The Middlebury Campus

Photos suggest new lead in Garza search

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Search and rescue workers assisting with the investigation into the disappearance of Middlebury first-year Nick Garza '11 believe they spotted Garza's body in Otter Creek over two weeks ago during an aerial search of the area. Despite the claim, officials with the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) cautioned against premature conclusions.

MIIS, McCullough run trustee gauntlet

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Sunder Ramaswamy, dean for Faculty Development and Research, was appointed President of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) by the College's Board of Trustees at their annual meeting on Saturday. The trustees also approved the scheduled renovations of the McCullough Social Space and Proctor Hall, which will begin in August after the end of the Summer Language School sessions.

College meets desired enrollment

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The College's Office of Admissions announced that, as of May 6, it had received 564 deposits for September and 92 for February enrollment. The numbers ensured that it would fill its target enrollment size of 570 for September and 90 students for February, after only 18.

Students scolded for file-sharing

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Home Box Office Inc. (HBO) have identified 90 total incidents of possible copyright infraction at the College since April 21, 2008. After Dean of the College Tim Spears alerted the College community by e-mail last week about the increased scrutiny with which the recording industry now monitors student activity, the two corporations have described to the College 40 more instances of alleged illegal file-sharing on campus.

SGA passes Freedom of Book Information Act

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

After nine months of drafting and weeks of heated debate, the Student Government Association (SGA) gathered on May 4 to pass the Freedom of (Textbook) Information Bill, which calls for the online publication of course booklists before the start of each semester.

Guinier talk touches on education, race issues

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"Lani Guinier is an idea-woman who does not shrink from controversy," said President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz in introducing this year's John Hamilton Fulton Lecturer. Guinier, a lawyer, author, scholar and activist, spoke to members of the College and community last Wednesday about the ideas included in her forthcoming book, "Challenging Meritocracy, Inc.

SGA votes to examine the parking problems

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate decided in its final meeting on May 4 to support a proposal to reallocate available parking spots and also alleviate parking confusion on campus.

The SGA had many things on its table on what was going to be a long and heated meeting.

Iraq debate raises issues about the war's future

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On May 5, former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter W. Galbraith and Captain Peter Hegseth, a veteran of the Iraq War, sparred in a two-hour debate in McCullough Social Space over the future of American policy in Iraq. The debate follows a string of efforts this year by College Democrats and College Republicans to promote informed discussion about President George W.

college shorts

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students nabbed for campus racoon hunt

Two intoxicated students were arrested for hunting raccoons with bow and arrows at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Police officials found the two students, identified as Jared Leidich, 22, and fifth-year senior civil engineering major Wesley Ashwood, 24, around 2:50 a.

Making the grade

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the year comes to a close and final exams approach, The Campus plays the role of professor and evaluates the higher-ups. Three of the most powerful bodies on campus, the Student Government Association, Community Council and the administration in Old Chapel all worked hard this year, but like students can perpetually improve.

Hydropower Comes to Otter Creek

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From early settlement until the mid-20th century, the falls that define the picture-perfect postcard image of Middlebury have been utilized for power production. When the Frog Hollow building was a wooling mill, the falls were the source of hydroelectric power to the factory.

Coalition demands legalization of cannabis

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

According to Vermont Grassroots Party leader Denny Lane, when alcohol prohibition came to an end in the 1930s, the individuals who had once enforced the measure were left with a woeful quantity of time on their hands.

"So they all got together to create this boogey-man marijuana, this evil demon weed that will make you go berserk and rape your grandmother," Lane said.

Farmer to debut organic cheese

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

If you have ever gone on a run down Weybridge Street or cruised the drive up to McCardell Bicentennial Hall, chances are that you have seen the Scholten Family Farm. Its twin silos and silver barn are nestled on the rolling hills just north of the College and are home to 35 Dutch Belt cows, famous for their Oreo-like pattern of a creamy white middle sandwiched between black flanks and shoulders.

The Sheldon boasts quilt exhibit

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A colorful quilt decorated with detailed embroidery of fall leaves is the centerpiece of the new exhibit at the Henry Sheldon Museum.

But unlike most museum artifacts, this quilt may be touched. One lucky winner of the raffle will win this gorgeous quilt, as the museum attempts to raise money to buy a quilt from the Milk and Honey Quilt Guild of Addison County.

local lowdown

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Go Green Expo

On May 10-11, the University of Vermont will play host to the Going Green Expo, one of the largest expositions on sustainable energy and living in the United States. The event - modeled after similar undertakings in Manchester, N.H. and Boston, Mass.

