Author: [no author name found] One year after the September attacks, Americans, for the most part, have restored normalcy in their lives. On the one hand, this return to normalcy is comforting: it indicates the resiliency of the American spirit, a spirit that was touted heavily by public figures in ...
Author: [no author name found] Summer Workers Demand Respect from Language SchoolsVinay Jawahar '03The slogan "No English Spoken Here," the Language Schools' pride and joy and raison d'etre, is a noble and praiseworthy ideal to aspire to. The Language Schools administration must be commended on its ...
Author: Hosam Mekdad In order to take Mr. Kilchevsky's May 1, 2002, article "Supporters of Isreal are Hardly Blind" seriously one has to believe that he is being tongue-in-cheek about what the Israelis are willing to do for peace. According to him "the vast majority of Israelis, American Jews and their ...
Author: Ben Gore "The urge to destruction is also a creative urge." — Mikhail Bakunin"Argentina is on the brink of anarchy." — Argentine President Eduardo DuhaldeArgentina is currently in the midst of a complete political and financial breakdown. The middle class have lost their savings, the economy ...
Author: Wasim Rahman The future of United States policy in the Middle East is playing itself out in the form of political activism on college campuses throughout our country. From the University of Michigan to Princeton to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and avant-garde Berkeley, students ...
Author: [no author name found] To The Editor:Recently, Hillel has been the target of censure because they use the slogan, "Wherever we stand, we stand with Israel." Most of the complaints have pointed to the fact that this is a 'blind' statement that does not take into consideration Israel's controversial ...
Author: Michael Greene Paralleling the escalation of violence in the Middle East, Middlebury's own two warring factions have recently upgraded their rhetorical firepower in our homeland propaganda war. In this battle of opinions, however, both sides have unfortunately managed to ignore the inclusion ...
Author: Danielle Perkins Has anyone else found themselves wondering where our school is headed? A number of recent issues such as the social houses, parking, the commons and housing, to name a few, seem to be moving in a direction that the student body does not approve. Although I believe all of these ...
Author: [no author name found] The social house system at Middlebury College is an important part of the Middlebury community. It offers outlets for social interaction for all students and has shown, especially this year, that social house members are committed to actively engaging themselves in the ...
Author: ohannes Earnharth ’91 Ben Gore is only half right with the World Bank assessment in his column "Good Intentions, Bad Ideas: The World Bank Story" in the April 24, 2002, issue of The Campus. Mr. Gore's criticism of the World Bank and its many failed policies has merit, but through an additional ...
Author: [no author name found] Gabe Epperson The story of the Israeli state and the Jewish people and their fight for a homeland, the story of Palestinians and their struggle for a homeland, these stories are only two in a larger struggle, part of thousands of years of oppression and violence. They ...
Author: Ken Anderson, Jr. '66 Middlebury College is indeed fortunate to have one of the best 'special collections' in the country: the Abernethy Rare Book Library and the Robert Frost Room.Two of the crown jewels of American literature are among the many literary finds that Abernethy was fortunate enough ...
Author: Ami Kilchevsky This campus has been subjected to an onslaught of facile rhetoric which attempts to portray support for Israel (in its continuing struggle with the Palestinians) as "blind," uncritical, entirely one-sided, lacking in compassion and understanding for the plight of the Palestinians, ...
Author: [no author name found] Re-drafting the PolicyCalling attention to the College's sexual assault policy has proved one of the year's provocative and contentious issues. A widespread poster campaign earlier in the semester prompted debate on the policy, and, in response, a study group has been ...
Author: Jen Nightingale Watching the sexy and confidant beauties (male and female) stroll down the catwalk in the African American Alliance (AAA) fashion show, I left knowing I had witnessed a unique and inspiring event. Here's one of many reasons why: I'm more or less your typical sophomore Midd chick; ...
Author: Katya Levitan I am here to answer Wasim Rahman's call to the Jewish community in the last edition of The Campus and to "also speak with conscience" when discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Of course, anyone who's read the article knows that the full version of the call is to have "someone ...
Author: Oren Frey After reading Kevin King's ridiculous letter in last week's Campus, I debated whether or not it was worth the effort to write something in response. What is the point, I asked myself, in trying to bring a taste of reality to someone who is clearly stuck in their ignorant, intolerant ...
Author: [no author name found] To The Editor:I just wanted to share this wonderful letter from a visiting mom of a prospective student concerning the Latino Symposium last weekend. She gave me permission to share this with the community. The students of ALIANZA and friends did a fabulous job. They ...
Author: Rafat Kapadia How does a man deal with his son being burnt alive, his 80-year-old mother and 14-year-old daughter being raped, his pregnant wife having her stomach slashed and her foetus killed and then, all of them burnt alive? Horrifying as this sounds, these incidents have become a part of ...
Author: Wasim Rahman Last week, a sign reading "Wherever we stand, we stand with Israel" appeared on campus. Alongside it, another poster proudly asserted: "Supporting Israel does not mean opposing a Palestinian state." Both posters are sponsored by Hillel, the Jewish students' organization on campus, ...