Author: Nicolas Emery Proposed changes to the Middlebury College health insurance system will require employees to cover a portion of their health insurance costs. The amount an employee will have to pay will be based upon a percentage of his or her salary. Workers most affected by these proposed changes ...
Author: Deborah Jones "Get on board, the train has left the station!" Dean of Advising and Assistant Professor of American Literature Karl Lindholm doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to discussing one of the school's most controversial initiatives. "The College is committed to the commons."Lindholm's ...
Author: Tim McCahill The second week of October will be a refreshingly normal one for the Board of Trustees when they convene on campus for their annual fall meeting. Unlike previous years, discussion of new building projects will not be on the trustees' agenda; rather, the Board will deliberate on ...
Author: Dan Polifka Upon completion of Ross Commons this fall, work was well underway on the improvement of another commons, Atwater.This marks the second series of construction projects undertaken by the College to enhance residential life at Middlebury. The building of two new senior residence halls ...
Author: Khairani Barokka Side by side on Sept. 29, two distinguished poets, one a Palestinian, the other an Israeli, brought the emotions and vivid imagery of war in the Middle East to a sizeable audience in the Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room. Taha Muhammad Ali and Aharon Shabtai each read from ...
Author: Liz Lathey As November approaches, Vermonters are starting to wonder about the names on front yard political signs. Among the names is Jim Douglas, the Republican candidate for governor. Douglas has had an extensive political career as a member of the state Legislature, executive assistant to ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart In a tight race for lieutenant governor, Progressive candidate Anthony Pollina of Middlesex County is a top contender looking to oust Republican Brian Dubie and Democrat Peter Shumlin. Pollina, a policymaker who has dealt with issues in Vermont for 20 years, ran the first-ever ...
Author: Gale Berninghausen Students who enjoy the convenience of smoking in their own rooms or near the entrances of on- campus buildings may soon have to change their ways. Though few people know about it, Middlebury has recently introduced an initiative that seeks to ban tobacco use in residence halls ...
Author: Jon White "There is no ideal solution, just the right direction" concluded the "Guiding Principles" adopted in May 1999 by the Project Review Committee. The Committee, with special guidance from Nan Jenks-Jay, director of environmetal affairs, and Dave Ginevan, executive vice president of facilities, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright It appears as though the Middlebury student body has gone wireless. In the first few weeks of the new school year, one of the noticeable changes around campus has been the increase in number of Middlebury students talking on cell phones during the class day. And what had previously ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones Dennis Kozlowski resigned from Middlebury College's Board of Trustees last Friday, just two days before his involvement with the school was highlighted in the business section of The New York Times. These events arrive amidst a wave of scandalous publicity, which has grown ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury This November, Vermonters will head to the polls to cast their vote for a new governor, replacing Democrat Howard Dean, who has held the position since 1991. Douglas Racine, the Democratic candidate, brings to his campaign a great deal of experience in state politics, as well ...
Author: Liz Lathey As September slips by, we all enjoy the last of the warm weather before it gets cold again. For most students here, the weather now is the nicest it gets before we have to bundle up for the below-zero wind chills of the winter that we all know and love. However, Vermont actually got ...
Author: Katy Saunders This past weekend representatives from 28 colleges and universities gathered together with environmental leaders and advocacy groups from around the northeast at Skidmore College for the first conference of the Northeast Campuses for Climate Action.The conference, which was patterned ...
Author: Jasmine Johnson Over the summer, I spent some of my Wednesday afternoons helping out at a little store on a little side street in downtown Middlebury. The physical smallness and obscurity of the place is deceptive of the great impact its had on Addison county. Neat Repeats is a consignment store ...
Author: Andrea Gissing MIT Shares Art With StudentsThrough a unique student loan program started up in the 1960s, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) brings a wider appreciation of art throughout campus and into student dorms. Instead of locking up valuable works of art, MIT allows students ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart It is sometimes difficult for students, bent on juggling a life of academics and socializing, to sympathize with the plight of the working parent. Yet for some faculty and staff, contemplating such a life is not so hard — especially for those with families. Life as a working ...
Author: Bob Wainwright When I awoke this afternoon I looked down at my floor and I realized fairly quickly that I was not yet prepared for the perils associated with leaving my bed. So, not wanting to subject myself to any undue stress, I instead turned my attention to the table next to my bed in search ...
Author: Charles Goulding This year Middlebury College is looking to better illuminate the path for students interested in careers in nonprofit social work. The Career Services Office (CSO), in conjunction with Service Learning, Community Service and the Student Employment Office, have collaborated to ...
Author: Julie Shumway As the world's leaders contemplate environmental issues in the wake of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vermont's state government is taking an additional step forward. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has been working ...