Author: Thomas C. Drescher Members of the Middlebury College Civil Liberties Union (MCCLU) gathered more than 200 signatures Tuesday night at Proctor Dining Hall for a petition opposing the Student Government Assocation's (SGA) approval of security camera installation for a four-month trial period in ...
Author: Lauren Smith You took a first-year seminar on the weird connection between physics and art, and then realized you were completely in love with U.S. history. Your choice of a first year seminar landed you in Stewart Hall, square in Brainerd Commons with your friendly physics and art geeks. Now ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer The enhancement of academic excellence has been one of the foremost topics of discussion at Middlebury College since before President Ronald D. Liebowitz took office. A position paper created during the Presidential search cited that one of the goals of the College was to ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN West Barnett, Vt. Population 1,670. The town's Lake Harvey is known as the place where Jacques Cousteau acquired a taste for underwater diving while vacationing there as a child. West Barnett's second claim to fame? Its basketball protégé, Taylor Coppenrath. It's not the size ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Wonnacott, the commons of Dean Matt Longman and the giant squirrel, splits the dorms on the south side of College St. with Brainerd Commons. Wonnacott's dorms include: Battell (first-center and south), Gifford, 108 South Main St (the Chinese House), 20 Adirondack View (the Japanese ...
Author: Ben S. Salkowe Community Council heard arguments on the College's nondiscrimination policy and recruitment procedure Monday from a large group of students, faculty and staff at a panel discussion held in Dana auditorium. Having heard from the community, the Council will begin deliberation next ...
Author: ALEXXA GOTTHARDT, MATTIE GRATCH and CAROLINE S. STAUFFER Physics department under external review This past Wednesday marked the end of the second of three external academic department review committee visits for the 2004-2005 school year. The evaluation team, comprised of three faculty members ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer Although it remains focused on the expansion and development of the commons system, Middlebury College continues to support Academic Interest Houses. Students have recently submitted proposals requesting the additions of Portuguese and Arabic Language Houses and after moving ...
Author: Caroline S. Stauffer Both event organizers and the Department of Public Safety have proclaimed Winter Carnival 2005 a resounding success. Winter Carnival Head Susan Harnett '05 and Amber Rydberg '06, assistant head, confessed to feeling slightly apprehensive going into the weekend, as they had ...
Author: CLAIRE NIELSON AND LISIE MEHLMAN Our friend Nura is like a demigod to us. She can do backbends with the best of them. (Claire wanted to write that Nura could turn straw into gold. Lisie does not understand how she is friends with Claire. Then she is reminded of -- actually, she just doesn't ...
Author: Sarah Shaikh Military officials confirmed on Monday that a unit of 200 Vermont Army National Guards, who were deployed to Iraq on Jan. 24, 2004, will be returning to the United States Thursday, March 3. This group of returning guardsmen, the first to be deployed to Iraq from Vermont, is a section ...
Author: Erin McCormick In an effort to reopen Proctor Dining Hall for weekend service, the Student Government Association (SGA) narrowly passed a bill Sunday night to revive Proctor on weekends and question the place of Middlebury Commons Dining at large."The passing of this bill is a victory for all ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart GUADALAJARA - The Office of Off-Campus Study neglects to mention to those headed off to study in Guadalajara that they will be risking their lives twice or thrice daily while abroad. But so it is in Guadalajara, the second largest of Mexico's metropoleis. Several times a day, ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Coydog: [ k dôg , -d g ] n. offspring of a coyote and a dogFrom the moment of birth, mothers thrive on worrying about their children. What results is a long list of demands to ensure that their greatest fears do not lead to the demise of their offspring. My mother, of course, ...
Author: Katie Flagg Following President Ronald D. Liebowitz's Feb. 13 announcement of new security protocol, the task force for the implementation of the enhanced access system has been hard at work facilitating the adoption of new security measures. According to Assistant Treasurer Tom Corbin, head ...
Author: Katie Flagg Bush proposes Perkins loan cut Students may soon have to dig even deeper into their pockets for tuition payments if President Bush has his way. The president's new education budget proposal calls for the termination of the Perkins Loan Program to make up for funding shortages in ...
Author: Katie Flagg At approximately 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a female student was accosted near the northeast entrance of Stewart Hall. An unidentified male grabbed her shoulder bag and dragged her a few feet in the snow while she resisted his attack before fleeing on foot toward Old Chapel Road. ...
Author: Polly Johnson If you've ever wanted to meet someone who is the General Manager of a soap store and a beekeeper in his spare time, look no further than Ross Conrad of Middlebury, the acting general manager of Vermont Soap, a company located in town on Exchange St. The company specializes in the ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher and Caroline S. Stauffer Colby dining offers alcohol to of age studentsColby College is pursuing a new approach to confront the problem of alcohol abuse on college campuses. It will, in fact, serve beer and wine in its dining halls to students of legal drinking age on select ...
Author: Erin McCormick With the seemingly constant winter precipitation since the beginning of second semester coupled with the blizzard on Feb. 17, the Facilities Maintenance Department (FMD) has been faced with the task of snow removal and the de-icing of campus.Although this winter has been fairly ...