The track teams began their postseasons this past weekend, competing in the New England Division III Championships. The men and women’s meets are contested at different facilities; this year, both teams were in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, with the men competing at Springfield College while the ...
The Middlebury men’s hockey team finished the regular season by going .500 in back-to-back away NESCAC games. The Panthers were shut out by 10th-ranked Amherst 4-0 on Friday, Feb 20 and then turned around to beat Hamilton 3-1. Middlebury’s final regular season record sits at 10-11-3 and 7-8-3 in ...
The third-ranked Panther women’s hockey team had a tough final regular-season matchup on Saturday, Feb. 21, facing off with the second-ranked Cardinals from Plattsburgh State. After falling behind early, Middlebury cut into the Plattsburgh lead in the final two periods but ultimately came up short, ...
A 6-3 victory over Western Ontario in the “C Division” final on Sunday, Feb. 23, allowed Middlebury’s men’s squash team to claim the “Summers Cup” for the third year in a row. This marks the fifth time in the last seven seasons the men’s team has captured the title. Sunday’s win puts ...
Middlebury Swimming and Diving hosted the NESCAC Men’s Championship meet last week, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 20-22 at the Middlebury College Natatorium. After a jam-packed weekend of competition, some of the fastest swimmers in the conference had broken pool records in 19 out of the meet’s 24 events ...
Hundreds of Vermonters recently debated a new bill on gun control. The bill hopes to expand background checks and bar people considered mentally ill from carrying a weapon alongside imposing other restrictions on gun ownership. The Senate Bill 31 was met with much opposition as the largest crowd descended ...
William F. Brooks, Jr., the Executive Director of the Henry Sheldon Museum, radiates passion for his work. Since he was appointed in 2012, Brooks has worked extensively to foster a cohesive relationship between the town and the museum.
The Vermont Department of Taxes has resumed issuing tax refund checks, after halting the process for almost a week because of fears of refund fraud in other states.
When people say they are opposed to homosexuality, what are they talking about? What is different about the homosexual lifestyle? Really, the only distinguishing factor of the homosexual lifestyle is the sex, and when people say they’re opposed to homosexuality or even just uncomfortable, really they ...
For most Middlebury students, Winter Carnival means having an extra day to procrastinate on homework and to party in fun locations at new times like on a mountaintop at 11 a.m. However, for Maddie and Izzy, it means one thing and one thing only — the College’s annual Ice Show spectacular! It has ...
Josh Espy ’17, Kirk Horton ’17, and August Rosenthal ’17 are three dudes with chins and three impeccable senses of humor. Since September 2014, they’ve been known as Triple Chin Comedy, Middlebury’s very own Lonely Island-esque comedy group. Every month, the trio writes and films videos that ...
Middlebury students left the frigid winter temperatures of Vermont and travelled to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to participate in a women’s empowerment MAlt trip over February break. Over the course of the following week, they engaged with an organization known as Iniciativa Comunitaria, or Community Initiative ...
At the annual winter carnival, the ski teams put together a strong showing to finish third (783) behind carnival winners UVM (931) and runners up Dartmouth (788). Middlebury missed out on second place by only 5 points and beat fourth place UNH by 10 points in a crowded field. The weekend races included ...
It is obvious to anyone who has tried to pick up a package this semester that the way the mail center functions is unacceptable. For most of the afternoon there is a long line that snakes through the mail center, up the stairs, and back towards the Grille office. My personal experience with the mailroom ...
Last weekend, the Middlebury women’s swimming and diving team traveled to the Wesleyan Natatorium in Middletown, Conn. to swim in the three-day NESCAC Championship meet on Feb. 13-15. Middlebury maintained the third-place position from day one of competition, defending their third-place title from ...
“Decisions are made by those who show up.” That line has been attributed to people as various as Benjamin Franklin, Harry Truman and President Bartlet of The West Wing. Whoever said it first, it applies just as well to national politics as to student government at Middlebury. This Friday and Saturday, ...
The Middlebury men’s basketball team finished its season this weekend by splitting its two home games and failing to qualify for the NESCAC championships. On Friday, Feb. 13, the Panthers fell to Trinity 90-85 before defeating Amherst 82-69 on Sunday, Feb. 15. Entering the weekend, the Panthers stood ...
Not so long ago, colleges made a promise that sounds a bit strange today. Administrators and faculty promised not just to teach students knowledge and skills, but to make them better people. Our communications department might like to highlight the good Middlebury students do, but few students enter ...
In his last piece, Phil – to use an expression picked up over Feb Orientation – “yucked my yum.” He took us through what he painted to be President Obama’s “harmful budget,” paying special attention to the tax increases, ending of sequestration and community college plan. While I won’t ...
The Middlebury women’s hockey team kept the good times rolling this past weekend, Feb. 13 and 14, recording a pair of wins over conference foe Williams to clinch the top seed in the upcoming NESCAC tournament and extend their winning streak to 10. Playing on the road in Williamstown on Friday, the ...