Author: Claire Bourne Efforts to provide the Public Safety Office with more space and the Pan-African-Latino-Native-American (PALANA) Center with a more prominent location on campus have spawned plans to significantly remap the locations of a number of Middlebury College offices. A 1998-99 space audit ...
Author: Ryan Gamble Warmer temperatures mean sap is flowing in Vermont's trees and the maple syrup season, which will last well into April, is underway. "You never know how good the season will be," said Sheila Masterson of the Addison County Maple Sugarmakers' Association, "As long as there are warm ...
Author: Pierce Graham-Jones This year, three Middlebury College students received highly competitive Thomas J. Watson Fellowships. Of the 50 prestigious colleges that participate in the program, Middlebury was the only institution with three students chosen. The College has seen three Watson Fellows ...
Author: Ian Fleishman The office for the American Disabilities Act (ADA) will move to Forest Hall this summer. It will move from its current location in Hathaway House, which will be taken by the Financial Aid office. This change is one of numerous other office relocations set to take place at the College ...
Author: Claire Bourne As the United States stands on the threshold of war, effects of the escalating tension between Washington and Baghdad have already manifested themselves on Middlebury College's campus. Cancelled overseas travel plans, postponed classes and a blueprint for streamlined emergency ...
Author: Samuel Wilson The Board of Trustees is considering an unusually large number of professors for tenure this year. The term tenure is short for "Associate Professor without limit of tenure," which means the professor's appointment at Middlebury College is permanent. The College will not, however, ...
Author: Tom Drescher On March 7, the Women's and Gender Studies Department awarded the Alison Fraker Prize to Margot Simpson '03 for her paper "Sex and the City: A Cultural Forum on Gender Dynamics."The Fraker prize is presented annually to a Middlebury student for the best work, excluding theses and ...
Author: Peter Faroni The Middlebury Campus: Since your graduation from Middlebury in 2000, what has been your experience with the transition from the "Middlebury bubble" to the "real world"?Golnik: Obviously, it's quite a change going from a small, private liberal arts college in rural Vermont to the ...
Author: Greg Duggan Last month, two bills were introduced into the Vermont House of Representatives: one seeking to allow doctor-assisted suicide, the other to make the practice illegal. Oregon legalized euthanasia in 1997 with the passage of the so-called Death With Dignity law, the only state to ...
Author: Andrea Gissing As the chill of winter retreats before the advance of spring sunshine, the thoughts of most Middlebury students turn to one thing: Spring Break. Even as early as January, students pause from their studies to search online for the best travel deals to Baja for surfing or Miami ...
Author: Josh Carson The unveiling of rainbow flags across campus on Monday marked the beginning of Visibility Week, sponsored by the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (moqa). Events throughout the week aim to raise awareness of the oft-silenced voice of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer ...
Author: Alyssa Thurston Middlebury College is enjoying its largest applicant pool ever this year, receiving approximately 5,470 applications -- which represents a three percent increase from last year's applicant pool -- for admittance into the Class of 2007. Director of Admissions John Hanson did not ...
Author: Greg Duggan With the growing possibility of U.S. action in Iraq, debate over a possible war has been intensifying around the world. Last Wednesday, hundreds of high schools and colleges across the country staged a protest called "Books, Not Bombs" to express opposition to military action against ...
Author: Peter Faroni Amidst a flurry of media excitement, Gov. James Douglas '72 ran the Middlebury Town Meeting on Monday, March 3, making this his 17th consecutive year as moderator. The back of the town's municipal gym was transformed into a press gallery complete with two television cameras, two ...
Author: Kelsey Rinehart After announcing in May 2002 that he would run for president after an 11-year stint as Governor of Vermont, Howard Dean has elevated his campaign, visiting voters all over the country and gaining the attention of the national media as he continues on the campaign trail. Dean ...
Author: Leyla Kattan Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies Christopher McGrory Klyza is set to receive the Robert and Helen Stafford Professorship in Public Policy in recognition of his work in environmental studies and public policy. Klyza was officially informed of his appointment ...
Author: Mallika Rao Thursday night's forum on the potential war with Iraq filled the Robert A. Jones House conference room with republicans, democrats, progressives, representatives from numerous other organizations and, most notably, open conversation. Spearheaded by Wellington Lyons '04.5, president ...
Author: Andrea Gissing U. Penn Pegged for Pirating MoviesThe University of Pennsylvania received many complaints from Universal Studios in the past week regarding the illegal sharing of movie files between students. U. Penn's Office of Information Security apparently received 100 allegations of copyright ...
Author: Crystal Belle Have you ever twisted your legs and arms melodically to a pulsating hip-hop beat? If so, you are participating in the phenomenon known as break dancing. The art form dates back to the 1970s, when dancers in the South Bronx mixed martial arts, disco dancing and aerobatics to form ...
Author: Thomas McCann Middlebury celebrated its first National Sportsman Day March 4 in collaboration with several other New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schools. It was decided at a NESCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) meeting consisting of two representatives from ...