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. ...
As a geology professor at Middlebury College, I am proud to be involved with the “Energy2028” initiative.
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Author: [no author name found] The decision to remove one of Aaron Gensler's '08 photographs from her exhibit in The Center Gallery last week raises important questions about the role of public art on campus - and the role that College administrators should play in dictating the content of this art. ...
Author: Patrick Swan I have been a student at this College for nearly four years. During my time here, I have had many opportunities to learn about different concepts and discuss many themes, all of which contributed not only to my academic formation, but also to my formation as a human being. Certain ...
Author: Daniel Streitfeld Thursday mornings are usually a pleasant time for me. Having no Friday classes, the prospect of only a few more hours of lecture until complete freedom makes it hard to not be happy. Imagine my utter disappointment then, when I picked up The Middlebury Campus, to realize that ...
Author: [no author name found] Loss of Proctor Lounge a blowFor diehard fans of the Proctor Woodstove Lounge, the news of impending renovations to the aging but oddly beloved dining hall is a harsh blow. Proctor as a whole has long held a reputation as a polarizing force on campus, generating strong ...
Author: James O'Brien This week, thin white cards with words on them were placed in those plastic holder things on the dining hall tables. They said "Think about this…" and argued about tiny dining hall budgets. Here are my ignorant thoughts, which I invite you to respond to in op-ed form so that ...
Author: Ryan Tauriainen and Chelsea Guster On Monday, March 3 at 4:00 p.m. in McCullough Social Space, the American Red Cross and the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) will be hosting an historic open forum in order to discuss the discriminatory policies that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Author: Josh Chan For 85 years, longer than Battell, Ross and Atwater have existed, Middlebury College's Winter Carnival has been a three-day event. It is a historic and incredibly important Middlebury institution, and is the envy of college carnivals throughout the Northeast. It is a time when students, ...
Author: Chris Anderson I read in The Campus recently that Dartmouth was eliminating loan and aid packages for lower income students. After reading that headline, my internal dialogue was something like: "Outrage! How could they - oh. This has to be a good thing. Because of course they have to supplement ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The pay period passes, and I receive yet another e-mail reminding me to turn in my time sheet and, like always, I ignore it. Even if I were to painstakingly enter all of the hours that I rack up each week as a Peer Writing Tutor while attending training sessions and meeting with ...
Author: Jenna Levine There has been much rumor and miscommunication regarding the Oct. 26 VACA Halloween party police incident involving alumna Emilie McDonald and me. I do not wish here to separate rumor from fact but only to suggest that I was wrong and unhelpful when I interjected myself into the ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:This week, Brown University did away with tuition for students whose families make less than $60,000 a year and increased financial aid, and most importantly replaced student loans with grants across the board. This is an impressive commitment to socio-economic ...