Author: Abigail Mitchell The culmination of President Ronald D. Liebowitz's call for an immediate response to the tsunami disasters in Southeast Asia materialized on April 17 when the total amount of aid generated by the College was tallied. The grand total to be donated is $10,910.12. These proceeds ...
Author: Katie Flagg Princeton students advocate chastity At Princeton University - largely regarded as the country's most conservative Ivy League school - a small group of undergraduates is pushing the discussion of sexual issues on campus in an entirely new direction. According to these students, in ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher Robert S. Clagett, current senior Admissions officer and associate director of Financial Aid at Harvard College, has recently accepted appointment as Middlebury's new dean of admissions. As dean, Clagett will be responsible for supervising the operations of the Admissions ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca A recent surge in the number of thefts outside Ross and Proctor Dining Halls, outside the fitness center and within the Peterson Athletic Center locker rooms marks the third time this academic year that a rash of robberies has plagued campus. In the past two weeks, eight dining ...
Author: Dina Magaril The Finance Committee is preparing to review a proposal to discontinue or curtail stipend distribution to students in leadership positions on campus. Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson recently met with administrators from member schools of the New England Small College Athletic ...
Author: Ben Salkowe JS Woodward, student co-chair of Community Council, may not have scored all of his campaign promises this past year, but moved the big ones and took up multiple issues which arose in the year."Overall, I'm quite happy with the way this year turned out, especially considering the ...
Author: Elspeth Pierson Don Mitchell, lecturer in English and Film and Media Culture, announced to our lecture hall on the first day of Nature's Meanings (EL 215) that we would each be required to spend an April night in his barn birthing lambs. We were all a bit surprised, perhaps, but in the cold ...
Author: — Interviews by Rachel Greenhaus Dan Saper '06What are the hot-button issues in your campaign? I have a lot of issues that are important to me, but the biggest ones are moving universal wireless internet up on the administration's agenda, diminishing the role of the commons in housing selection ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green Andrew Jacobi '05 had his work cut out for him after being elected president of the Student Government Association (SGA) last spring. The previous SGA, under the direction of Sam Rodriguez '04, was widely criticized for its inactivity and lack of achievements. In his own ...
Author: CAROLINE S. STAUFFER SGA bill expresses concern over College's MIIS consideration At last Sunday night's meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill expressing concern about Middlebury College's possible acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). ...
Author: Abigail Mitchell JS Woodward '06How would you define the role of Student Co-Chair of Community Council and why does the position appeal to you?SCCOCC is functionally the Vice-President of the SGA. The Community Council is comprised of students, faculty, administration and staff. I really like ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca With the addition of 28 newly hired professors to the Middlebury faculty, the student-faculty ratio is projected to drop from 11.3 - 1 to 10.6 -1 at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year. The decrease is met with approval from the administration, as President Ronald D. ...
Author: Polly Johnson I've driven past that mysterious building overlooking the town green hundreds of times, wondering why it's covered in scaffolding and why I have never heard anything about it. After my Monday afternoon tour of the renovation project with Executive Director Doug Anderson, however, ...
Author: By Erin McCormick Middlebury students vying for the positions of Student Government Association (SGA) president as well as student co-chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) debated school-wide policy and procedure in the Grille Tuesday night. In preparation for the upcoming election, candidates ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher An online petition calling for BannerWeb adjustments intended to eliminate alleged registration disadvantages to Febs has prompted the Student Educational Affairs Committee (SEAC) to resurrect the ever-contentious issue of Feb registration policy in an attempt to develop a ...
Author: Katie Flagg Brandishing pink-frosted cookies and rainbow ribbons, the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) kicked off a week of activities promoting visibility for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered persons on campus last week. Visibility Week - cosponsored by the Department of Women ...