Editorial

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The offices of the editorial board of The Middlebury Campus are located in the basement of Hepburn Hall. These are shabby rooms, prone to leaks in wet weather. The pipes rattle and clatter in the winter. After a night spent putting together the newspaper, the office is invariably a mess, strewn with half-eaten dinners, discarded design mock-ups and elusive red pens.

Letters to the editor

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

To the Editor:

In 1968 several friends and I were taking a very taxing yet worthwhile English literature course and it came time to take a pre-A. (I have no idea whether there still are pre-As at Middlebury. They were "previously announced examinations" - scheduled tests.

notes from the desk: The Campus, signing off

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

When we started this job in September, we set out with one goal in mind - don't get fired. Needless to say, after 25 issues and eight months at the helm of the white whale we call The Campus, we can say "Mission Accomplished." Consider this our letters of resignation.

op-ed: Wireless classrooms - necessarily a good thing?

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Students are thrilled that the campus is on the cusp of becoming completely wireless. What a relief that we can bring our laptops wherever we want and still be able to type up school work and, of course, occasionally check our Facebook, e-mail and most recently, the addictive Web site MiddleburyConfessional.

op-ed: I confess, Internet talk is cheap

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I don't really mind being called a f---a--, or told that I suck b----. For s---- and giggles, I'd like to posit that I'm not, and I don't. In fact, I'll own up to the fact that I'm responsible for those comments, because I voted for myself as the best musician at Middlebury.

op-ed: A case for carbon offsets

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In the interest of truth and accuracy, in the space provided to me here I would like to address a number of startling fallacies found in Mr. Alex Garlick's latest opinion piece ("An Offsetting Notion," May 1).

The esteemed Mr. Garlick derides the validity of the now-popular carbon credits as "economically problematic and morally suspect.

op-ed: Misconceptions of the Task Force report explained

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Readers of The Campus' article on the report of the Task Force on the Status of Women may have drawn inaccurate conclusions about the issues it addresses from the polemical nature of the article. The title, "Task Force finds sexist social scene on campus," projects the report as a quintessential man-bashing rant.

op-ed: Is not being a misogynist enough?

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I would like to use this space to respond to a piece published in these same pages a week ago, which argued that feminists on campus have of late resorted to offensive tactics, like distributing fliers that indiscriminately point fingers at heterosexual men and catalogue them as walking sexual threats, ("Is responsibility for rape social or individual?" May 1).

Shenanigans: My senior crush list

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

1. Dan Streitfeld - Thanks for your third anti-Garlick op-ed, it's great for my overflowing vainglory.

2. The Bunker - There once was a dream of a weekly Sketch-Cullough dance party with cheap beer, Red Bull and long lines to make it feel exclusive. Now, the dream comes true every time you bunk.

A preface to lunch: I won't be wearing a suit this summer

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Thank God the school year is over! And what a year it's been � etc. � Now I can enjoy myself for a couple months before hitting the proverbial wall at the beginning of August when I start to fantasize about Middlebury. Then I'll get to Middlebury and start to fantasize about August.

Weekly cartoons

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Summertime, and the livin' is easy...

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With the semester winding down, and exams looming large, The Campus recognizes that all work and no play makes Joe Midd a dull boy. Put aside your books for an afternoon, and take advantage of the College in bloom. Check off these to-dos on our top 10 guide to must-sees and must-dos before scattering for the summer holidays:

Play a Tune on the Mead Chapel Bells

Whether you prefer "Bleeding Love" or "Love Me Do," your favorite song will never sound better than it does on the bells.

Discussions on diversity fall short

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

While efforts have been made recently by the College to promote diversity initiatives, including the establishment of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Planning, there is still a sense among community members that Middlebury is homogenous and that discussion of difference is ignored rather than promoted.

Japanese Club springs into action

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

From noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, a white tent near Coffrin Lounge was host to delicious food, exquisite costumes and cultural celebration during the College's first-ever Haru Matsuri - or Japanese Spring Festival.

Traditionally, the College has celebrated Yuki Matsuri - a Japanese winter festival - but after taking part in the annual Haru Matsuri at St.

Local migrants settle into farms

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"Here's the deal. I'm looking for some help. You'll need to be up at five in the morning and working till six o'clock at night and it's going to be dirty, dusty, smelly dangerous work for about 10 dollars an hour. So how many of you want to do this. Just raise your hands please.

the ethicist

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The idea behind Middlebury Confessional is intriguing. The Web site is a place for students to voice their concerns without fear of embarrassment or judgment. All postings are anonymous, so students don't have to worry about how they appear. Middlebury Confessional is an open forum.

The D-spot

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the school year comes to a close, many of us can't help but have only one thing on our minds - exams. Middlebury students are used to working hard and pulling all-nighters, but there's something about the impending weeklong designation of final exams and papers that has even the most expert crammer stressed out to the max.

