Author: Megan O’Keefe, Managing Editor I did something really dumb this weekend. I'll spare you all of the details, but at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning I found myself in McCullough glancing back and forth between a neon-green package slip and the closed mailroom window. Somewhere inside that dark ...
Author: Mike Olinick Middlebury's current recruiting protocol is inconsistent with our nondiscrimination policy. Our recruiting protocol aids and abets discrimination against our students. It must be changed.We attempt to implement this policy in all aspects of campus life. We don't permit student ...
Author: [no author name found] Of course, there are so many different people and organizations at this College that are deserving of an award, for the work they do and for the contributions they make to the College community. However, as it is the season for giving special mention for particular deeds ...
Author: Kiernan McAlpine Pursuant to the majority of this school's faculty's agreement that Congress' "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" legislation should entail that military recruiters not be allowed on campus, and Harvard's President's postulation that, scientifically speaking, it is within the realm of possibility ...
Author: Steve Jaskikoff '05 This is not an attempt to defend or justify what many have recently referred to as the discriminatory hiring practices of America's Armed Forces. All forms of discrimination are wrong, whether they be directed towards homosexuals or military personnel. Despite the careful ...
Author: Pat Zomer '05 The recent controversy regarding the Marine Corps presence on the campus has sparked a lively debate regarding recruiting policy here at Midd. Like many of those who wrote in, I too disagree with the 'Don't ask, Don't tell' policy of the United States military and hope the US ...
Author: Emily Berg '05 I found the article "Midd needs Iraqi Representation," printed in the Jan. 27 issue of The Middlebury Campus, to be extremely thought-provoking. To foster Iraqi representation on campus, Leslie Thompson '05 and David Belanich '05 proposed the establishment of an endowed scholarship ...
Author: Sam Wilson The White House and its allies like to talk about how they want to "save," "strengthen" and "reform" Social Security. I find that interesting considering a leaked, internal White House memo written by Karl Rove deputy Paul Wehner. Most of the memo goes over privatization talking points, ...
Author: Andrew Jacobi '05 I was disappointed with the article about Napster in The Middlebury Campus this week. I felt like the tone was meant to drum up controversy where not much has existed before. Yes, we spend Student Activities Fee (SFA) money on Napster, but frankly, that is what the SAF is ...
Author: Amanda Brickell '08 Every February, I feel a twinge of giddy excitement as Oscar night approaches. I have watched the Academy Awards ever since I was a little girl - this year's show served a double purpose as it would help me with the transition from the excitement of Winter Carnival to this ...
Author: Kevin Tierney '08 I am writing to address the college's policy on recruitment on campus. I am in favor of changing the policy so that those employers who cannot or will not sign our College's non-discrimination policy may not be allowed to recruit on campus. I truly think that this is in the ...
Author: Sean Ramsdell '05 Having been actively involved in the effort to change Middlebury's protocol for recruiters who do not sign the College's non-discrimination policy, I would like to respond to several of the criticisms directed at the protestors of the policy, and those who feel inclined to ...
Author: Kevin Moss, Professor of Russian When the faculty discussed barring the military from recruiting on campus, some of my colleagues suggested that it would increase diversity in the military if they could recruit Middlebury students. On the one hand, I find it curious to use a "more diversity" ...
Author: Tom McCann, Sports Editor It's not that bad. In fact, it's better than that, it's really quite good, and I'm sick and tired of hearing people complain about it. The Atwater dining hall has finally opened, and while I'm apparently in a severe minority, I'm extremely happy about it.Is it perfect? ...
Author: Sage Bierster 07' I write in response to the decision to close Proctor on weekends. As a concerned student and frequent diner at Proctor, I feel I must explain why I and so many others are dismayed by the College's decision. Many people comment on the differences in atmosphere, people, etc. ...
Author: Ben Gore '05 I am outraged by what's going on at Harvard and on the Op-Ed pages of the major national newspapers right now. The president of Harvard, Lawrence Summers, meant to suggest a seemingly benign idea last month - maybe men and women's brains are different. He bumbled it and ended up ...
Author: Sam Wilson Do you remember the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth? They were the anti-Kerry group during the campaign that had utterly nothing to do with truth, but everything to do with rather slanderous attempts to discredit a decorated war veteran.Well, they are back - not the Vets themselves, ...
Author: Megan Price Think Twice!I am writing to urge Town Meeting Day voters statewide to think twice before raising their property taxes to support the VNA/home health agency ballots statewide. There are 12 of these non-competing, not-for-profit multimillion dollar businesses in our state. All are ...
Author: Claire M. L. Bourne 04' In recent years, Middlebury has made great strides towards fostering a social climate hospitable to diversity. However, by allowing the U.S. Marine Corps - armed with its disgraceful discrimination policy - to recruit on campus, the College is taking a giant leap backwards. ...
Author: [no author name found] Those at the College who lament the loss of Proctor on the weekends make valid points. The closure of the well-loved dining hall does mean that a significant portion of the student body will have to re-locate on Saturdays and Sundays. There will be the suspension of the ...