Editorial Cartoon Vermonters Against College Alcohol
By Middlebury Campus | November 1, 2006Author: Taylor Long and Steve Miller [no story text found]
Opinion
Notes from the Desk
October 25, 2006Author: James Kerrigan Sports culture was a defining school quality as I considered which colleges would be good fits. Athletic prowess and fan dedication helped a school climb my own power rankings of desirable places to spend my next four years. I fantasized about camping out in Krzyzewskiville for ...
Editorial About our evening with the Chief Justice
By Middlebury Campus | October 25, 2006Author: [no author name found] If Tuesday's lecture by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was truly a model for the proposed monthly convocation series, it is difficult to imagine what we would now reflect on for the next three weeks of community discussion. Roberts was eloquent, humorous and more than ...
In My Humble Opinion Trick or get wasted
By Middlebury Campus | October 25, 2006Author: Daniel Roberts One of my favorite activities off-campus is to strike up conversations with people from town. One recent exchange began at CVS when my friend and I noticed an older woman at the counter, purchasing numerous bags of candy."Getting ready for trick-or-treaters?" I asked. She gave ...
It is time for a path to Cornwall
By Middlebury Campus | October 25, 2006Author: Allan C. Cremer As someone who has lived on Route 30 for the past ten years, I have become increasingly aware of the number of individuals and groups traveling on the road by bicycle and the likelihood of significant growth in bicycle use as the costs and environmental drawbacks of commuting ...
Editorial Cartoon Chief Justice Roberts
By Middlebury Campus | October 25, 2006Author: Taylor Long and Steve Miller [no story text found]
Judging Chief Justice Roberts' record
By Middlebury Campus | October 11, 2006Author: Jennifer Leigh Williams Roberts is a judge for the twenty-first century. As Chief Justice, he writes engagingly; it is common for him to pepper his opinions with sports imagery and witty humor. For example, he describes his position as that of an umpire, or one whose job is to uphold the rules, ...
Notes from the Desk
October 11, 2006Author: Kathryn Flagg We've got a bad case of the "touchy-feelies" here at Middlebury College. Don't quite understand what I mean? Listen in on any Friday morning discussion section or impassioned debate over lunch at Proctor: the "I feel" has replaced the "I think" in our collective College jargon.It's ...
Editorial All-student e-mail for all?
By Middlebury Campus | October 11, 2006Author: [no author name found] Maybe we should blame the Admissions Office for continually admitting smarter and more ambitious students into our community. Or maybe we should blame the hacker-internet culture for warping the minds of innocent Middlebury youth. Whatever the reason, it was this time ...
Letters to the Editor
October 11, 2006Author: [no author name found] Carbon Neutrality InitiativeTo the Editor:I was pleased to hear of support by the Board Of Trustees and President Liebowitz for a low-emissions power plant and reducing the college's impact on climate change. Below is my letter to President Liebowitz, in support of the ...
In My Humble Opinion Passion of the celebrity
By Middlebury Campus | October 11, 2006Author: Daniel Roberts Do you remember this past summer when Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving? According to the arrest report, he told the officer, "I'm not going to get in your car. I own Malibu." In addition, after seeing that Deputy James Mee looked Jewish, he told him, "F*****g Jews. The ...
Notes from the Desk
October 4, 2006Author: Jay Dolan Last Spring a laptop computer was stolen from a Middlebury student by a Two Brothers Tavern (TBT) delivery guy. This year, multiple people have told me about encounters with some feisty employees when they called before the 10 p.m. delivery time. I love TBT and I was the first to defend ...
Strategic plan for Midd
By Middlebury Campus | October 4, 2006Author: Lucas Kavner Recently obtained copy of the Actual "Strategic Plan" for Middlebury College.Written By: RobotsAim Number One: Build more buildings. Disregard the fact that many of the facilities, such as Proctor and WRMC's (which were recently technologically updated and painted by the students ...
Editorial College courting crime
By Middlebury Campus | October 4, 2006Author: [no author name found] The release last week of the College's Annual Security Report, which showed the number of serious campus crimes in 2005 to have been fairly low, serves as a reminder of the hard work done by Public Safety. At the same time, however, the report reminds us of several important ...
Editorial Cartoon Parents Weekend
By Middlebury Campus | October 4, 2006Author: Taylor Long and Steve Miller [no story text found]
In My Humble Opinion Shut up and go vote
By Middlebury Campus | October 4, 2006Author: Daniel Roberts I was excitedly hustling into Proctor (Chicken Cacciatore baby!) with a buddy of mine when a cute girl called out at us, "Do you guys need absentee ballots?" Huh? Absentee ballot? "Right, yeah... I do need one of those," I sheepishly lied. Then, ever omniscient, she said, "Do ...
Notes from the Desk
September 27, 2006Author: Joe Bergan Last year there was only one thing that was certain. Every Thursday night I would accompany my friends of legal drinking age at nine or ten o'clock to the Grille. I arrived at the Juice Bar in a fury of excitement. I was in! The warm music of the "chill" band surrounded me, for ...
College star makes deal with devil
By Middlebury Campus | September 27, 2006Author: Andrew Chae Last week national news broke that the social networking start-up Facebook.com was on the verge of a near billion-dollar sale. The official reports from the news wires published that Yahoo, out of a bidding group that also included the likes of Microsoft and Viacom, was close to ...
Editorial Cartoon How to catch a drunk at Middlebury
By Middlebury Campus | September 27, 2006Author: [no author name found] [no story text found]
In My Humble Opinion Bawlin' about books
By Middlebury Campus | September 27, 2006Author: Daniel Roberts You know what activity at the beginning of each semester I really like? Going to get books. The walls containing giant, heavy anthologies that you have to buy, even though you know the teacher will only assign a few chapters from them. The long lines snaking out into the hallway, ...