Author: Rachael Jennings In 2004, Lynn Gordon Bailey, Jr. - "Gordie" - was found dead, his body written on with Sharpies, at the University of Colorado after an extreme hazing incident. If his friends had simply called for help, his life may not have ended so tragically. He is not alone.Every day, six ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman "Global health is good for my health," Romany Redman '11 stated matter-of-factly last Friday, March 6, at the informal meeting of the five members of the Middlebury Global Health Action Network, which organized the ongoing March symposium, "Healing Humanity: Perspectives on Global ...
Author: Kelly Janis Hiba Fakhoury '09 defeated Tik Root '12, 594 to 308 votes, in a special mid-term election to become Student Government Association (SGA) president following Bobby Joe Smith III's '09 resignation last month. Fakhoury appointed Katie Hylas '09 her chief of staff, and students elected ...
Author: Thomas Meyell USF VICE PRESIDENT STEALS BIKE AND RESIGNSDr. Abdul Rao, vice president of the University of South Florida's (USF) School of Health, resigned after surveillance footage showed him helping a friend steal a bicycle. The bike belonged to a university student. Rao, who was earning ...
Author: Dickie Redmond MEN'S BASKETBALL EARNS TOP HONORS ACROSS THE BOARDAfter winning the NESCAC Championship - decisively - over the weekend, the men's basketball team could only expect to earn top NESCAC honors. Ben Rudin '09 was named Player of the Year, Tim Edwards '10 was named Defensive Player ...
Author: Dana Walters Poet Richard Chess gave a reading on Friday, March 5 from a selection of poems, all centering around a Jewish motif. A Professor of Literature and Language at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, Chess has published three books and numerous poems in journals and anthologies. ...
Author: Dana Walters On March 6, 2009, C.A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics David Colander printed an article in the The Chronicle of Higher Education that called attention to the large concentration of economics majors at Middlebury. While he originally attributed the popularity of his ...
Author: Anna Briggs With the news of Atwater Dining Hall closing next winter and Ross Dining Hall closing for renovations this fall, students are particularly looking forward to the reopening of Proctor. Most of the structural work on the renovated dining hall is complete, and the construction crew ...
Author: Toren Hardee Film scholar Laura Mulvey gave a lecture on Friday March 6 titled "Back to modernity: thoughts on reality, narrative cinema from another technological age" in the Axinn Center at Starr Library. As a preface to her speech, Mulvey noted that, in inviting her to give a lecture at Middlebury, ...
Author: Christian Morel It is March, everyone, and we have finally woken up from our J-term hibernation and will soon engage in the Middlebury work rut. We will regain our seven-day routine of a Sunday-to-Thursday workload with a Friday-to-Saturday fiesta on the side. As we all know, this routine can ...
Author: Peter Baumann The Middlebury men's hockey team saw its season come to an end this weekend, as they beat Williams 4-1 on Friday, March 6 but fell to Amherst in the NESCAC championship game the following day by a score of 5-2. Amherst received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA championships, ...
Author: Margaux Fimbres On Friday, March 6, Dana Auditorium was brimming with students, professors and Middlebury residents all waiting to hear former NPR Middle East correspondent Sarah Chayes deliver a lecture titled, "Afghanistan: Notes From the Remembered War." Chayes initially arrived in Afghanistan ...
Author: Grady Ross As I sat in class last Friday afternoon, the final responsibility in a long week of adult endeavors that I am in no way mature enough to handle, there was one thing keeping me going besides the toothpicks wedged between my eyelids: the idea of my 2:30 nap. But before I could hit the ...
Author: [no author name found] Whether by habit or intent, the Student Government Association (SGA) maintains a modest profile. Under pressure to compete with students' daily grind, the SGA suffers from a chronic inability to connect with its constituents. Past senators and presidents have tried to ...
Author: [no author name found] Looking forward to springMarch 12, 3-4 p.m.The Vergennes Garden Club is hosting Kay George, who will speak about the various methods for drying flowers for future use in arrangements. Heldin the Bixby Memorial Library, the presentation will be followed by light refreshments. ...
Author: Derek Matus In a preliminary vote on March 9, members of the College faculty expressed strong interest in amending Middlebury's honor code to allow professors to proctor student exams. The faculty enjoys support from the Community Council, but the proposed measure faces stiff resistance from ...
Author: Aseem Mulji The Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on March 9 featured a presentation by the Student Comprehensive Fee Committee as well as a brief discussion of the Honor Code review process. Four new members also made their debut: SGA President Hiba Fakhoury '09, Brainerd Commons ...
Author: Johanna Interian On March 9, Sheri Fink, MD, Ph.D, held a lecture in Dana Auditorium addressing medical ethics and healthcare treatment in areas affected by conflict and disasters."The primary concern of humanitarian aid is the principle of health equity," said Fink. "That means that the best ...
Author: Eva Nixon Seniors, in less than 100 days, we become alumni! As members of the Class of 2009, we have all had different experiences over the last four years: gardened with Jay, volunteered with the homeless, shredded the gnar, written a screenplay