Jumpers defy gravity

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"Jumpers," playwright Tom Stoppard's metaphysical circus show, went off like firecrackers across the Wright Memorial stage last weekend. It pitted Visiting Assistant Professor in Theatre Alex Draper '88, in the role of philosopher George Moore, against a horde of yellow-suited, acrobatic logical positivists known as "Jumpers.

"Reefer Madness" delivers high-level performance

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It has been a long time since I last attended a Middlebury College Musical Players (MCMP) show, and I must admit that this is because my prior experiences with the group as a participant and audience member were less than satisfactory. The Middlebury College Musical Players are susceptible to a number of continual problems, as they lack the funding, training and facilities of the Theatre Department.

Donadio steps out of the classroom and into the spotlight

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On the surface, Fulton Professor of Humanities and Director of Literary Studies Stephen Donadio seems to fit right into the academic archetype. He looks just as you would expect a person to look who has been a professor for four decades, serves as the founding director of the College's Literary Studies Program and is currently the editor of a prestigious literary magazine, the New England Review.

Lewis leans away from Beethoven

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Pianist Paul Lewis graced Middlebury with a complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons, but the completion of the cycle certainly has not deterred Lewis from returning to Middlebury with different composers in his fingers.

The Synesthesiac

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"

by Jonathan Safran Foer
Review by Maddie Oatman

In "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," Jonathan Safran Foer creates a remarkably convincing portrayal of nine-year-old Oskar Schell, a slightly annoying, lovable and insatiably curious boy dealing with life after losing his father to the collapse of the Twin Towers on Sep.

for the record

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's the end of the year, and you know what that means. Well, among other things, it means that everybody you know is scrambling for all they're worth to finish the projects they've been working on all semester, all year, or - gulp - all of college. The number of plays, art shows, concerts and mind-blowing music festivals that went up last weekend alone probably rivals the number that have gone up all semester.

Men's tennis squashes MIT, Trinity

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

In Nelson Recreation Center this past weekend, the Middlebury men's tennis team fought with the determination of Nelson Mandela and the fearlessness of Admiral Horatio Nelson and in so doing won back-to-back tournament matches like the golfer Byron Nelson.

Water polo blazes a trail in Oregon

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Amid 14 Division I colleges and only one other Division III team, Middlebury proved to be the little school that could this past weekend at the Women's National Collegiate Club Water Polo Championship held in Gresham, Ore. Placing eighth in the nation, the women achieved the highest level of success the team has seen since its formation in 2000.

Lax falls to Mules for first time in donkey's years

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Middlebury women's lacrosse team was defeated by Colby 10-8 this past Saturday in the semifinals of the NESCAC tournament at Kohn Field. The loss snapped an 88-game home winning streak for the Panthers, which dates back to their 1997 regular season in which the team lost to Williams 10-9 in its season finale.

Working overtime pays off for Ephs

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

This past Saturday, the Middlebury men's lacrosse team finally lost its stranglehold on the NESCAC conference. After a stellar regular season that positioned the Panthers for a run at an eighth straight NESCAC championship and an NCAA championship, the men found their match.

Crew was anything but the worst in Worcester

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Middlebury crew team traveled to Worcester, Mass. this past weekend to participate in the New England Fours Rowing Championships on May 3-4. The novice men had an impressive weekend as the first team finished fourth overall and the second team finished in second.

Shimrock's '09 seven hits raise his average to .421

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The final weekend of Middlebury's baseball season proceeded much the same as its other weeks. High-scoring games, more losses than wins - many of them heartbreakers - but nonetheless plenty of bright points, including a well-played win against a NESCAC opponent to conclude the spring schedule.

Hauschka '07 to kick off a career in the NFL

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Even though ESPN personality Mel Kiper Jr. did not comment on Steve Hauschka's '07 "explosiveness" or "pop" during the two-day media extravaganza of the NFL Draft, just hours after its completion the Middlebury alum signed a free-agent contract with the Minnesota Vikings.

sportsbriefs

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Women's golf team earns second-straight NCAA bid

While some students are taking their Intermediate Arabic II exam and others are contemplating Microbial Pathogenesis final, on Tuesday, May 13, the Middlebury women's golf team will be in Waverly, Iowa competing in the first round of the Divison III NCAA tournament.

Across the pond

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Middlebury has always prided itself on being somewhat different. Our international emphasis, environmental awareness and unique locale are pushed by the administration as reasons to come to Middlebury instead of the many other equivalent schools. Personally it was the Feb program, but a professional football club would have sealed my decision.

The great eight

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The Sports Backpage

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.