My bags imprudently overstuffed and my back frequently overburdened, I spent a 13-hour travel experience wondering whether carrying-on my raincoat was truly necessary. I allude to the rather awkward task of confronting a reality that you've only ever conceived of as a casual collection of stereotypes: ...
During the last two weeks, curious netizens and concerned citizens in China speculated about the fate of that country's presumptive president-in-waiting, as he failed to make a public appearance for 14 straight days. Xi Jinping, aged 59, is currently China's Vice President. He is set to take the reins ...
Penn State Task Force To Allocate $60 Million Fine (Huffington Post) A 10-member task forced has been appointed to come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State will pay in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, reported the NCAA on Tuesday. Penn State ...
"The Green Poodle," a website created this summer, seeks to improve coordination amongst green-focused student organizations on campus. The site contains a running blog with current events, a page with contact information for each organization and a calendar that will sync to the organizations' individual ...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the College in October and will give two speeches on Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13, as part of his tour of several U.S. colleges and universities. His speech on Friday, Oct. 12, "Educating the Heart," will be open only to students, faculty and staff, ...
Eight members of the College faculty were granted tenure by the Board of Trustees at its meeting in July, following the recommendations made by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz and the board's Educational Affairs Committee. The newly promoted professors are Associate Professor of Music ...
Renovations are underway to convert two formerly single-gender, multi-stall restrooms in the McCullough Student Center into gender-neutral facilities. The McCullough pilot project, an initiative designed to create more universally accessible facilities for all members of the college community, will ...
This past May, administrators approved a new policy that offers professors the opportunity to teach courses in which student evaluations are not given to administrators for review. The policy, effective this fall, allows professors to teach one course every two years with this option at their disposal. Traditionally, ...
On Thursday, Sept. 5, a video produced by students from the improv comedy group Otter Nonsense debuted on mtvU, an online offshoot of MTV that focuses on college life and interests. The video is part of a series mtvU calls "College Quickies," which features a different comedy sketch produced by college ...
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla ac arcu velit, id rutrum nisl. Donec quis massa et nibh tincidunt aliquet. Fusce neque magna, euismod non bibendum nec, dictum nec augue. Maecenas sed nibh sapien, quis euismod orci. Proin a pulvinar elit. Morbi ut nibh felis. Nulla id est ...
Pellentesque vulputate justo ut tellus sagittis ut eleifend ipsum condimentum. Praesent lobortis tellus non quam tempor blandit. Donec sodales elit non nulla blandit luctus. Etiam non risus eu enim suscipit tempor. Aenean at quam sem. Suspendisse eu tortor eget mi malesuada tempus id ut lacus. Vivamus ...
For nearly eight years, Mike Lucia of Lincoln, Vt. has driven buses for Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR), following a Middlebury route four days a week and a Rutland route for two. Lucia dedicates the majority of his time to transporting Middlebury residents where they need to go, often to places ...
On Sunday, May 1, 13 AAU boys basketball teams participated in the first annual basketball event to raise money for the United Way of Addison County. Four teams from Middlebury participated in the event, in addition to three other teams from Addison County. The rest of the groups traveled from across ...
On Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1st, Special Olympics Vermont hosted its Spring Sports Basketball Tournament at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium. In addition to basketball games, there were also several skills competitions offered for the athletes. Five members of the men’s ...
Free tai chi May 13, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. AmeriCorps members will host a class on the Vergennes city green. The tai chi lesson is especially directed at those who struggle with arthritis. The event will be moved indoors, weather permitting. Benefits of tai chi include relaxation, fall prevention, ...
Bristol Concert May 6, 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. Join the father and son band, They Might be Gypsies, at the WalkOver concert room in Bristol. The music is inspired by Django Reinhardt’s gypsy jazz from the 1930s. Tickets for the performance are $10 online, and $12 at the door. For more information, call ...
Around 200 students packed into the McCullough Social Space on Tuesday night, May 3 for the open student forum “Alcohol: Use, Abuse, and Disrespect for Community.” The all-student email announcement for the forum provoked strong student reactions and helped boost turnout with the tagline “Is ...
Riley O’Rourke ’12 will return to serve his second term as President of the SGA for the 2011-12 academic year while Janet Rodrigues ’12 will assume the position of student co-chair of Community Council (SCOCC). O’Rourke secured his position by 15 votes after a contentious race that ended in ...
On April 29, the College held its annual Relay for Life in Kenyon Arena. The event was created by the American Cancer Society to raise funds and awareness for cancer research. Attended by hundreds of students, faculty and staff, the event succeeded in raising nearly $125,000, an increase over last year’s ...
Thanks to the work and vision of many students and faculty, the College community will likely see a dramatically new Atwater Commons area this fall. After months of planning and review, the College has begun to finalize plans for the area’s re-landscaping. The undertaking, more commonly known as ...