Author: Sam Wilson The 109th Congress has now started session and is ready to legislate. Eager to give them something to legislate, President George W. Bush is starting his campaign to sell Social Security privatization. Oh, exciting time!The president would have us believe that Social Security is headed ...
Author: [no author name found] In recent memory, the relative size of the world has shrunk. This is apparent to anyone who has ever chatted online or e-mailed a friend who lives in another country. The time it takes to circumnavigate the globe can be measured in hours, not months. As a result, events ...
Author: Michael Yedinak Earlier this week, former Vermont Governor and Presidential candidate Howard Dean declared his candidacy for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean is the clear choice to lead the Democratic Party back to the prominent position, which it held for decades before falling ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:There have been many new objections to the war effort in Iraq recently. It is important to keep in mind that we have essentially reached a point of no return in our involvement in the Middle East. To withdraw troops now would be to surrender. We helped put ...
Author: Jonathan Shapira '02 A political extremist, anti-Semite, Sept. 11 conspiracy theorist and convicted felon came to Middlebury College last Friday. His name is Lyndon LaRouche, and he also happens to be a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for president. As an alumnus, I was shocked ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg '05 Since arriving at Middlebury College a little more than two years ago, I have taken more classes in the Japanese Department than any other. Indeed, Japan has always fascinated me, and I look forward to traveling there many times during the course of my life. The thing that ...
Author: [no author name found] President McCardell: Legacy in the Making President John McCardell Jr. resigned his post before a capacity crowd in Mead Chapel Tuesday afternoon. He spelled out his future plans and his hopes for the College with the humility and eloquence that have come to define his ...
Author: Ian Ausprey '04 An April 2002 poll by the League of Conservation Voters found that 47 percent of Americans consider the environment to be a "very important" consideration when at the voting booth.This statistic should excite any American intent on opposing President Bush's controversial environmental ...
Author: Benjamin Morris '03.5 Every autumn U.S. News and World Report releases its "America's Best Colleges" rankings, and Middlebury earned seventh place in this year's "Liberal Arts Colleges-Bachelor's" category. In President McCardell's words, "If such a list is to exist, I'd rather be on it than ...
Author: Paul W. Gruber Multi-million dollar technological systems are only as useful as the humans who back them up. Unfortunately, such is the case with Middlebury College's new BannerWeb system. Chances are, if you're reading this, you had problems with registration as well.It's a shame that the College ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor: As the world listened to President Bush's idealistic and political redefinition of America's foreign policy in his speech to the National Endowment for Democracy last week, it seems we are forgetting a vital element for well-being: a healthy economy. Prosperity, ...
Author: [no author name found] The students have spoken. As the faculty launches its review of Winter Term, a commanding majority of respondents to The Middlebury Campus' poll expressed support for the one-month, one-course interlude between the fall and spring semesters. Ninety seven percent said Winter ...
Author: [no author name found] Instead of the usual patchwork of opinions, this week's facing page carries a call for submissions. That's because we did not receive a single original opinions piece this week - only responses to past coverage in the form of letters to the editor. The malaise of student ...
Author: Robert Walker Middlebury is very far away from us here. The drive is short on Route 7, but I felt as if on safari whilst I visited their pastured campus this past weekend. I drew from my brief stay several observations. For one, Ansel Adams would take pictures of their scenery. The sweeping ...
Author: Durrell Mack There are only five simple commandments. They are not hard and they should never be broken. Ever. These commandments come from the omnipotent Golzer and I am the prophet that brings you these declarations.Commandment I: Thou shall never wear thy collar up.In case you don't know ...
Author: [no author name found] The Case of the Disappearing Dining Ware - SGA to the Rescue?About 5,186 dining ware items are missing from Proctor and Ross Dining Halls alone. Since the beginning of the year, the Dining Services staff has watched its supplies dwindle, whisked away by students who grab ...
Author: Dixie Delon Sam Rodriguez has not adequately fulfilled his duties as president of the Student Government Association (SGA). The simple fact that my friends and I found out about the original elections this year only when we read that they were cancelled is proof enough that this administration ...
Author: Wellington Lyons "To save your world, you asked this man to die: Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?" W.H. Auden, wrote in his "Epitaph for the Unknown Soldier."Two more American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Oct. 19, when their patrol was ambushed by guerilla fighters brandishing ...
Author: [no author name found] Tire-Derived Fuel Threatens Addison County's Environmental HealthThe International Paper Company's Ticonderoga, N.Y., mill hopes to incinerate up to 73 tons of tires each day to generate power for its boilers. Plant officials cite rising energy costs as the driving force ...
Author: Jillian Weiser On the anniversary of Matthew Shepherd's death, on the heels of Coming Out Week and in the midst of lobbying for a Constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to heterosexual couples, President Bush has created a week that condemns the possibility of same-sex marriage. ...