Author: Megan O'Keefe On Jan.16, the Student Government Association Senate (SGA) approved a proposal that would allow first-year students to join a social house during their second semester at Middlebury College. The bill, authored by Inter-House Council (IHC) President Kris Burfitt'05 and sponsored ...
Author: Polly Johnson On Jan. 11, at the Universalist Unitarian Church on Cross St. in Middlebury, the citizens' groups Moms for Safe Milk and People for Less Pollution convened at a community meeting to discuss the impending decision of the paper company, International Paper, to burn tire-derived fuel ...
Author: Andrea Gissing The time for the mid-year graduation is fast approaching. Over a hundred students are preparing to end their Middlebury careers and move off into the world beyond. However, as they figure out how best to secure their mortarboards so it does not fall off during the Jan. 29 ski-down, ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca On Jan. 22, Middlebury College hosted the Digital Bridges 2005 conference, which was the culmination of an annually taught January term class called Digital Bridges, which Michael Clauden, David K. Smith professor of applied economics, pioneered in January 2000. Both the class ...
Author: Tom Drescher NOTTINGHAM - Reach into your pocket. You probably have some loose change floating around. Take it out, but don't look at it yet. Just estimate. What does it feel like? A few quarters and nickels? $0.63? $0.29? $1.05? You're probably not too far off. Now it's my turn. Let's see...I'd ...
Author: Katie Flagg On Sunday morning at 4:40 a.m., a resident in Milliken Hall reported that an unidentified male entered her room. The intruder left after the student told him to leave. The Department of Public Safety, in a community-wide safety alert issued by e-mail, described the suspect as a white ...
Author: BEN SALKOWE AND KATIE FLAGG Cups rejoice, students be warnedIn a last-ditch effort to rescue the missing fleets of proctor cups (and their missing plateware cousins) Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette notified students last week via e-mail that "The DRS [Dish Recovery System] is dead." ...
Author: Katie Flagg The Environmental Council met with Ronald Liebowitz on Monday, January 17, in what was Liebowitz's first meeting with the Council as College president.The Council came bearing gifts; Liebowitz left with a reusuable travel mug and cutlery, personalized notebooks made fully from recycled ...
Author: Andrea Gissing President Ronald D. Liebowitz will announce this week key changes to the approach the administration will take towards development of commons infrastructure. Liebowitz's plan calls for postponing the renovation of Proctor Dining Hall in favor of building more senior housing. Liebowitz ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Harvard's Summers apologizes for remarksPresident of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, issued a personal apology last Thursday after the remarks he made suggesting that women may be innately less able to succeed in the maths and sciences. The apology, given to a group of ...
Author: Elizabeth Siegel The act of vandalism which destroyed a year's worth of cheese production at Monkton, Vt.'s Orb Weaver farm last November was followed a month later by a physical attack against the farm's owners Marjorie Susman and Marion Pollack. The pair, a lesbian couple who have grown produce ...
Author: Laura Budzyna On Jan. 16, the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate voted 8-7 in favor of the installation of security cameras outside the dining halls. The bill was formulated and passed in response to the recent rise in theft on campus. The bill, which was written by Junior Senator Marcus ...
Author: Sarah Shaikh Most of the general American public seems extremely removed from the ongoing war in Iraq. The sense of urgency to "protect our troops" and "not shed blood for oil" seem like cries from the past and now the reminisce of these slogans can be seen covered in snow on the bumpers of ...
Author: ERICA GOODMAN Looking for solitude, a little peace and quiet? Simply travel through the town of Middlebury on a Friday evening. Other than the strings of white lights illuminating the storefront windows, the village has all of the characteristics of a deserted arctic community. At first glance, ...
Author: Katie Flagg Middlebury College is ringing in the New Year with resolutions of an especially bold sort, led by a new president eager to chart the College's course for coming years. Just days after the end of the Fall 2004 term, President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced his comprehensive ...
Author: Tristan Hayes January at Middlebury is an image of skis and hot chocolate combined with frantic students running from building to building in an attempt to avoid the cold. However, this January there is a significant difference that cannot only be seen but can also be felt. Let us paint you ...
Author: Ben Salkowe In response to the tsunami tragedy that claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people living along the Indian Ocean, and affected countless more, Middlebury College administrators and student leaders across campus convened during the first days of the term to discuss collaborative ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer MOROCCO - A four-hour wait for a friend's delayed flight at Casablanca's Mohamad V airport proved an appropriate introduction to the strange conglomeration of modern and ancient, progressive and conservative and rich and poor that is Morocco. The seemingly commanding presence ...
Author: Andrea Gissing UC-Davis political scientist sues CIA for infoLarry Berman, University of California-Davis political scientist and historian, filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the CIA refused to release Vietnam-era presidential briefings. ...
Author: Rachel Norton & Sharah Shaikh Addison County residents need not look any further for a convenient and efficient way to get into Burlington. Chittenden County Transit Authority (CCTA), in association with Addison County Transit Resources, began operating the Burlington LINK Xpress on Oct. ...