Author: [no author name found] Eliminating the "A +" from the transcripts of Middlebury students is the right decision for faculty to make in regards to grading. The added plus does not affect grade point averages. "A" and "A+" both garnered a 4.0 numerical value, and in fact gave a sophomoric air to ...
Author: MATT KUNZWEILER An article in the latest issue of Rolling Stone mentions how several universities and colleges around the country have disciplined or expelled students for incriminating Facebook profiles (i.e. ones which show photographic evidence of underage drinking). In one case, two students ...
Author: ZAMIR AHMED & TOM MCCANN, SPORTS EDITORS Midd hockey gets high marksThe accolades keep coming for the Middlebury men's and women's hockey teams despite the end of their seasons over three weeks ago.Men's Head Coach Bill Beaney was named by the American Hockey Coaches Association the 2006 ...
Author: Jack Lysohir Looking for a classy dining alternative to the cumbersome menu of "Fire and Ice?" Then travel north on Rt. 7 for just a minute to the favorite bunking place of many Middlebury College parents, The Swift House Inn. Although the Inn itself is a relatively new entity - founded in the ...
Author: Dan Stevens Ryan Tauriainen, Class of 2008Ryan Tauriainen is running for Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC) because he feels he is the "best person to present the voice of this school." Along with a number of other specific goals, Ryan wants to open the dialogue between the student ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Every Saturday night, the Middlebury student population convenes in a sweaty mass in one of the social houses, or better yet, in a suite in Gifford meant only to hold fifteen people, to shake off the stress of the work-week. And the theme to these nights of decadence and toasts ...
Author: AUSTEN LEVIHN-COON '07 What is the problem with being politically vocal? In the last couple years I have heard of individuals, academic institutions and non-profits being condemned for their adoption of "political issues." There are a huge number of groups attempting to censor groups on these ...
Author: Lauren Smith An art student friend recently told me that his illustration class visited an exhibit of human corpses in Philadelphia. I immediately thought this must be illegal, but there are indeed over 200 real human corpses now on display at the Franklin Institute of Science Museum in Philly. ...
Author: Thomas C. Drescher An assortment of faculty members met on Tuesday afternoon in Kenyon Lounge to discuss three Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) recommendations designed to combat grade inflation at the College. The recommendations were crafted by the EAC's Ad Hoc Committee on Grading and ...
Author: LISIE MEHLMAN Apple develops iTunes U for use at universitiesITunes U, a program that partners Apple with universities in order to help them distribute educational content via the Internet using an iTunes-inspired format, has been implemented at six universities nationwide and Apple is seeking ...
Author: Katie Hylas In an attempt to allay some room draw stress, the block draw process has been restructured and transferred online to BannerWeb. The process was altered in response to student vocalization that the system was overly complicated and confusing, but since only the actual registration ...
Author: Dan Stevens Alina Levina, Class of 2009Alina Levina is running for SGA President because she envisions a "5 Step platform of concrete actions that [she hopes] to achieve by the end of 2007." These include reforms concerning "transportation, lighting, Sunday Dunch, a Book Fair and Performances."Levina ...
Author: Ian Schmertzler Driving while dirtyRussia has initiated a spring cleaning effort of sorts, denying dirty cars entrance to Moscow and levying a 50 ruble (~$1.80) fine on cars whose license plates are unwashed. Cars are required to be washed at designated car-washing stations, and violators are ...
Author: HALLIE FOX '09 Feminism. How many of you scoff at the word, laugh or think of bra burning, man hating, unshaven, liberal women? Far too many. But let's step back from this cultural stigma against the F-word and re-evaluate what feminism truly is, and more importantly, what being a feminist really ...
Author: Jake Cohen Whether it is the leopard-print skirts on the men or the eccentric sequined blouses on the women, members of the Ultimate Frisbee team are renowned for their quirks, kinks and unabashed pride. This year at the karaoke contest, four members of the Ultimate Frisbee team took second ...
Author: SONJA PEDERSEN-GREEN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Transportation in the Dominican Republic is a study in successful anarchy. There really is no transportation authority and there certainly are no schedules, yet somehow people manage to get where they need to go. They somehow get there relatively promptly, ...
Author: Elizabeth Lyon Middlebury's production of Suzan-Lori Parks' play "In The Blood" redefined the term "off-off Broadway." Under the direction of Theater Department Visiting Professor Jaye Austin Williams, a distinguished activist-director from New York City, the cast and crew put on a play the ...
Author: DAVID WRANGHAM '08.5 Democracy is not the only answer. Indeed, many times democracy - and here I refer to the American political example - is a bad answer at best.The advantages of a democratic system should be obvious to everybody - group involvement, group decisions and group investment. By ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen It's that time of year again - room draw. Now is the time when, in the words of one commons representative (no kidding), students must "pick which of their friends they like best" and use their lucky rank-in-commons numbers to save the less fortunate from living next to the ...
Author: Julia McKinnon Remember Afghanistan?! The organizers of last week's "Dialogues for Peace" symposium thought carefully about the title they gave the series of lectures, discussions and films. The question mark, Haseeb Humayoon '09 explained, inquires about the lack of press interest in Afghanistan ...