MIDDBRIEFS

Author: DANIEL L. J. PHILLIPS & KATHERINE N. DOORLEY

New SGA-sponsored shuttle service goes beyond the bubble

Back by popular demand, the Student Government Association (SGA) is offering students a round-trip shuttle bus service to New York City and Boston over fall break. The SGA announced the service in an e-mail sent out to the College community on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Both bus trips depart from campus on Wednesday, Oct. 19 and return the evening of Sunday, Oct. 23. A round-trip fare to New York costs $75 and the price to Boston is $50.

"We're improving the system that was started last year," said SGA President Eli Berman '07.5, who noted that tickets can be purchased online or at the Center For the Arts box office. "The tickets are priced pretty reasonably, but we want to sell as many as we can," said Berman.

In the "fine print" at the bottom of the e-mail, the SGA alerted students that the service may be cancelled if not enough tickets are sold. "If all goes well, we will continue the service throughout the year, but we need to make sure people ride the bus," said Berman, who emphasized the importance of the trips since Greyhound no longer stops in Middlebury.

The e-mail message even appealed to the environmentally savvy Midd-kid, saying that the bus service "saves gas money, reduces carbon emissions and cuts the hassle by simply hopping aboard a luxury coach leaving from the middle of campus."



Campus intruder issued trespass notice

On the evening of Saturday, Oct. 8, the Middlebury Police Department was called to escort a suspicious male from campus after Public Safety received reports that he had repeatedly bothered female students last weekend.

Director of Public Safety Lisa Boudah sent out an e-mail to the College community on Monday that identified the subject as Scott Nitchie, who is "from New Hampshire and has been known to frequent New England college campuses and bother women."

Public Safety described Nitchie as being 24 years old, 6'3" tall, 200 pounds and Caucasian, with short, light-brown hair and blue eyes. The e-mail also contained a description of Nitchie's car.

Female students reported encountering Nitchie on campus both Friday and Saturday nights of last weekend. The subject was located near McCullough Social Space last Saturday, and was issued a trespass notice from Public Safety before being escorted from campus by the police.



Professors receive research outside grants

In keeping with the recent Clifford Symposium, several Middlebury professors recently received research grants to further projects examining global climates and scientific phenomena.

Assistant Professor of Economics Jon Isham received a grant form the S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation to support a project entitled "What Works? Using Insight from Social Change Research to Accelerate the Nascent Climate Movement."

Jeff Munroe, assistant professor of Geology, was granted money from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research into the glacial and paleoclimate history of the Unita Mountains in Utah.

Professor of Geology Pat Manley was the recipient of supplemental funding from the NSF's Antarctic Sciences section in order to support an additional oceanographic cruise to the James Ross Basin.

Finally, Jim Andrews, research supervisor in the Biology Department, will continue his amphibian monitoring at Mt. Mansfield and the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas due to a grant from the Vermont Department of Forests, Park and Recreation, via the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative.