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 ...
Author: Leyla Kattan Shattered Windowby Leyla Kattan Last Thursday, at 10:45am, a window in one of the Twilight Hall classrooms fell from its frame and smashed into the room. Students who were taking philosophy in room 110 had just been dismissed, and consequentially no one was injured. Evidently, it ...
Author: [no author name found] Multiple problems arose during the 2002-2003 Student Government Association (SGA) senate elections. Only four out of the thirteen elections last Thursday and Friday were competitive. Six senators won uncontested and three positions remain unfilled.During the election an ...
Author: Emily Thaler "Modern, yet Middlebury" is an apt way to describe the architectural style of the new buildings going up around campus. The structures, which must be both functional and aesthetically pleasing, feature innovative design combined with traditional College building materials. Each ...
Author: Samuel Wilson The current economic recession in the United States is making it harder to fund a college education for many students and families. Middlebury College has seen an increase in financial aid requests, but the administration is still firmly committed to a need-blind admissions policy. ...
Author: Julie Shumway Middlebury alumnus and U.S. District Court Judge William K. Sessions III spoke at the College on Monday evening to a mixed audience of faculty, students, town residents and local political candidates. Sessions joined a lecture/question-and-answer session sponsored by the Political ...
Author: Julie Shumway On Sept. 24, the Hon. William K. Sessions III, U.S. District Court Judge for Vermont, ruled that the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA) of 1994 was unconstitutional. Sessions' ruling has attracted a great deal of media attention in the last week, due largely to the acknowledgement ...
Author: [no author name found] Certain student issues and concerns emerged in multiple candidate platforms, spanning the different classes and commons. These platform features indicate the pivotal student concerns in the fall of 2002. Many senate candidates mentioned the current dining situation in ...
Author: Devin Zatorski Edinburgh — Call it Take Back Vermont, only Scottish style. Edinburgh may sit an ocean's distance from the polarizing civil unions bill, but the late nineties saw an equally charged debate unfold here. Three hundred years after Scottish Parliament was merged with Westminster, ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca During those two weeks of eternity at the end of the summer - you know, the weeks when everyone else has gone back to college and we Midd-kids are left still counting the days - my summer fling ended in a dramatized version of "Well, um, since we're both going to college in opposite ...
Author: Julie Shumway Amtrak has announced that, beginning Oct. 4, it will no longer employ ticketing agents in any of its Vermont stations. The closing of these ticketing offices will result in the loss of six jobs, a number that belies the reality of a company already in financial trouble.The decision ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Explosive Discovery at U. MontanaA sophomore at the University of Montana was arrested last Wednesday night after Public Safety officers discovered explosives in his dorm room. The student, Dereck Stairs, has been charged with felony possession of explosives. Public Safety officers, ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Many Americans see torture in prisons as an institution of the past — something that is not relevant to modern society. However, Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk who spoke in Bicentennial Hall on Sunday night, insisted that exactly the opposite is true. Gyatso offered stories ...
Author: Kathleen Fleury Have you ever been too lazy to walk into town for dinner, or been left behind on a run to Ames? Worry no more. Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) has come to the rescue.Very few Middlebury students are aware of the public transportation system, namely the Middlebury shuttle, ...
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: Chelsea Coffin Most Middlebury students wonder about their career path. What happens after four years in the "Middlebury bubble"? Students looking for an answer can visit the Career Services Office (CSO). Jaye Roseborough, executive director of CSO, recommends early involvement through internships, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright This could have been a big day for me. In fact, it was supposed to be just that. The first thing I said to myself when I woke up this morning was, "This is a big day for you, Bob." So in hindsight, at least the groundwork was all there. But of course, just like everything in life, ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton and Sarah Riddleberger Middlebury Magazine Hires New EditorThis summer Matt Jennings was hired to be the new editor of The Middlebury Magazine. Jennings takes command of the College magazine after a year of award-winning editions, but he is determined to "stay ahead of the curve" ...