Author: Grace Armstrong "How do you like being citizens of a rogue nation?" Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University Paul Ehrlich asked a capacity crowd in Dana Auditorium on Thursday, March 20, at the beginning of his speech entitled "Population, Consumption, Power and International ...
Author: Andrea LaRocca "Next time you hit on a guy, don't ask if he has a girlfriend but ask if he's been seeing any guys lately. Make people come out as being straight instead of being gay!" An audience of students and faculty applauded this statement on Thursday night at "Undressing Sexuality: Diverse ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer Alice M. Rivlin spoke in the Robert A. Jones Conference Room on "Greed, Ethics, and Public Policy" on Monday afternoon. Rivlin is the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office, which she headed from 1975 to 1983, and was the director of the White House Office of ...
Author: Matthew Christ First-year J.S. Woodward recently proved that individual students can make a difference. Woodward, a member of the Environmental Council, was concerned about the fish served in Middlebury dining halls. Hailing from Anchorage, Alaska, Woodward is very aware that the oceans are ...
Author: Christian Holt We have distressing news on the home front this week. The House Administrative Committee, an organization I did not know existed, decided to officially change the name of "French fries" and "French toast" to "Freedom fries" and "Freedom toast." Calm down, readers, and I'll explain ...
Author: Bob Wainwright By now, most of you have made plans for Spring Break. And while I certainly don't mean to interfere, a little inside information also never hurt anybody. So, with that in mind, here are my top three vacation destinations.#1. Baghdad, Iraq. Believe it or not, this Spring Break ...
Author: Laura Rockefeller This past weekend the Alianza Latinoamericana y CaribeÒa (ALC) symposium entitled "Resurgence of Leftist Governments in Latin America" presented all sorts of events from lectures to a Latin dance party.One of the speakers who participated in the symposium was internationally ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin Last week, Middlebury's Page 1 Literacy Project celebrated National Literacy Awareness Week with its own Middlebury Literacy Awareness Week.Page 1 promotes literacy in Addison County through its volunteer commitments to reading, writing and tutoring programs in local schools, ...
Author: Emily Lord and Caitlin Vaughn There are times in a Middlebury student's life when one may find oneself in an embarrassing dining hall situation. We've all been there. The moment of realization: you didn't come with anyone, you don't see anyone you know and/or your friends have mysteriously blended ...
Author: Lindsay Whitton I grew-up a bona fide MiddKid -- a product of a graduation weekend wedding, a child of a legacy, the niece of many proud alumni and one of the first babies to be born to two members of a large, close group of Middlebury friends. Basically, I was a permanent fixture at reunions ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Scott Russell Sanders, noted author, committed environmentalist and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Indiana delivered a speech entitled "Building Arks," Thursday March 6, in Dana Auditorium. Introduced by his close friend, Stewart Professor of English ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer While this winter may seem unnecessarily harsh to students who have been living in Middlebury for four years, Assistant Director for Maintenance and Operations Norm Cushman sheds a different light on this winter's severity. While this year has undoubtedly been colder than ...
Author: Meghan Keenan When a band names itself after Jerry Seinfeld's parents' retirement community, you know they have to be an original and refreshing group of musicians. And this band lives up to its name. Comprised of sophomores Simon Perkins, Colby Hewitt, Dave Irwin, Taylor Davis and Danny Greenstein, ...
Author: Bob Wainwright In his Sports Illustrated column last week, Rick Reilly described what he termed "the best college tradition" -- Middlebury athletes picking up Butch Varno before football and basketball games. It's a great story, and Reilly, as always, does it justice with his writing. But there's ...
Author: Bob Wainwright I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under...Whoaa! Hold on a second there. I know exactly where you're going with that, and I don't like it one bit. You saying the G-word in public is nothing less ...
Author: Caroline Stauffer For many students, coffee is a key ingredient to surviving college. Between coffee purchased at The Grille and consumed at the dining halls, Middlebury College purchases thousands of pounds of coffee each year. Thus, it makes sense that an initiative to improve the environment ...
Author: Chelsea Coffin DigitalBridges2.0, a student-faculty organization, prepares Middlebury students for leadership with valuable real-world experience, one of the five peaks of excellence as laid out by President John McCardell in a 1994 speech.In January 2000, D.K. Smith Professor of Applied Economics ...
Author: David Barker The plot of FX's new drama, "The Shield," might revolve around one cop's fight against drugs and crime in Los Angeles, but usually, the drug dealers aren't Middlebury students. During Winter Term, Zach Ambrose '03 almost was. Growing up in Helena, Montana, Courtney Hess '03 didn't ...
Author: Khairani Barokka The average Middlebury College student has probably heard plenty about HIV/AIDS and knows it is a global pandemic. But how many people here can really explain what HIV/AIDS is and the different ways it's transmitted? How many know how the real extent of the AIDS problem - most ...
Author: Charlie Goulding This weekend marked the ninth annual African Symposium. Spanning three days from Thursday to Saturday, the symposium featured three lecturers, a dinner of African cuisine, a student-led panel discussion, a drumming and dance workshop and, finally, a concert. By all accounts ...