Author: Mallika Rao Erin Sullivan '04, from Lake Forest, Ill., is one of the two hopefuls running for the position of student co-chair of Community Council (SC-COCC).Sullivan cites her extensive history working in student government as a compelling reason for her election. She served as both a sophomore ...
Author: Jonathan White "This is the most liberal state in the nation," avowed Christopher Graff '75 Thursday evening in Dana Auditorium. Graff, who serves as Montpelier bureau chief for the Associated Press, returned to Middlebury to discuss the workings of Montpelier in a lecture entitled "Is Vermont ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Vermont's lengthening list of international non-profit groups has recently grown to include Animals Asia, an organization that spans across the globe, now reaching from Burlington, Vt., to the provinces of China. Andi Mowrer, the U.S. representative for Animals Asia, recently set ...
Author: Claire Bourne, Nicholas Emery, and Andrea Gissing Mass Sickness at BU Leaves Some Skeptical of FoodBoston University's Student Health Services reportedly found itself filled with hundreds of students complaining of similar symptoms this weekend. Several students were hospitalized. Many of the ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart On April 2, Middlebury College held a press conference at the Middlebury Inn to announce the findings of a recent study detailing the College's economic impact on the community. The study, conducted by Arthur Woolf and Richard Heaps of Northern Economic Consulting, Inc. (NEC), ...
Author: Malika Rao April brings more than just college basketball and frustratingly determined snow flurries - it is the month in which several hundred prospective students flood the classrooms and walkways of Middlebury College. This year, yielding a slightly smaller accepted pool than last year, will ...
Author: Emily Thaler On Monday, March 31, several false fire alarms were reported in Gifford, Ross, Forest, McCullough, Voter and Starr Halls. The alarms were caused by tampering with the pull boxes within each of the buildings. A report on the incident also noted that in addition to the false alarms ...
Author: Dan Phillips President John McCardell called the second of three Faculty Meetings of the 2002-2003 academic year to order on Monday afternoon to address issues tabled at last December's meeting as well as releasing new announcements. The first announcement was the identity of this year's commencement ...
Author: Claire Bourne Picture this. It is your wedding night. The ceremony is over, and you and your betrothed have returned to your Baghdad apartment. Suddenly, your residence is rocked by an explosion, as a bomb from a passing warplane meets the city landscape. Debris rains down on you, and you are ...
Author: Edward Pickering At Monday's faculty meeting President John McCardell named New Mexico Governor William Blaire Richardson as this year's commencement speaker.In the course of his long and varied career Richarson has held public office, worked in the private sector and taught in academia. Best ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Erik Halvorsen, 40, an Army pilot from Bennington, Vt., was killed on Wednesday when the Black Hawk helicopter he was piloting crashed near the Iraqi city of Karbala. The Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class was a career soldier who had fought in the first Gulf War and had been stationed ...
Author: Dan Phillips At the April 7 faculty meeting, the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) proposed restricting the use of Advanced Placement (AP) exam scores to admissions and placement only, thereby preventing students from receiving AP credit toward degree requirements. The EAC brought before the ...
Author: Tom Drescher April is here, and with it comes the stressful process of room draw. This year, almost 200 members of the class of 2006 left Room Draw on Thursday night without rooms for the fall. "This is not particularly unusual," explained Residential Systems Coordinator Mariah McKechnie, who ...
Author: Greg Duggan Although not a large training ground for soldiers, the Vermont Air National Guard's members are ready to ship out to the Middle East should a command come calling them to combat. Located in South Burlington, the Vermont Air National Guard houses the 158th fighter wing, "The Green ...
Author: [no author name found] Laurie Jordan, College ChaplainMany of us on this campus have strongly held, long-settled, and widely differing opinions about the necessity and wisdom of this current war. My hope is that each of us, in spite of our differences, will aspire to be thoughtful, articulate, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Miami U. of Ohio Reveals New Tuition PlanOn April 23, the administration of Miami University of Ohio will present a proposal to the school's board of trustees asking them to approve a "retail" tuition plan that would change Miami's tuition plans to a single dollar amount. If the ...
Author: Jonathan White The Rohatyn Center for International Affairs initiated a new program of International Research Travel Grants last month in the announcement of five awardees. Those receiving awards for research and travel are Lila Buckley '04, Brian Hoyer '03.5, Rituraj Mathru '04, Kristina Rudd ...
Author: Crystal Belle A New Yorker connected to nature is like a farmer on the subway - hard to imagine. I was once again reminded of my deficient understanding of nature in my Modern Poetry seminar. As we attempted to analyze Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird," I could not help but acknowledge the fact ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe On Saturday American Flatbread restaurant teamed up with the Middlebury College Organic Garden Group (MCOGG) to raise money for the development of the newly-established Middlebury College Organic Garden. Money from the fundraiser will be used to provide stipends to three students ...
Author: Emily Thaler Last week the senior class voted to use money raised for its class gift to endow the Angels Fund and to add to the growing Community Service Fund. The results of the online referendum were close, prompting the Senior Gift Committee and Officer of Annual Giving Kristie Gonzalez '02 ...