Author: Ronald Liebowitz In his memorandum in Nov. 2002, President McCardell reported on the financial challenges facing the College as a result of the current national economic downturn and the related decrease in the value of our endowment. He also outlined the general approach that the College administration ...
Author: Yvonne Chen For almost 25 years affirmative action has seen a long assault on its legitimacy and methods, particularly as it relates to higher education. Since the 1978 Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke decision, which set a standard for race-based admissions, America has been ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg Fahim Ahmed's Middle Ground column is usually one of the many highpoints of The Middlebury Campus. Typically, Ahmed's analysis is dead-on, and his ability to explain contemporary issues is a definite strong suit. That said his most recent installment suffered a few inaccuracies, ...
Author: Jonathan White Renewing a Delicate, But Necessary ConversationNews of sexual assault on campus demands a revival of last year's discussion concerning sexual assault policy. Are victims finding the appropriate support mechanisms and is there an infrastructure in place in which they are comfortable ...
Author: Ginny Hunt The foundation of our community stands equally on respect, trust and communication. At the December faculty meeting, the faculty Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) and the faculty body as a whole abandoned each of these principles during the discussion of study abroad grades. Prior ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech last week to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may have succeeded in convincing some domestic critics of the Bush administration's war against Iraq, but proved unsuccessful in winning over key allies across the globe. Powell's case ...
Author: Jonathan White The Case For a Review of Abroad Grades and AdvisingIn its Dec. 9 meeting, the College faculty voted to include grades from overseas institutions and programs in students' cumulative GPA.The Student Government Association (SGA) has voiced concern that students were not present ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg Much of this last week's issue of The Middlebury Campus read like a pat-on-the-back for a couple dozen students protesting the war in Iraq. In the very same issue, the spokesman for this effort, Wellington Lyons '04, submitted a piece which outlined his dissent ("War Objector ...
Author: Alice Munson Last Saturday as I was leaving the Redemption Center one of your fine young students tapped on my window and said I had a flat tire. I got out and these two great guys said they would change it for me. Remember now it was very cold! After they easily changed it (or they made it ...
Author: Namik Kirlik Many things changed for international students after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in terms of our status and the process of obtaining valid documents to study in the United States. First, the U.S. Patriot Act, which was implemented as a response to the terrorist attacks in 2001, ...
Author: Michael Stahler On Wednesday night, I had a nightmare involving Hepburn Hall, in which I'm a Residential Advisor (RA). It began with a voicemail from my commons residential advisor saying, "they have closed our lounges." It also included the sight of one of my residents trying to get into the ...
Author: Wellington Lyons So we're going to war again.Whether you're on the right, left or center of the political spectrum, there are a number of reasons to be upset with our leaders for what they have gotten us into.Let's start at the beginning. Why are we preparing to invade Iraq? The story goes that ...
Author: Jonathan White A Worried State of the UnionIn Tuesday evening's State of the Union address, President Bush solidified the compassionate conservatism that he touted during his run for election in 2000. He proposed using the federal budget to fund the development of hydrogen automobiles, while ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed As President Bush prepares his State of the Union address to outline the policies for the second half of his tenure, he must confront a solemn but distinct possibility: that he is indeed beatable in the 2004 presidential election. Despite the fact that no single Democrat has yet ...
Author: [no author name found] Evening classes would interfere with sports and many other extracurricular activities. Plus, for students who spend their afternoons in labs, evening classes would extend what has already been a very long day. Friday afternoon classes are an even worse idea. A weekend ...
Author: [no author name found] Current students and junior faculty have not been around long enough to remember what was once Middlebury College's biggest course. It was called Art 101, and in any given semester it filled every seat in Dana Auditorium. Several of us taught it together, and it often ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed With former Vice President Al Gore announcing that he will not run for President in 2004, the race for the Democratic nomination seems as wide open as ever. Candidates that have lined up thus far for the party nod, ranges from the far left (Reverend Al Sharpton), to the conservative ...
Author: [no author name found] On Friday night, January 10th, Habitat for Humanity hosted a Beans and Rice benefit dinner for the Addison County Habitat for Humanity Chapter. Students who joined us for the dinner swiped their cards at Cook dining hall, donating the difference between an average Middlebury ...
Author: Jonathan White A Worthy Cause, Poorly ExecutedOn Thursday, Middlebury College will open its doors to the American Cancer Society for that organization's "National Smoke-Out Day." The event, which is aimed to help cigarette smokers quit smoking, is the latest in a campaign to change the College's ...
Author: Christian Holt During holiday break, my family always gets together to go Christmas tree shopping. There, hark! is a tree that is perfect. Perfectly shaped, beautiful branches, and of course, a good three feet taller than our living room ceiling. What a beautiful spirit of Christmas! Now where's ...