Author: Kelly Janis On Saturday morning, on the banks of Lake Champlain, turkeys, deer and even the odd mammoth succumbed to the savvy blows of an ancient hunting weapon. The fact that the critters were painted targets propped up against bales of hay on the course of the 12th Annual Northeastern Open ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman Few people could sum up their college experience from what they have eaten off the ground. New Cook Commons Dean Matt Carluzzo is an exception. Carluzzo tells the story of walking around Dartmouth College when he noticed thousands of acorns on the ground. After scooping one up, ...
Author: Scott Greene Yale to return disputed Machu Picchu artifactsYale University has agreed to return a series of artifacts that were excavated at Machu Picchu in 1912, ending a long confrontation with the government of Peru. The government had claimed that the artifacts were simply on loan and long ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Have you ever dreamed of opening one of the doors on the cooler in the supermarket and reaching in and pulling out a carton of juice, not from the cooler, but straight from the orchard? Though in reality you may never truly live up to the Florida Orange Juice commercial, a visit ...
Author: Brian Fung Though some may have difficulty imagining top College administrators to be as plugged-in as the students they are responsible for, the newfound popularity of user-supported sites such as YouTube or Flickr has made it possible for virtually anybody to create a personal presence online. ...
Author: Michelle Constant In its first and subsequent meetings this year, the Community Council intends to address the possibility of a College social honor code, as well as reviewing harassment policies and the future role of social and interest houses on campus, according to Student Co-Chair of Community ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen, Brian Fung and Anthony Adragna Role reversal: Donors to make campus visitsAs part of its $500 million "Middlebury Initiative," the College plans to invite potential donors to campus more frequently - with an emphasis on offering a slice of life on campus."Visitors may wish ...
Author: Thomas Brant and Joseph Bergan This past week, an impressive number of students attended the information session for the SGA Senate race, spawning off an even more impressive 22 candidates. This week, The Middlebury Campus celebrates the increased participation in student government by sitting ...
Author: Hannah Epelbaum BUENOS AIRES - Last week I stepped in dog poop. Three separate times. I know I shouldn't let it get to me that much - after all, stepping in the stuff for the first (and second and third) time after seven weeks of being here in Buenos Aires is a pretty good record, considering ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Just one week into the new academic year, the newly created First-Year Counselor (FYC) program has already led to strong connections between residents and their counselors, according to several FYCs. Jimmy Wong '09, a FYC in Stewart, now affectionately answers to the name "mom" ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The white tops of the tents set up in the Town Green on Saturday beckoned to students to come and sample some of what members of the Middlebury Business Association have to offer, though with minimal success. Various local businesses set up booths manned by representatives and ...
Author: Will Mallett Some of you may have seen Apocalypto this weekend - a great movie about cliff-jumping. Though it was tempting to write an article extolling the benefits of the activity while watching Jaguar Paw make a leap of faith over an 80-plus-foot waterfall and come up unscathed, the fact ...
Author: Scott Greene The College expanded an already far-reaching foreign language repertoire by announcing the establishment of the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy (MMLA), a summer language immersion program for pre-college students, in a press release on Tuesday, Sept 11."The Middlebury-Monterey ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Over the years, many residents and business owners in the Middlebury community have felt an increasing separation between the College and the town. Recently, however, the College made a decision that administrators, students and town residents alike hope will blur the lines between ...
Author: Brian Fung and Anthony Adragna Esarey wins ice cream for Gonzales predictionThe next time you see Assistant Professor of Political Science Ashley Esarey, ask him what flavor he's on now. Esarey, who recently won a contest by correctly predicting the date and time of former U.S. Attorney General ...
Author: Kelly Janis "When people think of studying culture, often their first image is of going to some exotic, faraway place and trying to sort out patterns of adolescent sexuality in New Guinea or something," said folklorist Greg Sharrow with a playful grin as he gazed out the window at late afternoon ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen The College's roll-out and subsequent retraction of its new logo this summer brought administrators face-to-face with a growing reality - the speed and power of Facebook as an organizing medium among college students.Armed only with their computers and disdain for the "Middlebury ...
Author: Will Mallett The 162nd Vermont State Fair went out with a bang on Sunday as the long-anticipated demolition derby wrapped up 10 days of festivities. For the handful of Middlebury students lucky enough to attend, the fair provided a slew of opportunities both recreational and anthropological ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg Administrators on the College's Emergency Planning Steering Committee made headway this summer with plans to provide automated emergency notifications to the community's students, faculty and staff in the event of a crisis. The decision to enlist MessageOne, an Austin, Texas-based ...
Author: Thomas Brant Though it has only six designers, the New York firm of Chermayeff & Geismar has created some of the most recognizable corporate and academic logos on the planet. Whenever they ride the T, fill up the tank at a Mobil station or check their Chase bank accounts, people worldwide ...