Author: Greg Duggan With the growing possibility of U.S. action in Iraq, debate over a possible war has been intensifying around the world. Last Wednesday, hundreds of high schools and colleges across the country staged a protest called "Books, Not Bombs" to express opposition to military action against ...
Author: Ryan Gamble Recent surpluses in the state's education fund have prompted attempts to reform Act 60, the bill that regulates the way Vermonters pay for public schools. On Feb. 26, the Vermont State Senate unanimously passed a reform bill that would return surplus money from previous years to ...
Author: Leyla Kattan Middlebury College community members with relatives in the military gathered Friday for a non-political discussion revolving around the possible war in Iraq and how best to deal with ramifications of personnel buildup in the Persian Gulf.Organized by the Office of the Chaplain ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Four hundred Addison County residents took part in "A Patriotic Response on Main Street" on Saturday, gathering in downtown Middlebury to demonstrate their opposition to United States military action in Iraq. The demonstration was organized by Netaka White, a Salisbury resident, ...
Author: Thomas McCann The newly created Student Health Liaison Program, led by Director of Health and Wellness Education Yonna McShane, is revolutionizing the way students at Middlebury address health issues. The program gives students the opportunity to discuss health concerns with knowledgable peers, ...
Author: Josh Carson Last Thursday, we all lost a neighbor.Fred Rogers, popularly known as "Mister Rogers", died of stomach cancer at his home in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the age of 74. Ordained a Presbyterian minister, Rogers' mission was to work with children and families through mass media. The popular ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones The Parton Health Center admitted an unusually high number of Middlebury College students for alcohol related reasons this Winter Carnival Weekend. Although Administrative Director Kathleen Ready was unable to provide the exact number of students cared for, she did admit, ...
Author: Nicole Maddox Despite the harsh winter, construction of Middlebury College's Library and Technology Center (LATC) and the Atwater Commons project are well on their way to completion.Over February break, the new library began to take its ultimate shape amid the crane and skeletal beams east of ...
Author: Daniel Phillips On Friday, Feb. 14, a brief was submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of Middlebury College and 28 other highly selective, small residential colleges and universities from across the country. The brief, organized by Tom Garity, president of Amherst College, responded to the ...
Author: Crystal Belle When most folks think of Vermont, images of pastoral countryside, cows and, yes, Caucasians, come to mind. As a Brooklyn born-and-bred black woman new to Vermont, I often compare my current rural surroundings -- rustic cottages among rich, fertile farms -- to my typical urban setting ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Sen. James Jeffords (I-Vt.) addressed a large crowd in Mead Chapel last Wednesday in a panel discussion with Middlebury College Student Government Association President Ginny Hunt '03 and Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies Chris Klyza. Jeffords strode in, ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe What does a Vermonter do when he is ready to stop complaining and start acting on his political beliefs? If he is Derrick Senior, he starts a nationwide organization devoted to voicing his concern over the growing threat of war with Iraq. Senior, a former businessman from Shelburne, ...
Author: Claire Bourne Middlebury College's admissions committee began closed-door deliberations Monday to select the members of the Class of 2007. Although narrowing an applicant pool of 5,300 students down to the 1,430 who will be granted admission has always been a difficult task, recent scrutiny ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief With sub-zero temperatures plaguing Vermont this winter, people have been confined to the indoors more than usual. Many cardholders of the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury, however, combatted the dreary weather by taking part in an event called "Blizzard Reading." Carol ...
Author: Andrea Gissing U. South Florida Prof. Indicted as Terrorist LeaderUniversity of South Florida Professor Sami Al-Arian was taken into custody last Thursday on racketeering and terrorist charges as a result of his association with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Al-Arian has been under surveillance ...
Author: Pete Faroni "Think Blue; Act Green" is an idea Middlebury College students are urged to remember every time they take a sip of coffee from a C.U.P.P.S. mug. The College strives to set the standard as an environmentally conscious institution and to educate not only its students, faculty and staff, ...
Author: Edward Pickering Pieter Broucke, assistant professor of the History of Art and Architecture, has received a grant from the Parnassus Foundation in support of the Messene Heroon Reconstruction Project, an archaeological excavation that he co-directs in Greece. The foundation has promised continued ...
Author: Nicolas Emery Beginning in the fall semester of 2003, Middlebury College will offer Arabic language classes to undergraduate students as part of a planned expansion of the International Studies Department to include a Middle Eastern Studies track. Previously, Arabic has only been offered at ...
Author: Dan Polifka A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education focused on an issue of increasing concern for institutions of higher education: the potential for terrorist attacks on campus. Although Middlebury College administrators acknowledge the possibility of a terrorist attack, however ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Charles Alvarez '05 was arraigned on domestic assault charges following a Jan. 25 incident in Gifford Lounge during which he allegedly struck ex-girlfriend Yashika Walker '05. According to court documents, Walker told police that Alvarez pulled out several braids of her ...