Correcting the Record on Story about New Residences
By Guest Contributor | October 8, 2015To the Editor:
The Middlebury Off-Campus Project
Otter Creek Begins Expansion of Brewery in Middlebury
By Harry Cramer | October 7, 2015Middlebury-based Otter Creek recently broke ground on new construction,. The company plans to add 8,000 square feet to the facility, which would make the campus the largest brewery in Vermont. The addition will increase yearly production by approximately 135,000 barrels, from 65,000 to about 200,000 ...
According to Trojan Study, Vermont has Safest Sex
By Annie Grayer | October 7, 2015On September 15, the makers of Trojan Brand Condoms released its first annual State by State Safer Sex Index ranking. The study found Vermont to be the state with the best sexual health in the country. Trojan Brand Condoms, America’s number one condom, was led to produce the study based on reports ...
Bina48: Humanoid Robot in Lincoln
By Alessandria Schumacher | October 7, 2015A bucolic dirt road in Lincoln, Vermont might be the last place one would expect to find a humanoid robot. Nevertheless, a small residence there houses the Terasem Movement Foundation (TMF), a not-for-profit foundation researching the possibility of digitally saving a human mind to later be downloaded ...
SGA Senators Elected, Talk Goals
By Will Digravio | October 7, 2015Four students were elected to the Student Government Association Senate last Thursday. This fall’s ballot was especially full. Not only were there the annual elections for the two first-year senators, but there were also two special elections to fill the Atwater Senator and Feb senator positions. ...
Fed Policy Adviser to Speak at College
By Grant Olcott | October 7, 2015Dr. Julie Hotchkiss, a research economist and senior policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will attempt to separate unemployment fact from fiction in this semester’s D.K. Smith ’42 Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 15th. One of many campus speakers, Hotchkiss plans to discuss the truth ...
Community Council Update
By Nick Garber | October 7, 2015Community Council held its first meeting of the academic year on Monday, Oct. 5, in McCullough’s Crest Room. The council’s responsibilities include oversight of residential issues, making appointments to several judicial and academic boards and reviewing social and academic interest houses. In ...
Glaser Leads Men’s Soccer to Win
By Andrew Rigas | October 7, 2015The Middlebury men’s soccer team consistently outplayed Colby at home on Saturday, Oct. 3 en route to a 3-0 win. Adam Glaser ’17 sparked the Panther offense, setting up his fifth goal of the season and scoring his sixth goal of the season. Because he is now co-leader of the NESCAC in both assists ...
Football Wins Big in Home Opener
By Joe Macdonald | October 7, 2015Despite the absence of No. 1 wideout Matt Minno ’16 who was out with an injury, the Middlebury offense racked up 28 points and the defense held firm, with the first-team allowing nary a point as the Panthers (2-0) topped Colby (0-2) by a score of 28-9 at home last Saturday. Middlebury’s defense ...
Volleyball Perfect in NESCAC Weekend
By Robert Erickson | October 7, 2015The ladies of Middlebury volleyball have really begun to hit their stride as their season passes the midway point, mowing down NESCAC opponent Trinity on Friday in straight sets (25-13, 25-19, 25-23) before proceeding to dispatch another pesky conference foe, Wesleyan, just as quickly on Saturday (25-22, ...
Field Hockey Displays Attacking Prowess
By Nicole Roos | October 7, 2015Middlebury’s fourth-ranked Field Hockey team came out of last weekend with two dynamic wins. Following their 6-2 victory over Colby on Saturday, Oct. 3, the Panthers defeated Rensselaer 6-1 on Sunday, Oct. 4 in a non-conference matchup. Starting the double header on a beautiful afternoon in Middlebury, ...
Cross Country Keeps Pace with D1 Competition
By Jackie Kearney | October 7, 2015The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Paul Short Invitational at Lehigh University and the Vermont State meet at Johnson State College this past Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3. Both teams came away with victories at the Vermont State meet. At the Paul Short Run Friday the men ...
Ward Prize Honors Excellence in Writing
By Luke Linden | October 7, 2015On Friday, Oct. 2, the Paul W. Ward ’25 Memorial Prize was presented at Twilight Hall auditorium, honoring 74 members of the classes of 2018 and 2018.5. Led by Writing Center director, Mary Ellen Bertolini, Friday’s hour-long ceremony highlighted the many ways in which students are taught to communicate ...
Women’s Soccer Rolls Rival, Colby Mules
By Alex Morris | October 7, 2015The Middlebury women’s soccer team bounced back in a big way on Saturday, Oct 3, trouncing Colby 4-0 to show off in front of a large crowd of parents and alumni. From the whistle, Middlebury immediately looked to be the better team, as Head Coach Peter Kim demanded confidence and composure from his ...
Men’s Golf Wins NESCAC Qualifier; Women 3rd at Middlebury Invite
By Will Case | October 7, 2015The men’s and women’s golf teams both had a very productive Fall Family Weekend, Oct. 3-4, on the course. The women’s golf team placed third in its own Middlebury Invitational at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course, while the men’s team took its first step toward defending its NESCAC title by winning ...
College Upgrades the 24-Inch Telescope
By Toby Aicher | October 7, 2015More than 400 people visited the observatory to watch the lunar eclipse. The eclipse coincided with a supermoon, a rare event that only happens once every twenty years. The roof deck telescopes were open and looked at Saturn, the moon and the Hercules globular cluster of stars – an ancient group of ...
Booking It: A Place Called Winter
By Abigail Walton | October 7, 2015A Place Called Winter is a tale of heartbreaking hardship, a book that seems to combine Pride and Prejudice with E.M Forsters’ Maurice, against the backdrop of the 1908 settlement of Winter, Saskatchewan, Canada – which is, in fact, a real place. Protagonist Harry Cane’s adventure is loosely ...
One Life Left: Faster Than Light
By Brandon Cushman | October 7, 2015Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be the captain of a spaceship carrying the Federation’s last hope on the run from an evil rebel fleet? Of course you have. That’s why programmer Matthew Davis and artist Justin Ma of Subset Games created FTL: Faster Than Light. In FTL, you are in complete ...
Arts Spotlight: Performing Arts Series
By Connor Forrest | October 7, 2015“Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light,” Michael Caine intoned, bringing the great words of the 20th-century poet Dylan Thomas into the cultural mainstream as mankind’s last hope shudders through space and time. This Wednesday, Oct. 7th, adventurers ...
Carbon Countdown: Are Waste Management and Travel Emissions Keeping the College from Carbon Neutrality?
By Forrest Wallace | October 7, 2015Two of the areas targeted by the 2008 Climate Action Plan (CAP) to help the College reach carbon neutrality were waste management and travel emissions. At the time of the plan, travel and waste accounted for 10% of the College’s greenhouse gas emissions. The CAP laid out a variety of recommendations ...