Author: Edward Pickering A nationwide decline in on-campus recruiting by employers visibly affected Middlebury College this fall when several high-profile finance firms cancelled visits. The cancellations highlight the increasing importance of internships and networking as means of finding employment ...
Author: Bob Wainwright It's 8:58 Sunday night, and about 12 seniors have gathered in the living room at 95 Court Street. Normally, such a gathering would have been pre-arranged through phone calls or some method of communication, but not for the group seated in front of the television. HBO's "The Sopranos" ...
Author: [no author name found] College Honors Altruistic Residentsby Lindsey WhittonFive Addison County residents were honored with Middlebury College Bicentennial Citizens' Medals on Friday. The medals, which are a recognition of community service, were presented by President John McCardell to Dottie ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart On Tuesday night, for the 21st time since 1777, no candidate in the governor or lieutenant governor's race acquired a majority of the vote. In accordance with the Vermont constitution, the Legislature will elect the governor and lieutenant governor by secret ballot at its first ...
Author: Julie Shumway Vermonters concerned over the state's economy received more bad news last week with the announcement of SCA Tissue North America's decision to close its Brattleboro factory.SCA Tissue North America, a Swedish-owned paper company, announced that it would close the factory in March ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Green Mountain Power (GMP) Corp., Vermont's second largest power company, gave unauthorized rate reductions totaling more than $545,000 to Sugarbush ski resort for 14 months in 1999 and 2000.This violation, reported in documents filed by Vermont's Public Service Board on Oct. 31, ...
Author: Leah Koenig Saturday night provided a lively musical treat for the large crowd gathered around the McCullough stage. An impressive line up of Middlebury's talented students performed music and dance in the Global Rhythms show, organized by Wonnacott Commons. The entertainment, lasting a full ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Middlebury College is bursting with interesting publications that represent the many voices of the College community. Each of these fulfills a specific purpose: To provide news, arts, analyses, humor or a forum to express opinion. Four of these publications are: Epilogue, the ...
Author: Nicholas Emery Last week, the Community Council unanimously approved the Carbon Reduction Initiative (CRI), a plan proposed by the Environmental Council (EC) to significantly reduce Middlebury College's carbon emissions. The approval of this proposal authorizes the creation of a working group ...
Author: Tom Drescher Middlebury College annually hires a host of visiting instructors to teach Winter Term courses. This year, the College will be implementing a mini-orientation program to acquaint visiting faculty with the school's policies as a means of limiting adminstrative problems and possible ...
Author: Andrea Gissing U. Pittsburgh Receives Embryonic Stem CellsUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers recently received human embryonic stem cell lines, one of the few universities to do so after President Bush said in August 2001 that only 78 already existing embryonic stem cell lines would be approved ...
Author: Julie Shumway In the wake of increasing concern over the state's drug problems, Vermont opened its first heroin treatment clinic on Oct. 28. The Chittenden Center – An Addictions Treatment Program, is directed by Dr. Warren Bickel of the University of Vermont (UVM) Psychiatry Department. It ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Woodrow Wilson once said, "If I am to speak 10 minutes, I need a week for preparation; if 15 minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now." I came across this quotation the other day, and found myself immediately intrigued. I wondered if this meant ...
Author: Andrea La Rocca "What is your favorite word in the English language?" The question, posed to a group of Middlebury students, causes a moment of contemplation, possibly of confusion, and then ..."SEX!"Surprise, surprise — or not. Would you really expect anything less from Middlebury students? ...
Author: Tom Drescher A symbolic closet built by members and associates of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (moqa) was destroyed during the evening of Friday, Oct. 18 by perpetrators yet to be found by the College's Department of Public Safety. The closet was the first to be built since 1996, when ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Rutgers, Bates Name New PresidentsRichard L. McCormick was named the 19th president of Rutgers University and Elaine Tuttle Hansen was inaugurated as the seventh president of Bates College. Hansen is Bates' first female president.Hansen earned a bachelor's degree at Mount Holyoke ...
Author: Peter Viola Administrators and student leaders of Ross Commons continue to debate responses to recent acts of vandalism in Ross Dining Hall. Late Sept. 29, vandals entered the dining hall, damaged yogurt and soda machines, smashed a card-swiper and littered the floors with cereal. Vandals struck ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Middlebury's externally-funded community service programs face an uncertain future with a nationwide economic slump severely jeopardizing their financial situation. Currently, the three service progams most threatened are the Page One Literacy Project, the Community Friends ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., the Vermont-based premium ice cream maker, announced plans to lay off 52 people at their company headquarters in South Burlington, the Associated Press reported on Oct. 24. Currently Ben & Jerry's employs 841 people, 199 of which work at the ...
Author: Liz Lathey Claire Ayer is the Democratic candidate for Addison County representative in the Vermont State Senate.How do you feel you can improve the state, if elected, with your Democratic platform?The Democratic platform, to me, is one that's more holistic than the Republican platform, for ...