Author: Andrea Gissing, Joshua Carson, Myra Palmero Fire Safety month kicked off with a spark as each Commons organized and executed an inspection of all rooms, suites and houses on campus. While not all data has been collected, it appears that this year is markedly better in terms of student safety ...
Author: Taylor Johnston The Middlebury College faculty convened on Monday for a sparsely attended meeting, which consisted largely of informational reports from various committees. The faculty committee exploring Winter Term reform possibilities postponed an anticipated discussion, claiming its investgation ...
Author: [no author name found] We regret that this week's print edition of The Middlebury Campus contains several formatting errors, all of which occurred while the paper was at the press and out of our hands. Three articles have larger type size and do not finish. We are working hard with our printer ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin Students, faculty, parents and friends gathered in Gifford Lounge to honor 21 sophomore students at the presentation of the Paul W. Ward '25 Memorial Prize last Friday. Dorothy Cate Ward '28 established the prize in 1978 in honor of her husband, Paul W. Ward '25, to recognize ...
Author: Andrea Gissing The time students have eagerly been awaiting, or dreading, is at hand: "Real-Time Registration" on BannerWeb. Course registration for Winter Term started at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 and will be open until 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Spring term registration begins Monday, Nov. 17 ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart "What would you find if you took the rutted dirt road up the mountain?" asks Lynne Howard in an essay entitled "SPiNning." For her part, when she took a left-hand turn on Route 125 East at a small black and white sign, Howard discovered Spirit in Nature (SPiN) at the end of ...
Author: Greg Duggan If you thought that Vermont's economy subsisted solely on dairy products and maple syrup, think again. Creativity consists of a large chunk of the state's economy, as a forum hosted by the Vermont Culture on Culture and Innovation (VCCI) last Thursday proved. Held at the Vergennes ...
Author: Devin Zatorski Vermont is one of six states without a governor's mansion, but that's fine by Gov. Jim Douglas '72. He's been commuting from Middlebury to Montpelier throughout his 29 years in elected office. "It's about an hour and five minutes," he estimated. "But 50 minutes without school ...
Author: Andrea Gissing By the time Winter Term starts, 288 new mailboxes will fill the alcove across from the mailroom window in McCullough basement, thus restoring Middlebury to a one-student-one-mailbox campus. The remodeling of McCullough basement is in progress. "Originally construction was planned ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe John Sharpe '06, who lived on the fourth floor of Milliken as a first-year student, began his sophomore year living in a converted lounge on the same hall - a living arrangement he accepted in order to remain in Ross Commons.Sharpe was one of approximately 150 rising sophomores ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Middlebury College's Volunteer Service Organization (VSO) held a cow-pie bingo event Saturday, Oct. 25 to raise money for Heifer International, a non-profit organization that works to alleviate world hunger.Participants of the cow-pie bingo bought a square on a large grid marked ...
Author: Kate Doorley Every year at Homecoming, the Middlebury College Alumni Association presents achievement awards to alumni who have reached milestones in their professional or personal lives. Last Friday, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas '72 was presented with this award before he addressed a sizeable audience ...
Author: Alyssa Thurston President Bush officially declared an end to the war in Iraq in May. Yet in the state of Vermont and around the nation, national sentiment against the United States' continuing presence in Iraq, as well as against Bush administration policies both at home and overseas, has only ...
Author: Michael Ives Eat Good Food is an eccentric establishment. Nestled at 221 Main Street in Vergennes, an Andy Warhol-esque sign with a screaming woman beckons the hungry visitor to come inside. My friends and I bypassed the charming patio, as Vermont's short-lived outdoor dining season was decidedly ...
Author: Daniel Phillips It may come as a surprise that the latest innovation in thinking about materials and project design is being implemented in the field of architecture, and that these very ideas have already taken shape in Middlebury College's own backyard with the construction of Atwater Commons. ...
Author: Joshua Carson Students are up in arms. "I received 10 comment cards last night at Proctor about bringing back large glasses," said Dining Services Associate Director Matthew Biette.But before you write another comment card, look around your room. How many Proctor Cups are sitting on your desk? ...
Author: Nicholas Emery According to the English writer John Boynton Priestly, "A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours." Apparently, Priestly spent at least one fantastic holiday in Italy, and he certainly wasn't there to do anything remotely useful. Since ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe and Virginia Harper College Students Love BushCollege students are more likely to register as Republicans and support President Bush than the general public, according to a survey released on Oct. 22 by Harvard University's Institute of Politics. In a nationwide poll of 1,202 undergraduates, ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca Ben and Jerry's, the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Church Street and now the Great Vermont Corn Maze. Yes, there's a new attraction to add to your list of Vermont fun - "amaizingly cornfusing fun," that is - for next year. The Great Vermont Corn Maze, located in Danville, Vt., is ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin In addition to brand new junior and senior housing and an ellipsoidal dining hall, the Atwater Commons Project readies for another full-on facelift next summer with Le Ch‚teau, Allen Hall and Coffrin Hall.Built in 1925 and modeled after the French Pavillion Henri IV of the Ch‚teau ...