Author: Andrea Glaessner The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) kicked off its campaign to lower the drinking age from 21- to 18-years-old in Vermont with a press conference on March 29. This event commenced the group's two-week public education campaign in which the NYRA will visit every college ...
Author: Alex Garlick The objective was clear - find out exactly what the admissions department is telling prospective students and their families on the campus tours that weave through campus several times daily. The mission was tricky, but straightforward - disguise a current Middlebury student as ...
Author: KATIE FLAGG AND THOMAS C. DRESCHER John Elder receives prestigious Guggenheim for sabbatical work John Elder, Stewart professor of English and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, has been selected for the Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious award given to only 186 scholars in the country. ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher Community Council went into executive session Monday to discuss its annual social and academic interest house recommendations for a second straight week. Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) occupancy issues for the upcoming fall semester occasioned a delay in the process - but a strong ...
Author: Rachel Greenhouse The candidates for Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-Chair of the Community Council (SCOCC) were formally announced this past Sunday at the weekly SGA meeting. The three candidates looking for the chance to take over senior Andrew Jacobi's job as ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Looking for the liquor store? Middlebury's sole Vermont State Liquor store, which was previously owned and operated by Andrew McCabe '83 at 198 Court Street, reopened for business inside of Hannaford Superstore late last month. The grocery chain acquired McCabe's business and rights ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Walter E. Brooker '37, vice president and director of development at the Colege from 1962 until his retirement in 1981, died on March 30 at Porter Hospital in Middlebury. He was 88. As a Middlebury student Brooker was an Economics major and accomplished athlete. After graduation, ...
Author: Kimberly Schrimsher Middlebury students and faculty discussed the College's "work hard, play hard" reputation during the Planning and Steering Committee's second open forum on March 30. While the Middlebury community fosters intellectual discourse in and out of the classroom, there is new concern ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette announced in a campus-wide e-mail last Thursday that Proctor Dining Hall will once again offer Sunday brunch. The surprise schedule expansion, ultimately approved by President Ronald D. Liebowitz, comes in the wake of a surge of student ...
Author: Polly Johnson In the aftermath of the Terri Schiavo case, the controversial issues surrounding physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have entered into the forefront of political and social debates. For clarification, euthanasia refers to the act of either lethal injection or the suspension ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer Cheryl Harrington, servery supervisor at Proctor dining hall, died suddenly and unexpectedly Sunday evening in her home in East Middlebury. Harrington was watching television with her husband at the time of her death.Harrington, who was 45, is survived by husband Chuck ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN For most people, "cow" means milk for breakfast, hamburger for lunch and a prime rib for dinner. It is not a matter of inhumanity or of heartless recognition that the average person associates cattle with food consumption. Cattle owners themselves generally appreciate a juicy steak ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca Changes in the upcoming room draw this year include the conversion of the top floor of Stewart Hall to substance-free, sophomore housing, an increase in Brainerd senior housing and a different format for large block draw. Last Wednesday, Andrea Baier, dean of Brainerd Commons, ...
Author: Sarah Shaikh Have you ever been in the Fitness Center reading the latest In Style and seen that perfect pair of earrings? The dangly ones with the beads that would look just perfect to wear to class or to dress up your Friday night outfit for the party at that cute guy's suite? Well, sadly, ...
Author: MATTIE GRATCH, RACHEL GREENHAUS, KATIE FLAGG AND CAROLINE S. STAUFFER Library to extend hours for exam period No longer will students frantically studying for final exams find themselves facing closed library doors in the middle of the night. Last weekend, Elizabeth Schaumberg '06, Cook Commons ...
Author: Rachel Greenhaus NCAA demands academic standards The National Collegiate Athletic Association has announced that it will be toughening its academic standards for Division I sports teams. Teams that were previously evaluated by their graduation rate will now be held to a more constant measure ...
Author: DANIEL L. J. PHILLIPS ST. ANDREWS - Usually it is the pristine golf courses that allure visitors from all over the world to this small, university town that hugs the lowland coasts of Scotland. After all, St. Andrews lays it claim as the birthplace of the timeless sport, but this March the town ...
Author: Elspeth Pierson Don't miss next week's reading by Jay Parini, D.E. Axonn professor of English and Creative Writing and renowned author, because it just may be your only chance during your time here at Middlebury. Parini, who will read on April 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the basement of the new library, ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca On Monday afternoon, Robert D. Putnam, author of the renowned book "Bowling Alone" and the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, addressed an overflowing crowd in Dana Auditorium with his talk "Community Engagement in a Changing America." So ...