...
Author: ANDREA M. LAROCCA In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the universities and colleges of the affected Gulf Coast states are facing problems that range from structural damage to displaced faculty, staff and students. Several institutions are rallying against these setbacks and have reopened, ...
Author: Joshua Carson and David Peritz Back by popular demand, the in-house connoisseurs of taste are back on the job. For our first review of the year, we selected the newly opened Carol's Hungry Mind Café for an afternoon of iced-coffee and other various frozen drinks to relieve ourselves from the ...