Author: Editorial Board Save our Social LivesYou hear a lot about drinking at Middlebury College. In fact, amid all the talk about getting wasted, hammered and trashed you may not have notice that Middlebury students are now drinking on campus far more often than they have in the recent past. No, they ...
Author: Charlie Chapin '04 As a recent graduate and lifelong Californian, I strongly urge the faculty to reconsider their votes against the acquisition of Monterey Institute for International Studies (MIIS). Acquiring MIIS represents a significant step in building opportunities for educations and careers ...
Author: DAVID RICHINS, MBA Student Monterey, CA As a Monterey Institute MBA student, I am not claiming to know what is best in regards to potential mergers or acquisitions. However, I would like to express my opinion on one aspect of the matter.There are potential intrinsic benefits for such a merger ...
Author: LISIE MEHLMAN I have come to view the commons system as Middlebury's own Vietnam War. Such an analogy is drawn in order to more aptly assess incomprehensible administrative decisions, and is in no way intended to diminish the gallant efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who fought for ...
Author: ROSS LIEB-LAPIN ’07, MEG YOUNG ’07 We would simply like to express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Middlebury Community for the unsurpassable enthusiasm and support with which you received the American Cancer Society's second annual Relay for Life at Middlebury College. Last Friday, ...
Author: Sam Wilson Well, this is the last Sam Says. I know I had a fun time writing this column and I hope you had a nice time either reading it or skipping over it to find articles with more flavor.As a closing I am going to leave you with a few predictions about the national political landscape for ...
Author: ANDREW CARNABUCI ’06 "Thus we will be incomprehensible," wrote Jacques Derrida, on the current direction of language in academia. Sadly enough, I believe that Middlebury College will soon prove Derrida's words prophetic. In our dogmatic kow-towing to idol of political correctness, we are also ...
Author: Sam Wilson "Nuclear option" sounds too scary and exciting to mean changing the procedural rules in the Senate, but it means just that. Senate Majority Leader Frist is considering pushing the nuclear button to take away the possibility to filibuster judicial nominations.Some quick background ...
Author: Andrew Howard '06 As the weather finally gets warmer, roads and trails around campus come alive with runners and cyclists. Exercising on the beautiful back roads of Vermont is yet another aspect of what makes the Middlebury experience so unique. However, biking and running excursions can often ...
Author: Caroline Vial After selecting "February" earlier this semester in response to an e-mail from the administration that asked students in the '05.5 class whether they were planning on marching in graduation this spring or next February, I was left in wonder: May graduation is right around the corner, ...
On Sunday, April 16 the Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill expressing concern about the possible acquisition of the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). The 12-3-1 vote in favor of the bill, which recommended to President Ronald D. Liebowitz and the Board of Trustees that ...
Author: LAURA BARRETT ’06 I have paid my dues to the housing deities.I lived in a Battell double my freshman year. On top of that, I asked to be placed in sub-free housing, and I ended up on a half sub-free hall. A half sub-free hall, I can say from experience, does not work. I ended up with vomit ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: I found the choice of slogan used to advertise Wednesday's Feminists for Life of America lecture "Reclaiming Feminism" - sponsored by "Middlebury Students for Life" - very interesting. Intentionally or not, the slogan "Refuse to choose" underscores how important ...
Author: David Schoenholtz When I got back to my room after Hillel's Purim party at Pearsons Hall, I saw it. My laminated nametag had been torn off my door, which had been defaced. On the door - not the white board - a message was written in dry-erase marker in pretty big letters: "You Fag." I wasn't ...
Author: James Higgins To the Editor:I don't remember the hero Rudy Giuliani, but I do remember the man who allowed his police force to abuse African-Americans and to promote racial profiling. Of special note was his police force's killing of an African immigrant. I was really pleased to see that David ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed As a first-year student I thought that most of my tough decision-making days about college were over after I picked a school at which to matriculate. I was sure that there would never again be a choice filled with as much anxiety as that decision last April. One year later, I can ...
Author: Angelica Maria Towne '08 On April 1, over 80 Middlebury students filed onto two buses to spend the weekend at a resort for something called a POSSE Plus Retreat. For those who didn't know what a retreat entailed or even what POSSE Plus meant, the two-hour ride to Lake Morey was spent clarifying ...
Author: Ward J. Oliver '77 As a resident of New York City for the past 18 years and a former Middlebury College student, I was disappointed to learn that Middlebury will be awarding Rudolph Giuliani an honorary degree.Giuliani, however honorably he conducted himself on 9/11, governed a polarized NYC. ...
Author: Editorial Board Saper for SGA PresidentWe have heard a lot of tired ideas about how to liven-up the College's on-campus social life. But Dan Saper has a new plan, and we think this one is actually good. Co-hosted social house parties - Saper mentioned Tavern and ADP as a possible pair - might ...
Author: Stephanie Morales '05 This past weekend I attended the Idea of Jerusalem Symposium held at Middlebury College from April 15-17. I have to embarrassingly admit that I have never participated in an academic conference of this caliber so I might be coming from a completely inexperienced vantage ...