Contrary to recent rumors, Tully and Marie's will not be closing, but it will make adjustments to the hours it is open, according to Laurie Tully Reed, the chef and owner of the restaurant.

Reed acknowledged that the restaurant has been for sale for years, but it still has not sold. The Tully and Marie's staff recently made the decision to close the restaurant on Wednesdays, which may account for rumors of its closing.

Several nights ago, my family was out for a nice dinner in celebration of my brother's birthday.  More notable than the age milestone, however, was the presence of his new girlfriend, whom he officially introduced to the family that night. Wanting nothing but the best for my brother, I arrived at the restaurant prepared to make the poor thing work for my approval. But - because she was charming, pretty and able to hold her own in our never subtle, larger-than-life family dynamic - I did not have the opportunity to play the icy role that I had anticipated.

Three months ago, the closest thing to fine French dining in the area would have been overhearing a few visiting Québécois at Fire and Ice. Since Bill and Christine Snell refurbished Roland's Place on Route 7 five miles north of Middlebury, their French/local fusion restaurant and accompanying inn, Tourterelle, has changed that.

11/03 - The Vermont Department of Health and Vermont's home health agencies and visiting nurse associations have set up 37 clinics that offer the H1N1 flu vaccine. The clinics will run from November through January. The clinics offer the vaccine for people who are most at risk of contracting H1N1, including pregnant women, household contacts and caregivers for infants younger than six months and anyone ages six months to 24 years. The vaccine is not available to those older than 65.

“You Can’t Get There from Here”

Nov. 5 - 7, 7 - 8 p.m.

Support high school theater and enjoy this PG-rated comedy at the Middlebury Union High School Auditorium on one of three nights. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students, seniors and children.

As general manager of the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op (MNFC), Glenn Lower '84 is easily the town's go-to man for anything concerning locally grown produce.  

Section One: Analogies

Directions: Choose the pair that best shares the same relationship as the words given.

1. GRADUATION: THE MIDDLEBURY SENIOR

A. The flood: Noah
B. Giant meteor: Bruce Willis
C. Mt. Everest: The Little Engine that Could
D. Pit of Snakes: Indiana Jones
E. Global warming: Kate Lupo

2. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE: THE REAL WORLD

A. MTV's "The Real World": TLC's "I Didn't         Know I was Pregnant"
B. That place in the clouds where Care Bears live: Dante's Inferno

When I began my lived experiment in going dry two weeks ago (sadly, it already feels like an eternity), I had hoped to experience a complete character transformation.  As my motives were primarily athletic in nature, I hoped that giving up the scourge of alcohol might better my chances at future success.  Through increased sleep, healthier eating and better focus, I'd be able to perform with an as-yet yet unseen excellence.  Furthermore, I had hoped that giving my liver a few weeks of vacation might just make me feel better.  Perhaps I'd be happier, coming out of the weekend on two nine-hour n

Recently, I have been asked by many people variations of the question, "What does it mean to be conservative?" or "Why are you conservative?" This seems to me to be a very important question. After all, is it possible for political discourse and discussion to take place without some knowledge of who each side believes themselves to be? Therefore, I am going to take on the massive undertaking of explaining, to some degree, what it means to be conservative or, at least, what I believe it means.

Having just returned from the J Street conference, I want to add my voice to the media controversy surrounding the new "pro-Israel, pro-peace" organization and its first conference in D.C. I am writing as a student, a connected Jew, a liberal, an Israeli citizen and an American citizen when I say, "finally." Finally, a pro-Israel organization that does not deny or turn a blind eye to the immense suffering of the Palestinian people and the deep legitimacy of their narrative.

For the month of January, Middlebury students take a break from the rigor of a traditional 13-week term, and instead take a single class. This presents students with the opportunity to focus their energies outside their academic major, and for professors to teach a subject coinciding with their interests but outside of their chosen profession. Or so you might have heard on your admissions tour.

Have you heard about crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs)? Numbering in the thousands nationally, CPCs offer counseling to women who believe they are pregnant or may become pregnant. Among other services, CPCs provide free home pregnancy tests, adoption facilitation and confidential support. Sounds good so far, right?

The SGA Finance Committee will consider contributing a portion of the student activities fee to help reinstate Middlebury's orientation trips for first years, known as MiddView, for the 2010-11 academic year. The Committee, working with the Middlebury Mountain Club (MMC), hopes to gauge student opinion through a public survey before making its decision.

