Author: Alice Munson Last Saturday as I was leaving the Redemption Center one of your fine young students tapped on my window and said I had a flat tire. I got out and these two great guys said they would change it for me. Remember now it was very cold! After they easily changed it (or they made it ...
Author: Namik Kirlik Many things changed for international students after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in terms of our status and the process of obtaining valid documents to study in the United States. First, the U.S. Patriot Act, which was implemented as a response to the terrorist attacks in 2001, ...
Author: Michael Stahler On Wednesday night, I had a nightmare involving Hepburn Hall, in which I'm a Residential Advisor (RA). It began with a voicemail from my commons residential advisor saying, "they have closed our lounges." It also included the sight of one of my residents trying to get into the ...
Author: Wellington Lyons So we're going to war again.Whether you're on the right, left or center of the political spectrum, there are a number of reasons to be upset with our leaders for what they have gotten us into.Let's start at the beginning. Why are we preparing to invade Iraq? The story goes that ...
Author: Jonathan White A Worried State of the UnionIn Tuesday evening's State of the Union address, President Bush solidified the compassionate conservatism that he touted during his run for election in 2000. He proposed using the federal budget to fund the development of hydrogen automobiles, while ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed As President Bush prepares his State of the Union address to outline the policies for the second half of his tenure, he must confront a solemn but distinct possibility: that he is indeed beatable in the 2004 presidential election. Despite the fact that no single Democrat has yet ...
Author: [no author name found] Evening classes would interfere with sports and many other extracurricular activities. Plus, for students who spend their afternoons in labs, evening classes would extend what has already been a very long day. Friday afternoon classes are an even worse idea. A weekend ...
Author: [no author name found] Current students and junior faculty have not been around long enough to remember what was once Middlebury College's biggest course. It was called Art 101, and in any given semester it filled every seat in Dana Auditorium. Several of us taught it together, and it often ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed With former Vice President Al Gore announcing that he will not run for President in 2004, the race for the Democratic nomination seems as wide open as ever. Candidates that have lined up thus far for the party nod, ranges from the far left (Reverend Al Sharpton), to the conservative ...
Author: [no author name found] On Friday night, January 10th, Habitat for Humanity hosted a Beans and Rice benefit dinner for the Addison County Habitat for Humanity Chapter. Students who joined us for the dinner swiped their cards at Cook dining hall, donating the difference between an average Middlebury ...
Author: Jonathan White A Worthy Cause, Poorly ExecutedOn Thursday, Middlebury College will open its doors to the American Cancer Society for that organization's "National Smoke-Out Day." The event, which is aimed to help cigarette smokers quit smoking, is the latest in a campaign to change the College's ...
Author: Christian Holt During holiday break, my family always gets together to go Christmas tree shopping. There, hark! is a tree that is perfect. Perfectly shaped, beautiful branches, and of course, a good three feet taller than our living room ceiling. What a beautiful spirit of Christmas! Now where's ...
Author: [no author name found] I am a spokesman for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and I would like to respond to Edith Honan's recent opinion piece ("Vermont Nuclear Power Plant," The Middlebury Campus, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002) in which she expressed concern about the safety of our plant. She sought ...
Author: Fahim Ahmed As United Nations weapons inspectors return to the presidential palace in Baghdad, security threats against U.S. interests continue to loom across the globe. In Bali, Indonesia, a suspected suicide attack by al Qaeda left more than 180 dead. In Mombasa, Kenya, another bombing killed ...
Author: Edith Honan This February, the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant will celebrate its 30th birthday. But hold the celebrations: aging reactors signal cracks, corrosion, metal fatigue and worse could make the event an unhappy one for the plant and its New England neighbors. Many of these signs ...
Author: [no author name found] Middlebury College is above all an academic institution. Within and supporting the institution's mission to educate "ethical leaders" who are "committed to service" and "prepared to accept responsibility for their actions" is a strong statement of values. I believe that ...
Author: Christian Holt Honestly, Thanksgiving was a bad idea. It boils my noodle to think that our government had to sit down and approve this as a national holiday. In the days of yore, some ancient senator (probably a contemporary of Reagan) had to have proclaimed, "Hey! Let's make a holiday where ...
Author: [no author name found] The Case Against Air ConditioningAs the new Library and Technology Center (LATC) rises further from the ground, discussion in Old Chapel and in some of Middlebury's academic departments has turned, once again, to installing air conditioning in the majority of buildings ...
Author: [no author name found] I've never been bothered by smoking at Middlebury College, and I've been here since 1999. My friends haven't had any problems with it either. But some students on campus are currently passing around a petition that will become a bill for the Student Government Association ...
Author: [no author name found] Several years ago, I had the chance to chat with a former captain of an American nuclear submarine. An avowed believer in nuclear power, old clichés like "too cheap to meter" and "the peaceful atom" resonated strongly with him. After a long career in the nuclear Navy, ...