Author: Daniel Phillips In the bowels of the Carr Hall basement, the workers behind the desk at Campus Security barely noticed as the rain clouds finally cleared on Tuesday afternoon for their office was a flurry of stuffing boxes with files and envelopes bound for their new home in Harnest House, located ...
Author: Kate Doorley "Small Government, Low Taxes, More Freedom," proclaims the banner atop the Vermont Libertarian Newsletter. These three concepts represent the crux of the Vermont Libertarian Party's (VTLP) platform, which is currently undergoing its mandatory biannual reorganization. The reorganization ...
Author: Joshua Carson After a five-year process, Middlebury College has shown its resolve in recruiting and enrolling an economically diverse student body by refining the formula used to determine grant aid. In consultation with other competitive need-blind schools, the College has taken steps to ensure ...
Author: Greg Duggan "Where I am going to stay?" is a thought that likely crosses the mind of every Middlebury College parent at least once a year, from Fall Family Weekends to Commencement. Tourists flocking to Vermont to enjoy the fall foliage may even steer clear of Middlebury, convinced that, with ...
Author: Virginia Harper With the relocation of Middlebury's Public Safety headquarters, the office is faced with new challenges. Soon to be housed at 125 South Main Street near the Center For the Arts - much further away from the residential halls than its present location -- the Department of Public ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The BioBus' summer adventure began last May when 13 Middlebury students took a trip across the country in a school bus fueled by vegetable oil. The trip attracted national attention from media sources such as CNN, USA Today and Howard Stern."We didn't expect any recognition like ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin After 21 years of serving Middlebury College as a counselor, assistant director of counseling and director of health and wellness education, Yonna McShane looks forward to helping students strive for academic excellence in her new position as director of Learning Resources. McShane's ...
Author: Kerry Krauss Editor's Note: Due to a formatting error, this article did not appear in its entirety last week. The Middlebury Campus regrets this mistake.One of the main perks of fall in Vermont is the apples. We all enjoy the crisp, juicy apples, whether in the dining halls, at the farmers' ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Feedback from both students and faculty has prompted the Dean of Student Affairs office to restructure fall orientation. "Each year at the end of orientation we survey first-years," said Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson. "They have told us that they are exhausted and that orientation ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe How did the Middlebury students pass all of those long driving hours on the BioBus? Nicholas Benjamin '05.5 and Thomas Hand '05.5 spent part of the cross-country trip discussing environmental initiatives they hoped to start when they returned to Middlebury College. Now that they ...
Author: Megan Michelson When the U.S. Episcopal House of Bishops voted to appoint the first ever openly homosexual bishop on August 5, 2003, it spawned a conflict between religious establishments and their opinions of gay and lesbian communities worldwide. The House of Bishops voted 62-45 to select ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Winter Term. To people outside of the Middlebury College community, it is a phrase that has little or no meaning. However, to those affiliated with the College it contains a host of associations ranging from "relaxing" and "skiing" to "academically rigorous" and "eventful." Now ...
Author: Daniel Phillips No longer will Middlebury College students have to wait two to three weeks to find out if they have secured placement in a class. The College will switch registration programs from the Middlebury Automated Registration System (MARS) to BannerWeb beginning with November registration ...
Author: Katherine Doorley After the frenzy of gathering information on Dolci, Weybridge House and the Otters at the activities fair, students may have found in their possession a slip of neon green paper announcing "Bands for Dean" at Higher Ground in Winooski. Middlebury students, however, were not ...
Author: Megan O'Keefe Atwater and Davis Halls, commonly called the A-frames, will be closed for student residential use before the start of the 2004-2005 academic year as part of an agreement between Middlebury College and the town of Middlebury aimed at reducing negative student impact on local residents. ...
Author: Eleanor Parker On Thursday, Sept. 11, members of the Middlebury College community remembered and acknowledged the events of two years ago in their own way. For those who wanted to come together in a quiet setting to remember the day, there was a memorial service held in Mead Memorial Chapel ...
Author: Kerry Kraus One of the main perks of fall in Vermont is the apples. We all enjoy the crisp, juicy apples, whether in the dining halls, at the farmers' market in town or freshly picked at a local orchard. For these delicious apples, Vermonters have to thank the many local growers, some of whom ...
Author: Thomas Drescher Large-scale efforts to salvage the Middlebury College network from a virus were complicated last week by the absence of a crucial member of the Library and Information Services and Computer Connection team. In the midst of the virtual virus attack, Senior Computing Specialist ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The relocation of the Pan-African-Latino-Asian-Native American (PALANA) Center from Fletcher House on South Street to the more central placement in Carr Hall has been met with mixed feelings by students and administrators, who have already begun to live and work in the new location. ...
Author: Greg Duggan Whether or not Vermonters agree or disagree with civil unions on moral grounds, they would have a difficult time disputing the practice on an economic basis. Since Vermont became the first and only state to offer civil unions to same-sex couples, yet another group of visitors has ...