Author: Michelle Constant Members of the new Task Force on the Status of Women at the College discussed increased access to childcare for faculty members, increasing faculty diversity and protecting female students during social situations at the group's first open meeting on Oct. 11. Faculty, staff ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Middlebury College, through its involvement in the College Sports Project, is now undertaking a five-year long data collection and analysis project to determine if there is a negative correlation between athletics and academic performance. John Emerson, dean of Planning, is the ...
Author: [no author name found] On Oct. 8, a handful of kids found the time to make it down to 110 South St. and help one of the College's biggest supporters move into a new home. Butch Varno, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, has been the subject of the Middlebury tradition of "Picking Up Butch" for ...
Author: Mary Lane Professional sports enthusiasts read ESPN Magazine, Sports Illustrated and, obviously, this column. Pro athletes read Overtime, a magazine published by the Professional Business & Financial Network, founded and run by retired San Diego Chargers cornerback Ryan McNeil. I was fortunate ...
Author: Sage Bierster Another Fall Family Weekend has come and gone and everything has returned to normal. Most of the changes that take place over this October weekend are designed to make our parents believe that Middlebury is actually like this all the time. It's scheduled at the most beautiful time ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Oct. 22 - Residents and business owners in downtown Middlebury were evacuated this afternoon after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed while traveling through town.The accident, which included up to 14 railway cars according to State Trooper Steve Coote, occurred around ...
Author: H.Kay Merriman From the ability to attach "What's your stripper name?" to a Wall Post to the online casting of Harry Potter spells, the myriad of new Facebook applications are easy to glaze over when you are trying to stalk the "recently tagged photos" of the cute a cappella singer in your Psych ...
Author: Peter Baumann For most of Middlebury's sports teams, Senior Day is a celebration of a talented group of athletes who have contributed to the program over the past four years. For the women's volleyball team, it was a celebration of one - and boy, did she celebrate. Led by lone senior Lexie Fisher, ...
Author: Nicole Wyndham Stanford protests new Rumsfeld appointmentStudents and faculty at Stanford University have protested the appointment of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to a university think tank, the Hoover Institution. Professor Pamela Lee began an online petition after Rumsfeld's ...
Author: Tracy Himmel-Isham and Jon Isham In a recent article in The Campus, ("Council Weighs Relationship Ban"), Faculty Council member Amy Morsman reports, "Faculty Council has been crafting a policy which would prohibit professors from having amorous relationships with students."We say 'Bravo!' to ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg "Welcome to World Headquarters, the nerve center." John M. McCardell, Jr. - professor of History and president emeritus of Middlebury College - is a familiar fixture on the College's campus. But this jovial pronouncement was offered in a high-ceilinged, one-room office just off ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed I've been at Middlebury for over three years now. In that time, I have met students who have planned fundraisers, mentored local children, volunteered their time to put out a newspaper, organized marches to raise awareness of climate change and persuaded this College to commit to ...
Author: [no author name found] Childhood Dream: To have magical powersFirst Crush: Bill Neidermeyer, KindergartenOn your iPod: Country, work out tunes (but not much rap)Last purchase: A fish for our houseGreatest indulgence: Patagonia outerwearSecret hideaway: My bedPet Peeve: When people make class ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Mid-term in Anatomy and Kineseology. Presentation in Modern American Culture. Quiz on 400 pages of reading for American Landscape Painting. Add in another presentation in Psychological Trauma. "I had a crazy week," said co-captain Reid Berrien '08, acknowledging the difficulty ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Along with a chill in the air, mid-October also brings the tingle in your spine signifying the rise of witches, goblins and ghosts associated with the falling leaves. While your upcoming midterms may strike your heart with more fear than the supernatural of Halloween, there ...
Author: Amanda Greene I'm always amazed by the transformation that Midd students undergo during exam time. The environmental activist who has no problem organizing a multi-state protest is suddenly thrown off her game by a ten-page research paper and a macrotheory exam. The athlete who never loses ...
Author: Daniel Roberts In addition to the heightened consumption of alcohol, there are other elements that make the daily schedule of an average college student radically different from that of anyone not in college. It's undeniable - we don't live like normal people.Now, perhaps some of you go to class ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt Artist in Residence Doctor Francois Scarborough Clemmons came to Middlebury 10 years ago with a powerful tenor voice and perhaps even more powerful personality. Clemmons grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. where he began his singing career in his church choir. He received his Bachelor ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes If you thought you'd never be able to push the 'easy button' or order a frappucino in Middlebury, Vt. - think again. Both the Starbucks and Staples corporations have submitted proposals to the Middlebury Planning Commission and Development Review Board for approval for each to ...
Author: Alex Garlick Have you heard the news? Al Gore won the Nobel Prize. Al Gore, who couldn't even win the general election when he got the most votes, somehow won the most prestigious award in the world for peace. First, he turns a PowerPoint presentation into an Academy Award-winning film, then ...