Author: Zamir Ahmed The foundation of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School Abroad in the Middle East marks the first such language school to be opened by any American institution, the College announced on Jan. 18. The school, located in Alexandria, Egypt and affiliated with Alexandria University, will offer ...
Author: Pat Zomer "At Middlebury College, we challenge students to participate fully in a vibrant and diverse academic community" according to the Mision Statement of Middlebury.I am sure you recognize the phrase above from Middlebury College's Mission Statement. The Mission Statement forms the foundation ...
Middlebury College has always been at the forefront of liberal arts academia, continually raising the bar of excellence for similar institutions to follow. To keep this beautiful place at a superior level, administrators need to change it to meet the demands of prospective students. In the four years ...
Author: Brian Fung Faculty members of the College's Department of History recently passed a resolution forbidding students from using online interactive encyclopedia Wikipedia for academic assignments. The motion was passed unanimously on Tuesday, Jan. 9 after brief debate and is expected to take effect ...
Author: [no author name found] College in battle to save oldest tree on campusEfforts are being made to prolong the life of a Norway spruce believed to have been struck by lightning this past summer. Located in front of the new library, the tree is the oldest on campus, with a plaque attesting to its ...
Author: Claire Nelson and Lisie Mehlman Post the Big Bake of yore, the Massive Move of '07 occurred. Claire and Lisie were forced to relinquish their aptly spacious singles and take their relationship to the next level - that of roomies. Since sleeping, eating, and spending the majority of our waking ...
Author: Simon Keyes As far back as the records show, the Middlebury women's squash team has never had a match cancelled. This past Saturday, however, wintry conditions in upstate New York made road travel unsafe and halted the team bus before it could even depart from Adirondack Circle and motor towards ...
Author: Jeff Patterson It is Mark Messier night at Madison Square Garden and John Dawson '04 is sitting in the upper deck. He is the only one wearing a suit in the nosebleed section and he sticks out like a broken nose.Earlier that morning Dawson was hard at work at Morgan Stanley. Now he is looking ...
Author: Franny Bohar My first official day as a Parisian student is coming to a close. At the risk of being clichÈ, I must admit that as I write to you all I am drinking a glass of white wine and eating p‚tÈ on a fresh baguette. I do not expect every day to be so decadent, but I felt I deserved ...
Author: Andrew Schlegel Why isn't it possible for a team with a perfect season like Boise State to have a shot at the national title? Strength of schedule is about the only variable that separates Boise State from the top teams, and it is still not much to build an argument around. The Broncos beat ...
Author: Tom Brant The Office of Admissions has received nearly 7,000 regular decision applications for admission to the class of 2011, a 13 percent increase from last year, according to Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett.Middlebury's early decision applications were also up, by seven percent, in contrast ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes On Tuesday Dec. 19, the Middlebury Selectmen voted to add the request for $25,000 for the proposed teen center to the annual town meeting's agenda. After approving the proposed budget with the understanding that the details would be decided at a later date, the board decided to ...
Author: Jessica Cox It would be impossible to miss the many Teach For America posters around campus, or the chalkings, the info tables and the Campus advertisements. Sure you've seen them and you've seen the statistics:Nearly 1,000 low-income students started school without teachers in Phoenix this ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed The Finance Committee is preparing a recommendation to the Student Government Association (SGA) Senate to raise next year's Student Activities Fee (SAF), according to Finance Committee chair Amanda Goodwin '07. Following a year in which the Finance Committee was forced to cut the ...
Author: Grace Duggan Born and raised in Vermont, Ana's Mitchell '04 began writing songs when she was seventeen years old before going on to study political science here at Middlebury College. "It wasn't really my 'spirit department,'" Mitchell said. "It would have been more of a natural choice to study ...
Author: Josh Wessler The hit Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" makes a flashy transition onto the silver screen in Bill Condon's adaptation. It tells the tale of the beginnings of Motown Records from gospel funk to its national success with smooth R&B. In this loosely fictionalized account, the singing ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen Eight students honored with Fulbright awardsEight members of the Class of 2006 have earned Fulbright United States Student Awards, making the College one of the top 10 receivers of the award among undergraduate schools nationwide. The Fulbright Awards will support to new alumni ...
Author: Andrew Donnantuono After three consecutive wins at the end of 2006, the women's basketball team began 2007 by dropping two of three games and doubling its total losses for the season. The squad returned from the winter break by losing to regional foe Eastern Connecticut at home 62-56, defeating ...
Author: Claire Neilson and Lisie Mehlman Nothing says J-Term quite like seven trailer girls sprawled out on the broken futon of their modular home surrounded by sixteen mouse traps (there was a rather entertaining first encounter with Peary Little, Mouse We Murdered Number One) watching nine straight ...
Author: Astri Von Arbin Ahlander On December 31, 2006 we rang in the New Year. Personally, I choked on my champagne as I stood on the roof of a building in central Stockholm as artillery-like fireworks went off all around me. 2007? This is the number I have written after my name for the past three and ...