Opinion
Elephant in the Room Overwhelmed
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2009Author: Stefan Claypool One of the Obama campaign's big selling points was that it was going to restore America's international standing - it was going to reach out to the world powers that had been snubbed by the Cowboy Bush regime and reclaim the diplomatic high ground by shaking hands with our enemies ...
OP-ED Where did global warming go?
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2009Author: Andrew Piccirillo Last week's article on Power Shift reminded me of the complex relationship between science and politics, between knowledge and action. I believe that prevailing assumptions on campus about the severity of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) and how we should respond need critical ...
OP-ED Class of 2009, get ready for your last 100 days!
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2009Author: Eva Nixon Seniors, in less than 100 days, we become alumni! As members of the Class of 2009, we have all had different experiences over the last four years: gardened with Jay, volunteered with the homeless, shredded the gnar, written a screenplay
Editorial A vote of confidence?
By Middlebury Campus | March 11, 2009Author: [no author name found] Whether by habit or intent, the Student Government Association (SGA) maintains a modest profile. Under pressure to compete with students' daily grind, the SGA suffers from a chronic inability to connect with its constituents. Past senators and presidents have tried to ...
Behind enemy lines
By Middlebury Campus | March 4, 2009Author: Andrey Tolstoy Every age projects its anxieties onto a perceived conflict between humanity and technology. In Plato's time, it was feared that literacy would destroy the art of oration. At the end of the nineteenth century, it was feared that horse-drawn-carriage-loving London would drown in ...
OP-ED Social responsibility
By Middlebury Campus | March 4, 2009Author: Alison Mehravari There is a fantastic billboard that has made an appearance in recent years. Its caption reads, "Turn off the lights. All it takes is
OP-ED The economics of President Obama's stimulus package
By Middlebury Campus | March 4, 2009Author: Robert E. Prasch As everyone now knows, the U.S. and the world are in the grip of a tremendous financial crisis. Many banks have failed. Virtually every honest analyst and commentator understands that many of those that are still operating are actually bankrupt by any reasonable measure - all ...
Editorial To make a moral choice
By Middlebury Campus | March 4, 2009Author: [no author name found] While the College's Honor Code has always been a somewhat amorphous concept, its existence is undeniably crucial to our Middlebury experience. By forcing students' collective honesty to triumph over greed and self-consciousness, the Code is a learning tool that transcends ...
Letter to the Editor
March 4, 2009Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: I noted with great alarm that Richard Fuld - yes, that guy - is a Middlebury College trustee! Fuld is the Lehman Brothers CEO who shoulders a good deal of responsibility for precipitating the current global economic crisis, either because of malignant greed ...
Notes from the Desk Panther pride
By Middlebury Campus | March 4, 2009Author: Peter Baumann As the ball floated upward, what had started as a general rumble erupted into a cacophony of sound and exhilaration.Something about that ball was timeless. With Pepin arena exploding around it, the orange orb continued to fight against the bondage of gravity, climbing towards the ...
OP-ED Lessons from a tragedy
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: Anthony Adragna One year ago, the Middlebury College community was shaken to its core with the news that a young first-year, Nick Garza, had gone missing. What followed was months of uncertainty, rumor and sadness as hope turned to fear - and finally, dread. The tragedy weighed heavily on students, ...
Lupo Fiasco Harmful beauty
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: Kate Lupo At the Winter Ball this weekend, it was exciting to see the usual "sweatpants and UGG" library crowd become the beautiful swans that dazzled the dance floor. Girls in their most glamorous outfits shimmied and swayed next to clean-shaven boys sporting suits and ties. One student even ...
OP-ED A deeper understanding
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: Zach Fenster I just returned from Israel for the first time since I lived there last year. As I sat in my seat on the plane in Tel Aviv, waiting to take off to New York, I started thinking about my transition from Israel to Middlebury, with the perspective of having finished a semester and Winter ...
Letter to the Editor
February 25, 2009Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:We are writing on behalf of the Middlebury women's squash team. Our team competed in Nationals at Harvard on Feb. 13-15, topping off one of our most successful seasons in over a decade. We were disappointed that the sum of our achievements this year did ...
Elephant in the Room Change we can believe in?
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: Stefan Claypool You'll never hear me argue that George W. Bush was a great president. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that despite public outcries to the contrary, many of his policies were acceptable responses to bad situations. President Barack Obama seems to recognize that fact, ...
Notes from the Desk A hope for employment
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: Brian Fung There's an emotion typically associated with people like us - people who are young, unemployed, thinking about life after graduation. From what I gather, it's pretty common. They call it panic. Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe you're feeling it. Panic is a natural response to pressure. ...
A leader in sustainability by any other name
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2009Author: [no author name found] The announcement of the 2009 commencement speaker will undoubtedly elicit varied responses from students and other members of the College community, be they glowing, decidedly less enthusiastic or simply uninformed. ("Who is that?" was the most common reaction among Campus ...