Author: Nicole Maddox The Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) and Community Council have gone almost unnoticed on campus this fall, but the governing bodies project many more undertakings for the coming term. Although outwardly the SGA has appeared rather passive in its contribution ...
Author: Devin Zatorski EDINBURGH -- One of the military's vintage "Green Goddess" fire engines lumbered down the road yesterday. The clang of its motor elicited jeers from passers-by, who recalled the news of how another military "Goddess" had conked out on a crowded Glasgow street just days before. ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart It's not hard to see that the Middlebury community knows what it wants. From Marble Works to Main Street, downtown Middlebury is filled with eccentric, unique shops that sell every sort of product to residents, visitors and Middlebury College students. Whether we have a craving ...
Author: Tim McCahill "Accessibility to me means freedom of choice," said Middlebury resident Rose Hotte. "The freedom and the choice to go wherever I want." Hotte was one of the five panelists at a lunchtime discussion kicking off Accessibility Awareness Week, held on campus the week of Nov. 18. The ...
Author: Tom Drescher The Community Council recently approved two changes in the College's academic disciplinary policy concerning plagiarism, fraud and dishonesty. The Faculty Council will now review the proposed changes. The first proposed addition outlines disciplinary action for seniors convicted ...
Author: John Prescott Burlington's Five Spice Café is one of my favorite restaurants in the world.I have eaten there dozens of times, spoken to the owner on numerous occasions, raved about it incessantly to friends and family ... heck, I even own a Five Spice "some like it hot" T-shirt. All of this ...
Author: Dan Polifka A final project for a biology class evolved into a large-scale effort to raise awareness on the lack of handicapped accessibility at Middlebury College.Participants in the most visible aspect of the project, the Wheelchair for a Day activity, were hard to miss as they navigated the ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Dr. Seuss Visits MiddleburyDr. Seuss: Here am I at Middlebury. Who is this in such a hurry?Mark: My name is Mark as you can tell. It's written on my North Face shell. You're awful old. You look just like my teacher from Intro Psych.A teacher I am surely not. What's that you hide, ...
Author: Todd Falcone 8:20 a.m. Left Jewett House and wheeled across the street and up the ramp into Twilight Hall for an 8:40 a.m. class. Besides taking 20 minutes to essentially cross the street, the icy and snow-covered path did not make it any easier. The handicap ramp didn't look too steep but it ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury In May 2002, Vermont Governor Howard Dean announced his intention to run for president in the 2004 election. Having governed Vermont for 11 years, Dean has acquired an impressive list of achievements in the areas of environmental protection and health care.Dean's young campaign ...
Author: Andrea Gissing In order to counter the effects of a national economic decline, which has affected all forms of businesses including educational institutions, the College has begun to revise its budget for the upcoming 2003-2004 fiscal year. President John McCardell outlined the College's financial ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Students in "Genetics and Evolution" know Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Robert J. O'Hara as "the new biology professor." Since joining the College this fall, however, O'Hara has provided Middlebury with more than his expertise in science and his acclaimed teaching ...
Author: Michael Stahler Winter is here at Middlebury, and so are the skis and snowboards. As a Vermonter, I learned to ski when I was nine years old. If I hadn't learned, I probably would have died of cabin fever long ago. Let's face it: winters here are cold, snowy and often as gray as the buildings ...
Author: [no author name found] Helping the Homeless and Hungryby Andrea GissingOver fall break, five members of Middlebury's Volunteer Service Organization (VSO) attended the 15th Annual Conference of the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness held this year at the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Author: Bob Wainwright I was sitting down, obeying my thirst with a nice refreshing Sprite yesterday, when I began to wonder if advertisements actually hold power over consumers. The only example I could think of was when I drank a gallon of Gatorade and then ran 10 miles in order to see if my sweat ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Protests Arise Over NYU Guard's SuspensionResidents of Alumni Hall, a New York University (NYU) residence hall, are protesting the university's decision to suspend the security officer on duty the night before a student was found dead in his dorm room last week.The university ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Edwin Colodny, interim chief executive officer of Fletcher Allen Health Care, announced on Nov. 8 that the hospital had overspent on its Renaissance Project construction budget by $81.3 million.State regulators had approved $228.4 million in spending for the construction of new ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Middlebury College students and parents arriving in September or reuniting on Fall Family Weekends know that finding a place to eat in town is a daunting task. Those who forget to make reservations or rely on luck to find a table are often left to scrounge around the dining halls ...
Author: Alex Castillo-Kesper How does the modern artist engage tradition in his or her realm of personal expression? The term "individual artist" was a foreign expression to India during British colonialism, and still remains an ambiguous phrase in modern Indian painting. As India tried to break away ...
Author: Nicole Maddox Last weekend, the Middlebury Debate Society hosted the annual Edwin R. Lawrence Debate Tournament, which began on Friday afternoon and ran late into Saturday evening. Almost 50 teams gathered in Bicentennial Hall, including representatives from Amherst, Vassar, Trinity, Wesleyan, ...