Author: Sarah Shaikh Pepin gym was filled to capacity with students, parents and teachers that were on hand Saturday night to see The Capitol Steps, the political comedy group lauded by the Washington Post Reader's Choice for best live theater in 2005. Known for their biting political satire, they ...
Author: Jack Lysohir The Roosevelt Institution's Middlebury Chapter hosted over 100 students and faculty for its kickoff event last Thursday evening. The event celebrated the official launch of Roosevelt's Middlebury Chapter, which was founded last spring. It was held in the Robert A. Jones '59 House ...
Author: Dave Barker Let's forget Fair Trade Coffee, food waste and Free Tibet. There's a new cause worthy of protest on every college campus. Ever since Congress enacted the National Minimum Drinking Age Act in 1984, states have made it illegal for those under 21 to drink. Young adults can hold a bazooka ...
Author: MAIA HOLLINGER ’06.5 A friend recently confessed the effect of the girl he's been seeing, "she's like taking a fifth class." I had to laugh, but there's certainly some truth to it. You start with the course catalog. You peruse your options and chose a few classes you might be interested in ...
Author: JACK LYSOHIR I propose cable television for all students' rooms. Students would tune in to CNN to find a Supreme Court nominee who may well decide the fate of abortion. We would channel surf across party lines to watch Fox News cover the Iraq War as the American combat death toll perilously ...
Author: Teddy Flanagan ’04 As a liberal arts college, Middlebury's goal has always been to foster academic diversity and intellectual curiosity. The range of study at Middlebury is, has been and always should be, as diverse as the Vermont weather. Rigidity in any form doesn't fit with the spirit ...
Author: [no author name found] The Faculty Council should adopt the proposal offered by the Educational Affairs Committee (EAC) for the establishment of an English and American Literature major. The current separation of the two departments is an academic anachronism. The College is the only institution ...
Author: Betsy Currier Beacom '82 National trends not cause for department dismissalI am afraid that Middlebury College is losing its way. It is certainly beginningto look like a place I don't recognize.I refer to the proposed dismantling of the American Literature curriculum andthe way in which this ...
Author: [no author name found] The story of a student being cited for underage drinking on private property struck me as patently unfair. Why couldn't he have been given a warning? If drunk, why not a ride back to his dorm? It seems that today's police are taught not to give anyone a break; a lawbreaker ...
Author: [no author name found] Pushing the most recent Middlebury graduates off campus mere hours after their commencement ceremony is an inauspicious way for young alumni to begin a relationship with their alma mater. The time limit is logistically problematic for graduates traveling cross-country, ...
Author: Dave Barker I was seasoning my panini the other day at Proctor when a man in a suit approached to add some spice to his lunch-time meal. Since suits are about as rare as lacrosse players at Proctor, I asked the man, who turned out to be President Liebowitz, what brought him away from catered ...
Author: Jason Siegel As a worker in the mailroom, I get to see the campus activity boards on a regular basis. The Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (moqa) board is unique among all of the boards not because of its content, but because it is the only one that has been visibly defaced. Some random passerby ...
Author: SHEILA BAMBFORD PULVER 74' As a graduate of Middlebury College with a major in American Literature, I have written three letters to President Liebowitz and the alumni magazine in protest of the proposed changes to Middlebury College's unique American Literature department which would, in essence, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The cost of a Middlebury education is rising. Beyond even the exorbitant escalation of tuition costs, your paper noted the outrageous rise in costs for class textbooks. Yet, the school has done little to curtail this expense for students.There can, however, ...
Author: Katherine N. Doorley Diversity in the dictionary: "the condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness." Despite what one might hear, there is diversity at Midd. We are a student body that is different and varied. We come from all 50 states and all over the ...
Author: Dave Barker My 2.8-ounce Samsung sch-a630 cell phone came in a non-descript box last week. Not since the movie Cast Away has FedEx had such an important package to deliver. Now that friends and family are at the touch of the "send button," every available free moment begs a phone call. But, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I could not agree more with Phil Aroneanu's article [We cannot forget the destruction, Sept. 29, 2005] that voicing opposition to a government you feel is acting wrongly is an act of patriotism. However, I think we all ought to be more careful with the current ...
Author: Tory Watts Thank God for Saturday night, or I would easily be able to cite last Saturday, due to my horrific laundry experience, as one of the worst days I've ever spent at Middlebury. Never again will I participate in the debilitated, corrupt, inadequate system of clothes-washing at this college. ...
Author: [no author name found] Importance of rising grades inflatedInflated grade point averages at Middlebury College warrant investigation, but they should not be a cause for alarm.It must be noted that grades are not the only numbers going up at Middlebury - so are the standardized test scores and ...
Author: PHIL ARONEANU ’06.5 On Saturday, Sept. 24, 16 Middlebury students traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in an anti-war rally and march. The event, sponsored by the A.N.S.W.E.R. and United for Peace and Justice coalitions, attracted over 200,000 people from around the country, making it ...