Author: Liz Lathey In light of Governor Howard Dean's recent announcement that the state will be reducing its education budget by between $7 to $8 million next year, Vermont is facing new problems in terms of how it will enact reforms to better its educational system.Improving education has become a ...
Author: Andrea Gissing WSU Student Arrested for PornographyWashington State University (WSU) police arrested an 18-year old WSU student on Friday on suspicion of possessing child pornography. The student has also been accused of "dealing in depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct." ...
Author: Tim McCahill Last Friday, independent candidate for governor Cornelius "Con" Hogan — the so-called "angry outsider" in this year's election — paused from campaigning for an interview with The Campus.How did college prepare you for the life you're leading now?I almost flunked out of Rutgers. ...
Author: Chris Howell and Bennett Konesni Editor's note: The authors of this article are the founders of the Middlebury Initiative for Sustainable Development. Imagine a campus where students are able to grow some of their own food, generate electricity while working out and even help fuel campus vehicles ...
Author: Leah Koenig Opening 24 Hours For Peace, Otter Nonsense's performance last Friday night also began what would prove a long night for the group, which was scheduled to make numerous cameo appearances throughout the festivities. The Otter's packed, and often rowdy audience, crammed Pearsons ...
Author: Nicole Maddox The Middlebury College Board of Trustees will gather this weekend for the first time in the 2002-2003 academic year. Beginning on Friday, the trustees will disperse into six to eight committees for extensive meetings with representatives from various groups on campus. For instance, ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury Burlington's Circumferential Highway, originally conceived over 30 years ago, has generated much controversy in Chittenden County and around the state. The "Circ," as it is called, will span 16 miles when completed and will link Interstate 89 in Williston to Interstate 89 in ...
Author: [no author name found] Alvarez HonoredAt a Sept. 20 celebration held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., the Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation (HHAF) honored five prominent Latin-Americans, one of whom was Middlebury College Writer-in-Residence Julia ...
Author: Chase Kvasnak "It's the war, not us, that's moving like shade on a balcony" remarked poet Adrienne Rich at her Oct. 4 poetry reading which attracted some 300 students, faculty and community members to Dana Auditorium. Rich was introduced by Roman Graf, associate provost for institutional diversity, ...
Author: Tim McCahill On Wednesday, Oct. 2, President McCardell spoke at the first of three College-wide town meetings. Two subsequent meetings are scheduled for Winter Term and the middle of the spring semester 2003.The almost two-hour meeting began with College administrators and students in roughly ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart On Wednesday, Vermont health officials began looking into the death of a Windham County woman who may have had the second Vermont case of West Nile virus in humans. The case was reported to health officials at the end of September, and the cause of her death is as yet undetermined.The ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...