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 ...
Author: Alex Garlick When you woke up this morning, were you wondering if there could be yet another presidential election column in this space? Say it with me, "YES WE CAN!" Anyway, Tuesday, March 4 is setting up to be the Super-est Tuesday since … Super Tuesday. Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:We need to ask John McCain to serve again. George Washington overcame many hardships, had two horses shot out from under him and had musket balls rip through his waistcoat during the Revolutionary War. Fortunately, he survived to serve again. The strength ...
Author: [no author name found] Sex sells - and "Let's Talk About Sex" month, sponsored by the Office of Health and Wellness and a slew of on campus organizations, knows it. Boasting events as diverse as discussions about the College's hook up culture, performances of "The Vagina Monologues" and speed ...
Author: Alex Garlick The Democratic nomination race will be very close. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting for every last delegate in their primary contests, desperately trying to get to the magic number of 2,025. This is a breath of fresh air for political fans, accustomed to seeing the ...
Author: Tess Russell Last weekend, I found myself pregaming in a room with friends who were all bound for different destinations on and off campus. Looking around, I noticed that I was the only person present who was clothed in anything resembling normal going-out attire. I should mention I was wearing ...
Author: James O'Brien I know no one likes negativity (except for maybe me) but I've concluded that this general abhorrence toward nay-sayers is partially based on the media's positivity propaganda. To illustrate my point, let's examine the Nike commercial from a few months back that depicts female athletes ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:On behalf of our family and employees here at Two Brothers Tavern, I would like to address an article written by H.Kay Merriman in the Jan. 10 edition of The Middlebury Campus. The article, entitled "Risky Business … Is it Worth It? Students using fake ...
Author: Derek Schlickeisen You made the choice when you came to Middlebury."Greek life isn't for me," you thought. "I don't want to go to a big school where the only way to be known is by joining some fraternity full of problem drinkers who will make me do degrading things just to let me hang out with ...
Author: Tristan Axelrod In an anthropology class last semester, final grades were based on four components: a final exam, a midterm exam, response papers, and participation. The three response papers were graded as check, check-minus or no check, and after receiving three of three checks and a 96 on ...