Author: [no author name found] On Thursday, Feb. 28, student leaders from the campus community convened to discuss the possibility of establishing an African-American Studies Major here at Middlebury. Recognizing that any decision to create such a major, which ultimately lies with the Faculty of the ...
Author: [no author name found] The Student Government Association (SGA) petition to establish an African-American Studies major coincides with a renewed national debate about the relevance of such programs at institutions of higher education. In theory, the SGA initiative to create this new major to ...
Author: Ben Gore On the far fringe of human thought, all divisions are meaningless. When you move beyond Democrats and Republicans, socialism and capitalism, punk rock and boy bands, you move into a realm where all facets of existence are simply about existence. Music is about life. Economics is about ...
Author: Michael Stahler Junior Year Abroad. It is an opportunity for Middlebury students to get away from the College and all its quirks, including some interesting late night McCullough dances, and venture out into the larger world for a peek. As I looked into the opportunity, I did not fully understand ...
Author: Athenia Fischer This past weekend about 80 students, including both Posse Scholars and regular students at Middlebury who later became honorary "Posse Plus" students, went on a wilderness retreat. Professor Catherine Wright, mentor of Posse 3, organized the Posse Plus Retreat. The students, ...
Author: Kevin King "Pop Quiz: If you are in a girl's room and she is so drunk that she can barely stand up on her own, do you a.) demand a blow job, b.) sit on her and stick your **** in her mouth when she says no, c.) have sex with her when she starts gagging (you've got to get off somehow right?), ...
Author: Steve Clarke After reading last week's tirade about energy policy in "Avant-Garde Politics," I was left wondering what about the column was actually "avant-garde" or even "political." By consulting the almighty Oxford English Dictionary, I learned that the "avant-garde" is the forward guard, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The Posse Plus Retreat has affected me so much since I have been back. I feel like that single group of 90 students that I bonded with in two days has totally changed my feelings about being here at Middlebury. I feel like the group is basically Middlebury ...
Author: Oren Frey I was part of something beautiful this weekend. For a class, we were assigned to construct an interactive symbolic space that addressed an issue we deal with everyday — or forget to deal with. With this charge to guide us, we set about making some minor, yet significant, additions ...
Author: Giorgi Areshidze The latest news in the war on terrorism concerns the deployment of United States troops in my home country, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, to train the Georgian military to fight the terrorist threat in the Pankisi Gorge. Pankisi is located in northern Georgia and hosts ...
Author: [no author name found] A Vote for Universal Accessibility As the time nears for the Class of 2002 to graduate, members of the Senior Class Gift Committee have formed a list of potential gifts to leave Middlebury College once they move on. Gifts in the past have included clocks, benches and endowed ...
Author: Ben Gore Before Dick Cheney disappeared last year, he held a number of super-secret meetings to map out a national energy strategy. Who was there? What did they say? Was the wine good? The American people, well, at least some of us, are interested in knowing. A number of us are especially curious ...
Author: [no author name found] BOOYAH!Winter Carnival festivities enchant the campus thanks to dedicated students and staff. Now if we could just make those coat check lines disappear ...BOO HOO!Sure, wearing shorts in February is a novelty, but where's the snow?BOO HOO!And if spring is really here, ...
Author: Nahal Batmanghelidj & Elizabeth Brookbank "Why are sophomore girls better than senior girls?" asked a WRMC DJ during an afternoon radio show on Jan. 26. I had no idea, but I was curious, so I decided to stay tuned and listen to what the hosts Andrew Zrike '02, John Joy '02 and some of their ...
Author: [no author name found] An Ivory Tower of BabelThe strength of Middlebury College's language program — grounded in the academic year course offerings, the summer Language Schools and the C.V. Starr Middlebury Schools Abroad — continues and has been buttressed by an increased interest in the ...
Author: Drew Pugsley I deeply regret to inform the Middlebury College community that my dear friend Estye Ross '04.5 and I will not be writing again this semester because Estye has sold her soul to the Theater Department. However, Thas been gracious enough to keep me on as Olympic figure skating analyst.The ...
Author: [no author name found] Housing Equality in a Time of ExpansionThe Commons Administration Team has proposed a restructured room draw system that aims to streamline the process and ensure greater equality in the distribution of rooms within each commons. If passed by the Community Council, it ...
Author: Nate Marcus (Disclaimer: the author does not accept any liability should the general public choose to follow the advice listed herein.)I can think of nothing funnier (when it happens to you) and nothing more embarrassing (when it happens to me) than falling flat on my face. I believe it's time ...