Author: Campus Editor in Chief The collapse of the Soviet Union visibly dented Russian language enrollment at Middlebury College, touching off a decade-long downturn that sliced introductory class sizes from 40 per semester at the dawn of the decade to a mere 15 this spring. While Professor of Russian ...
Author: Mary Christine Kwiatek Several recent crimes in local communities have raised questions of residents' safety in Vermont.In October, for example, a student was assaulted in Hadley Hall at Middlebury College, prompting the College's Office of Public Safety to begin locking residence halls at night ...
Author: Anne Jennings At an emergency Student Government Association (SGA) meeting scheduled for 4:15 p.m. today, Residential Systems Coordinator Mariah McKechnie '01 will present several scenarios of how block housing may be distributed among the commons. The SGA will pick one of these scenarios to ...
Author: Tim McCahill The future course of black studies has come into focus among American academics in the field following a series of comments made by Lawrence Summers, the recently appointed president of Harvard University. Middlebury College professors in the field have heard much of the debate, ...
Author: Tim McCahill In light of recent efforts to create new language programs in China and Latin America, it appears that Middlebury College expansion is not exclusively limited to the confines of its Vermont campus.The past four years have been somewhat of a watershed era for development of the College's ...
Author: Craig Szela At Middlebury College teaching excellence measured through student evaluation is a criterion for promotion and pay raises. It is also a criterion for the Perkins Award. This award, established in 1993 by the Perkins family, recognizes teaching excellence in the natural nciences. ...
Author: Megan Michelson Winding its way around Middlebury and surrounding towns is a 14-mile footpath called the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) that offers students and members of the local community a source of outdoor recreation and a physical landscape in which to learn about the natural environment. ...
Author: Claire Bourne Over the past century, Middlebury College has established itself as "the gold standard" in foreign language education, according to Associate Dean of the Faculty and German Professor Michael Geisler. Though an unlikely reputation for a rural college tucked away in the Green Mountains ...
Author: Tim McCahill Almost a month after being released from a prison hospital in southwestern China, former Fulbright scholar Ngawang Choephel returned to Middlebury College and was celebrated at a reception held in his honor held on the bottom floor of The Grille. Choephel, who is trained as an ethnomusicologist, ...
Author: Meghan Michelson Serving local communities for 60 years, United Way of Chittenden County, Vermont's largest United Way organization, acts in partnership with over 400 agencies and businesses in Vermont in order to make these communities better places to live. The mission statement of the independent ...
Author: Peter Simon & Nicha Rakpanichmanee University of Texas Dean Resigns from Enron BoardUniversity of Texas School of Law Dean William Powers Jr. resigned from Enron's Board of Directors last Thursday. In a letter of resignation to Enron executive John Duncan, Powers said he had finished investigating ...
Author: Claire Bourne The Middlebury College Faculty approved new Honor Code language Monday after much debate over whether the word "morally" should be used to define students' obligation to report instances of academic dishonesty. While the ratified language retains the "moral obligation" clause originally ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee On Feb. 16, the Middlebury College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the Library and Technology Center (LATC) and Atwater Commons projects. This authorization is the final step before beginning construction of the LATC in mid-April. Meanwhile, the Atwater Commons construction ...
Author: [no author name found] Additional information and contact phone numbers can be found online at www.middlebury.edu/~slse/.Addison County Chamber of Commerce: Needs assistance with project research, publication development and developing community profile.Addison County Community Action Group: ...
Author: Alison Hertel Playing Scrabble, taking a walk, reading a book, playing the guitar — these do not sound like the activities of a volunteer, but for many Middlebury students they are. Those are just some of the things that students do when they volunteer at Project Independence, one of the ...
Author: Julia Samara "Nothing you do for children is ever wasted," Garrison Keillor once said. Whether playing outside, reading in the library or working together in the classroom, spending time with children is always a worthwhile experience. Those in search of a volunteer or work-study position ...
Author: Karen Acheson It is easy to get caught up in the daily routine at Middlebury College, which for most students is jam-packed with classes, athletics or other extracurricular activities. The College has taken steps to make it easier for students to become involved in local volunteering. Over ...
Author: Ron Schildge Board of Trustee member Nancy Furlong '75 and Acting President Ronald Liebowitz announced the Trustees' decision to increase the comprehensive fee for the 2002-2003 academic year by 4.66 percent at Sunday's Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. Tuition will rise to $35,900 ...
Author: [no author name found] 180Degrees spun counterclockwise into oncoming traffic by a chartered Coach USA bus that was transporting skiers from Boston to Okemo Mountain Resort in Ludlow, Vt. on the morning of Feb. 17. The driver of the bus is being charged with felony for negligent operation of ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Anna Rita Pergolizzi '04, the founder of Middlebury College's first-ever competitive cheerleading squad, named the first nine members of the team last week, the first step in establishing what said she hopes will become a prominent activity on campus.To introduce the cheerleaders ...