Faculty Garner Summer Accolades Several members of the Middlebury College faculty received grants and awards this summer. Professor of Geology Pat Manley was awarded a grant by the U.S. Geological Survey to further her research on Lake Champlain for a project about "Abrupt Climate Change in the Eastern ...
Author: [no author name found] The cumulative reaction of the Middlebury College community to a natural disaster more than 1,500 miles away has proven extraordinary. As national criticism centers on government response to Hurricane Katrina, the willingness of Middlebury students, faculty, staff and ...
Author: Ryan W. Reese In recent history, the Middlebury field hockey team has dominated NESCAC play while extending their campaign deep into the postseason. Playing for a national championship has almost become routine for the lady Panthers, but that ultimate title, that final goal has narrowly eluded ...
Author: ANDREA M. LAROCCA In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the universities and colleges of the affected Gulf Coast states are facing problems that range from structural damage to displaced faculty, staff and students. Several institutions are rallying against these setbacks and have reopened, ...
Author: Tom McCann Just as it did last year, the Middlebury men's soccer team opened its campaign with a victory over Connecticut College. This year however, the Panthers played hosts to their NESCAC rivals and doubled their margin of victory, overcoming the Camels 3-1 on the day.Whereas last year the ...
Author: James Edward Kerrigan Rallying late in the second half, the women's soccer team netted three unanswered goals to come from behind and beat Connecticut College 3-2. Returning players traveled overseas and played four matches to prepare for the fall season. They came back ready. From Denmark to ...
Author: Caroline M. Vial Associate Dean of Library and Information Services (LIS) David Donahue '91 and several managers of LIS enthusiastically shared some vital information on the inner-workings of our new campus network. The Campus: Rumor has it that Middlebury's computer network has changed dramatically ...
Author: Joshua Carson and David Peritz Back by popular demand, the in-house connoisseurs of taste are back on the job. For our first review of the year, we selected the newly opened Carol's Hungry Mind Café for an afternoon of iced-coffee and other various frozen drinks to relieve ourselves from the ...
Author: ANDREW CARNABUCI ’06 John Roberts is the best thing that has happened to the left in the past five years. The nomination of Judge Roberts as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court amounts to a four-month-early Christmas present from President Bush to liberal America.This seems largely at ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Middlebury hit the jackpot this summer in rankings city, hopping three spaces to number eight on the U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" rankings, beating out Yale for "overall academic experience" in The Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Colleges," taking the title ...
Author: James Kemper Dolan Women's volleyball opened their season at the Potsdam Invitational on Sept. 9th. The Panthers hit it off with two wins against Potsdam and Oswego but ended up losing their next two matches the following day to Roberts Wesleyan and University of Rochester. They will enter the ...
Author: Jason Siegel On Wednesday, June 22, available members of the Middlebury College community gathered in Dana Auditorium to hear President Ronald D. Liebowitz formally announce his recommendation for the Board of Trustees to sign a letter of intent establishing an affiliation between Middlebury ...
Author: [no author name found] FOOTBALLAfter finishing at .500 for four consecutive seasons, the Panthers look to best that mark this year by fielding a team replete with defensive talent but short on offensive experience. Graduation has taken its toll once again as the team returns only 12 starters ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard were dispatched last week to the towns of Harvey, Terrytown and Gretna - the southern suburbs of New Orleans, La. - where Hurricane Katrina whirled through with 150 mph winds, uprooting citizens and battering homes and businesses. Before ...
Author: Dina Magrill President Ronald D. Liebowitz has not ruled out Middlebury College's acquisition of the graduate programs of the Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS), though the faculty voted not to support a resolution recommending such an acquisition in a paper ballot vote at the ...
Author: DAVID RICHINS, MBA Student Monterey, CA As a Monterey Institute MBA student, I am not claiming to know what is best in regards to potential mergers or acquisitions. However, I would like to express my opinion on one aspect of the matter.There are potential intrinsic benefits for such a merger ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In a vote at Monday's Faculty Council meeting, the faculty voted overwhelmingly against Middlebury College's possible acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) in Monterey, Calif. The vote was for a resolution expressing the sense of the faculty. According ...
Author: Charlie Chapin '04 As a recent graduate and lifelong Californian, I strongly urge the faculty to reconsider their votes against the acquisition of Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS). Acquiring MIIS represents a significant step in building opportunities for educations and careers ...
Author: Editorial Board Save our Social LivesYou hear a lot about drinking at Middlebury College. In fact, amid all the talk about getting wasted, hammered and trashed you may not have notice that Middlebury students are now drinking on campus far more often than they have in the recent past. No, they ...
Author: Jason Siegel, News editor On Wednesday, June 22, available members of the Middlebury College community gathered in Dana Auditorium to hear President Ronald D. Liebowitz formally announce his recommendation for the Board of Trustees to sign a letter of intent establishing an affiliation between ...