Author: Katie Flagg Middlebury College is ringing in the New Year with resolutions of an especially bold sort, led by a new president eager to chart the College's course for coming years. Just days after the end of the Fall 2004 term, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced his comprehensive ...
Author: Daniel Phillips Last year, there were on average four members at the College Democrats' bimonthly meetings. Currently boasting a total of 87 names on their mailing list - a number that surpasses membership of many political organizations at Middlebury - the College Democrats are proof that political ...
Author: Virginia Harper UCLA Faculty Protest U.S. Education BillA new education bill, which passed through the House of Representatives on Oct. 21, has professors at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) worried. The International Studies in Higher Education Act proposes the creation of ...
Author: Crystal Belle When arriving at Middlebury College almost four years ago, the innate beauty of the college campus amazed me. I loved everything from the McCullough spruce tree to the miniature-sized town. However, there was something that was very apparent to me - how vast and spacious the actual ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones Embroiled somewhere in the vicinity of the recent debate about the worth of Winter Term is a surge of Winter Term course offerings centered on aspects of Middlebury College. These are courses that could never be offered at another college - not because of some unmatchable ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Paris with a planeload of Italian tourists. Now I'm sure most of us are familiar with the stereotypical American tourist, and I dare say may have even participated in propagating that notoriously ignorant and obnoxiously loud stereotype ...
Author: Megan Michelson Helen Thomas was not wearing her signature red dress, which she wore for so many years as the White House Bureau Chief for United Press International, when she spoke at the Sheraton Conference Center in South Burlington last Sunday. Dressed instead in dark blue, Thomas addressed ...
Author: Benjamin Salkowe A committee of students and administrators reviewing the role of orientation trips within the first-year orientation program has opted to postpone their final recommendations for the time being and solicit student opinion via an online survey.Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson ...
Author: [no author name found] As discussion on the future of Winter Term continues on campus, speculation mounts as to what calendar could replace the current system. Dean of Faculty, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of English Alison Byerly said that the Educational Affairs Committee ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Through discussions, hikes and hands-on activities at the North Branch School in Ripton, Vt., seventh, eighth and ninth graders are blazing new trails. Using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units to chart the trails and roads and the computer program Geographic Information ...
Author: Joshua Carson, Ilyse Mehlman and Myra Palmero Debate Tournament Takes over BiHall Debate teams from across the Northeast converged on Bicentennial Hall this weekend to participate in an American Parliamentary Debate Associate tournament hosted by the Middlebury Debate Society (MDS). Because ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Students who attended the Student Government Association's (SGA) first forum on Winter Term held Nov. 17 expressed unanimous support for the continuation of the current calendar. Chair of the Student Educational Affairs Committee (SEAC) Stephen Clarke '04.5 moderated the meeting, ...
Author: Claire M. L. Bourne Middlebury College's Ally Group has existed for 11 years. But when Commons Residential Advisor (CRA) Freeman White '03 tells people he does leadership work for the organization, most respond with blank stares. Tonight, more than a decade after its informal inception, the ...
Author: Greg Duggan In the past year, Middlebury has seen its share of larger, big- name enterprises become part of the community. Dunkin' Donuts and the Marriott have both recently moved to town, and a Hannaford Supermarket plans to open in the plaza vacated by Ames by mid-spring.In addition to Hannaford, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing President John McCardell Jr. borrowed words from his inauguration speech to announce his resignation Tuesday afternoon: "There is indeed much to be done. Let's get on with it." In a heartfelt address to students, faculty and staff in Mead Chapel, McCardell revealed his intent ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer United States Presidential hopeful Lyndon LaRouche spoke on Friday at Middlebury College as part of a series sponsored by the College Democrats.The 2004 election marks the 80-year-old's eighth bid for the presidency.Leaders of the College Democrats said they hoped to ignite ...
Author: Taylor Johnston With an unusually low amount of student support, the Kaleidoscope, Middlebury College's yearbook, faces an unmanageable workload and the possibility of having no volume for the year 2004-05.After losing a pack of seniors to last year's graduation, the Kaleidoscope must now forge ...
Author: Thomas Drescher The Student Government Association (SGA) tabled a proposed amendment to Middlebury College's alcohol policy on Sunday night, postponing the vote until some details have been worked out. The resolution, designed by SGA President Sam Rodriguez '05 and Press Secretary Andrew Carnabuci ...
Author: Alyssa Thurston Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrating the having - and eating - of plenty. To Middlebury College's Volunteer Services Organization (VSO), it's also the perfect time to spread awareness of the issues of hunger and poverty on a local level.They did so last Monday at 7 p.m. in the ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca If Van Gogh had been a chef instead of a painter, Starry Night CafÈ would arguably have been his masterpiece. This local, gourmet restaurant is in Ferrisburgh on Route 7, and you could easily drive past it on your way to Burlington - but don't. Save yourself half the trip ...