Opinion

Cartoon - Dylan Levy

To a basketball player - Wenbo Zhang

At the beginning of your journey, it might have been the glamour of the NBA that lured you into the game, or that exhilarating sound of a basketball swishing through the net. But not long after, what started off as a spurt of enthusiasm grew into a long-lasting passion. When other kids were at home ...

A letter on creativity

In a recent lecture on the connection between mind and body, Andrea Olsen said that after three days of drinking water at a conference in Korea she was 60 percent composed of that country. My encounters with the Proctor water tap have provided less inspiration. That’s not to say this place is lacking ...

Editorial

There are many wonderful things we can, and often do, say about Middlebury students. Our academic knowledge is vast and expanding everyday; our athletes are disciplined and talented, and our teams nearly always competitive; and on the weekends, we know how to cut loose and have a good time. But there ...

Passive Revolution

Interesting course offerings, Spring 2011

An ideal liberal arts education provides a broad-based academic curriculum with the purpose of cultivating individuals who think critically, communicate well and realize potential. Such an institution, like Middlebury, must offer a diversity of subjects in a limited number of classes, which both interest ...

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Snow Storm

I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was … snow. II Middtwitt: this snowday has only reinforced how badly I WANT MATTHEW BIETTE TO BE MY DAD #socuteinanapron III E-mail from Professor Billings canceling class: Hi everyone, I’m snow-bound this morning, and so is Prof. Monod. Have ...

Institutionalized Protest

From Iran to Egypt, from Yemen to Libya, from Morocco to China and from Senegal to the United States citizens have spilled into the streets, surrounded government buildings  and choked public squares, holding signs and shouting — hoping that their combined presence and united voices will change their ...

Shadow-Boxing for the Climate

Lately, I’ve been taking a class on social movements; civil rights, farm workers unions, peaceful uprisings in the Middle East — you name it. And while I have learned that there is no way to explain these powerful events as a whole — each is unprecedented in its own way — some key components ...

A welcome change - Jack Hoffman

The town meeting last week marked the second year in a row that Vermont’s education spending has declined. And it happened without the angst we all felt last year. Only three districts rejected their budgets — that’s the fewest in at least 20 years. And based on the anecdotal evidence, many budgets ...

“Hello” policy - Logan Brown

Although I have a very large bone to pick with issues involving the Middlebury community and our inability to integrate different social scenes on this campus (I hope to address them in future articles), I want to start with a very simple proposition. It may seem a wild idea at first but I think it ...

Editorial

As the winter months draw slowly to a close, two sports teams at the College have infused the Middlebury community, both town and gown, with a new, higher tolerance for a long winter season. The men’s basketball and women’s hockey teams will continue their quests for championships this weekend: ...

The Mind of Glenn Beck

“It’s difficult for anyone to have warm and tender feelings for the crazy man.” – Glenn Beck, Feb. 22 It’s a surreal scene: Glenn Beck, all alone on a TV set flooded with a low, blue light. He’s surrounded by an array of chalkboards; like mirrors in a haunted house, they reflect the many, ...

Crossword Answers

A recap of the NESCAC Championship game - Dylan Levy

Yadadaimean?

Last semester, I donned an oversized chain necklace and a fitted Atlanta Braves cap, sagged my jeans, put on some swag and went to dinner at Proctor. The stares, double takes, and triple takes I received were expected, but prove my point: Midd Kids are uncomfortable with the outspoken expression of ...

Sidewalk safety - Brittany Gendron

As a first-year counselor, I know all about health and safety. I am a sober-friend encyclopedia; I am officially certified as a crowd manager, I have completed fire safety training (yes I extinguished a fire) and I have pub safe on speed dial. However, one of the main aspects of health and safety never ...

For whom? - Rachel Ochako

On the first Friday of the semester, I watched the Free Friday film, For Colored Girls produced by Tyler Perry. I was expecting a movie that gives lessons on life flavored with some humor, unfortunately with some ignorance of Ntozake Shange’s play, from which the movie is based. My assumptions were ...

Give me Sloppagees, or give me death

Last Thursday, I picked up the Campus for a leisurely morning read in Proctor. I was in the mood for some good quality snark, so I flipped immediately to the Best Week Ever column. Jaime did not disappoint, and I enjoyed a lovely article in which she advocated the establishment of herself as a new dean ...

Editorial

This past weekend, Middlebury College celebrated its 88th Winter Carnival — continuing the longest-running student-led Carnival in the country. Apart from the much-appreciated three-day weekend, the College sponsored several performances and events. This weekend also marked the triumphant homecoming ...