The program under current consideration would be modeled after MiddView and would include a diverse range of trips.

On Oct. 27, Austin Davis ’11 was injured from an accident involving a tram in Alexandria, Egypt. He has fortunately survived the accident after an emergency hospitalization.

Davis was studying abroad at the Middlebury program in Alexandria. When the accident occurred, he was with Chris Opila ’11, also studying abroad, who was able to contact an administrator from their program. Davis spent a week recovering in the hospital after losing both of his legs just above the knees.

When Beth Connolly '10 arrived at Atwater Dining Hall at 11:30 p.m. on Halloween night, she estimated that 75 to 100 students were waiting outside. They expected to be admitted to Baile Terror, a heavily-promoted dance party sponsored by the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) and Vitality of the Artistic Community Association (VACA) and featuring Tropikill, a deejay duo at the forefront of an emerging Brazilian funk movement.

After receiving substantial criticism from both the Student Government Association (SGA) and students regarding the reduction of Main Library hours during finals week, Library and Information Services (LIS) has decided to reverse that decision and to continue to keep the library open 24 hours a day during finals week.

Thousands of high school seniors have spent the last several months agonizing over test scores and admissions essays. Sunday, Nov. 1, marked the deadline for the submission of Middlebury's Common Application Supplement for Early Decision I (ED I) applicants. For some, at least, this process is almost over. For this first round of ED, prospective students must submit the rest of the Common Application by Nov.

Various groups on campus ranging from athletes to science professors have expressed their concerns about a series of ideas outlined in a blog post by Dean of the College Tim Spears on Oct. 21.

Spears' proposal is a series of ideas meant to spark discussion and is not official College policy. Spears calls for a mandatory full year abroad during junior year and would necessitate the creation of 15 to 20 new schools abroad. The College would found schools in English-speaking areas of the world and would boost enrollment per class to 800 students.

PRAGUE - Prague has been good to me. My apartment on 20 Dlouha Street is centrally located and only a two-minute walk from both the Astronomical Clock in Old Town Square and Franz Kafka's former home. In one afternoon I have visited Letna Park, 14th-century Gothic churches and modern restaurants. Yet, wherever I venture, there are always two unavoidable pillars of Czech culture that are impossible to dismiss: beer and meat.

Beer and meat, or pivo and maso, are embedded into the Czech cultural identity like baseball and obesity in the United States.

"Africa matters," said Armelle Crouzières-Ingenthron, associate professor of French, French department chair and director of the African Studies program on campus.

Ivy League brings poker into the classroom

Almost 20 years after the initial publication of D.E. Axinn Professor of English & Creative Writing Jay Parini's novel "The Last Station," the book has been made into a critically acclaimed film.

Scheduled for wide release in January 2010, "The Last Station," directed by Michael Hoffman, stars such celebrated actors as Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Christopher Plummer.

"La propuesta que nosotros hemos presentado hoy se llama ‘Introspección Andina' es una función de música danza literatura y es de textos seleccionados."

For all those English-speakers out there, that loosely means, "the work we showed today is called ‘Andean Introspection' and fuses music, dance and literature with selected literary text."

ARTIST: Devendra Banhart
ALBUM: "What We Will Be"

That hipster who dated Natalie Portman just released his sixth studio album. "What Will We Be," Devendra Banhart's first record with Reprise Records, strives for a big sound to suit the new label. And Banhart seems a bit too anxious to impress, skipping from genre to genre both between and within songs. At times, these stylistic shifts make for interesting digressions, highlighting talented musicianship and songwriting craft; however, the listener can easily be lost in some of these forced fluctuations.

Before Professor Emeritus of French Edward Knox began his lecture, "Too Much Tuscan Sun?: Americans Write About Italy," he read out two starkly different quotes from two American books invoked within his lecture's title.

Kyle Howard ’10 recently contributed his film “OMYA” to the 2009 Vermont International Film Festival. He wrote in to The Campus arts editors about the creative process behind his work.

The Middlebury Campus: How did you first become interested in film, and what is your background in film?

I watch "The Office." Since it premiered on March 25, 2005, the show has become one of the most successful and longest running comedies in television history. And after almost six seasons, 105 episodes and approximately 38 hours and 30 minutes of footage, I still haven't missed a single second. Yet having been a fan for more than three years, my relationship with "The Office" has finally come to an end.

Where did it all go wrong? It's my belief that every good television show evolves over a downward-facing parabola of quality.

