Author: Claire Bourne PARIS — When the lead headline of Libération read, "C'est une tragédie!" ("What a tragedy!") on the morning of Sept. 11, I expected the article that followed to have some rapport with the lives lost and affected by the terrorist plot that had unfurled one year earlier. Instead, ...
Author: Jon White Take it easy on the Ben & Jerry's and Cabot Cheese, Vermont. That's the message that state health officials in Montpelier relayed this summer when announcing that obesity in Vermont is at an all-time high.Currently, 18 percent of Vermonters are categorically "obese" — a term ...
Author: Gale Berninghausen What do a Junior National Champion kayaker, a pitcher-magician-pianist-composer, a best selling children's book author and wildlife preservationist from Kenya, a documentary film maker and volunteer at the Tibetan Children's Village in Dharamsala, India and a Junior Olympic ...
Author: Kate Nerenberg Relying on a veteran and experienced attack, the Middlebury women's soccer team is looking to slip into the top ranks of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). The Panthers graduated six players from the 2001 team, many of whom anchored the midfield and defense, ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton This week the Middlebury College community, along with the rest of the world, paused to commemorate the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A series of scheduled events and more informal moments for quiet reflection provided a chance to remember those who were ...
Author: Bob Wainwright A summer rarely passes by here at Middlebury College without some major changes being made in the absence of the students, and this year has been no different. Driving back to Middlebury along Route 30 after a long and restful summer, it was difficult to not notice the giant bubble ...
Author: Jon White On October 21, Ames, Middlebury's single department store, will close its doors as the Connecticut-based chain of retailers ceases operations nationwide. Middlebury's store joins 326 other Ames stores in 14 states and the District of Columbia that are going out of business.Students ...
Author: Tim McCahill With elections less than two months away, Vermont's three candidates for governor are in the full swing of campaigning and debate. The candidates, Democrat Doug Racine, Republican Jim Douglas and independent Cornelius "Con" Hogan, are traveling across the state to spread their views ...
Author: Julie Shumway The staff of Middlebury College's Parton Health Center has a new potential diagnosis to consider when students complain of headaches and fever: West Nile virus encephalitis.This relatively new disease, first documented in 1937 in Uganda, has over the last 65 years worked its way ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones Dennis Kozlowski, a trustee of Middlebury College and former chief executive of Tyco International Ltd., remains untarnished in the eyes of the school administration. "Mr. Kozlowski hasn't deviated from the expectations we have of our trustees," stated Phil Benoit, director ...
Author: Andrea Gissing The Enhanced Access System, proposed and adopted last year, is on its way to being a reality at Middlebury. Installation has already begun and will occur in residential halls with 10 or more beds. The system is scheduled to be completed by the final week of Winter Term 2003. The ...
Author: Andrea Gissing College Criticized for Inviting Palestinian to SpeakAn invitation extended to Hanan Ashrawi, a well-known spokeswoman for Palestinian causes, to speak at Colorado College has angered Jewish groups both at the college and throughout the state.The groups have accused the college ...
Author: Matthew Christ "How does one memorialize and remember Sept. 11?" inquired Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel from the podium of Mead Chapel. "Remember the names, no speeches — just remember the names." For the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy, Middlebury College was fortunate to ...
Author: Nicholas Emery Director of Dining Services Peter J. Napolitano was recently voted the 2002-2003 president-elect of the National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS). The NACUFS is an association of campus dining departments at institutions of higher education in the ...
Author: [no author name found] John McCardell, President of the CollegeI believe that the events of Sep. 11 reminded us on the Middlebury campus of a great many things. Though the attack occurred on American soil, its victims came from many nations; this, then, was not simply an attack on America, ...
Author: Deborah Jones Conversations were strained and tempers flared when approximately 25 summer workers huddled in The Grille August 12 to discuss their increasingly tense relationship with Language School students and faculty with Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad Michael Katz.At the center ...
Author: Lindsey Whitton September 11, 2001 was the second day of Middlebury College's fall semester, with the same glorious Indian summer weather that graced the skies of New York and Washington, D.C. By 9 a.m., music drifted from open bedroom windows, most books still had their bindings unbroken and ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Despite ongoing rain in the hours before Middlebury College Commencement 2002, 556 graduates were awarded diplomas on the lawn behind Forest Hall the morning of May 26. Dava Sobel, former New York Times science reporter and author of best-selling book "Longitude," gave the commencement ...
Author: John Prescott Sure, Neil and Otto's Pizza Styx provides necessary late-night study and party sustenance (it's pretty bad stuff, let's be honest). Sure, Green Peppers, the Grille, Hamlin and Ross can all make a halfway reasonable pie from time to time.The bottom line, nonetheless, remains commonly ...
Author: Tim McCahill A portion of land on a leased plot west of Bicentennial Hall has been designated by a group of Middlebury College students as a potential site for an organic garden. The land, which is roughly seven acres in size, lies adjacent to Route 125 and, say the students, represents an ideal ...