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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Andrea Glaessner Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard were dispatched last week to the towns of Harvey, Terrytown and Gretna - the southern suburbs of New Orleans, La. - where Hurricane Katrina whirled through with 150 mph winds, uprooting citizens and battering homes and businesses. Before ...
Author: Jason Siegel On Wednesday, June 22, available members of the Middlebury College community gathered in Dana Auditorium to hear President Ronald D. Liebowitz formally announce his recommendation for the Board of Trustees to sign a letter of intent establishing an affiliation between Middlebury ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Middlebury hit the jackpot this summer in rankings city, hopping three spaces to number eight on the U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" rankings, beating out Yale for "overall academic experience" in The Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Colleges," taking the title ...
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 ...
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, ...
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: 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 ...
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: 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: Jason Siegel, News editor On Wednesday, June 22, available members of the Middlebury College community gathered in Dana Auditorium to hear President Ronald D. Liebowitz formally announce his recommendation for the Board of Trustees to sign a letter of intent establishing an affiliation between ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In a vote at Monday's Faculty Council meeting, the faculty voted overwhelmingly against Middlebury College's possible acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, Calif. The vote was for a resolution expressing the sense of the faculty. According ...
Author: Dina Magrill President Ronald D. Liebowitz has not ruled out Middlebury College's acquisition of the graduate programs of the Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS), though the faculty voted not to support a resolution recommending such an acquisition in a paper ballot vote at the ...
Author: CAROLINE S. STAUFFER Monterey decision deadline extended On the evening of Wednesday, April 27, President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced his plan to slightly defer a final decision on the potential acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in an all-campus e-mail.After ...
Author: Rachel Greenhaus L. Dennis Kozlowski, ex-chief executive of Tyco International and ex-Middlebury College trustee, took the stand last week in his own defense at his retrial in New York State Supreme Court. Named one of BusinessWeek magazine's "Top 25 Managers to Watch" as recently as 2001, Kozlowski ...
Author: AnnMarie Wesolowski Last Friday, April 29, over 1,200 people participated in Middlebury College's second annual Relay for Life and collectively raised over $175,000 for the American Cancer Society (ACS). The 18-hour walk-a-thon that honors those touched by cancer by raising research funds for ...