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 ...
Author: Claire Bourne It seemed like business as usual yesterday in the Career Services Office as staff members gathered around the common room table for a morning meeting. For Associate Director for Career Development and Counseling Krista Siringo, however, yesterday was anything but normal. Just hours ...
Author: [no author name found] Mark Peluso, M.D. Health Center PhysicianI know little about the politics of war, but I do know about human suffering. Any war will cause much suffering.People will be physically hurt. I have treated children with severed limbs, and felt buckshot in wounded hearts as ...
Author: Peter Faroni On Tuesday, March 18, the Green Mountain State's capital city of Montpelier was host to the 28th annual Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest.Though it may sound unappealing at first, don't be too quick to turn your nose up at the Rotten Sneaker Contest. What started back in 1975 as ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart As bombs fall on Baghdad and coalition forces attack in Iraq, Middlebury residents continue to voice their opposition to the war. The actuality of armed conflict in Iraq has awakened the anti-war sentiments of even more citizens, who join together on the Middlebury Town Green ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Air Force General Apologizes to StudentsLt. Gen. John R. Dallager, the departing superintendent of the Air Force Academy, met with the cadet corps in Colorado Springs on Monday, March 31, to apologize for the effects the recent scandal involving the sexual assault of female cadets ...
Author: Greg Duggan As American and British troops fight against Iraq in "Gulf War II," the nation watches various news channels and reads the newspapers to follow the progress of the coalition forces. Despite the in-depth reporting, perhaps only war veterans can understand the experiences of troops ...
Author: Elizabeth Braunstein As the new library and Atwater Commons projects are taking shape on the Middlebury College campus, so too sprout the Courtyard by Marriott hotel and the Hannaford supermarket in downtown Middlebury. The new additions to the Middlebury economy aim to alleviate effects caused ...
Author: Thomas McCann Middlebury College's spring rush for social houses drew to a close in early March. According to the regulations set up by the Inter-House Council (IHC), which set the framework for the Rush process, each house organized at least five events with each applicant required to attend ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe A sudden thaw has drawn bears out of hibernation and into Vermonters' backyards. Between 4,000 and 5,000 black bears live in Vermont, and experts say they are now all awake. According to Forrest Hammond, a district wildlife biologist based in Springfield, the bears are currently ...