Author: Derek Schlickeisen The Monterey Institute of International Studies' (MIIS) Board of Trustees met Oct. 14 on Middlebury's campus amidst a surge in fundraising and joint degree programs taking shape, marking a turning point nearly one year into the two schools' affiliation. With a new MIIS president ...
Author: Anthony Adragna The College administration hopes to begin a campus-wide convocation series, as outlined in the College's Strategic Plan, in early spring 2007. The goal of the series would be to promote more discussion of important issues within the College community.Proposed as a way to bring ...
Author: Leslie Lim The College announced its four nominees for the coveted Thomas J. Watson Fellowship in mid-October. The four seniors nominated were Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Jamie Henn, Vani Sathisan and Carolyn Barnwell. As one of 47 institutions participating in the fellowship program, the College ...
Author: Geoff Homer McGillen wins honorField hockey goalie Meg McGillen '07 was named NESCAC Player of the Week for her spectacular performance during the week of Oct. 16. On Saturday the 14th, McGillen made 11 saves in the eighth- ranked Panthers shutout of fourth-ranked Williams. The next day, McGillen ...
Author: Julia Whelan OXFORD - Here at Lincoln College, Oxford, we take our meals "in hall." The space itself looks like the dining room in the Harry Potter series, complete with long community tables and soaring ceiling. We had our first dinner on Monday evening, commencing "Fresher's Week," or what ...
Author: Michelle Constant Commons deans have seen a spike in recent weeks in the number of students requesting dean's excuses for what they describe as illegitimate reasons.In response, the administration reaffirmed the College's policy regarding dean's excuse in a campus-wide e-mail sent on Oct. 11. ...
Author: Ian Schmertzler The College is exploring possible improvements in the layout of sidewalks on campus following the adoption of a strategic plan that calls for greater pedestrian access to key buildings.President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz said that the College wants to address the need ...
Author: Kelly Janis While most students were lazily whiling away the hours at home or visiting friends at other universities, nearly 40 first-year and sophomore students devoted this past fall break to the pursuit of an externship arranged by the College's Career Services Office (CSO). The program, ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The College's four active social houses saw varying degrees of success in the popularity of their rush events during the recently completed two-week rush period. Despite the range in rush attendance for different houses, many fulfilled or exceeded their targeted pledge class size. ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., delivered the Fulton Lecture in the Liberal Arts Tuesday evening, paying tribute to his predecessor and mentor, the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, after President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the establishment of a professorship ...
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Author: Allan C. Cremer As someone who has lived on Route 30 for the past ten years, I have become increasingly aware of the number of individuals and groups traveling on the road by bicycle and the likelihood of significant growth in bicycle use as the costs and environmental drawbacks of commuting ...
Author: Thomas Phillips Mystery lock changes greet returning studentsAfter coming back from Fall Break, multiple Middlebury students in Ross Commons were unable to enter their rooms due to a lock change by Public Safety.Posted on the students' dorm room doors was an orange sheet, which notified students ...
Author: Katie Hylas Here at Middlebury College, people are rated in two categories: their taste in music and their general "outdoorsy-ness." We Middkids have a lot of creepy competitive energy leftover from high school. We were all the same - whether or not we liked being that way. We sat in the back ...
Author: George Mayer Any doubts as to how the Middlebury football team would respond to their disappointing 40-9 loss to Williams a week ago have been put to rest. In front of a packed house at Alumni Stadium during Homecoming Weekend, the Panthers dismantled winless Bates 31-7. While the defense continued ...
Author: Allison Ortega The 10-1 Middlebury field hockey team returned home to Kohn Field last Saturday for a NESCAC match-up against Bates. After two impressive road victories over Williams and Ursinus the previous weekend, the Panthers showed no signs of a letdown, and the team continued its exceptional ...
Author: Daniel Roberts One of my favorite activities off-campus is to strike up conversations with people from town. One recent exchange began at CVS when my friend and I noticed an older woman at the counter, purchasing numerous bags of candy."Getting ready for trick-or-treaters?" I asked. She gave ...
Author: James Kerrigan Chris Free's '10 successful future as a cross-country runner appears to be locked-up. He has finished just a few strides behind Jimmy Butcher '08 and Will McDonough '07 in three of five meets so far this fall, including a third place overall finish at the Vermont Cross Country ...
Author: [no author name found] If Tuesday's lecture by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was truly a model for the proposed monthly convocation series, it is difficult to imagine what we would now reflect on for the next three weeks of community discussion. Roberts was eloquent, humorous and more than ...