Author: [no author name found] Ambiguous Commons for an Ambivalent CommunityWe live on a changing campus. As each shovel of earth is lifted from the ground around the two newest building sites within College boundaries – at the new library and the Atwater Commons expansion – our campus grows ever ...
Author: [no author name found] Hide the beer! Stuff those stolen dishes under the bed! Put on that shirt grandma made you! No, no! Faster, you idiot! They'll be here any minute! But, oh no! It's too late. (Cue horror music) The door opens, and —gasp — it's your parents!And they brought cake. Thanks, ...
Author: [no author name found] President George W. Bush may have offered an articulate rationale to Congress, to the United Nations and to the American public for a war on Iraq. However, and alarmingly so, he has failed to offer a cogent plan outlining a replacement regime for post-Saddam Iraq. In the ...
Author: [no author name found] Last week, Scott Ritter declared that Iraq poses no threat to the world and demanded evidence "before military action is taken." He obviously didn't read the authoritative December 1998 New Republic article asserting that Iraq was "not nearly disarmed," that in all likelihood, ...
Author: [no author name found] As I was rubbing the sleep out of my eyes a few mornings ago, I was quickly awakened by something I very much hoped I wasn't seeing. Yes, sad to say, when my computer opened up to the Middlebury Web site 15 minutes before I had to be in my German class, I saw to my dismay ...
Author: [no author name found] In response to the letter in the September 25th edition of The Campus written by Kristina Rudd '03, the Atwater Commons Council does not feel that we should cease our sponsorship of the fall blood drive. While we understand her concern and also abhor any prejudice against ...
Author: [no author name found] Well, let me first take this moment to thank everyone who read my article about Middining, and those of you who became so belabored with its flagrant injustice that you wrote in to The Campus. I would like to respond to each of the articles personally, but let's clarify ...
Author: Caitlin Prentice Around campus in the past week, I have heard and read, in the last issue of The Campus, a lot of whining about the state of Dining Services. Students are upset that menus and hours have changed, that lines are too long, that plates and silverware are running out, essentially ...
Author: Sarah McCabe "Should the Dean of Student Affairs come to believe that the activities of a [social] house are a detriment to the life of the larger College community, he or she may recommend to the president that the house be terminated at Middlebury College … In the case of a violation of ...
Author: Robert J. Keren In his column "Summer Workers Demand Respect from Language Schools," (The Middlebury Campus, Sept. 13, 2002) Vinay Jawahar '03 asks the question "…why is it so much worse to hear English than any of the seven languages the student is not studying?" On the chance that this ...
Author: Mark Garcelon As Scott. Ritter so eloquently and powerfully argued during his talk of Sept. 23 here at Middlebury, the Bush government refuses to produce any of the intelligence it says it possesses that supposedly demonstrates that Saddam Hussein either has re-built his weapons of mass destruction ...
Author: Richard Saunders Ah yes, it must be fall. I know that because, just about the time leaves change color, a Middlebury student writes an article for The Campus on his or her outrage at the state of College food. Later this fall, I know when winter will arrive because another student will undoubtedly ...
Author: [no author name found] There was a minor banquet awaiting students in the Ross Dining Hall on Monday at lunchtime: shrimp and satan stir-fries were simmering in one corner, while elsewhere students could choose between two kinds of wrap sandwiches, two kinds of pizza, black bean chili or chili ...
Author: [no author name found] Among the many topics that dominated campus news last spring, none provoked more vociferous discussion than the College's policy on sexual assault. From a debate that initially took place silently on posters on the walls of academic buildings and residence halls and in ...
Author: [no author name found] The College — administrators in Old Chapel and of the commons system and the staff of the Center for International Affairs, specifically — should be commended for their forethought in inviting two speakers of note to campus in the last three weeks, Elie Wiesel and, ...
Author: Kristina Rudd I am concerned about Atwater Commons' sponsorship of the American Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, Sept. 23. The blood drive is indeed a worthy cause, but I wonder if Middlebury College is aware of the policies of the American Red Cross concerning homosexual men. According to ...
Author: [no author name found] What an outstanding weekend. Usually I grocery shop and do laundry, but last weekend I attended Middlebury's Alumni Leadership Conference. The fact is I'm an alumnus from the class of 1999; I'm not sure about leadership, though. Coupling an invitation to Middlebury with ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: I recently received a mailing from Middlebury College asking, on its cover, whether I am "e-conscious." This apparent effort at environmental activism on the part of the College pleased me immensely. That is, until I opened the letter. Inside, to my surprise, ...
Author: [no author name found] "Middlebury prides itself on the quality of the food it serves … The food service staff stay abreast of current culinary trends, and as a result, students enjoy healthy, delicious fare such as grilled meats, freshly tossed pastas, and a constant, varied supply of vegetarian ...
Author: [no author name found] Stepping Away from ScandalA number of highly-publicized episodes this summer revealed that throughout much of the 1990s the net of corporate malfeasance was cast far and wide. From GE's Jack Welch to Adelphia's John Rigas, chiefs of some of America's biggest businesses ...