Month: July 2016

In Sanders’ Country, Berned Supporters Not Yet Ready To Back Clinton

Yesterday our local volunteer fire department (motto: “We’ve never lost a foundation!”) held its annual picnic and I took the opportunity to canvass the picnickers regarding their views toward the presidential candidates. I’m in the heart of Bernie territory (he won our town by a comfortable margin over Clinton in the state primary) and so […]…Continue Reading In Sanders’ Country, Berned Supporters Not Yet Ready To Back Clinton

Banner Outage

We are currently experiencing a unplanned outage affecting both BannerWeb and Banner INB. We are in contact with the Ellucian Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and they have mobilized their response staff to address this issue. We regret any inconvenience this service interruption is having on your day, and will have this issue resolved as soon […]…Continue Reading Banner Outage

Did Donald Trump The Media Once Again?

Two days ago, in the midst of the Democratic National Convention, Trump held an extended press conference – it lasted over an hour – that once more showcased his uncanny ability to run circles around the media.   Trump began the conference by pointedly noting that “It has been 235 days since Crooked Hillary has held […]…Continue Reading Did Donald Trump The Media Once Again?

Free Microsoft Office for Home Computers

ITS is pleased to announce that we are now licensed to provide currently employed faculty and staff with Microsoft Office, free of charge, for use on home computers.   We have a new portal page where you can login and download Microsoft Office. For more information and links to the MS Office download sites, visit  http://go.middlebury.edu/getoffice. […]…Continue Reading Free Microsoft Office for Home Computers

The Kaine Mutiny?

Last Friday I was on Vermont Edition,  hosted by the always great Jane Lindholm, to discuss the “Full Bernie” – a retrospective on the Sanders campaign.  During the call-in portion of the show, more than one Sanders’ supporter phoned in to complain about the DNC rigging the nomination system, the media’s treatment of Sanders’ candidacy […]…Continue Reading The Kaine Mutiny?

Weekly Web Updates – July 25, 2016

We’ve added the Magic Liquidizer Responsive Table WordPress plugin, which you can enable to make tables on your WordPress site work on mobile devices. Just enable the plugin and set a maximum width in its settings. Updates Drupal olark 7.x-1.0-rc2 WordPress Featured Video Plus 2.2.3 WordPress The Events Calendar 4.2.3 WordPress WPtouch 4.1.8 Fixes and […]…Continue Reading Weekly Web Updates – July 25, 2016