Author: Justine Katzenbach PARIS - If you've ever visited Paris, you couldn't help but have noticed it before. It all begins with a little peck on the cheek, a simple "hello." Instantaneously, that peck takes a turn for the dark side. Kisses grow ever more impassioned with each moment of lip-on-lip ...
Author: Kelly Janis This winter, Middlebury was infused with a burst of technological savvy when Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless set up shop alongside Unicel to vie for the town's wireless loyalties. This spurt of cell phone providers leaves Middlebury locals with a dizzying conundrum: which carrier ...
Author: Brian Fung When Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Bob Cluss moved to Middlebury over a decade ago, he had never owned his own home before. So it was a new experience for him when he checked his mailbox for the first time - and made a new friend."I discovered I had a mailbox buddy," said ...
Author: Brian Fung The hubbub and commotion typically associated with lunch hour at Proctor Dining Hall ceased briefly on Monday afternoon as Daniel Kane '09 stood on a chair and called for attention. Proctor diners then paused in a campus-wide moment of silence meant to honor those who had fallen in ...
Author: Emma Moros On Thursday night, in the typically serene basement of Ilsley Public Library, farmers made livestock deals while children played with puzzles and everyone sipped on hot chocolate made with local farm fresh milk. The uncharacteristic liveliness can be attributed to Rural Vermont's ...
Author: Thomas Brush Before I came to Middlebury College for my first year, my high school history teacher, a Middlebury alum, told me to "get to Storm CafÈ, it's the best restaurant in the whole world." Having spent a good deal of my Feb semester in European capitals, I thought little of my professor's ...
Mandatory student fees will total $46,910 for the 2007-2008 academic year, according to a letter sent to parents on Tuesday. The higher total reflects a combined 5.25 increase over this year's mandatory fees, including a five percent increase in the comprehensive fee set by the College Trustees and ...
Author: Tom Brant The Community Council's Subcommittee on Social Houses recommended continuing Delta House under the conditions of their 2006 sanctions, at the Council's annual social house review meeting on Monday. The Subcommittee also recommended continuing the other four campus social houses - Omega ...
Author: Leslie Lim The Thomas J. Watson Foundation has named three Middlebury seniors among its 50 fellows for 2007. The fellowships awarded to Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, Carolyn Barnwell and Sathyavani Sathisan provide $25,000 grants for a year of independent research and overseas exploration. Nationally, ...
Author: Dany Noguera-Garces and Sonja Pederson-Green McCardell to launch Web site for non-profit in AprilPresident Emeritus and Professor of History John McCardell, Jr. along with his non-for-profit organization Choose Responsibility continues to publicize his campaign to effectively lower the drinking ...
Author: Scott Greene It's 6 a.m. on Sunday, and the closed glass doors leading to the balcony just off my second floor room can do little to mute the constant explosions outside my dorm. Unable to sleep, I restlessly absorb the cacophony around me, each boom followed by a flash of red and yellow that ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes, Local News Editor While we may consider ourselves pretty crunchy with our granola in the dining halls and Thursday night string band performances in the Gamut Room, in actuality it is the students at the University of Vermont who can claim their status as true hippies as Burlington ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed, Associate Editor New York AG alleges impropriety by lendersAn investigation of student loan providers has found that a number of lenders bribed college officials in exchange for steering business their way, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference on ...
Author: Michelle Constant The introduction this past fall of a newly developed vaccine that prevents the contraction of human papillomavirus (HPV) has been met with success, according to Parton Health Center staff, with approxiamately 25 female students receiving the vaccine per week since September. ...
Author: Nick Alexander On multiple occasions over the past few months, a number of elevators throughout the College have malfunctioned, trapping unsuspecting students within. In mid-November, students found themselves imprisoned several times in the cable elevators of McCardell Bicentennial Hall when ...
Author: Tom Brant and Akshay Khanna Bunt garners distinction for outstanding teachingAssociate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Rick Bunt is the 2007 recipient of the Perkins Award for Excellence in Teaching, the College announced Friday.The award is given each year to a faculty member in one ...
Author: Tom Brant On Friday afternoon, as students were eagerly awaiting the Middlebury College Activities Board's (MCAB) screening of "Casino Royale," the latest movie in the James Bond series, projectionist Stewart Lane realized there was a problem: the distribution company had delivered the film ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Inside the big red barn just two miles from campus on Sheep Farm Road, oodles of baby pigs, sheep and goats fill the stalls that line the interior of the building. Upon first walking in, despite the slightly unpleasant smell, it is hard not to be delighted by the wooly white lambs ...
Author: Ceara Danahar When asked about the best sugaring winter he's ever seen, Steve Fisher is quick to reply: 1980, hands down. That year, Fisher recalls, he boiled down enough sap to make 500 gallons of maple syrup. He accomplished that feat by using about 1,500 taps, one per tree. Now, a couple ...
Author: Kristin Ward PARIS - When I first arrived in the French third grade classroom where I volunteer, the students immediately jumped out of their seats to say "Bonjour." "Say it in English," the teacher insisted, and there came a chorus of "Allo." I have volunteered in numerous American elementary ...