Author: Joseph Bergan The following is a list of all the things that have vanished from my life as a Middlebury student, calendar years 2004-2007:The "New Faces" bookThe "New Faces" book died three years ago. The now-defunct publication is predeceased by Facebook.com, which is in living color, has tagging ...
Author: Alex Garlick No matter how loud the debate becomes regarding Matthew Biette's threat to cancel midnight breakfast, it seems to fall on deaf ears. The Campus' editorial board can chip in its two cents and the SGA can organize a lunch with Biette, but the student body is taking the apathetic route ...
Author: Douglas Sisson "Let's just stop by. At least be seenÖ" Sound familiar? If it doesn't, then you don't eavesdrop. I have heard the "at least be seen" reasoning a few too many times to ignore. What does it mean to be seen at a certain place or with certain people? This is a question often taken ...
Author: [no author name found] Bringing workload to the tableChances are, if you are a student on campus at this time of year, you are reading this editorial somewhere between your morning lecture courses, your afternoon sports or a capella practices and that meeting with the student organization of ...
Author: Daniel Roberts In my history discussion yesterday, amidst a riveting talk about the influence of Jesuit missionaries in Japan in the 1500s (like I said, riveting), a tinny, obnoxious electronica beat suddenly pierced the room. It was some girl's cell phone, and it sounded like a Mozart concerto ...
Author: Max Nardini Military recruiting at Middlebury always stirs up a buzz. This is understandable, as the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy conflicts with the College's antidiscrimination statement, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of, among other things, sexual orientation. Some ...
Author: James Kerrigan Just before closing time at Proctor on a September evening, I sat down with men's soccer goalie Brian Bush '09 for a quick dinner before returning to the newspaper office. We did our best to get through the leftover food as we exchanged high school soccer glory stories. I thought ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In response to the MOQA protest of the United States Marine Core information table, the behavior demonstrated by the protesters was disrespectful and a good example of the behavior of Middlebury's activist communities as of late. While the armed forces are ...
Author: Kay Tenney I believe Middlebury College needs to dramatically expand the organic/sustainable food choices in the dining programs and to offer one, two and three meal-a-day plans, and thus, change the obligatory ruling to eat at the dining facilities. My daughter, a member of the Class of 2008, ...
Author: Kevin Redmon Your front page coverage of Middlebury's participation in Power Shift 2007 was encouraging to see ("Students aid D.C. green looby," Nov. 8). Despite being one of the smaller colleges represented, Middlebury sent nearly 80 students (in a bio-diesel bus, no less) to the conference ...
Author: Daniel Roberts Here's a first - I want to take this week's column to respond to another column. If it helps, look along online as you read me this week. The column is Jordan Nassar's "The Devil Wears Patagonia" (Nov. 15). I had not read this column until a friend of mine brought it to me and ...
Author: Alexandra Garcia Gender violence should be on the hot list this week. There are those posters with Middlebury quotes, the posters with sexual violence statistics and a few Feminists all up in arms over the "insensitive" op-ed response to the posters. But what's the big deal? Hasn't anybody noticed ...
Author: Feminist Action at Middlebury, Men Against Violence and Women of Color We would like to thank James O'Brien for raising some important concerns in his recent op-ed article "Sex and Shaq don't mix - but we talk about it anyway" (Nov 15). The level of apathy on this campus needs to be addressed ...
Author: [no author name found] With exams fast approaching, settle in with your books, hunker down with your notes - and get ready to kiss that beloved midnight breakfast tradition goodbye. Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette sent out an ominous e-mail two weeks ago threatening Middlebury students ...
Author: Douglas Sisson I'm in Chicago, away from Middlebury and spending Thanksgiving Break with my family. Just this week, my skepticism has dulled, my heart has been rejuvenated and consequently my column has been altered. Final exams and papers are on the horizon, and, while there is so much about ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes As I sat down in Atwater one morning with my bowl of Rice Krispies and Captain Crunch, I noticed something strange. No, I am not talking about my habit of mixing cereal - that is not strange, just plain delicious. I am referring to the little sign standing in the middle of the ...
Author: Alex Garlick Impassioned debate is good for the liberal arts educational experience. Unfortunately, as of late I have observed the debate regarding these pages to be pathetically partisan and personal. (I apologize for all the alliteration).Last week, Ward Wolff '08 penned an opinion piece on ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In response to the editorial about study drugs ("Study drug use on campus requires closer look," Nov. 8) and the honor code - from what Doug Sisson writes in his other op-ed (Adderrall's unfair advantage), obtaining a prescription for Adderall doesn't seem ...