Author: Daryn Cambridge and Peter Simon YESOn April 28-30, Middlebury College Activities Board, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Political Science and the Program in Film and Media Culture screened Michael Moore's documentary, "Bowling for Columbine." It was one of the most widely attended ...
Author: Edith Honan It is high time that Middlebury College join Vermonters in saying no to Vermont Yankee (VY). Currently, Entergy Nuclear is requesting that VY's original licensing agreement of 40 years, which is set to expire in 2012, be extended for 20 or 30 years. Furthermore, Entergy is seeking ...
Author: May Boeve What exactly is an "environmental policy"? If one were to base her definition on the current U.S. presidential administration, it would be "How Best to Increase Profits of U.S.-owned Multinational Corporations." The president succeeds with this as his objective, as his administration ...
Author: Drew Pugsley I am going to begin this article by pleading some ignorance on this particular topic. However, in the United States, and here in Vermont in particular, the environment is an important issue. I will not deny that the current administration's record on the environment is somewhat ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Saving AP CreditA vote at next Monday's faculty meeting will determine the fate of Advanced Placement (AP) credit at Middlebury College. There's a contingent of the faculty that advocates severing the policy that awards college credit for performance on AP exams taken ...
Author: Christoher Howard I have just learned that the Executive Council plans on overhaul the MiddCard system, eliminating the chip and streamlining all transactions to the magnetic strip. This is said to bring Middlebury College into the 21st century, cut costs and keep Middlebury on par with other ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed Middle Ground began publication last fall with the objective of providing a moderate and centrist commentary on U.S. domestic politics, economic policies and international affairs. During the course of the past year, however, we have observed the middle ground in politics shift, ...
Author: Zach Manganello The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be voting on the issue of further deregulation of the mass media on June 2. Most Americans don't know about this because, for obvious conflict-of-interest reasons, the mass media aren't reporting on it.The big media corporations ...
Author: Lanford Beard Slanted, inaccurate and misrepresentative: these words came to mind while reading last week's article on Riddim's Spring show ("Riddim Rolls Out the Red Carpet," The Middlebury Campus, April 23, 2003). The Campus wrote, "The production truly reflected the Club's multi-cultural ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief The anniversary of Vermont's landmark civil unions bill passed almost unnoticed last week. The debate that three years ago polarized the electorate has since faded into the mainstream, with even the most vocal opponents accepting its place in Vermont's law books. Vermont ...
Author: Tabby Connor The potential solutions to the future of Iraq are as varied as were opinions about the war itself - but all seem to point towards one primary goal: putting the power back in the hands of the Iraqi people as soon as possible. People who were opposed to the war in the first place, ...
Author: Edith Honan Something is rotten in Washington. Reading White House press releases about the Energy Bill of 2003, it almost seems as if war in the Persian Gulf has inspired a transformation of sorts in the American President. His rhetoric is one of fighting global warming and of a radical overhaul ...
Author: Crystal Belle With such a headline as "Riddim Rolls Out The Red Carpet" (The Middlebury Campus, April 23, 2003) one would imagine that the article which ensued would contain cultural, factual, unbiased information. Yet once again that failed to be the case, as a prominent dance group like Riddim ...
Author: Daryn Cambridge Even though Saddam Hussein may be considered an "evil" dictator, that does not mean that, by waging war against his regime and working to dispose him of power, it makes George W. Bush a "good" leader, a liberator, or, in any way, justified in his actions. As much as Bush would ...
Author: Simon Isaacs The Middlebury College Handbook states that graduates are expected to be "thoughtful, ethical leaders able to meet the challenges of informed citizenship." It is certainly in pursuit of this goal that curricula and syllabi are planned and taught. I am writing on behalf of the Middlebury ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Whether or not you believe that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was justified on humanitarian and national security grounds, two facts remain: much of the country is now in ruins, and many Iraqis are still without basic services and supplies. The U.S. generals ...
Author: Leah Koenig As a Middlebury student and a nature enthusiast, I am writing on behalf of the Spirit in Nature organization(www.spiritinnature.com) and in support of environmental education legislation. Founded in 1998, the Spirit in Nature (SPiN) hiking paths rest in the foothills of Vermont's ...
Author: May Boeve and Drew Pugsley The word "victory" on the cover of Time magazine at a newsstand was so large that I read it from 50 feet away. So I guess that means that freedom and democracy are flowing into Iraq at the same speed as the smooth stream of oil on its way out. I dislike cynicism, but ...
Author: Campus Editor in Chief Casting the Ballot for Change: SGA Presidential EndorsementBrace yourself. We're about to break with tradition.For years The Middlebury Campus has thrown its support behind the shoe-in candidate for student body president. The resume that brims with experience. The one ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed "We come to liberate Baghdad, not to occupy it." - Lt. Gen. Sir Stanley Maude on March 19, 1917.The date attributed to the above quote may take many readers by surprise. Others may appreciate the sense of irony, for history has that uncanny ability of repeating itself. The last time ...