Author: [no author name found] Bobby Joe Smith '09 for presidentThe Middlebury Campus endorses Bobby Joe Smith's '09 bid for the SGA presidency. While Smith is joined in this race by a number of exciting contenders - most notably, in the opinion of the The Campus' editorial board, David Dolginow '09 ...
Author: Scott Greene The search for missing Middlebury student Nicholas Garza '11 continued last week as crews explored Otter Creek for the first time since the first-year went missing more than two months ago, though the search yielded no new leads or evidence as to his whereabouts. The Saranac, N.Y. ...
Author: Ilana Prior The Office of Admissions sent out letters of acceptance to over 1,400 prospective students on March 28. This year, the College saw the largest applicant pool ever, with 7,823 prospective students vying for 570 September-enrollment spots in the Class of 2012, and 90 February-admission ...
Author: Anthony Adragna College administrators suspended the Stuck in the Middle (SIM) a cappella group for the rest of semester after finding the group committed hazing violations.Allegations of the hazing incident came to the attention of the College during the first week of March, Dean of the College ...
Author: Michelle Constant On April 7, the Community Council approved a motion to ask President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz to allow second-semester students to pledge social houses. For an hour and a half, over 30 faculty members, administrators and students gathered to debate whether the pledge ...
Author: Eleanor Horowitz Text messages and e-mails were delivered to 2,802 members of the College community during the first test of the emergency notification system AlertFind on Wednesday, April 2. The campus-wide test helped identify glitches and problems with the system and is part of the College's ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Hailing from the state with the highest per capita war-death rate in the nation, these Vermont soldiers certainly do not have it easy. But despite the immense danger they face on a daily basis, Vermont soldiers fighting in Iraq do not ask for much. When Congressman Peter Welch ...
Author: Bryant Cobb In response to a student request received by the Dean of Library and Information Services last year, Facilities Services has drilled holes in 300 study carrels in Middlebury's libraries to reduce and prevent laptop theft. The laptop lockdown cables are relatively easy to use. There ...
Author: Scott Greene In a largely unprecedented move, the College's Reappointments Committee last week reversed its decision regarding the tenure-track contract of Assistant Professor of Sociology Laurie Essig after a decision last month by the Appeals Committee found procedural errors in the original ...
Author: Brian Fung Getting a small, thin envelope in the mail from a top college or university typically spells disappointment for hopeful students seeking their place in higher education. And as long as competition and selectivity remain watchwords of the college admissions game, that kind of anxiety ...
Author: Kelly Janis Thoughtful Vermonters, opposed to the tyranny of the United States government, corporate America and globalization, believe that Vermont should once again become an independent republic, as it was between 1777 and 1791, and that the United States of America should begin to peacefully ...
Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury's diverse student population finds in its quaint college town something which is becoming increasingly rare in the 50 states and more than 40 countries its students are from: a respite from the sprawl of globalized chain stores. As unique as the town ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Though she had grown up being told never to yell "fire!" in a movie theater, Dierdra Michelle found herself doing just that, or almost, when she was the first to notice the fire at the Marquis Theater on Main Street. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, Michelle, a sales clerk at Forth ...
Author: [no author name found] Sample the 'Low Carbon Diet' at IlsleyOn Thursday, Apr. 10, Ilsley Library will be holding its "Low Carbon Diet" program. The program, which was created to help inspire community members to "reduce their carbon footprint while saving energy costs" will be held at 5 p.m. ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Elections will be held on April 17 for the positions of Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC). By 5 p.m. today, the candidates will have turned in their petitions and letters of intent and the campaigning will officially ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe Starting March 7, students, faculty and staff may have noticed a change in the appearance of the Webmail interface along with an increase in mailbox size. Middlebury's Library and Information Services (LIS) department recently upgraded the College's e-mail system from Microsoft ...
Author: Sasha Swerdloff I have always learned best at the table, surrounded by good food and good conversation. I found both at The Inn at Baldwin Creek outside of Bristol, Vt. The Inn hosts the Table Talk Series - a monthly dinner event exploring various food-related topics. The subject of the March ...
Author: Jaime Fuller On March 19, Middlebury College students were assigned random room draw numbers for the first time since the inception of the commons system in 1998. This marks a dramatic change from the point system, in which students were rewarded for their residency within a commons. The new ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you find yourself spending your spring break in Vermont, never fear - awesome tours for all ages await.Not venturing to Aruba or Cabo this spring break? Bummed that you are going to be staying in snowy Vermont while your friends work up a tan? Do not despair, Vermont has plenty ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg MARCH 27 - Mandatory student fees will total $49,210 for the 2008-2009 academic year, according to a letter sent to parents mid-week. The updated comprehensive fee represents a 4.9 percent hike over this year's price tag for a Middlebury education - an increase lower than last ...