Author: Nicolas Emery Middlebury College recently signed a $509,000 contract with Island Pond Woodworkers, a Vermont employee-owned co-operative that will provide custom-built items for the College's new library. The woodworkers will provide the new study carrels, book stack end panels and media stations, ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones In what is believed to be an unprecedented number, three Middlebury College faculty members received prestigious Fulbright Scholar grants this year. With these grants, Assistant Professor of Russian Tatiana Smorodinskaya, Assistant Professor of History Ian Barrow and Professor ...
Author: Michael Stahler Winter is here at Middlebury, and so are the skis and snowboards. As a Vermonter, I learned to ski when I was nine years old. If I hadn't learned, I probably would have died of cabin fever long ago. Let's face it: winters here are cold, snowy and often as gray as the buildings ...
Author: Charlie Goulding Students in "Genetics and Evolution" know Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Robert J. O'Hara as "the new biology professor." Since joining the College this fall, however, O'Hara has provided Middlebury with more than his expertise in science and his acclaimed teaching ...
Author: Andrea Gissing In order to counter the effects of a national economic decline, which has affected all forms of businesses including educational institutions, the College has begun to revise its budget for the upcoming 2003-2004 fiscal year. President John McCardell outlined the College's financial ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury In May 2002, Vermont Governor Howard Dean announced his intention to run for president in the 2004 election. Having governed Vermont for 11 years, Dean has acquired an impressive list of achievements in the areas of environmental protection and health care.Dean's young campaign ...
Author: Todd Falcone 8:20 a.m. Left Jewett House and wheeled across the street and up the ramp into Twilight Hall for an 8:40 a.m. class. Besides taking 20 minutes to essentially cross the street, the icy and snow-covered path did not make it any easier. The handicap ramp didn't look too steep but it ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Dr. Seuss Visits MiddleburyDr. Seuss: Here am I at Middlebury. Who is this in such a hurry?Mark: My name is Mark as you can tell. It's written on my North Face shell. You're awful old. You look just like my teacher from Intro Psych.A teacher I am surely not. What's that you hide, ...
Author: Dan Polifka A final project for a biology class evolved into a large-scale effort to raise awareness on the lack of handicapped accessibility at Middlebury College.Participants in the most visible aspect of the project, the Wheelchair for a Day activity, were hard to miss as they navigated the ...
Author: John Prescott Burlington's Five Spice Café is one of my favorite restaurants in the world.I have eaten there dozens of times, spoken to the owner on numerous occasions, raved about it incessantly to friends and family ... heck, I even own a Five Spice "some like it hot" T-shirt. All of this ...
Author: Tom Drescher The Community Council recently approved two changes in the College's academic disciplinary policy concerning plagiarism, fraud and dishonesty. The Faculty Council will now review the proposed changes. The first proposed addition outlines disciplinary action for seniors convicted ...
Author: Tim McCahill "Accessibility to me means freedom of choice," said Middlebury resident Rose Hotte. "The freedom and the choice to go wherever I want." Hotte was one of the five panelists at a lunchtime discussion kicking off Accessibility Awareness Week, held on campus the week of Nov. 18. The ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart It's not hard to see that the Middlebury community knows what it wants. From Marble Works to Main Street, downtown Middlebury is filled with eccentric, unique shops that sell every sort of product to residents, visitors and Middlebury College students. Whether we have a craving ...
Author: Devin Zatorski EDINBURGH -- One of the military's vintage "Green Goddess" fire engines lumbered down the road yesterday. The clang of its motor elicited jeers from passers-by, who recalled the news of how another military "Goddess" had conked out on a crowded Glasgow street just days before. ...
Author: Nicole Maddox The Middlebury College Student Government Association (SGA) and Community Council have gone almost unnoticed on campus this fall, but the governing bodies project many more undertakings for the coming term. Although outwardly the SGA has appeared rather passive in its contribution ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Bob: Katie, thanks for joining us. Last week, you became the first female turkey to be pardoned by a United States president. What are your thoughts on George W?Katie: I think he's a great big turkey.Bob: Isn't that kind of harsh considering the man saved your life?Katie: No, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Aggie Bonfire Resurrected Off Texas A&M CampusAn unsanctioned bonfire held last week near Texas A&M University revived a tradition suspended since the collapse of a bonfire in 1999 that killed 12 people. A group made up of current students and alumni organized and built ...
Author: Edward Pickering The Middlebury College administration and Faculty Council are considering a number of scheduling changes for the 2003-04 academic year, including a substantial increase in the number of 8 a.m. classes.The scheduling revisions should alleviate pressure arising from having too ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer The new enhanced access system will bring with it a period of adjustment for Middlebury College. Due to the implementation of the system, students may have to carry around, for a short time period, another card in addition to their MiddCard, according to Assistant Treasurer ...
Author: Liz Lathey When he took office in 1991, Vermont Governor Howard Dean called the governorship "the greatest job in Vermont." Dean was elected lieutenant governor in 1986, and assumed Vermont's highest post in 1991 after the death of then-Governor Richard Snelling. Dean has since become the longest ...