Author: [no author name found] 15 Acres of wooded area in Burlington's New North End requested by Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity in order to build four homes and two duplexes for low income families. The nonprofit housing organization is appealing a ruling that would require them to receive an ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Swarthmore Student Confesses to Child Pornography With a search warrant affidavit, the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigated network files of a Swarthmore College student who confessed to owning and sending photos of child pornography and having ...
Author: Claire Bourne Tensions ran high at a Student Government Association (SGA) emergency meeting last Thursday night as senators and presidential cabinet members struggled to come to a consensus on protocol to govern the operation of computerized voting stations in Thursday and Friday's elections ...
Author: Nicha Rakpanichmanee Beginning with the Class of 2002, Middlebury College seniors will be given the option to sign the Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility. The pledge reads: "I, [name], pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences ...
Author: Peter Simon Middlebury residents were woken early Saturday morning by an earthquake centered about 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, N.Y. The earthquake sent tremors throughout the East Coast but did not cause any significant damage to the Middlebury College campus. According to the National ...
Author: Raam Wong Protesting Israeli action in the West Bank, two van-loads of Middlebury students and a handful of local activists joined 75 to 100 thousand others in a protest in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
Author: [no author name found] On the town green Sunday, Chris Howell '04.5 and Char Carlson '05 examined the globe conceived of by the Middlebury Initiative for Sustainable Development (MISD) from recycled and found materials. The Earth Day Town Fair featured many local environmental efforts. The College ...
Author: Meghan Michelson On April 26, 2000, Vermont legislators and Governor Howard Dean passed a law permitting eligible gay and lesbian couples to join in civil union, thus giving them similar rights, responsibilities and protections to those that heterosexuals couples gain through marriage. The controversy ...
Author: Karen Acheson When Vermont's civil union law went into effect on July 1, 2000, granting licenses for civil unions became a part of the job description for town clerks, who were required by law to issue civil unions to eligible gay and lesbian couples who requested them. According to recently ...
Author: [no author name found] The challenge for future generations will be to define what is most essentially human. The extension of the Common Benefits Clause to acknowledge plaintiffs as Vermonters who seek nothing more, nor less, than legal protection and security for their avowed commitment to ...
Author: Emily Thaler Middlebury College has adopted an official college ring program to replace the custom ring program that has been less than successful over the past few years. The new ring design reflects a more classic signet style with the College's seal on top of it and will be available in white ...
Author: Craig Szela "If I could describe it in one word — gorgeous," said prospective student Julie McGuire who visited Middlebury College on April 15, the first of two Campus Preview Days, in reference to the near tropical weather sweeping the Champlain Valley last week. Despite the blizzard-like ...
Author: Peter Simon The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously passed a resolution on Sunday encouraging Middlebury College to remain at the forefront of environmentally conscious colleges and universities. The bill, authored by SGA Director of Facilities Planning Andrew Savage '03.5 and ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief QUESTION & ANSWERTwo years after the contentious civil unions bill won approval from the Vermont State Legislature, co-plaintiff Stan Baker has settled back into a life of relative obscurity. Reflecting on the legal battle that spawned the civil union legislation, ...
Author: Chesley Thurber NEWS ANALYSISWith three major proposals currently awaiting approval from various state and local authorities, the College's parking system is waiting at a critical juncture. This week's environmental activities have caused many to look more closely at parking policy and automobile ...
Author: Liz Lathey In a few weeks, most of you will be leaving the Green Mountain State for some sunny (or maybe not so sunny) locale of your own. When you do, Vermont will probably pretty much cease to exist for you, until you come back in September, luggage in tow.On the other hand, people like me, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Ginny Hunt '03 and Ben LaBolt '03 were elected Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC), respectively, in last week's elections. The results were announced in a campus-wide e-mail sent out by the Elections Council on ...
Author: Ashley Elpern Last night, over 40 Middlebury College students were recognized for their dedication to community service, both locally and at the College, at the annual Public Service Leadership Awards Ceremony held in the McCullough Social Space. Anne Lionberger '02, one of the six recipients ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Although this year's warmest recorded winter in the history of Vermont brought a relatively quick end to the winter sports season, it did allow maple sugar producers statewide to begin their harvests in mid-February. This early onset to the maple syrup season was two weeks ahead ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Ahmed Taps Into Experience while Promising Innovation"While running for a position on the Student Government Association (SGA) might have been the more natural choice considering my three years of experience there," explained Fahim Ahmed '03, at the electoral debates Tuesday night, ...