Author: Kelly Janis Last week, College administrators announced the $2.1 million purchase of the historic Old Stone Mill, located adjacent to the Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, for the purpose of furnishing students with additional studio and gallery space to complement in-town offerings. The ...
Author: Eleanor Horowitz In the wake of national tragedies such as the Columbine shootings, Sept. 11, and last year's Virginia Tech shootings, college public safety departments nationwide have shored up emergency planning techniques and increased their overall safety efforts. Now, offices are pursuing ...
Author: Samantha Michaels Students, faculty and local residents crowded into Dana Auditorium on Jan. 10 for an open forum to discuss the College's Master Plan - a hierarchal, comprehensive guide to the physical development of campus over the next 50 years. The presentation, led by landscape analyst ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Dartmouth to eliminate loans, aid packagesFollowing similar decisions by Harvard University and Yale University, Dartmouth University has decided to waive tuition for students whose families make under $75,000 annually. As part of the plan, the University will eliminate loans ...
Author: Kelly Janis Thanks to dozens of cans of paint, some rolled-up sleeves and the spirit of collaboration, the walls winding down a long corridor in Middlebury's new teen center - located in the Russ Sholes Senior Center building on College Street, across from the Middlebury Market & Sama's ...
Author: Patrick Jobson The administration will reduce the amount of activities in orientation and create an outdoor experience for every incoming student who was not accepted for Middlebury Outdoor Orientation (MOO) beginning next fall. According to Tim Spears, dean of the College, and Katy Abbott, ...
Author: Angela Evancie Like many of Rio´s older neighborhoods, Santa Teresa wears on its sleeve as much of its history, an imposed love affair with European culture and architecture, as its present: the development of a new tourist economy in the face of rampant poverty. Narrow cobblestoned streets ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed FEBRUARY 13, 6:30 a.m. - Police and search teams have suspended their search for Nicholas Garza '11 until Feb. 16 at the earliest, after their initial search for the missing first-year student on Monday and Tuesday failed to turn up significant clues regarding his disappearance. ...
Author: Brian Fung Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette faces a tough uphill battle this spring as intransigent students and a rapidly tightening budget threaten to bring the College's worsening dish-theft problem to near-crisis proportions.If the shortages persist into the spring semester, the ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Dr. Walter E. Massey, the former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and President Emeritus of Morehouse College, will deliver the commencement address to the graduating class of 2008 on May 25, the College will announce later today. Massey and nine others will also ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman Winter Term is one of the busiest months for the Career Services Office, reported Executive Director of Career Services Jaye Roseborough, and this Winter Term has been the busiest in recent years. The increase in students to the office is not just upperclassmen as younger students ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate approved a proposal from the three executive board members of Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) to add a Queer Studies Academic Interest House to campus for the upcoming fall semester. Community Council, which has already met to discuss ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes John Melanson, owner of Carol's Hungry Mind Café, thought his days spent running a coffee shop were numbered. He began to tell his friends and patrons that Carol's would soon be closing its doors unless he managed to find an extra $70,000 a year. It seemed that only a miracle ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe In celebration of National Get Organized Month, the Ilsley Library played host to Porter Knight '89, a professional organizer and Middlebury alum, and her troupe of multi-talented performers for the town of Middlebury's first ever Organizing Variety Show. Armed with plate-spinners, ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman Springsteen visits Midd with son on college tourBruce Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa and their 17-year-old son Evan visited Middlebury on Dec. 6, 2007. Evan, the eldest son of the famous musician, interviewed with Assistant Director of Admissions Scott Atherton. Student tour ...
Author: Brian Fung Members of the Inter-House Council (IHC) issued a recommendation to administration officials on Jan. 8 that, if ratified, would render on-campus social house The Mill a "non-residential organization" for the spring term. The recommendation comes nearly a month after a fire with an ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler The Office of Admissions has received a record 7,680 applications for the Middlebury Class of 2012, a seven-percent jump in the number of applicants compared to last year. Admissions officials expect the pool to grow to roughly 7,800 as they continue to receive applications ...
Author: Kelly Janis "He loved it there," said Donald E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing Jay Parini - author of Robert Frost: A Life - of the Homer Noble Farm in Ripton, Vt., where Robert Frost resided during his stay at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. "It was isolated. It had wonderful ...
Author: Aviva Shen At the December 10 faculty meeting, the faculty voted unanimously to approve changes to the judicial system to give students more responsibility in the process for their own behavior. The recommendations called for limited rehearings of an appeal, the prohibition of accused students ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes As college students, many of us chose to travel thousands of miles from home in order to attend our quaint little college amidst the Green Mountains. While we are usually too busy juggling classwork with extracurriculars and spending time with friends to miss the families that ...