Author: H. Kay Merriman When I applied to Middlebury, back before the days of courting the Top 100 applicants, I was under the impression that Middlebury wanted you to come to them. Want a free Nalgene with your $50,000 education? Get in line. You have to demonstrate an eagerness, a desire, a sense ...
Author: John Birnbaum I was appalled by the student body's overwhelming endorsement of Al Sharpton following his speech in Mead Chapel last Wednesday.Although Sharpton pandered to the liberal agenda of the Middlebury crowd, the speech was non-confrontational. His message: to increase student advocacy ...
Author: Dave Small Experience is the most important kind of knowledge. We lack experience. What we have are facts. We have Wikipedia and Google. The ability to access an inexhaustible source of information rests at the connection between our minds and the Ethernet cable. Without WiFi, without BlackBerry, ...
Author: [no author name found] RESPONSESAccording to Al Sharpton, it's not very nice to die and leave a poor preacher the arduous task of fabricating your life's contributions for all those at your funeral. As a preacher himself, he would prefer to not have to hallucinate that your passing through life ...
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Author: Mike Waters Over the course of our collegiate years, we all (hopefully) grow more mature, more sophisticated and more discerning in our tastes. We shun Top 40 radio for indie music blogs, we trade department store garments for vintage store discoveries and we deny our previous populist tastes ...
Author: Bert Johnson Six years ago at another institution, I invited a guest speaker to my state and local politics class who happened to be in the area, and who seemed like an interesting guy. Even then, Bobby Jindal had an impressive resum
Author: Andrey Tolstoy When they're not busy polluting our server with oversized miscreants from Photoshop (a.k.a. seizures in a crayon box), staff at the Center for Health and Wellness Education are busy polluting our minds with propaganda most prepubescents would find intellectually offensive. When ...
Author: [no author name found] When Old Chapel first unveiled its plans for the College-owned property at 51 Main St. over a year ago, we were cautiously optimistic about the space's potential to bring students into contact with area residents in a mutually productive and enjoyable way. Increased student ...
Author: Cailin Ross February 14, 2009. I sit with a couple of single girlfriends at the Grille at 2:00 a.m. double-fisting chicken tenders and laughing about the absurdity of such a commercial holiday and its chubby toddler mascot. Clearly our society created Valentine's Day to make a bunch of money ...
Author: [no author name found] In order to make The Campus opinions section a more accessible medium, starting this semester The Campus will include a poll containing not only numerical data but also personal statements from interested students. Each week we will post the poll question for the next ...
Author: Stefan Claypool The election of Michael Steele as chairman of the Republican National Committee is a significant event in American politics. The 168 members of the Republican National Committee decided to place the former Maryland Lieutenant Governor at the party's helm, establishing Steele ...
Author: Kate Lupo Get ready. Oh my God. Can't wait. I'm trembling … They're here! The Febs have officially arrived on campus and the school is abuzz. Like a scene out of a Where's Waldo? picture book, older Midd-kids have already started to excitedly pinpoint and identify new Febs all over campus. ...
Author: [no author name found] As the national economy spirals deeper into recession with each passing day, Middlebury continues to grapple with the financial challenges facing all collegiate institutions during these trying times. Shortly before the recent February vacation, President of the College ...
Author: Emma Gardner At the beginning of each semester at Middlebury I find myself scribbling lists of my aspirations for the next few months in an often neglected assignment book that usually resides somewhere deep inside my cluttered desk, filled with similar records of "to do" items. Depending on ...
Author: Mike Waters At a beer tasting class during my semester abroad in Denmark, the host introduced himself as "a part-time alcoholic," which makes sense. In Denmark, with its government-funded education and universal healthcare, one can afford a part-time schedule. Me, I'm an American. I work full-time.My ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy College, I gather, is a formative experience for the young Americans who elect to take part in this fine tradition. It is a place where they not only acquire a deeper and broader understanding of the world around them, but also learn savvy social skills, explore one another's ...
Author: Nate Blumenshine For many of us, reading the news the past couple of weeks about the invasion of Gaza stimulates energetic debate, academic interest, and the occasional emotional twinge of guilt. We have no way to really understand the numbers that are reported: 1,300 Palestinians killed, 13 ...