Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I would like to thank your columnist James O'Brien for looking into the dating scene here at Middlebury and sharing his observations. I thoroughly enjoyed his piece, especially his reference to the Love & Condoms Department of the Health Center - what ...
Author: [no author name found] In recent weeks, this paper has published numerous articles about Middlebury College's increased physical and economic presence in downtown Middlebury. The College's economic support of Carol's Hungry Mind Café, the new bridge over Otter Creek, as well as the lease of ...
Author: Kate Lupo A few years back there was a TV show on ABC called "Commander in Chief." The premise of the show was such: Geena Davis played the part of Vice President MacKenzie Allen who, following the death of President Teddy Bridge, ascends to the job and becomes the first female president of ...
Author: Stefan Claypool There is a misconception that Washington can "fix" our financial crisis. It can't. However, it can exacerbate the problem, which is why it's important that we consider the security of our financial system when we cast our ballots this November.In the last year we've seen a disturbing ...
Author: Honor Code Review Committee We write to introduce you to the work of the 2008-09 Honor Code Review Committee, and to invite your participation in our review process in the months ahead. In 1963, Middlebury College students developed and implemented an Honor Code that was introduced with the ...
Author: Jessie Singleton "It's the economy, stupid," Clinton advisor James Carville cleverly coined during the 1992 Presidential race against George H.W. Bush. In the years that followed, our economy achieved unprecedented success, bringing jobs to the unemployed, confidence to consumers and real income ...
Author: Dean Atyia Dear Career Services Office, We had a very productive relationship up until last week, and for that I thank you. It started as a casual interchange; I had just broken up with my last conduit to gainful employment, and you were wearing that really pretty little alumni search bit, you ...
Author: [no author name found] In a vote taken last spring, the Middlebury faculty approved a measure to require senior work for all students, beginning with the class of 2013. We applaud this audacious decision as it exemplifies two values that Middlebury stands for: high-level academic discourse, ...
Author: Daniel Roberts An important person that you have probably never heard of (I say this with a complete lack of snobbery, it's just a fact) died a week ago at the young age of 46, and there's a reason why we as college students, but more importantly as the next generation of America's leaders, ...
Author: Gregg Humphrey, Director of Elementary Education The Teach For America recruitment has begun again on campus soon to be followed by Teach Kentucky, representatives from independent schools, and placement agencies such and Carney, Sandoe & Associates. Clearly there is a groundswell of interest ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy The humble author of this column was nurtured by bears on the outer reaches of the rapidly shrinking Arctic Circle, among the caviar bushes, liquor streams and herring-tree lined promenades of stately Leningrad. For two years now he has been hiding behind his impeccable American ...
Author: James O'Brien After my last column came out, a friend asked me what my thoughts were on "labels." I thought the question was interesting enough, so I'm taking a one week break from my pseudoinvestigative journalism to answer this question. The three main categories of Middlebury romantic involvement ...
Author: Leslie Lim Middlebury is currently the proud owner of a certain college ranking, and a certain nagging fault along with it. Two weeks ago, I read in this very same paper about Middlebury's number one ranking in the Sierra Club's "Ten That Get It" list. Different from many other college rankings, ...
Author: Livingston Burgess In general, I hate whining. I will stand firmly behind the disenfranchised, disempowered and otherwise dissed, but when fringe and marginal voices demand disproportionate representation, I usually draw the line. I hate conspiracy theories, diatribes that blame "the man" and ...
Author: Flint Reilly I am writing to express my sincere thoughts about an unavoidable topic for our community. Underage drinking is absolutely against the law. Our community is lucky to have fine establishments like Two Brother's Tavern, Mister Ups, Doria's and Fire & Ice. The owners and employees ...
Author: Will Bellaimey, Middlebury College Democrats Okay, maybe "Bush's Third Term" is a little harsh. Nobody likes to be serving out someone else's term. Al Gore hated it in 2000, when people said he was just another four years of Clinton. That wasn't true. A Gore presidency was going to be sooo different ...
Author: [no author name found] Around 4:00 p.m. on Sunday the campus lost Internet access. The only Web sites that campus computers were able to access were those associated with Middlebury College - the College homepage, bannerweb and email. For a few short minutes, College students lost touch with ...
Author: Adam Clayton As far as investments go, nothing, except perhaps a house, weighs more heavily on an average person than a college degree. To spend more than two hundred thousand dollars over four years while we could be working puts us a few hundred thousand dollars and four years of work experience ...