Rutland Herald

The Oct. 19 edition of the Rutland Herald included the article "Middlebury audience hears N.Y. Times editor's version," about a visit and lecture by managing editor Jill Abramson. For the full story, click here.

In the Sept. 25 edition of the Rutland Herald, an article titled "Native peoples panel warns of impacts from climate change" covered one of the panels from the Clifford Symposium. The 2005 Clifford Symposium was titled "Renewal: Perspectives and Possibilities in an Age of Climate Crisis." For the full story, click here.

Middlebury College senior Thomas Hand is working on an energy efficiency program in his hometown of Manchester, Vt., that was mentioned on Sept. 19 in the Rutland Herald. According to Thomas Hand, the program was developed at Green Mountain College and refined in Middlebury's Environmental Studies Class 211 in the fall of 2004. He says the main goal is to get 40,000 energy efficient light bulbs into Manchester homes -- the largest such campaign to date in Vermont and maybe even the country. Click here for more on this story.

"Atomic bomb survivor speaks at college" is an article that appeared in the Aug. 1 edition of the Rutland Herald on a talk given by one of the speakers in the Language Schools' lecture series. See text here.

The Rutland Herald covered the unveiling at Middlebury on July 7 of a new map of Lake Champlain's underwater terrain. The map was produced based on a survey of the lake by Pat and Tom Manley of the geology department, their students, and other members of the research survey team. Media attended a press conference in the Great Hall of McCardell Bicentennial Hall, where the map was unveiled by President Liebowitz and Sen. Leahy. The text, a photo of Sen. Leahy wearing 3-D glasses, and the image of the map are on the Web at http://rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/NEWS/507080395/1004.

The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus ran the same story about the map as the Rutland Herald did. It is on the Web at http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050708/NEWS/507080355/1002 along with an image of the map that can be enlarged.

The Rutland Herald and the Times Argus (Barre-Montpelier) ran a story on commencement. The text is available on the Web site at http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050523/NEWS/505230354/1002.

Professor of Political Science Eric Davis has been busy speaking with the media about Vermont politics since Sen. Jeffords announced he would not seek re-election in 2006. Eric was quoted in the Sunday, April 30, Rutland Herald article, "Douglas will pass up bid for U.S. Senate" ( http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050430/NEWS/504300379/1004 ), and has also been quoted in an Associated Press article that was picked up by Boston.com on (http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2005/04/20/jeffords_retirement_sets_up_scramble_for_top_offices/) April 20 as well as an article in The Hill on April 21 (http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/042105/jeffords.html).

Middlebury and Rudolph Giuliani were also the subject of an article titled "Giuliani degree sparks uproar in Middlebury" that appeared in the April 30 edition of the Rutland Herald. The story, which is below and on the paper's Web site at http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050430/NEWS/504300381/1004, was picked up on May 1 by the Associated Press and then by the Web sites of many other media outlets, including the Washington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, New York Newsday, and San Francisco Chronicle. The article also appeared in the Sunday, May 1, hard copy edition of the Burlington Free Press.

The Sunday, March 13, edition of the Rutland Herald ran a story on page one, "Vermont students launch 'flat earth' award," about the award that three students established as part of their work for Assistant Professor of Economics Jon Isham's winter term course, "Building the New Climate Movement." The article also discusses other student projects that were part of the course and includes a photo of Jon and six of his students. The text of the story is available on the paper's Web site at http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050313/NEWS/503130355&SearchID=73201954844482.

On Thursday, Feb. 17, an op-ed piece by Assistant Professor of Economics Jon Isham was published in the Providence Journal. The piece was about the current grassroots climate change movement that is taking place and how this movement's diversity was reflected in the conference he organized on campus in January, "What Works? New Strategies for a Melting Planet." The same piece by Isham was also published in the Rutland Herald on Feb. 13 with the title "Climate Change Will Spark the Next Social Revolution." His piece is available on the Herald's Web site at http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050213/NEWS/502130322/1014.