Author: Alex Garlick What would this campaign cycle look like if John Kerry had won the 2004 election? The Democratic nominee lost Ohio by only 100,000 votes, or just about the attendance at an Ohio St. football game. His cumbersome slogan was to make America, "Stronger at home and more respected in ...
Author: Madeleine Terry, Alex Garlick and Eric Lonstein As student co-chairs of the Academic and Community Judicial Boards, we write in response to last week's front-page article, "Faculty supports that teachers proctor exams" (April 17) The article described a 'desire' on the part of the College's ...
Author: Kristen Ward and Aki Ito I was molested at age 3. The police told me I should have tried harder to get information about my rapist. My friend said he didn't rape her - she doesn't think it's rape because she was drunk. Even my family didn't believe me. I told him no, and he did it anyway.A guy ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The only thing more appalling than the pompousness and complete lack of logic displayed by Ryan Tauriainen's letter in last week's paper is the fact that you keep paying attention to him. Could you stop?Sincerely,Tristan Axelrod '08To the Editor:I always ...
Author: James O'Brien It has taken me nearly a full two years at Middlebury College, but I have finally learned that everyone has problems. Paradoxically, most of us seem to believe that the hard-working students around us are crises-free, while, at the same time, we downplay our issues because we have ...
Author: [no author name found] Claims about the academic dishonesty of Middlebury students are startling. More disturbing still, however, is the proposal by some members of the faculty to place professors as proctors in classrooms during exams. Cheating, plagiarism and other violations of Middlebury's ...
Author: Ryan Tauriainen Last week a gay student wrote a scathing op-ed ("Counter-productive Gaypril event baffles," April 10) to reveal to the campus that (gasp) there was a "gay party" the previous weekend. There were a few mistakes or misinterpretations that I will correct rather quickly. First off, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Having experienced Laurie Essig as a teacher I feel compelled to respond to the College returning her to tenure track and the resultant support expressed by the Middlebury community. While Laurie Essig as a person is extremely knowledgeable and the material ...
Author: Rachel Pagano On April 2, the Middlebury College Republicans hosted a lecture by Mark Steyn, The New York Times best-selling author of "America Alone," and an internationally known columnist who writes for publications spanning the globe, including The Washington Post, Maclean's, The Jerusalem ...
Author: [no author name found] Despite the supposed freeze on new construction, the College's recent campaign to renovate a number of old buildings on campus has created its own fair share of commotion. While the administration has its reasons for each undertaking, its decision to renovate McCullough ...
Author: James O'Brien Throughout the storied history of my unfortunate column in The Middlebury Campus, I have struggled with how to write an opinion column without having any opinions. As a result, I usually ended up pursuing some sort of polemical rant in order to produce an aggravated op-ed from ...
Author: Alex Garlick The Democratic Primary has had all the characteristics of a heavyweight title bout this year. There have been lots of verbal punches thrown, some low blows and a lot of blowhards beside the ring. I can even picture Howard Dean as the referee (he's got the scream for it). Barack ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner A woman stopped me in the dining hall and said, "I don't think you're going to eat all those sandwiches here." I said, "You're right. I'm taking these to my friends who don't have time to go to the dining hall right now. They're all students too. Does it matter whether we eat ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl What could be duller than sexuality? Sure, it comes with its complications, like relationships, harassment and discrimination, but for most of the normal, well-educated students of Middlebury College, sex is tedious and predictable, nothing more than a lust that is occasionally ...
Author: Rodrigo Seira This past month was not an easy one for politicians. On March 10, The New York Times broke the story that linked New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring, forcing him to resign only a few days later. On March 24, there came a second sex scandal as Detroit Mayor Kwame ...
Author: [no author name found] Students are doubtlessly grumbling (to say the least) about the College's decision to temporarily disband a cappella group Stuck in the Middle (SIM) for hazing violations. However, the decision - though disappointing for members of the group - ultimately signals the understandable ...
Author: James O'Brien I was listening to WRMC 91.1 - my favorite on-campus radio station - when one show ended and on came a show called Neo-Con Air. I didn't actually listen to the show, but it did jog my memory about the fun Neo-Con posters that I used to walk by on the way to Ross Dining Hall. I ...
Author: Corinne Almquist and David Dolginow "We are the dream generation, we are the dream reborn." This chant started as a whisper, stirring more than a thousand people to unite in song and hope. We rose in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a just and equal society, and in a promise ...