Author: Katherine Doorley Last night I spoke to a friend of mine and he mentioned that his school has a "President for a day" program, where one student is able to be just that. This got me thinking about what I would do if I had that power. Now of course you're probably thinking that I'd reform the ...
Author: Russ Johanson '06 I could feel my blood pressure slowly rising as I read the latest report of Elizabeth DiCioccio's '06 accident in The Middlebury Campus ["Police complete investigation," Feb. 16].First, "injuries to the torso" does not do justice to the life-threatening injuries inflicted upon ...
Author: [no author name found] If social houses are required by College policy to make pledge a sober process, it follows that athletic teams should be held to the same, if not even stricter, standards for their recruits. Coach Peter Solomon's desire to respond quickly and severely when he became aware ...
Author: Dan Berkman 06.5 When I was in New Orleans with my J-Term class last month, there were many shops on Bourbon Street selling T-shirts back-lashing the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. The slogans' ranged from "FEMA: the new four-letter 'F' word" to "I looted this shirt during Hurricane ...
Author: THOMAS C. DRESCHER It's unsettling to think that the publication of this, our first issue of the spring 2006 semester, signifies the beginning of the end for my four-year career as an undergrad pseudo-journalist. What's truly terrifying, though, is the thought that in approximately 13 weeks ...
Author: Mike Ives '06.5 A week before Feb break, I attended a lecture at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury on "off the grid" energy systems given by Paul Kenyon, a mechanical engineer and freethinker from nearby Bridport. One of his big messages: it's possible to live in our modern world without ...
Author: DEB TENNEN '06 I have a great amount of respect for the role that Public Safety plays on our campus. But at Middlebury, I believe that they act more like meter maids than cops. In my experience, I have found that a student who parks his car in front of McCullough for 10 minutes at 8 a.m. on ...
Author: Dave Barker Curiosity drove me to New Orleans last week. My aunt didn't end up in a FEMA trailer. My roof didn't land in another zip code. I knew as much about the Big Easy as I did about the Big Dig, which is to say, very little, coming from the Pacific Northwest. I joined four friends with ...
Author: Dave Barker A recent Associated Press headline grabbed my attention at Atwater Dining Hall the other day, "College students lacking skills." I thought I would finally be reading an in-depth analysis of the lame, 2 a.m. pick-up line heard at McCullough on Saturday nights, "Shoot, I forgot my ...
Author: Jamie Henn '07 The history of broomball is not written in books, but on the icy court in front of McCullough each winter. In an age when professional sports are dominated by corruption, steroids and traitors (curse you, Johnny Damon), broomball is a noble reminder of what sports should be all ...
Author: Andrea M. LaRocca If you want to change Middlebury, now is the time. For the first time in over a decade, every aspect of Middlebury and its future is being rethought and revamped - and we can all have a say in it. The Planning Steering Committee released its report in the beginning of January, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The Middlebury Campus' recent color spread highlighting the Middlebury men's hockey team brought to light a disturbing trend that I've noticed over the course of the past two years: the exploits of the men's team are well documented, and the two-time defending ...
Author: [no author name found] That a rift between the Student Co-Chair of the Community Council (SCCOCC) JS Woodward '06 and Student Government Association (SGA) President Eli Berman '07.5 exists is an unfortunate state of affairs that all lengths should be taken to remedy. That the tensions between ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Ever since Al Gore invented the Internet, physical interactions have been replaced by electronic transactions. Now college students can even meet and greet friends on the Web thanks to Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg's online social networking solution Facebook.com. On Facebook, ...
Author: Adam Swick '06 The experience of studying in another country is for most students a time of intense personal growth in addition to the academic benefits, and fortunately the majority of Midd-kids do study abroad. However, when planning to study overseas many students ask two questions, how will ...
Author: [no author name found] The Planning Steering Committee's recently released comprehensive report demonstrates an admirable commitment by the distinct constituencies within the Middlebury College community to make the College a better place. The challenge of compiling the first such report ...
Author: Dave Barker I have no idea what "town-gown" relations mean. You see the hyphenated term thrown around in the Princeton Review college guide for prospective students looking for a school that has managed to be more than an island in the surrounding community. We are encouraged to read on Tuesdays ...
Author: SCOTT GREENE '08.5 "I believe diversity is an old wooden ship that was used during the civil war era."- Ron BurgundyCould Ron Burgundy have been a Feb? Most members of the Middlebury College community would completely reject such a proposition. Many would probably fall down laughing. After ...
Author: ANDREW CARNABUCI '06 I am writing to express a position that I believe has been tragically underrepresented in the recent public conversation about the social houses and the pledge process. I am not myself a member of a social house, but I still believe that I am echoing the opinions of the ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The bulk of coverage given to Alpha Delta Phi's violation in the Dec. 1 edition of The Middlebury Campus gave an accurate description of what happened. Nonetheless, classifying the event as a large party is incorrect. Fourteen cases of beer for a team with ...