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Author: Denizhan Duran

Faculty achievments celebrated by College

The President's office has announced news about recent accomplishments by Middlebury faculty. Burke Rochford, professor of Sociology and Religion, has published a book named "Hare Krishna Transformed," which currently is the seventh bestselling book on Amazon.com in the Hare Krishna category. Jonathan Isham, Luce Professor of International Environmental Economics, has published a book, "Ignition: What You Can Do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement," featuring an introduction from Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studies Bill McKibben. Timothy Billings, associate professor of English & American Literatures, has translated "Stèles," a book by Victor Segalen. He also was awarded an M.A. degree in Sinology in December 2007 from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London for his leave-year work on a Mellon New Directions Fellowship. Kevin Moss, professor of Russian, was named a Lillian S. Robinson Scholar by the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University in Montreal. Among other professors whose work was published are Jacob Tropp (History), Alison Byerly (English and American Literatures), Ted Perry (Film & Media Culture) and Jonathan Miller-Lane (Teacher Education Program).


Judicial blog; chocolate headline Spears blog

Gus Jordan, associate dean of the College, wrote a post on Dean of the College Tim Spears' blog to unveil the new Judicial Log which lists descriptions, dates and judicial outcomes related to incidents on campus that result in official College discipline against students. The log does not include students' names, but serves to keep the community informed about the critical incidents.

"We do no one good by pretending that serious errors in judgment are not happening, or that mistakes do not have meaningful consequences," wrote Jordan. He also wrote that he "hope[s] the log stimulates increased conversation about the kind of community we want to share together."

Another news story that can be found on Spears' blog is about the name search for the former Eat Good Food venue. The venue will be serving as a bar/lounge on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, featuring town/gown celebrations on weekday afternoons and limited retail operation. Most importantly, the place will feature a chocolate bar.

"We're thinking intimate and upscale, hip and vibey," said Spears, who announced the name contest for the place, which aims for a name that will capture the spirit of the place, on his blog. "The winner will get some chocolate," said Spears, who invited everyone to respond to his blog entry on this subject until the end of Winter Term.