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 ...
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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 ...
Students from across the northeast descended upon the College April 29-30 for the Campus Cultivation Conference. Hosted by the Middlebury College Organic Farm (MCOF), the conference convened to discuss the challenges of creating a garden or farm on a college campus. Approximately 20 students from Williams, ...
On Sunday, May 1 America’s most wanted fugitive was killed in Pakistan under the cover of darkness. Following a direct order given by President Obama, mission “Geronimo” was given the go-ahead, beginning a chain of events that would end the nearly decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. Following ...
Students celebrate death of Osama bin Laden At 11:35 p.m. on May 1, President of the United States Barack Obama announced that U.S. special forces had killed Osama bin Laden. The news caused an eruption of varying emotions across the country, but college campuses proved to be mostly jubilant. Student ...
BUENOS AIRES — I went to an all-girls school for 10 long and, against my best efforts, formative years of my life. A relatively liberal, non-religiously affiliated all-girls school. They preached a very odd, though subtle, type-A version of “I am woman, hear me roar.” And, yes, before you ask, ...
This week the MCAB concerts committee announced its annual spring concert event, “Triptych,” a three-DJ lineup that will feature DJs Drop the Lime, White Panda and Savoy. The three groups will perform Saturday, May 7 in Chip Kenyon ’85 Arena. Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Drop the Lime hails from New ...
The Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) has appointed the executive board members for the 2011-2012 academic year. Nadia Schreiber ’12, who will serve as president of the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) in the coming academic year, hopes to boost attendance for traditional events ...
The College Alcohol Study found that 98.5 percent of participating students reported at least one negative experience due to someone else’s drinking. The survey was conducted through the Office of the Dean of the College in November 2010, and it asked about the views and experiences of 766 students, ...
In the 2010 fiscal year, the Grille lost $200,000, while 51 Main lost an additional $90,000. Improvements in profitability, the opening of Crossroads Café and the continued needs of the College for social spaces are all informing the ongoing conversation over dining at the College. According to Patrick ...