Author: Tim McCahill Managing Editor Middlebury College President John McCardell issued a memorandum Tuesday to Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Student Co-Chair of Community Council Erica Rosenthal '02.5 declaring that "locking the residence halls is a prudent precaution that must be part of ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Editorial Assistant The Middlebury College and Addison County community are mourning the loss of Maggie Morgan-Wright, a resident of Bristol and assistant at the Pan-African Latino Asian Native American Center (PALANA), who passed away on Jan. 2. Morgan-Wright's health had been ...
Author: Raam Wong AOL Interprets Admissions E-mails as "Spam"Between 75 and 100 e-mail messages sent by Harvard University to inform early decision applicants whether they had been accepted were interpreted as junk e-mail by America Online (AOL) and never delivered.Harvard decided to employ e-mail as ...
Author: Claire Bourne News Editor Middlebury College anticipates a reduction of up to 10 percent on athlete admissions beginning with the Class of 2006 in response to recent scrutiny over the role of athletics in the admissions process at New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) member ...
Author: Megan Michelson Local News Editor 11Number of years of debate it took for the Vermont legislature to finally pass a resolution to advise Congress to amend the language of the U.S. Constitution to ban the desecration of the American flag, an issue that has resurfaced following the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
Author: [no author name found] Flanked by support runners as she heralded the Olympic torch down Broad Street in South Philadelphia, Katie Samson '02 completed her .2 mile segment of the Olympic Torch Relay, which stretches from Atlanta, Ga. to Salt Lake City, Utah. Samson felt "overwhelmed by the ...
Author: By Megan MichelsonLocal News Editor While the national economy struggles through a period of recession, the Vermont legislatures are attempting to avoid sinking lower into a similar state of economic turmoil. Vermont residents will be affected by upcoming budget cutbacks, including possible ...
Author: Raam Wong Opinions Editor Within 24 hours last month, approximately 40 students began to show a similar pattern of symptoms associated with the stomach flu, fueling speculation that the outbreak may have been caused by food poisoning in one of the dining halls.Dining Services, Parton Health ...
Author: Nuala O'DonohoeStaff Writer In the wake of Sept. 11 airport security has become an issue for Americans, whether or not they like to fly. Indeed, airport security has not only become an issue, but a preoccupation in the minds of every American. In the past five months larger airports have come ...
Author: [no author name found] Reaching for some incoming plates in the Proctor dish room, President McCardell joined students in helping to wash dishes, giving dining hall employees a paid night off. As part of a new initiative spearheaded by Oren Frey '02, students, faculty and staff endeavor to build ...
Author: Devin ZatorskiNews Editor Dispensing with hardcopy timecards, the Office of Service Learning and Student Employment began requiring that students with on-campus jobs enter their hours online last week, the first step in a College-wide transition to Banner operating software. Charlene Bergland, ...
Author: Raam Wong Dava Sobel, the award-winning writer and former New York Times science reporter, has been chosen by the Honorary Degree Selection Committee as the graduation speaker for the Middlebury College Class of 2002. Sobel's two most prominent pieces of work are her books "Longitude" and "Galileo's ...
Author: Karen Acheson Staff Writer Three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related driving accident at some point during their lives. In the state of Vermont, 38.9 percent of traffic deaths are a result of alcohol consumption. Fortunately, an organization called Mothers Against Drunk ...
Author: Anne DeWitt Local News Editor The year 2001 has been one of the driest in Vermont's history, and the lack of water is causing problems for farmers and homeowners. The last drought began during the fall of 1998 and continued into the summer of 1999. The current drought started in the spring ...
Author: Elizabeth Logue Managing Editor The robbery investigation of two separate houses in the town of Middlebury culminated in two arrests. Brayton Gillett, 20, and Justin Gillet, 17, both of Middlebury, were charged with possession of stolen property after the Middlebury Police Department obtained ...
Author: Peter Simon The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate passed a three-part bill on Sunday, Dec. 2 that declared its opposition to the limiting of student choices by the further implementation of the commons system. The bill, which was written by Junior Senator Matthew Kiefer, refers ...
Author: Claire Bourne News EDitor Both students and administrators were considering the question of safety on the Middlebury College campus long before Executive Council arrived at the decision to lock all dormitory entrance doors following the robbery and assault of a Hadley resident on Friday morning. ...
Author: Anne DeWitt Local News Editor Representative Tom McGrath Resigns Representative Tom McGrath, (R-Ferrisburg) is resigning from his Addison-1 House seat to assume the position of Grand Worthy Trustee in the International Order of Eagles and has decided that he cannot perform both duties adequately. ...
Author: Tim McCahill Assistant News Editor With less than two weeks left of the Muslim holiday Ramadan, members of the College's Islamic Society have taken a step back to re-examine a year that has been a trying one for practitioners of the faith.The holiday, a period for reflection and meditation, ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Reverend Paul Bortz did not believe that last Saturday's 50-degree weather was a fluke. Neither did the 20-some others at the third planning meeting of the Multifaith Global Warming Action Coalition. On Nov. 29, the group met at St. Stephen's Church and brainstormed a wide ...