Author: Dina Magaril New luxury condos in the Marbleworks complex are in the works. Construction on the newest addition to the Marbleworks community, a complex of condominium residences, began in the second week of September. The apartments should be finished by September 2007, according to Jen Etsy, ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Middlebury College administrators remain reluctant to commit to a SafeRides program until they receive a more concrete proposal which encompasses all forms of campus life, despite the Student Government Association's drive to implement the program as quickly as possible."The ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Finance Committee cut the budget of every student organization by 12.5 percent for the 2006-2007 year, student leaders were informed earlier this semester. The funding cuts came at the same time that the Student Activities Fee, which provides the budget for the Finance Committee, ...
Author: [no author name found] Ever fantasized about traveling back in time and enjoying dinner with one of the most eloquent orators in history? Well, your chance has arrived. This coming Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Ilsley Library on Main St. in downtown Middlebury, Jim Rubin, who has been portraying ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Candidates for Vermont's open U.S. House seat debated foreign policy Tuesday night in Mead Chapel. With public opinion polls predicting Democratic gains in November's elections, the race has become one of the most closely-watched Congressional competitions in the country. ...
Author: [no author name found] Suspicious package found at UPennStudents evacuated the Upper Quad of the University of Pennsylvania following the discovery of a suspicious package on Sept. 21.Police received word on an unattended package around 7 p.m. and arrived at the scene to investigate. Students ...
Author: Scott Greene Students will log-in to vote today as polls open online for the Fall Student Government Association (SGA) Senate elections. The elections begin after SGA leaders were forced to actively recruit candidates and extend deadlines to fill the ballot with even one student for each race, ...
Author: Kacie Sherman His is a face you'd recognize - you might even know his first name - and if you know either of those, you definitely know his American League allegiance. Joe Controneo is the owner and all-around personality behind Middlebury Discount Beverage, more commonly known as BevCo. Controneo ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen-Green When Pub Night resumes next Thursday, Middlebury students will see a restructured program that no longer includes free drinks for students of legal drinking age. The popular two free beers at Pub Night will be replaced with college-subsidized food and drink specials, according ...
Author: Kelsey Eichhorn A mid-summer morning in Oslo, Norway finds the sun cresting the fjord horizon at 5:30 a.m. Exhausted university students do not enjoy rays peaking through the curtains at such an unseemly hour, yet daybreak is a welcome friend to the local Oslo Fjord fishermen, whose workday ...
Author: Claire Nielson and Lisie Mehlman Your beloved Beyond the Bubble writers returned to good 'ol VT having spent the summer shacked up together in DC. Apartment number 701, shockingly enough, received many mealtime visits from the fire department as we frequently forgot to turn on the overhead fan ...
Author: Michelle Constant, Kathryn Flagg, and Scott Greene Battle joins Middlebury as new Health EducatorAlicia Battle recently assumed the position as Middlebury College's Health Educator, a position that had been vacant for the past four years. Battle said that she found the prospect of creating a ...
Author: Ben Salkowe Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. will deliver Middlebury's Fulton lecture next month, College President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced in an all-campus e-mail on Friday. While not an official part of the strategic plan's proposed college-wide convocation series, Liebowitz wrote ...
Author: Anthony Adragna SGA President Alex Stanton '07 will focus on the implementation of his SafeRides program and increased involvement in the student body this semester, he said in an interview on Sunday. Stemming from a campaign promise last year, Stanton will make the creation of SafeRides, a ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Autumn is just around the corner, and this year, Americans may be witnessing more than the usual turning of the leaves on Capitol Hill. With Bush's approval ratings dipping to a 31 percent in May, things seem promising for Democratic candidates across the country. Though the ...
Author: Katie Hylas Five months after convening, Middlebury's Social Life Task Force - a student-run group billed as a potential solution to last year's frustration at organized social life on campus - has yet to produce any substantive recommendations. Plagued by sporadic student participation, the ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed Man opens fire on Montreal campusOne person was killed and 20 others were wounded after a 25-year-old man opened fire on the campus of Dawson College in downtown Montreal on September 13. The gunman later shot himself in the head after a shootout with police.Witnesses say that Kimveer ...
Author: Jessica Weiss URUGUAY - After a brief hour of sleep my alarm sounds Yankee Doodle. Just about sunset. Perfect. Time to wake up. My tired body aches as I fall out of my bed onto the cold wood floor. I carefully calculate: three pair of underwear, one pair of pants, and then I throw a random assortment ...
Author: Dina Magaril The outdoor seating may have been full at Tully and Marie's this past weekend and students may have made reservations at their favorite eateries, but the consumer attitude in Middlebury was very different just a few months earlier. While fall foliage season is famed here in photogenic ...
Author: Scott Greene Middlebury College's total number of occupied faculty positions went up only slightly this year, despite the addition of 36 new teachers. The change signals the beginning of the gradual implementation of part of the College's Strategic Plan, which proposes to "increase faculty resources ...