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Author: Samantha Michaels

NPR host Bill Littlefield to address College

As part of the College's "Meet the Press" series, Bill Littlefield, host of National Public Radio's "Only Game," will speak at McCardell Bicentennial Hall on Oct. 15. In his lecture entitled "Why We Need Sports," Littlefield will discuss his career as a sports journalist, sharing a few experiences through personal anecdote and explaining why he chose to enter his professional field.

According to Sue Halpern, founder of the College's "Meet the Press" lecture series, Littlefield has a humorous, quirky perspective that will hopefully serve as "a spark of levity" over the course of a number of speeches that will otherwise focus on rather serious issues of global war and conflict.

"He's hysterically funny," said Halpern. "[He] finds what's really interesting about sports, and what's unusual about sports and about people who are passionate about sports."

According to Halpern, any student interested in journalism or the story-behind-the-story should take advantage of the opportunity by attending Littlefield's address.


Habitat 5K race draws fewer students than past

Roughly 20 students gathered on Oct. 7 outside the Center for the Arts to participate in Habitat for Humanity's annual 5K fundraising race. Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit organization that strives to build simple, decent and affordable houses for those who lack adequate shelter. According to Lisa Gerstenberger '08, president of the College's Habitat chapter, the money raised at Sunday's fundraiser will benefit a housing project in Addison County.

The turnout at this year's 5K was lower than it has been in the past, explained event planners Emma Moros '10 and Laura Williams '11, because other local races were scheduled for the same day - drawing from the possible pool of participants. However, Gerstenberger estimates that the Middlebury Habitat chapter still managed to raise roughly $100.


Council continues to discuss new honor code

The College's Community Council formed an ad hoc committee to continue the discussion regarding the honor code during its weekly meeting on Sept. 8.

The task force will discuss the honor code rather than the social honor code, a distinction that the Community Council has failed to specifically convey in the past.

"People were interpreting the 'social honor code' as being some sort of broader, more insidious, Big Brother kind of system," said council member Peyton Coles '08.5. "This is not the impression we were trying to give."

In addition, the committee will not necessarily attempt to change the system but rather evaluate the state of the current policy.

"My personal opinion is that an honor code should cover only lying, cheating and stealing in the academic and non-academic realm," Coles said, "and that it should be as simple and straightforward as possible, which it is not now."