Author: Kelly Janis After months of deliberations by the Budget Oversight Committee, College President Ronald D. Liebowitz publicly announced the first set of a series of cost-cutting measures aimed at reducing expenditures by $20 million over the next several years to counter a mounting budget deficit. ...
Author: Tim O'Grady The release of course textbook lists two weeks before the semester commences and a $500 giveaway for College Bookstore members were the first of a myriad of developments for the newly renovated Bookstore in Proctor Hall.The new bookstore, which will sell textbooks, school supplies ...
Author: [no author name found] Relationship WorkshopFeb. 12, 6:30 p.m.The One-World Literary Project will be hosting local author Greg Krech's presentation, "Cultivating a Sense of Gratitude in Relationships: Lessons from Japanese Psychology, or How to Appreciate Your Partner Without Trying to Fix ...
Author: Kaity Potak Governor Jim Douglas faced heat from the town of his alma mater regarding the latest state budget and health-care cuts this past week. Middlebury residents gathered on Court Square on Feb. 2 to call attention to the details of Douglas' cuts and to remind citizens to continue pressuring ...
Author: Jaime Fuller On Feb. 28, well-known medical anthropologist and physician Dr. Paul Farmer will speak at the reopened Social Space in the McCullough Student Center. Farmer is the keynote speaker preceding the global public health symposium to be held from March 5 to 13.Romany Redman '11, one of ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes On Jan. 22 Reginald L. Cook Professor of American Literature and Chair of the English and American Literatures (ENAM) Department Brett Millier invited both ENAM and English Literature (ENGL) majors to attend an open meeting allowing students to express their opinions regarding ...
Author: Nicole Lam The five women sitting in the car knew what to do.Their performance was going to start in 10 minutes. After struggling to find a parking spot at the venue, they spotted a police officer. After signalling that they would be receiving a ticket, they jumped out of the car, formed a circle ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Prominent civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton spoke on Feb. 11 as part of the Middlebury College Activities Board's (MCAB) Speaker Series. The event was held at Mead Chapel, with a live feed being broadcast at auxiliary locations in Dana Auditorium and the newly renovated ...
Author: Kelly Janis In the latest iteration of a close financial relationship, College trustee and ex-CEO of Lehman Brothers Richard S. Fuld, Jr. donated the 15 offset lithographs and silk screen prints which constitute the centerpiece of the College Museum of Art's new exhibition, "Confronting History: ...
Author: [no author name found] After 38 years as Middlebury's flagship arts center, the Vermont State Craft Center (VSCC) at Frog Hollow closed Jan. 31 as a result of declining sales.Although the VSCC will sell its building on Mill Street, it will continue to offer arts education classes in a venue ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen As the global economic crisis continues to chip away at the College's finances, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced Jan. 29 that the school hopes to save at least $1.5 million in coming years by ending regular meal service at Atwater Dining Hall and making ...
Author: Grace Close In the midst of the current U.S. financial crisis, some Americans are urging their fellow citizens to spend big to sustain the local economy. Vermont resident Jim Merkel, however, holds a different view of sustainability. Merkel, author of Radical Simplicity: Small Footprints on ...
On Saturday, Jan. 31, the 123 members of the Class of 2008.5 celebrated the conclusion of their college careers at Mid-year graduation. After attending the celebratory ceremony in Mead Chapel, parents and friends headed over to the Snow Bowl, where the graduating Febs skied, snowboarded and snowshoed ...
Author: Jaime Fuller STANFORD STUDENT INJURED BY FALLING CEILINGLast Friday, a piece of plaster ceiling fell on a Stanford student while she was lying in bed. "I heard a noise and all of a sudden, before I knew it, a very large portion of my ceiling fell on my head," said Laura Stampler '10, the victim ...
Author: J.P. Allen The prevention of academic dishonesty is one of the thorniest issues facing Middlebury College. How often do students cheat and why? Does the Honor Code discourage students from cheating? Would changes to the Honor Code improve the situation, or will amendments be thwarted by human ...
Author: Patrick D'Arcy The second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, organized by the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), drew 55 student volunteers at 10 different worksites on Jan. 17."Last year we only had six sites, with forty volunteers," said Service and Activism Initiatives Coordinator ...
Author: Amanda Cormier A boy with a felt mustache and denim overalls wields a plunger down the aisle. His willing attendant, Mom, follows. Gray-haired ladies usher families to their seats through bold rays of gamma-green light. Some of them mouth the words of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Somewhere Over ...
Author: [no author name found] Benefit Yoga ClassJan. 25, 12 - 1 p.m.Otter Creek Yoga in the Marble Works will be hosting this class to benefit H.O.P.E. (Helping Overcome Poverty's Effects). Donations of nonperishable food or money would be most appreciated.All levels welcome. "Torturing Democracy"Jan. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner "It's the economy, stupid," seems to explain the retail and restaurant scene across Vermont these days. As Americans pinch those pennies and start holding back on excesses, local restaurants find themselves in a position to change. Tully and Marie's, the eight-year-old restaurant ...
Author: Jaime Fuller LAWLESS TOILETS CAUSE TROUBLE AT INAUGURATIONPresident Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20 drew millions of people, but the lack of portable toilets led John Banzhaf, professor of public interest law at George Washington University, to threaten legal action against the Presidential ...