Author: Peter Faroni Representative Betty Nuovo (D-Middlebury) has proposed a bill to the State House of Representatives to increase the refund on cans and bottles from five to 10 cents. On a recent walk near her home, Nuovo was inspired to act. "The other day, just on a half-mile of the road I live ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed Middle Ground began publication last fall with the objective of providing a moderate and centrist commentary on U.S. domestic politics, economic policies and international affairs. During the course of the past year, however, we have observed the middle ground in politics shift, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright Well, they say all good things must come to an end. Now, if only that were the case with my column. The "good" part, I mean. Because this is the last one. I'm stopping on number 75, the diamond anniversary. And it's a good thing too, because I'm plumb out of ideas. I've been writing ...
Author: Michael Hatch The title "Digging" is the only word appropriate to describe the joint showing of artworks by Joseph Schine '03 and Sally Olson '03, which opened last Friday in the Johnson Gallery. The furious energy of Schine's drawings, videos and dirt sculpture matched Olson's layered and design-oriented ...
Author: Christoher Howard I have just learned that the Executive Council plans on overhaul the MiddCard system, eliminating the chip and streamlining all transactions to the magnetic strip. This is said to bring Middlebury College into the 21st century, cut costs and keep Middlebury on par with other ...
Author: Meghan Keenan Last weekend marked the eighth annual Consortium for Computer Sciences in Colleges (CCSCNE) Northeast Region at Rhode Island College in Providence, RI. The goal of the CCSCNE is to "bring together faculty, staff and students from academic institutions from around the Northeast ...
Author: Erika Mercer Picture the rural landscape of the Scottish Highlands - rolling green hills spotted with purple and gold wildflowers. White and gray rocks poking from mounds of dewy grass. Hidden glens enclosed by dense, misty fogs. Billowing clouds casting spotted shadows in the valleys. Tiny ...
Author: Edward Pickering and Andrea Gissing Yale Graduate Students Vote Down UnionIn a vote Wednesday, Yale University graduate students rejected a move to unionize. The pro-union group that led the move, Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO), suffered a sound defeat with 694 voting against ...
Author: David Lindholm For the Middlebury men's tennis team, their NCAA tournament experience began with a surprise and almost ended in shock. When the Bates College Bobcats took out the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday in Middlebury, it took the Panthers, who had been preparing all ...
Author: Richard Lawless First there was Woodstock. Then came Lollapalooza and then Woodstock II. And now there's Sepomana, Middlebury College's own annual celebration of indie music. Sponsored by WRMC 91.1 FM, the College's radio station, Sepomana rocked the campus this past weekend. Going strong in ...
Author: Edward Pickering Natalie Howley '03 and Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science and Co-Faculty Head of Ross Commons Steve Abbott have been announced as the student and faculty speakers for the Senior Awards Ceremony. 313 seniors voted in the final election, selecting Abbott ...
Author: Greg Duggan Anyone spending time at the mountains or beaches of Vermont this summer may happen upon a newly formed group based out of Burlington: the Burlington Nudists. A handful of founding members have been meeting at houses and waiting indoors until warmer weather will allow them to bare ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Saving AP CreditA vote at next Monday's faculty meeting will determine the fate of Advanced Placement (AP) credit at Middlebury College. There's a contingent of the faculty that advocates severing the policy that awards college credit for performance on AP exams taken ...
Author: Dan Polifka One of the more intriguing environmental initiatives undertaken by the Green Mountain State, Green Up Vermont sent tens of thousands of volunteers out to their local roads last Saturday to remove trash, debris and large items such as tires and sheet metal."Volunteers are given, through ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller As the lights dimmed in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall on Saturday night, an expectant hush fell over the audience, but for a few moments the eager listeners were kept in suspense. Then, from the back of the room, the haunting notes of John Tavener's "Song for Athene" ...
Author: Jacob Heller Yogi Berra once said "I ain't in no slump, I just ain't hittin." For the past two weeks the Middlebury baseball team has been playing well but not making enough plays to win. Despite playing solid baseball this past weekend, the Middlebury baseball team fell one game short of ...
Author: Peter Yordan Last week Middlebury students flocked to Dana Auditorium in unprecedented numbers to see this year's incendiary documentary "Bowling for Columbine." Michael Moore's newest film, which was given two extra showings in Dana Auditorium to accommodate the overflowing throngs of students ...
Author: Erich Kahner Some of the strongest and swiftest in New England competed against each other at the NCAA Division III New England Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 2-3. The men's team traveled to Bates College and finished eighth out of 23 teams with 38 points, while the women went ...
Author: Claire Bourne Dean of Ross Commons Janine Clookey gazes at the nine drawings that adorn her office wall. She looks at them for a long time, contemplating each one by one. Eight depict faces - some drawn with colorful magic markers, some sticking to a simple blue pen - while one illustrates a ...
Author: Jonathan White Speaking Friday evening in Dana Auditorium, Vermont's Independent Representative, Congressman Bernie Sanders, helped launch the Middlebury Global AIDS Forum. Sanders told the audience, "The AIDS crisis...is one of the most important concerns facing humanity as we move into the ...