Author: Vanessa Wong The energy of smiling children racing across the grass and the live music lacing through the cool spring air brought a peaceful liveliness to the Middlebury Town Green during Sunday's Earth Day celebration. A diverse group of curious, active participants casually roamed from one ...
Author: Claire Bourne NEWS ANALYSISNestled neatly in the heart of rural Vermont, Middlebury College appears to offer an idyllic setting in which to pursue a rigorous academic program and a healthy social life. Despite this sleepy New England college image, Middlebury is not immune to incidents of sexual ...
Author: Claire Bourne Friday, April 19, 8:15 p.m. -- Ginny Hunt ’03 has been elected Student Government Association (SGA) president for the 2002-2003 school year, garnering 67 percent of the vote. Ben LaBolt ’03 prevailed in the hotly contested race for Student Co-chair of Community Council (SCCOCC).Neil ...
Author: Meghan Michelson It is that time of year when seniors in high school invade our college community to get a taste of what life would be like for them if they were to pick Middlebury College as their destination of choice. These accepted students arrive in droves on designated preview days, which ...
Author: Khairani Barokka Fletcher Field House will be closed on Monday, April 22, when renovation will begin on its walls, roof and squash courts, according to final schedules of the Office of Facilities Planning. Fletcher's walls and roof will be removed in the subsequent two weeks, after which the ...
Author: Chesley Thurber Onsdorff Campaign Highlights Need for Fresh Face and IdeasWith elections for Student Government Association (SGA) president beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Neil Onsdorff '03 is making his final efforts to market himself as the candidate of change.Onsdorff has built his campaign ...
Author: John McKInley Foster Hetherington '95, a resident of Brandon, Vt., lost his brother, Peter Morgan Goodrich, on Sept. 11. He was a passenger on United Airlines flight 175, the second airplane to crash into the World Trade Center. Hetherington was unable to make financial contributions, but he ...
Author: Ashley Elpern This Saturday, the Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO), Alpha Delta Phi (ADP), Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) and Omega Alpha (Tavern) social houses will be joining forces in the fight against multiple sclerosis (MS). Representatives from each house will participate in the annual MS Walk, a six-mile walk ...
Author: Deborah Jones When the C.V. Starr Middlebury School in Spain celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this weekend, it will be honoring not only a half-century of excellence in language and cultural studies, but also of progress and growth in both its own program and its host country.Middlebury's ...
Author: Meghan Michelson "Did you know that the average Vermont driver puts 7.5 tons of greenhouse gas emissions in the air each year?" read an alarming sign posted prominently at a booth at the Alliance for Climate Action's 10% Challenge in Burlington on Monday. The event was a public announcement ...
Author: Paul Barnwell Plans to implement a permanent residential "access" system, discussion surrounding an African-American Studies major and Honor Code revisions are three policy issues that have dominated Community Council and Student Government Association (SGA) discourse this year and will continue ...
Author: Claire Bourne On Sunday, the Student Government Association (SGA) passed two bills designed to reduce the overall cost of course materials for Middlebury College students. The resolutions, authored and sponsored by Junior Senator Simon Isaacs, included recommendations to cap expenditures for ...
Author: Tim McCahill The space separating the tables was short, but the gulf could not have been any wider. As representatives of Middlebury College's Jewish student organization Hillel and the Islamic Society convened at an informational event yesterday evening in Proctor Woodstove Lounge, it quickly ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Departing for Princeton, West Compares Harvard President to SharonCornel West, a distinguished black studies professor at Harvard University, explained that his departure for Princeton University stemmed from a sour relationship with Harvard President Lawrence Summers.West ...
Author: Claire Bourne Leadership of Middlebury College's Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) and Zeta Theta Phi (ZOO) social houses met with Community Council Monday to discuss the roles of their houses on campus and the challenges they face in addressing such issues as dormitory damage, compliance with College alcohol ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Ahmed Taps Into Experience while Promising Innovation"While running for a position on the Student Government Association (SGA) might have been the more natural choice considering my three years of experience there," explained Fahim Ahmed '03, at the electoral debates Tuesday night, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Although this year's warmest recorded winter in the history of Vermont brought a relatively quick end to the winter sports season, it did allow maple sugar producers statewide to begin their harvests in mid-February. This early onset to the maple syrup season was two weeks ahead ...
Author: [no author name found] 25Years in prison which Vermont teenager, James Parker, was sentenced for last year's murder of two Dartmouth College professors, Half and Susanne Zantop. Parker's accomplice in the crime, Robert Tulloch, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after Parker's testimony ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Ahmed Stresses Strengths as Leader and Team Player "While there are many qualities that define what a leader is," said Fahim Ahmed '03, "to me there are two components which are essential. Firstly, a leader's primary role is to represent the views of his constituents. Secondly, ...
Author: Claire Bourne In March 1989 the faculty voted 113-13 to "abolish" Middlebury College's six fraternities by severing ties with their national affiliations and transforming themselves into "coeducational residential units," wrote David Stameshkin in "The Strength of the Hills: Middlebury College, ...