The Office of the President has decided not to revive the defunct MiddView outdoor orientation program for first-year students in 2011, overruling a months-long student initiative and a Student Government Association (SGA) pledge to reinstate the activity.
The estimated cost of the program did not include wages paid to staff and the cost of opening buildings early, said Derek Doucet, director of Middlebury Outdoor Programs (MOP).
“The program costs [calculated by the SGA] cover the food of everyone, but do not include the staff hours and salary,” he said, emphasizing that no …
The Middlebury men’s hockey team continued their dominance this weekend, tying Trinity on Friday night and beating Wesleyan on the road.
Not long ago, we reacted with optimism to a reinvigorated SGA Senate that knocked down issue after issue under the resourceful and ambitious leadership of SGA President Michael Panzer ’10.
In the past week, a small group of Middlebury students has raised approximately $4,900 in donations for Haiti following the earthquake that left the country devastated on Jan. 12.
Just over three weeks ago on a foggy December night in Shoreham, Vt., volunteer firefighter Peter Coe was driving with his family when he saw a car stuck in a ditch. He pulled over to the side of the road and began to extricate a person from the car.
We have all seen the commercials: a couple framed in black and white and walking down the street in the rain, a smiling pair jogging through the suburbs, a slightly awkward but endearing dinner date. Online dating: is it as magical and effective as our television screens make it out to be?
When poet Crystal Belle ’04 walks into a classroom, she easily takes command, her effusive energy spilling out onto those who have come to soak up her wisdom.
As she shares her love of poetry and hip-hop to an eager audience, the devotion and enthusiasm she holds for her craft becomes a palpable presence in the room.
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