Author: Andrew Fuller As the number of U.S. college students seeking to study abroad continues to increase, so does the number of programs designed to accommodate that interest. But legislators and educators have been debating lately just how expensive those programs - now big business for many - should ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback Border film debuts in film festivals nationwideJustin Mashouf and Jordan Fuller, seniors at the University of Arizona, have been selected by film festivals across the country to show their film, "The Runners." Originally an assignment for their film class, Mashouf and Fuller ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe It is the most wonderful time of the year, and the town of Middlebury is ready to celebrate. Wreaths ring the lampposts on Main Street, lights adorn the rooftops of the buildings in Marble Works and a combination of the two have decked out the gazebo on the town green. Add ...
Author: Michael Suen and Brian Fung "Cosmic cannonball" research publishedNASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has discovered a star hurtling at very high speeds through space. Gamaliel Painter Bicentennial Professor of Physics Frank Winkler co-authored the research on this phenomenon with Robert Petre ...
Author: Will Mallett Holiday season is upon us once again. It is, needless to say, a pleasant time of year, and we here at Middlebury College all look forward to the joys the season will bring with anticipation - snow on the ground, smiles on children's faces, cheer in the air. Even a Wal-Mart parking ...
Author: Michelle Constant The College will utilize its affiliation with the Monterey Institue of International Studies (MIIS) to offer new Winter Term courses consistent with the international aspirations of the Middlebury Initiative. Many students have decided to take advantage of the new courses, ...
Author: [no author name found] Twist O'Wool GuildWhat is your skill level in constructing and decorating drop spindles, making knitted I-cord candy canes and weaving heart ornaments. Up to par? No? Mmm, yeah, that's what we thought. Good thing the American Legion is holding Christmas mini-workshops ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes with help from Jay Dolan Juice Bar not satisfying your hot chocolate needs? Have no fear - inspired by the wintry wonderland that Middlebury became under the second snowfall of the year, The Campus went in search of the best cup of hot chocolate in Middlebury, and this is what ...
Author: Kelly Janis Middlebury is hard at work to continue to bridge the divide between the College and the town - this time, quite literally. In a campus-wide e-mail issued on Nov. 29, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the College's commitment to donate $18 million to the town ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Middlebury and its top-ranked NESCAC peers are overrated, according to a new guide to colleges released by The Washington Monthly. The controversial rankings, whose editors purport to ask "not what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country," place ...
Author: [no author name found] Henry Sheldon Open HouseKick off your holiday celebration with a flair - music, homeade cookies, crafts, raffles and general merriment and cheer at the nation's oldest chartered community history museum. The Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History on Main Street in Middlebury ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed In light of recent media coverage regarding the bacterial infection methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), you might believe that you could be the next victim of this potentially fatal infection. However, according to College health officials, Middlebury has one of the ...
Author: Jamie Fuller and Anthony Adragna Columbia hunger strike finally ends for breadOn Nov. 16, seven students and a professor who waged a 10-day hunger strike at Columbia University finally broke fast with a small meal of bread. The strike was being held to protest certain administrative policies ...
Author: Joseph Bergan If you were driving on College Street on Thanksgiving evening you would have driven through a somber Middlebury campus, dark save for a few lit dormitory windows. While most Americans gather away from school to carve turkey and shop at 4 a.m., international students often stay ...
Author: Andrew Fuller Congress is aiming to combat illegal file sharing on college campuses in a new financial aid and education spending bill that recently received the approval of the House Education and Labor Committee. Strongly supported by the Motion Picture Association of America and other industry ...
Author: Theo May Tensions between the College and the town of Middlebury have risen in recent weeks as the administration set about reserving parking spaces for faculty and staff.At issue are parking spots on Route 125 (College Street) and Route 30 (South Main Street) that have College signs instructing ...
Author: Cloe Shasha On Nov. 13 the Parliamentary Debate team set up a wooden soapbox in the Ross Fireplace Lounge. In order to speak at the inaugural soapbox debate, students had to stand on the object. Two dozen Middlebury students with a wide range of interests participated in the first debate entitled, ...
Author: Kelly Janis In a campus-wide e-mail issued on Nov. 29, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced the College's commitment to donate $18 million to the Town of Middlebury in the form of 30 annual $600,000 installments, beginning in early 2011. The money will allow the town to borrow ...
Author: Aviva Shen On Nov. 16, the Class of 2008 announced that it will fund the restoration of the Starr Library Reading Room at the Donald E. Axinn Center at Starr Library as its senior gift. The Reading Room restoration is part of a larger plan to restore historic library spaces in the new center.Other ...
Author: Bryant Cobb Library sells books to community membersFrom Nov. 12 to Nov. 19, the New Library hosted a book sale. All of the books sold were either books that had been withdrawn from the selves to make room for newer editions or were duplicates of books that the library already has. On the first ...