Author: Lucas Yoquinto Quite a few people around here talk about "the Middlebury Bubble." This figurative barrier supposedly separates the student body from the rest of the world, keeping out current events and keeping in some of the most devastating diseases ever to make you think twice before opening ...
Author: Alex Garlick In the spirit of the brilliant "Stuff White People Like" blog, I'd like to provide a guide for any outsiders that encounter Middlebury people.1. John McCardell - McCardell is not just liked - he is loved, nearly four years since his assumption of "Emeritus." In terms of notable ...
Author: James O'Brien In 1986, Robert Fulgham published a famous essay entitled "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." I'm considering writing a sort of companion piece to this essay called "Everything I Learned in Kindergarten was a Lie."In kindergarten we were taught to play fair, ...
Author: Maddie Terry This week I write to support and applaud the so-called illegitimate Middlebury Campus, as well as its' Features editors, in light of a March 13 letter to the editor. I trust that, given what I have always understood to be committed adherence of The Campus staff to those "journalistic ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Title of an article two weeks ago - "Williams would get an Eph on its report card." Title of an article last week - "Manhattanville ville come to town, Saturday at 4:00."? Really?Sincerely,David Foote '10To the Editor:The quality of your sports articles are ...
Author: Robert Mohr I think we need to look at the contents of the e-mail that has seemingly caused so much controversy ("Cake - choice of many or few," March 6). While some of the language employed in the e-mail may be considered slightly pretentious and/or arrogant, the message being conveyed was ...
Author: Abigail Opoku-Agyemang My name is Abigail Opoku-Agyemang. I am a first-year student at Middlebury. I was born in Ghana and my family moved here when I was younger. When I was applying to colleges, Middlebury stood out to me as a school that was not only excellent but also diverse. Middlebury ...
Author: Rodrigo Seira There has been much talk about Tuesday's Democratic primaries. In a must-win situation, with Obama seemingly ready to deliver a knockout punch, Hillary Clinton was able to score an impressive win in Ohio and capture the popular vote in Texas. The second of Hillary's death-defying ...
Author: James O'Brien Last week, Daniel Streitfield's op-ed quoted an all-DJ e-mail from "a prominent member of WRMC." According to Streitfield's op-ed, the e-mail read, "It has come to my attention that THIRD EYE BLIND is leading in the online concert survey the Middlebury College Activities Board ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In legitimate newspapers, which adhere to journalistic standards, editors are required to present their changes to each writer before publishing the changes. In legitimate newspapers, gratuitous graphic sexual commentary hardly exists. The Middlebury Campus ...
Author: Alex Garlick With so much going on in presidential politics this week I decided to let the politicians ask some questions.In the words of Will Hunting, "How do you like them apples?"-Hillary, New York.I must say I am impressed, Hillary. During Obama's "winning streak," it appeared that March ...
Author: Andrew Piccirillo Before continuing reading, I would like you to consider where you obtained this copy of The Campus.I'm a student employee at Proctor Dining Hall and I have a request - please bus your own tables. It's not my job or the job of anyone else in the dining halls to do this for you. ...
Author: Grace Duggan I arrived on campus this past fall knowing that I'd be flying to Córdoba, Spain right after J-term. Fresh off of the non-stop party - and, more importantly, the fantastic learning environment - that was Spanish School, I was pumped to peace-out from Middlebury for the spring semester. ...
Author: Orin Adumas As the Middlebury College leadership, in its infinite wisdom, readies itself to delve into the commercial restaurant industry, one has to wonder if this is an effective use of institutional resources. We see how precarious a situation it is for Carol's Hungry Mind Café and the entire ...
Author: [no author name found] More than a month after Nicholas Garza's '11 disappearance, the search for Garza himself, and the search for answers for the community, are still underway. Out of respect for Garza's family and friends, and out of concern for Garza himself, we as a community have avoided ...
Author: Alex Garlick Barack Obama is a lot of things to a lot of people, but there is one thing his supporters and detractors both admire - his rhetoric. Which is a good thing. Right? Well, maybe not. Academics and pundits suggest that Americans are very suspicious of rhetoric, Obama's best weapon. ...
Author: James Riley For three years I have resisted contributing to the noble tirades of The Campus's op-ed section. Through the great residential lockdown of '05, through the gradual boa constrictor-ization of the administration, through the curiously inconsistent disciplinary action taken against ...
Author: Peter Baumann Like any other Middlebury student, I complain a lot. I don't understand why our 2006 Strategic Plan placed an emphasis on recruiting new faculty in order to improve our faculty-to-student ratio, yet the additions seem awfully slow in coming, at least when staring at 35+ student ...
Author: James O'Brien After eating off of contaminated dining hall plates last week, I contracted several diseases. These ailments included a double ear infection, respiratory infection, a sinus infection and Maple Syrup Urine Disease. I lied about Maple Syrup Urine Disease, although it is a real ailment. ...