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 ...
Author: Claire Bourne Community Council concluded a lengthy review of Middlebury College's six social houses Monday. After six weeks of closed-door deliberations, the Council voted to continue Omega Alpha (Tavern), The Mill, Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) and Xenia. Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) and Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO) ...
Author: Chesley Thurber Repercussions from last month's Student Government Association (SGA) polling-station controversy continued to rattle the SGA Senate last Sunday as the group addressed three new constitutional amendments designed to prevent similar problems in the future. The first, written by ...
Author: Meghan Michelson With an already threatened state economy and the most recent announcement to cut additional jobs and shut down manufacturing at two prominent Ethan Allen Interior Inc. furniture plants, the outlook does not look promising for unemployed Vermont residents. Last week, the Danbury, ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Although residence hall doors will remain locked from 1 to 6 a.m. when students return next fall, the Campus Access Committee (CAC) plans to install an automated security system by Winter Term of 2003, according to the chair of CAC, Assistant Treasurer and Director of Business ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief The Spanish Department has announced plans to offer Portuguese language coursework in the coming academic year. This broadening of the language curriculum is in step with the establishment of Portuguese as the Summer Language School's ninth program, slated to begin in ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Masons arrived at the Christian A. Johnson Art Building last Monday, a few days after a locksmith reported to the Office of Facilities Management that stones appeared to be pulling away from the south wall of the building facing the Sunderland Language Center.Despite some ...
Author: Chesley Thurber Student Government Association (SGA) President-elect Ginny Hunt '03 received unanimous approval Sunday for the implementation of two new cabinet positions: Director of Commons and Social House Affairs and Director of Environmental Affairs. The first was originally named solely ...
Author: Paul Barnwell The Career Services Office (CSO) recently awarded student stipends for 2002 unpaid summer internships. Jona Repishti '04, Matthew Riemer '04 and Devin Zatorski '04 were the recipients of $2,000 Felton Family scholarships, while 22 Middlebury College juniors from the classes of ...
Author: Deborah Jones The staff of Middlebury Magazine learned last week that it had been awarded the Gold Medal for Best College Magazine of the Year. The publication had won the second place prize for several of the past seven years, but this was the first time it came out on top.The Council for the ...
Author: Liz Lathey Vermonters really have a definitive musical taste. I didn't realize this until I got to Middlebury and found out that the whole world doesn't listen to Phish. In fact (gasp) some people don't even know who Phish is.Before I moved to Vermont in the sixth grade, I listened to whatever ...
Author: Alison Hertel Heroin was identified by the National Drug Intelligence Center's January 2002 Vermont Drug Threat Assessment as Vermont's primary drug threat. In 1995, 132 Vermonters were admitted to treatment programs for heroin use. In 2001, that number grew to 590. According to the 1999 Vermont ...