Author: Virginia Harper With the relocation of Middlebury's Public Safety headquarters, the office is faced with new challenges. Soon to be housed at 125 South Main Street near the Center For the Arts - much further away from the residential halls than its present location -- the Department of Public ...
Author: Greg Duggan "Where I am going to stay?" is a thought that likely crosses the mind of every Middlebury College parent at least once a year, from Fall Family Weekends to Commencement. Tourists flocking to Vermont to enjoy the fall foliage may even steer clear of Middlebury, convinced that, with ...
Author: Joshua Carson After a five-year process, Middlebury College has shown its resolve in recruiting and enrolling an economically diverse student body by refining the formula used to determine grant aid. In consultation with other competitive need-blind schools, the College has taken steps to ensure ...
Author: Kate Doorley "Small Government, Low Taxes, More Freedom," proclaims the banner atop the Vermont Libertarian Newsletter. These three concepts represent the crux of the Vermont Libertarian Party's (VTLP) platform, which is currently undergoing its mandatory biannual reorganization. The reorganization ...
Author: Daniel Phillips In the bowels of the Carr Hall basement, the workers behind the desk at Campus Security barely noticed as the rain clouds finally cleared on Tuesday afternoon for their office was a flurry of stuffing boxes with files and envelopes bound for their new home in Harnest House, located ...
Author: Greg Duggan Whether or not Vermonters agree or disagree with civil unions on moral grounds, they would have a difficult time disputing the practice on an economic basis. Since Vermont became the first and only state to offer civil unions to same-sex couples, yet another group of visitors has ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The relocation of the Pan-African-Latino-Asian-Native American (PALANA) Center from Fletcher House on South Street to the more central placement in Carr Hall has been met with mixed feelings by students and administrators, who have already begun to live and work in the new location. ...
Author: Thomas Drescher Large-scale efforts to salvage the Middlebury College network from a virus were complicated last week by the absence of a crucial member of the Library and Information Services and Computer Connection team. In the midst of the virtual virus attack, Senior Computing Specialist ...
Author: Kerry Kraus One of the main perks of fall in Vermont is the apples. We all enjoy the crisp, juicy apples, whether in the dining halls, at the farmers' market in town or freshly picked at a local orchard. For these delicious apples, Vermonters have to thank the many local growers, some of whom ...
Author: Eleanor Parker On Thursday, Sept. 11, members of the Middlebury College community remembered and acknowledged the events of two years ago in their own way. For those who wanted to come together in a quiet setting to remember the day, there was a memorial service held in Mead Memorial Chapel ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Atwater and Davis Halls, commonly called the A-frames, will be closed for student residential use before the start of the 2004-2005 academic year as part of an agreement between Middlebury College and the town of Middlebury aimed at reducing negative student impact on local residents. ...
Author: Katherine Doorley After the frenzy of gathering information on Dolci, Weybridge House and the Otters at the activities fair, students may have found in their possession a slip of neon green paper announcing "Bands for Dean" at Higher Ground in Winooski. Middlebury students, however, were not ...
Author: Daniel Phillips No longer will Middlebury College students have to wait two to three weeks to find out if they have secured placement in a class. The College will switch registration programs from the Middlebury Automated Registration System (MARS) to BannerWeb beginning with November registration ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Winter Term. To people outside of the Middlebury College community, it is a phrase that has little or no meaning. However, to those affiliated with the College it contains a host of associations ranging from "relaxing" and "skiing" to "academically rigorous" and "eventful." Now ...
Author: Megan Michelson When the U.S. Episcopal House of Bishops voted to appoint the first ever openly homosexual bishop on August 5, 2003, it spawned a conflict between religious establishments and their opinions of gay and lesbian communities worldwide. The House of Bishops voted 62-45 to select ...
Author: Ian Fleishman Kathy Foley-Giorgio, associate dean of student affairs and chair of the Sexual Assault Policy Working Group (SAPWG), emerged from Monday's Community Council meeting pleased. The Council had just approved substantial revisions to the wording of the College Handbook policy on sexual ...
Author: Alyssa Thurston Secretary of the College Eric Davis announced the recipients of the 2003 Staff Recognition Awards. This year's recipients included Head Baker Wayne (Pat) Broughton from Dining Services, Laboratory Supervisor from Science Technical Support Services Crispin Butler, Associate Dean ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Walking around campus these days, students, faculty, staff and visitors are surrounded by monstrous dirt heaps and noisy bulldozers. Arching cranes and iron skeletons of buildings loom around us, posing as permanent fixtures of the Green Mountain skyline. We can't help but notice ...
Author: Tom Drescher A declining endowment has prompted numerous cutbacks in the College's budget over the past few months. Underlying the cutback decisions is a desire to eliminate unnecessary expenses and a commitment to protect the most essential expenditures for students, faculty and staff.According ...
Author: Charlie Goulding "It's an industry, it's the norm, and I don't buy it," stated Robert Schine, dean of faculty and father of a high school student, in discussing the College Board and the way in which the Advanced Placement (AP) exam has permeated academia. Debate has surged in recent months ...