Author: Alyssa Thurston President John McCardell approved the Community Council's recommendation to continue all academic interest houses without stipulations.The academic and social houses at Middlebury College undergo an annual review by a six-member subcommittee of Community Council, officially ...
Author: Tom Drescher Housing is always a major concern for the student body this time of year, with room draw and Student Government Association (SGA) elections both falling in April. More than 100 rising sophomores failed to draw rooms earlier this month, and to further exacerbate the situation, it ...
Author: Claire Bourne Leah Koenig '04 transferred to Middlebury College from the University of Oregon last fall in large part due to the College's Environmental Studies (ES) program. Since then, she has wasted no time in making a name for herself on campus and in the surrounding community. Most notably, ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart In recent years, Act 250, Vermont's 30-year-old land use development law, has been the subject of intense debate and ceaseless media coverage. In his 2002 gubernatorial campaign, now-Governor James Douglas '72 ran on a platform that included restructuring Act 250. Douglas, who ...
Author: Dan Phillips Sullivan Seeks Stand-Out CampaignErin Sullivan '04.5, candidate for student co-chair of the Community Council and speaker for the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate, finished plastering campus buildings and dormitories with a rainbow of flyers last Saturday. She directed ...
Author: Josh Carson Last October, Community Council charged the Carbon Reduction Initiative (CRI) working group with the task of establishing a plan to reduce the College's carbon dioxide emissions. The working group is now ready to present their findings to the Community and Environmental Councils ...
Author: Tim McCahill Spring arrives in Beijing when the willow trees start to pollinate. The willows, which grace the sides of Beijing's avenues, sprout tufts of white seed that float across the city on winds blown in from the northwest. The tufts amass on the sidewalks in thin layers, making Beijing's ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Charles D. Brakeley, a well-known and respected retiree of Middlebury College, passed away last Thursday at the age of 82. "Pete" to those who knew him, Brakeley began his 17-year career at the College in 1964 as assistant to the director of development. In 1967 Brakeley was named ...
Author: Crystal Belle The typical prospective college student worries about future courses, making new friends, fitting into the social scene and hooking up. However, the typical black woman coming to a school like Middlebury College, worries particularly about one thing: getting her hair done!I will ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Eight Middlebury students returned home Monday, April 21, after their study abroad semester in Harbin, China, was cut short due to the possible health risks associated with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). China Education Tours (CET), the organization in charge of ...
Author: [no author name found] Just as Middlebury residents and students get ready to step outside and enjoy spring, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society are giving the community another reason to get out into the sun.On Saturday, May 3, the National Multiple Sclerosis ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Bowdoin Awarded Grant for Ecological StudyThe Henry Luce Foundation's Environment and Public Policy Program has awarded Bowdoin College $365,000 to set up a long-term ecological study of Maine's Merrymeeting Bay. The bay is a large freshwater tidal ecosystem located close to Bowdoin's ...
Author: Peter Faroni On April 7 the Vermont Senate passed a bill designed to increase the state's energy independence through the promotion of environmentally friendly power.The bill, which passed by a margin of 21-3, included a "renewable portfolio standard" that mandates that utilities buy some of ...
Author: Greg Duggan About 45 people showed up in the downstairs of the Ilsley Public Library Thursday night to listen to award-winning author and poet Ruth Stone and local poet Karin Gottshall. Both writers sat at a table in the front of the room, their presence commanding the attention of the entire ...
Author: Dan Phillips Feinberg Focuses on ElectionNot even a leg injury "worse than Bo Jackson's" kept Andrew Feinberg '04 from an intense week of campaigning for the office of Student Government Association (SGA) President. Despite three torn ligaments, Feinberg is staying on campus until the conclusion ...
Author: Ryan Gamble Nina Patry, coordinator of international student records, recently became the guardian of Del Sanders, an 82-year-old man who suffers from cognitive disabilities due to a stroke and lives in a nursing home. Patry spoke to The Middlebury Campus about her experience, which she says ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The Admissions Office has heard from over 350 students accepted to the Class of 2007 who have chosen to attend Middlebury College over other institutions. This figure is slightly larger than the number of deposits received from admitted applicants by this date a year ago. The increase ...
Author: Samuel Wilson On Monday evening, President John McCardell, various members of the faculty and staff and students, including members of the Student Government Association (SGA) met in the Ross Fireplace Lounge for the final Town Meeting of the year. The Town Meetings have served as an open forum ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe The continued movement of weekend social life from on-campus events to parties hosted in off-campus senior housing has spurred growing tensions between College students, local residents, and the Middlebury Police Department. What College students have noted as a year of growing ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Pascale LaFountain '04 was recently awarded the Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship, a highly esteemed and competitive national award. The scholarship provides substantial financial awards to be used toward the graduate education of students who display "exceptional ...