Author: James O'Brien I'm not familiar with the history of politics enough to attempt to identify when politicians' focus turned from serving the best interest of their country to serving the best interest of their party. At some point, though, it happened. Why is Democrats and Republicans working together ...
Author: Angela Evancie PROFESSIONTom: Hey man, any idea what you want to be next fall?Oscar: Yeah, I was thinking either a neonatal surgeon or an archeologist. Tom: Wow, cool. How many spots for archeologists?Oscar: Only ten, so I'll have to get up pretty early to put my name in. How about you?Tom: ...
Author: Michael Geisler Metaphors are tricky business. No doubt, the editorial board in the Oct. 23 Campus is correct in reminding us that the small liberal arts college is "the core" of the Middlebury experience. But a "core," whether we are talking about an apple or a peach, has a function only in ...
Author: Alex Garlick The election of Barack Obama was an historic day for our country, one that made me proud to be an American. While the United States has been the flagship of liberal democracy for over two centuries, its leader has exclusively been a white male, and to break from that mold alone ...
Author: Scott Kleiman Dear Dolci, While I'm sure there are legitimate and compelling reasons for the changes to Dolci recently announced, it saddens me that Dolci will no longer be as I experienced it from 2002-06. My four years cooking, managing, and eating as part of Dolci stand out as some of the ...
Author: Christian Brady Regardless of my personal opinion on the propriety or tastefulness of the political fliers plastered around campus for the last month, I think it's important that we consider what we stand to gain and lose by discouraging these posters, writing them off as "counterproductive" ...
Author: Glenn Lower I would like to thank the College for sponsoring the Food Symposium during the week of October 20-24. Congratulations to the students who organized the event!As the General Manager of the Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op, I was especially interested in the Tuesday lecture (Oct. 21) ...
Author: [no author name found] The Middlebury Campus has enjoyed an online presence for nearly a decade, but this year marks a departure from the past in terms of reader participation. This year the Campus Opinions section has received markedly fewer Op-Ed submissions and Letters to the Editor than ...
Author: Kate Lupo While many people moan at the sight of them, it is always such a pleasure for me to see tour groups on campus. I always make an effort (much to the embarrassment of my friends walking with me) to give the parents and high school students in these groups a robust "WELCOME TO MIDDLEBURY!" ...
Author: Bobby-Joe Smith and Rebecca Harper This year, the Community Council will decide whether or not to implement a "Statement of Community Principles" to be upheld by all members of the Middlebury College community. The statement, which has been in the works since September of 2007, has been created ...
Author: Adam Clayton Last week, someone wrote a Letter to the Editor about my last column. I neglect to mention his name only because it was unpronounceable, abnormally long and would have taken too much space in the intro. He argued that I ought to have endorsed Socialist Party USA's candidate for ...
Author: Robert Prasch, Associate Professor of Economics As I write this, the major stock market indexes have taken another sharp downturn. Billions more can now be added to the trillions already lost in market capitalization and housing. The only certainty seems to be that before this is over we will ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy When I started watching football in the late 90s, Chelsea was a decent team in a pretty good national league. The kings of Europe then were Real Madrid, taking charge after the decline of AC Milan. If you asked me and my friends what our favorite teams were, we would list three ...
Author: James O'Brien Why are people so divided on the subject of breakfast for dinner (BFD)? What's not to like? BFD provides pancakes of various pancake flavors, which are somehow far superior to their regular pancake counterparts that we usually eat for breakfast. I'm not sure whether this is due ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:It occurred to me that Mr. Clayton ("The Cranky Socialist," Oct. 23) was confused on who he would want to support when it comes to the election this year. As such a strong socialist, I assumed he would know that his vote should be for Brian Moore and Stewart ...
Author: Julia Szabo and Sarah Tucker As two students who fully respect and appreciate the first amendment, fliers hung up this week by "Jack & Jill" have tested our patience. You've likely seen posters reading "Voting Kills" and "Nothing's Going to Change My World" accompanied by photos of the presidential ...
Author: Leslie Lim With Halloween just around the corner, I started to think about the many days of celebration that warrant a note on our calendars. Now it is clear that holidays, or "days of festivity or recreation when no work is done" in their form today, have come a long way from their origins. ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner On the Web site for the New York Times, "maureen dowd" was the number 10 most-searched item in the last 30 days and "krugman" made number seven. "Ayers" was number 24 and "stock market" rolled in at 50. Shame on you, Mr. Obama, for believing that Americans would rather read ...