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College Loses Royalties on Unsolicited Sales
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Paul Barnwell With graduation approaching, many parents of Middlebury College seniors have begun ordering personalized announcements to mail to family and friends. But parents beware — the Middlebury sponsored company that sends out order forms, Herff Jones of Cohasset, Mass., was undermined ...
College Notes Decline in International, Overall Applications
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Ashley Elpern As applicants for Middlebury College's Class of 2006 hear this week whether they will have the choice of matriculating at Middlebury this fall, the admissions office is in the midst of studying the demographic shifts that occurred in this applicant pool. Overall, 120 less students ...
Alum Donates $1M to International Affairs Center
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee The Middlebury College Center for International Affairs (CFIA) recently received a $1 million endowment from the Felix and Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, a delayed yet successful result of efforts made during the Bicentennial Campaign, which ended in June 2001. The endowment ...
Council Leak Confirms ADP's 'Uncertain' Future
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Claire Bourne A Community Council member leaked confidential information concerning the future of the Alpha Delta Phi (ADP) social house to house members following the Council's March 18 closed executive session, during which the Community Council subcommittee on social and academic interest ...
COUNTING ON VERMONT
April 2, 2002Author: [no author name found] $12.7 millionAmount the state of Vermont spent on clearing roads and highways of snow and ice during the winter season this year, which is less than last winter's total of $17.8 million. The savings, which is attributed to fewer heavy winter storms, offers little help ...
Pink Eye Emerges During Midterm Stress
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Forty-eight cases of conjunctivitis, commonly known as "pink eye," affected many members of the Middlebury College community in March. Although contraction of the ocular disease is not new to the College and the scale of its spread is minor compared to recent outbreaks at Dartmouth College and Princeton ...
Teacher of the Year Travels Worldwide, Misses Middlebury QUESTION & ANSWER
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Meghan Michelson Michele Forman,a social studies and history teacher at Middlebury Union High School for 16 years, was rewarded with the title of 2001 National Teacher of the Year last April. She was the first Vermont educator ever to receive this award, which is joint-sponsored by the Council ...
Parking Plan Faces Town Resistance
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Chesley Thurber After nearly two hours of intense and bitter debate, the Middlebury Town Planning Commission postponed deliberations over Middlebury College's newest parking proposal at its meeting on March 20. The immediate plans to expand parking at the Center for the Arts (CFA) and South ...
Japanese, Chinese Houses Report Thefts of New Flags
By Middlebury Campus | April 2, 2002Author: Jasmin Johnson The Japanese House flag was ripped off its pole on March 17 while the Chinese House flag and its pole disappeared only a week prior, according to house residents and related Middlebury College community members, who still have no information regarding the motive or perpetrator ...
Belle Named 2002 'Angel' for Academic and Social Achievements
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Peter Simon Crystal Belle '04 was named winner of the 2002 Angel Award on Saturday night at a ceremony held in Mead Chapel during the intermission of the Morehouse Glee Club concert. The award is given annually to a sophomore woman of color based on her academic and social achievements and her ...
Class of 2002 Selects ADA Fund as Parting Gift
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Ashley Elpern The Class of 2002 and the Senior Gift Committee have selected their gift to Middlebury College following a three day online vote last week. In an overwhelming majority, 312 seniors voted to donate to the College an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) appropriations fund, aimed ...
Fire Damages Gifford Suite, Cause of Blaze Deemed 'Accidental'
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Claire Bourne A fire ravaged a room in a second floor suite in Gifford Hall around 8:30 p.m. last Thursday, forcing residents to evacuate the dormitory. The automatic sprinkler system quickly contained the blaze but caused severe water damage in the basement, first floor and second floor quads. ...
College to Propose Revised Parking Plan to Town
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Chesley Thurber The College's Office of Facilities Planning has designed a new parking proposal to present to the Middlebury Town Planning Commission tonight. The new plan is an adaptation of an earlier version introduced at a Planning Commission meeting on March 6 that received heavy criticism ...
Council Urges College to Approve Security System
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Claire Bourne Community Council endorsed a six-point recommendation Monday issued by the Community Council subcommittee on public safety, giving the go-ahead for the implementation of an automated security system on the Middlebury College campus. The document was presented to Acting President ...
Upcoming Event Honors Two Worthy Women
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Karen Acheson On Thursday, Leadership, Education, Action and Diversity International (LEAD) will host a Women's History Month celebration honoring two outstanding women who, according to the event's press release, "have greatly contributed to Vermont's history." The event will take place in ...
COLLEGE SHORTS
March 19, 2002Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee West Point Confronts 'War' on 200th AnniversaryWest Point Military Academy marked its bicentennial on March 16, with a few graduates already dead in Afghanistan. Four of its senior faculty members have joined the planning staff at Afghanistan, and a new course on terrorism ...
New Room Draw Policy Curbs Interest in Sub-Free
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Craig Szela Only 170 students will be drawing for the 150 substance-free spots in this year's room draw, almost half of last year's pool of 300 students. Along with an obligatory contract, the new procedure of simultaneous substance-free and class draws spawned a decrease in demand, according ...
Proposal for New Major Generates Faculty Concern
By Middlebury Campus | March 19, 2002Author: Bob Wainwright In a memorandum drafted on Feb. 28 and presented to various administrators and professors last week, the Student Government Association (SGA) proposed a restructuring of the American Literature and Civilization Department in order to establish an African-American Studies focus ...
COUNTING ON VERMONT
March 19, 2002Author: [no author name found] 35 Percentage of Vermont criminal defendants whose fingerprints are taken by police, according to the Vermont Criminal Information Center. This number puts Vermont behind 46 states in the country that fingerprint 100 percent of criminals. Lawmakers are attempting to pass ...