Author: Megan O'Keefe Middlebury College and town communities suffered a great loss with the passing of Gordon C. Perine '49, Monday, Oct. 21. Perine quietly passed away in his home after a long illness. A deeply touched crowd gathered in Mead Chapel the morning of Saturday, Oct. 26, to mourn the man ...
Author: Chris Richards Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney gave a down-to-earth and unpretentious reading to a warm Mead Chapel audience on Monday afternoon. Heaney, who is widely regarded as the greatest living poet writing in the English language, read from poems spanning his four-decade long career ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Since Oct. 13, the Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with the Middlebury Police Department (MPD), have been investigating a series of unlawful entries made by an unidentified male into the rooms of several Gifford Hall females. Public Safety received the first report ...
Author: Nicole Maddox Following changes enacted on Monday, Middlebury College will undergo a variety of revisions to the schedule and location of its campus dining. Among the major changes, Proctor Hall will be reopened for weekend brunch and dinner, Ross Dining Hall will close 30 minutes earlier for ...
Author: Mary Mendoza After much consideration, it has been decided that the language tables will remain in the Cook Dining Facilities and will not reopen in Le Château as previously expected."Times are hard," said Bethany Ladimer, professor of French. Apparently, it would just cost too much money to ...
Author: Jonathan White Going into its fifth year of business, the Middlebury Mountaineer on Mill Street in Frog Hollow continues to be a haven for outdoor enthusiasts. For those looking for the newest and best set of telemark boots or a Patagonia windbreaker to buffer this fall's rapid descent into ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones Since the beginning of the academic year, Middlebury College students living on campus have eaten about 40 percent of the breakfasts to which they are entitled. Overall, students have missed more than one-third of the total meals offered to them, according to statistics compiled ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief EDINBURGH — When Robert Mugabe took leadership of Zimbabwe in 1980, he trumpeted a policy of peace and co-operation. Only that, he said, would allow the country to nurse the wounds of civil war and overcome the trauma of colonial rule. His early reforms proved so effective ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury No longer do drugs and alcohol just present a problem in metropolitan areas. Here, in rural Vermont, teens and adults consume alcohol, smoke marijuana and partake in other illegal drug activities. Statistics compiled over the last few years indicate an alarming percentage of ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton This fall, Middlebury College is stressed out. Faculty and staff members discuss the problem at meetings, students complain during late- night study breaks and almost everyone seems a little more tired, a little more rushed.Mary Hurlie, senior adviser for Organizational Effectiveness, ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Brian Bauer has lived with his family in Middlebury since 1969. He taught in Middlebury from 1969 to 2001, and his oldest son, Brian, graduated from Middlebury College in 1992. Bauer, now running as the Republican candidate for the Vermont House of Representatives, stopped ...
Author: [no author name found] Lighting Evaluatedby Layla kattanA professional analysis revealed many opportunities for Middlebury College to improve exterior lighting around campus. Recommendations included the relighting of social houses, the Center for the Arts (CFA) parking lot and Graveyard Road.Nancy ...
Author: Liz Lathey Claire Ayer is the Democratic candidate for Addison County representative in the Vermont State Senate.How do you feel you can improve the state, if elected, with your Democratic platform?The Democratic platform, to me, is one that's more holistic than the Republican platform, for ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., the Vermont-based premium ice cream maker, announced plans to lay off 52 people at their company headquarters in South Burlington, the Associated Press reported on Oct. 24. Currently Ben & Jerry's employs 841 people, 199 of which work at the ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Middlebury's externally-funded community service programs face an uncertain future with a nationwide economic slump severely jeopardizing their financial situation. Currently, the three service progams most threatened are the Page One Literacy Project, the Community Friends ...
Author: Peter Viola Administrators and student leaders of Ross Commons continue to debate responses to recent acts of vandalism in Ross Dining Hall. Late Sept. 29, vandals entered the dining hall, damaged yogurt and soda machines, smashed a card-swiper and littered the floors with cereal. Vandals struck ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Rutgers, Bates Name New PresidentsRichard L. McCormick was named the 19th president of Rutgers University and Elaine Tuttle Hansen was inaugurated as the seventh president of Bates College. Hansen is Bates' first female president.Hansen earned a bachelor's degree at Mount Holyoke ...
Author: Tom Drescher A symbolic closet built by members and associates of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (moqa) was destroyed during the evening of Friday, Oct. 18 by perpetrators yet to be found by the College's Department of Public Safety. The closet was the first to be built since 1996, when ...
Author: Caire Bourne PARIS — News of a terrorist attack targeting Western vacationers on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, plastered the international news networks this past weekend. The death toll stands at 188, but is expected to rise as the injured are flown to hospitals in Australia. The ...
Author: Julie Shumway Incumbent Republican Dean George and Democrat Steve Maier, candidates for Middlebury representative to the Legislature, talk with Local News editor Julie Shumway about the issues Vermonters are discussing in this election.George on his background:I'm a native Vermonter. I grew ...