The Staff Resources Committee (SRC) is continuing to grapple with the task of staff attrition and departmental streamlining as a result of the financial setbacks the College has suffered since the economic downturn in 2008. After the downturn began, the SRC recommended that the College decrease the ...
Recently the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) surveyed the student body in order to gather input on the status of social life at the College. Led by President Maria Perille ’10, MCAB released a questionnaire requesting input on the general quality of MCAB events for the first time in five ...
The Community Council, with its representative membership of students, faculty and staff, is an encompassing forum through which every member of the College community is represented on non-academic issues and aspects of the College and its community. “The Community Council is the only organization ...
At its Oct. 24 meeting, the Student Government Association (SGA) introduced a resolution to encourage the College to establish an outdoor introduction program. This College-run program would be larger than the SGA funded Outdoor Orientation for New Kids (OINK) and would have an added variety of interest-based ...
The Office of Communications is working to establish a “Murmur” network on campus. Murmur, which originated in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood in 2003, is a network of short recordings that tell personal stories about the buildings and sites in an area — in this case, on a college campus. Communications ...
Following the G20 Summit meeting in South Korea, much speculation has been offered regarding the souring of relations between the American and Chinese governments. Though the Obama administration entered office with the widely acknowledged desire to strengthen ties with the rising superpower, officials ...
PARIS — After two years of coping with the relentless stress we urban types experience surrounded by the physical beauty and placid countryside of Middlebury, I decided to relocate to what is seemingly the complete opposite end of the spectrum: the city of the sedentary café lifestyle. After almost ...
It would be an understatement to say that sports are a big part of life at the College. About 28 percent of the student body plays a varsity sport, and most others are involved in some type of club or intramural activity. It’s safe to say, then, that athletes have significant influence on many aspects ...
Down 3-0 with only 10 minutes left to play, most teams would drop their heads and resign themselves to defeat. That attitude, however, is not what legends are made of, and uncharacteristic of the hard-working, fired-up Middlebury women’s soccer team of late. The Panthers came alive in the closing ...
Artist |Walkmen Album |Lisbon The reign of the dejected, early-2000s post-punk rockers is over. The Strokes have failed to produce a notable work in almost seven years and, as one of my esteemed colleagues once said, The Libertines have fallen to shambles. And while most bands associated with this ...
After a stellar weekend, women’s volleyball moves to 5-0 in conference play and takes over sole possession of the number one position in the NESCAC. Amidst a sea of parents and supporters, the team took down two tough opponents, Bowdoin College Friday night and Tufts University Saturday afternoon. ...
If the disappointment that resonated through the press box after the Panthers 38-31 loss to Amherst was any indication of the feelings that head coach Bob Ritter and his team felt, Saturday was a tough day. Throughout the game the Panthers showed flashes of incredible talent, never more so than during ...
After conceding its first two goals of the season in last week’s stunning overtime loss at Colby, the Middlebury men’s soccer team was hungry for a victory. Coming into the game with a 7-1 overall record, 3-1 in conference, the Panthers still felt they had something to prove. “Obviously there ...
Here at Middlebury, we pride ourselves on our quest for carbon neutrality, our compost piles, our organic garden and overall awareness and attentiveness to the importance of environmental sustainability. We petition for change, we protest abuse and we try to set a good example in the way we live and ...
In a weekend jam-packed with Panthers home athletic action, both Middlebury golf teams took their shows on the road to other NESCAC venues. The women completed their fall season at Williams in the Williams Fall Classic. The men played at Hamilton in the Hamilton Fall Invitational. The men’s team will ...
A classic fall tradition — apple picking — has met yet another of Vermont’s defin ing characteristics: supporting the community. “Pick For Your Neighbor” is a program run by the Vermont Foodbank and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture that gives apple pickers the chance to donate apples to ...
On the 10th day of the 10th month of this millennium’s 10th year, Middlebury celebrated 350.org’s Global Work Party with a morning yoga session at the Mahaney Center for the Arts. As an ongoing project to reduce the carbon dioxide level in our atmosphere to under 350 parts per million — the ...
In 188 different countries, people joined together at 7,347 Global Work Parties across the globe. Groups gathered to celebrate the environment, and to inspire political leaders across the world to take action and to curb the effects of global warming. The College’s Sunday Night Group and local community ...
This weekend, the Panthers competed in the Open New England Championships. The race took place in Boston, where the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed along with 46 other teams. This event included schools from all three divisions, and is usually dominated by D-I teams. Despite the ...
With fall break almost here, anxiety is high across campus as students count down the minutes until, for four days, they are free from work and loosed to enjoy the Vermont fall foliage. For those opting to remain in Middlebury for the break, there are countless outings to enjoy. The Middlebury Antique ...