Winter Term may cut our vacation short, but if we’re going to substitute break for books, we may as well be taking new and innovative courses. And who better to supply a vast array of stimulating seminars than our very own Middlebury professors along with many visiting instructors? Here are a few exciting Winter Term courses that have the potential to awaken the typical Middlebury student’s intellectual curiosity from its yearly winter hibernation. If you are unhappy with your current selection,  it is not too late to add/drop.

When Norma Leduc - the assistant swim coach and assistant aquatics director at the College - heard about the "Race to Afghanistan," she knew she wanted to join to support her son, Sergeant Lance Leduc, who was deployed to Afghanistan to complete a one-year term of service on June 29, 2009. What she didn't know was that so many members of the Middlebury community would join her in the competition.

The Race to Afghanistan began on Sept.

Alright, reader. We've been skirting this issue for weeks now, but I need to know: are we in a relationship or not? You text me before you go to bed, we go to parties together, you like my friends, we study together and Lord knows we hook up all the time, but getting you to talk about "what we're doing" is like nailing Jell-O to a tree. I get anxious when I think about telling you that I have serious feelings for you - isn't that a little ridiculous considering you sleep naked in my bed at least two nights a week?

What is this non-relationship phenomenon?

Last Thursday afternoon Dennis McGilvray, professor and chair of the department of anthropology at the University of Colorado-Boulder, spoke to students, professors, and community members in the Robert A. Jones '59 House about the challenges that Sri Lankan Muslims presently face.

"This isn't a bullshit answer," promised Vincent Recca '12, "It's all about love, just love."

Cracking a broad smile, Recca sat in the crowded Library Café explaining the chief motivation in his life's activities, from SGA involvement as a sophomore senator to pursuing beautiful women: love.

The women's soccer squad charged into the last week of regular season play sitting pretty in second place in the NESCAC. Middlebury expected a formidable opponent in the form of Williams, and although unable to secure a win, the Panthers definitely showed that they are a skilled and cohesive team that will not be easily defeated. Then it was off to the quarterfinals, where Middlebury yet again displayed its team unity and skill.

Middlebury handed Trinity the ultimate trick on Halloween. The Panthers snapped the Bantams' 15-game winning streak with a 31-24 Panther victory and treated the crowd to 60 minutes of exhilarating football.

Entering the game, Trinity was ranked the top team in New England. Riding a two-year undefeated streak, the Bantams have not suffered a loss since a 23-14 defeat by the Panthers in October of 2007.

Do-or-die soccer has become the forte of the Panthers over the past several seasons, and this year is no different. This past weekend Middlebury, ranked sixth in the NESCAC, knocked off both Williams and Amherst, who were tied for second in the conference.

On a crisp fall afternoon this Sunday, the Middlebury cross country team took the NESCAC cross country championships by storm. The women claimed their 10th NESCAC championship, and the men made an impressive fourth-place finish.

The race was hosted by Trinity at Wickham Park, on a course that is considered by many to be one of the most challenging in the entire country.

The varsity field hockey team ended its season last weekend in a heartbreaking two game series against Williams.

The two teams first played each other on Friday to mark the end of the NESCAC regular season, with Middlebury dominating the Ephs in a 7-1 victory.

Middlebury volleyball rode on an emotional roller coaster this past week, suffering a tough loss to Williams on Wednesday night, followed by a very successful weekend, easily topping both Colby and Bates in the Hamilton Quad. While Wednesday's loss was disappointing, the girls came to the court ready to play against Colby and Bates, and plan to continue learning from their past mistakes in order to better prepare themselves for the upcoming NESCAC Tournament.

"The problem with Williams," said Jane Handel '12, "is that we travel with them, and see them a lot.

Middlebury football tri-captain Eric Kamback '10 has three major loves: football, his hometown, Mahwah, N.J., and actress Megan Fox. Kamback also loves the feeling he had this past weekend when he led the Middlebury defense with 12 tackles and helped Middlebury defeat Trinity 31-24, handing the undefeated Bantams their first loss in over two years.

If you have not heard the name Eric Kamback on this campus you must be living under a rock or in some sort of sports denial. Then again, given that Eric is 6'2" and 240 pounds, you may be confusing Eric with that rock.

Donnie McKillop ’11 nets NESCAC offensive player of the week honors

I have referenced it before and I will surely reference it again, but I think that Middlebury College could seriously benefit from a casual-dating scene, an outlet for interaction which it currently lacks. A casual-drunken-sexual-interaction scene, now that is another story.