Author: Gale Berninghausen At the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Sunday, the Comprehensive Fee Committee issued a preliminary recommendation to set next year's comprehensive fee at approximately $36,000.Committee members were appointed by SGA President Brian Elworthy '02.5 to formulate ...
Author: Tim McCahill Tibetan music scholar Ngawang Choephel, who taught at Middlebury College between 1993 and 1994 under a Fulbright scholarship, arrived in the United States on Jan. 21 after spending six years in prison in China. Choephel, 34, was sentenced in 1995 to 18 years in prison for espionage. ...
Author: Anne DeWitt "Working towards elimination of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women and children through direct service, education and social change."Thus reads the mission statement of WomenSafe, formerly known as Addison County Women in Crisis. The private non profit agency recently ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Fundraising executives across the nation worried that the generosity that followed Sept. 11 would siphon charitable dollars away from other nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education, dipping into annual giving totals and placing added pressure on groups ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief The Addison County Chapter of United Way, part of a nationwide network that funds many local nonprofit agencies, has raised 93 percent of its annual goal of $570,000 to date, reported Executive Director Mary Ellen Mendel. "We knew that this was going to be a tough year," ...
Author: Karen Acheson Staff Writer Three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related driving accident at some point during their lives. In the state of Vermont, 38.9 percent of traffic deaths are a result of alcohol consumption. Fortunately, an organization called Mothers Against Drunk ...
Author: Raam Wong Dava Sobel, the award-winning writer and former New York Times science reporter, has been chosen by the Honorary Degree Selection Committee as the graduation speaker for the Middlebury College Class of 2002. Sobel's two most prominent pieces of work are her books "Longitude" and "Galileo's ...
Author: Devin ZatorskiNews Editor Dispensing with hardcopy timecards, the Office of Service Learning and Student Employment began requiring that students with on-campus jobs enter their hours online last week, the first step in a College-wide transition to Banner operating software. Charlene Bergland, ...
Author: [no author name found] Reaching for some incoming plates in the Proctor dish room, President McCardell joined students in helping to wash dishes, giving dining hall employees a paid night off. As part of a new initiative spearheaded by Oren Frey '02, students, faculty and staff endeavor to build ...
Author: Nuala O'DonohoeStaff Writer In the wake of Sept. 11 airport security has become an issue for Americans, whether or not they like to fly. Indeed, airport security has not only become an issue, but a preoccupation in the minds of every American. In the past five months larger airports have come ...
Author: Raam Wong Opinions Editor Within 24 hours last month, approximately 40 students began to show a similar pattern of symptoms associated with the stomach flu, fueling speculation that the outbreak may have been caused by food poisoning in one of the dining halls.Dining Services, Parton Health ...
Author: By Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor While the national economy struggles through a period of recession, the Vermont legislatures are attempting to avoid sinking lower into a similar state of economic turmoil. Vermont residents will be affected by upcoming budget cutbacks, including possible ...
Author: [no author name found] Flanked by support runners as she heralded the Olympic torch down Broad Street in South Philadelphia, Katie Samson '02 completed her .2 mile segment of the Olympic Torch Relay, which stretches from Atlanta, Ga. to Salt Lake City, Utah. Samson felt "overwhelmed by the ...
Author: Megan Michelson Local News Editor 11Number of years of debate it took for the Vermont legislature to finally pass a resolution to advise Congress to amend the language of the U.S. Constitution to ban the desecration of the American flag, an issue that has resurfaced following the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Middlebury College anticipates a reduction of up to 10 percent on athlete admissions beginning with the Class of 2006 in response to recent scrutiny over the role of athletics in the admissions process at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member ...
Author: Raam Wong AOL Interprets Admissions E-mails as "Spam"Between 75 and 100 e-mail messages sent by Harvard University to inform early decision applicants whether they had been accepted were interpreted as junk e-mail by America Online (AOL) and never delivered.Harvard decided to employ e-mail as ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Editorial Assistant The Middlebury College and Addison County community are mourning the loss of Maggie Morgan-Wright, a resident of Bristol and assistant at the Pan-African Latino Asian Native American Center (PALANA), who passed away on Jan. 2. Morgan-Wright's health had been ...
Author: Tim McCahill Managing Editor Middlebury College President John McCardell issued a memorandum Tuesday to Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Student Co-Chair of Community Council Erica Rosenthal '02.5 declaring that "locking the residence halls is a prudent precaution that must be part of ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Room Draw 2002, scheduled to begin on Monday, April 1, will be completed in five days rather than over the course of a month, as has been past policy. In addition, the substance free draws will be conducted simultaneously with open class draws, and social houses will ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate will convene in an "emergency" session tentatively scheduled for Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Robert A. Jones '59 Seminar Room to discuss the College's decision to lock all residence halls. The meeting, which is open to ...