Author: Ben Salkowe I was both surprised and disappointed by President Ronald D. Liebowitz's decision last Friday to send an e-mail to the College community chastising The Middlebury Campus' editorial board. His action sacrificed an educational dialogue between student press and Old Chapel for an attack, ...
Author: Andrea Gissing Dear members of the Middlebury College community and readers of The Middlebury Campus:I would like to apologize to the entire community for the decision I made that resulted in the publication of the Hitler-like photo illustration of Rudolph Giuliani accompanying an opinions submission ...
Author: Sam Wilson One of the things that really bugs me about the Bush Administration is how often its rhetoric has nothing to do with reality.We heard about Iraqi ties to al- Qaeda, and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, both of which ended up being bogus. Then we heard about a Social Security crisis ...
Author: Sonja Pedersen Green Don't get me wrong; there are a lot of Febs that I love dearly. However, I think one of the things Middlebury College seriously overlooked when designing the Feb program is their placement in upperclassmen housing. Febs are first-year students, and as first-years, especially ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:This letter is in response to last week's article, "Midd-kids, you have it sooo good." We all have the right to lobby for those issues we find important - global, national, local or personal. Furthermore, we should be grateful, not critical of those individuals ...
Author: Ben Gore '05 I am continually amazed at what jerks the people who run this school are. If it's not bad enough that they're working to destroy the campus community with an ineffective lockdown and the universally disliked commons system, now they continue their habit of inviting strikingly inappropriate ...
Author: [no author name found] Fearsome fee...It is a grim reality that the influence of inflation can be seen almost everywhere, and in no place is it more apparent than the cost of one year at Middlebury College. This year's already incredible $40,400 comprehensive fee will increase to $42,120 for ...
Author: Scott Greene '08.5 Our campus has numerous clubs and organizations for its students. They pertain to certain activities and draw students together, and all provide an outlet for students to expand on their non-scholastic interests. As a Feb, I have noticed this mobilization during my first month ...
Author: ELSPETH PIERSON I was reminded on Friday evening over a delicious meal at Dolci just how easy it is to forget about all the amazing student-run activities available to us at the College.A few friends of mine had braved the Dolci ticket line Thursday night in McCullough and succeeded in securing ...
Author: Bryan Goldberg '05 I am writing this opinion piece from Israel, where I have recently completed a two-week tour of the country as part of a semester off campus. During this time I have had the chance to talk with countless locals, including a dozen members of the Israeli Defense Forces. It is ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I would like to send a letter of praise for the weekly music review column "Blowin' Indie Wind." It is consistently the most hilarious section of the entire paper. Never before have I seen such a brilliant lampoon of snobby, elitist, super-intellectual independent ...
Author: WILLIAM ESTES The Vermont Teddy Bear Company is a company traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange whose CEO and President Elisabeth B. Robert '78 is a Trustee of Middlebury College. Rick Fritz '68, a director of the company, is the Chair of Middlebury's Board of Trustees.The corporate mission of ...
Author: [no author name found] Over the next few months, Middlebury College's new task force will work to develop a comprehensive strategic plan. Members of the task force will assess and make recommendations on ways to enhance every aspect of life here on campus, from facilities to academics to student ...
Author: Ricky Klein '07 Four years ago, Middlebury College maintained a policy that buildings would be unlocked around the clock - a policy which was the envy of many other schools and a selling point to hundreds of students. One could argue that locking the doors between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 ...
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 ...