Author: Jonathan White The Case For a Review of Abroad Grades and AdvisingIn its Dec. 9 meeting, the College faculty voted to include grades from overseas institutions and programs in students' cumulative GPA.The Student Government Association (SGA) has voiced concern that students were not present ...
Author: Edward Pickering Few professions are impervious to the satirist's pen, least of all the academic one. Students and professors live and work in a more or less enclosed society, peacefully sequestered in green quadrangles where the buildings face inward. The academic world has its own peculiar ...
After living and studying in Madrid for one month, I found myself experiencing the first so-called feelings of rechazo, Spanish refusal -- a sentiment that the directors of our program had so delicately warned us we would feel toward our sudden immersion in a foreign culture, and for some, such as myself, ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed Secretary of State Colin Powell's speech last week to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may have succeeded in convincing some domestic critics of the Bush administration's war against Iraq, but proved unsuccessful in winning over key allies across the globe. Powell's case ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief A proposal from the Student Government Association's Taskforce on Smoking Policy stalled in Community Council discussions Monday when the body split over how to govern smoking in residence halls. The stalemate came after the Taskforce surveyed 631 students about their ...
Author: David Freedman With the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championships coming in the next few weeks, the Middlebury men's and women's swimming and diving teams took advantage of their last breaths of free time before spring classes begin to relax and take pride in what ...
Author: Jonathan White In a letter released to the Middlebury College community today, the Executive Council detailed its recommendations for cut-backs in College programs to correct the gap between endowment revenues and expenditures. The document slices $11 million off the College's operating budget ...
Author: Christopher Atwood Concerned about an increase in local D.U.I violations, the Student Government Association (SGA) recently devised an initiative aimed at enticing students of age to stay on campus. To counter the draw of off-campus social events, which could raise the likelihood of drunk driving, ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe In a speech delivered before Vermont's General Assembly on Jan. 20, Governor James Douglas '72 presented the state budget plan that he hopes will save Vermont from what he calls "the worst budget crisis since World War II." Douglas began with a thorough look at Vermont's current ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Sounding Off Against SUVsA group of students from Stanford University is starting a campaign to raise awareness of the contributions made by sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to environmental and political problems. The campaign, named "SUV SOS," plans to educate faculty and students ...
Author: Pete Faroni Recent stirrings in the Vermont Statehouse have addressed the implementation of a multistate lottery game such as Powerball or Megamillions. On Tuesday, Jan. 3, the House Ways and Means Committee approved the bill 6-3, and will now send it to the House to be voted on. The bill would ...
Author: Bob Wainwright While I always try to keep this column from becoming overly personal, shying away from topics such as the exorbitant number of on-line hits last week's column received, I do, however, feel compelled to mention that I inherited 50 million dollars over break. Now I know what you're ...
Author: Claire Bourne The faculty's recent decision to figure all study abroad marks into student grade point averages (GPA) is one piece of a much larger puzzle that came together last fall when the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) drafted a comprehensive report addressing study abroad policy. The ...
Author: Peter Yordan After running off seven straight games without a loss in January, the Middlebury women's hockey team hit a rough patch of ice last week, surrendering a loss to non-conference rival Manhattanville before defeating Gustavus Adolphus and Trinity and tying lowly Wesleyan. With three ...
Author: Andreas Apostolatos While many Middlebury students enjoyed the weeklong February recess, the Middlebury men's hockey team was hard at work continuing its winning ways. The Panthers played three games during the week of Feb. 1-8 and triumphed over Babson and Hamilton and tied Amherst. The Panthers ...
Author: Ginny Hunt The foundation of our community stands equally on respect, trust and communication. At the December faculty meeting, the faculty Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) and the faculty body as a whole abandoned each of these principles during the discussion of study abroad grades. Prior ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart Since 1778, when Vermont's first legislature convened, lawmakers have been inundated with requests to have lotteries, since unauthorized gambling games were against the law. Legal games were initially viewed as charitable endeavors, opportunities for citizens to assist their ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer While the majority of the Middlebury College student body spent Winter Term in the sub-zero Vermont temperatures, a group of students spent the month studying in a tropical paradise. These students had enrolled in a course entitled: "Geologic Evolution of the Hawaiian Islands.""It ...
Author: Christopher Atwood Last week the Bush administration filed "friend of the court" briefs opposing the University of Michigan's use of racial preference in admissions. By doing so, the White House cautiously weighed in on the increasing unpopularity of considering race when determining college ...
Author: Suzanne Mozes DJ's Jimmy Jung '03 and Micheal Silberman '03 dictated the relaxed atmosphere with techno house music for North Chandler '03 and Zach Hefferen's '03 art opening. This intimate gathering gave both artists an opportunity to exhibit their talents for friends. Transforming Johnson ...