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. ...
Author: Crystal Belle Once again the word minority has been juxtaposed with the word "unqualified" on the Middlebury campus. As a senior here and most importantly, as a black woman, I sometimes wonder how my fellow academic peers perceive me, or every other minority for that matter. Why are we such ...
Author: Gab Fonseca and Jena Siegel In the Oct. 9 issue of The Middlebury Campus, an anonymous student stated: "I totally support gay rights, but I feel as though most of the events are more focused on the 'in-group' of MOQA members, rather than building bridges with the rest of the school" ("MOQA Colors ...
Author: Andrew Gustafson Perhaps in our small corner of Vermont we can garner some important lessons from the events of the past few weeks in California. Raging incompetence. Severe apathy. Disregard for constituents. These were charges that Republicans like Tom McClinkock and Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
Author: David Coriell No one would dispute the claim that diversity at Middlebury enhances our educational experience. It's easy to believe we are sheltered up here in the mountains, but the diverse make-up of our student body helps us to open our eyes to a larger world of differing customs, traditions ...
Author: [no author name found] At the Expense of Student-Faculty LunchesAn administrative memo last month requested that professors limit luncheons with students in the dining hall to one per week. The e-mail, distributed to all faculty and staff by Dean of Student Affairs Ann Hanson and Dean of the ...
Author: Carl Larson Middlebury College's installation of the Enhanced Access System (EAS) and the United States' war in Iraq were both justified by circumstances that later proved questionable. The Bush administration, despite objections from citizens and other nations, insisted that Iraq possessed ...
Author: David Freedman On the evening that President George W. Bush declared Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq an imminent threat to the national security of this nation, I was sitting in a common room in Milliken Hall watching Duke pound Georgia Tech in basketball. About halfway into the game, with the ...
Author: Gab Fonseca, Jena Seigel, Jillian Weiser, Lauren Sargent Next week, Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) will be sponsoring Coming Out Week. Coming out is a process that begins with a person accepting his or her own sexual orientation or gender and then becoming comfortable sharing it with ...
Author: [no author name found] Sam Rodriguez's presidential campaign last spring energized the historically stale politics of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Middlebury College. His fresh ideas and palpable enthusiasm merited a ringing endorsement from this editorial board. But the first ...
Author: Hilary Eisen There is a Community Investment (CI) initiative on campus working to persuade Middlebury College to invest some of its endowment in our local community. As students, are very fortunate to attend Middlebury and reap its benefits. One of the great things about Middlebury is its location ...
Author: [no author name found] Wary of Orientation ReformFirst-year orientation evokes memories of hiking, volunteer work and forming friendships that endure far beyond that first week. In fact, many students remain close to a core group of friends they met during their orientation throughout their ...
Author: May Boeve The Israeli Cabinet's intention to remove Yasser Arafat, announced last Tuesday, is a marked departure from the sort of news we are used to from the Middle Eastern desk. After seemingly endless blurbs about cease-fires and suicide bombings, this new decision begs the question of timing. ...
Author: Amichai Kilchevski When the Jewish people were seeking to gain legitimacy for their idea of a state in their ancestral homeland in the Middle East, they began not by attacking their neighbors but by doing the very opposite. The leaders of the Jewish community in Palestine decided that if their ...
Author: Daniel Hughes Upon returning to Middlebury this fall, I had the unfortunate opportunity to witness a number of inexplicable inconveniences placed on students and a complete lack of sympathy from the administration of the school.Certainly, many of these occurrences are simply minor inconveniences ...