Having depression can add to an already-stressful life, especially for college students. Oftentimes people experiencing depression feel exhausted and cannot bring themselves to do much at all. Most students at the College barely have enough time to get all their work done when they are at their most ...
The Umbrella Revolution is a grassroots movement of Hong Kong people in protest of increasing control by the Chinese government. It began as a class boycott organized by the Student Federation of Hong Kong and was meant to last as long as the chief executive would assent to demands to talks about Hong ...
Kati Daczkowski ’18 loves apples. When she went apple picking last weekend at Happy Valley Orchards, a 16-acre apple orchard just two miles from campus, she ended up eating more apples than she actually picked. “I love Honeycrisp apples!” she said. “The only downside of apple picking this weekend ...
On Oct. 4-5, the Middlebury women’s golf team competed in the Williams Invitational, their fourth tournament of the fall. The team finished fifth place out of 16 teams, shooting a 336 on the first day of competition and a 335 on the second day. These similar scores demonstrate a consistency that the ...
This past weekend the Middlebury volleyball team took a Massachusetts road trip to battle NESCAC foes Amherst and Williams on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, falling 3-1 in both matches. On Friday night, the Panthers went into Amherst’s LeFrak Gymnasium to take on the formidable Lord Jeffs, owners ...
The women’s tennis team fared well this weekend, Oct. 3-5, in a series of dual matches against Williams, Case Western Reserve and Army while hosting the Middlebury Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Oct. 3-5. Middlebury did not take the court until Saturday when it squared off in its first dual against ...
On Saturday, Oct. 4, the Middlebury cross country teams visited Vermont Technical College to race in the Vermont State Meet. The men won their sixth consecutive state championship while the women continued their streak of victories that has lasted longer than anyone currently associated with the program ...
Some of the greatest games in football history have come in inclement weather – earning titles like the Ice Bowl, the Sneakers Game and most recently, the “Tuck Rule” game. The Panthers’ game on Oct. 4 against Amherst, however, did not rank in greatness alongside these other legendary games. ...
The Middlebury women’s soccer team extended their winning streak to three this past weekend, defeating NESCAC rival Tufts in a rain-soaked home match on Saturday, Oct. 4 by a score of 1-0. The game remained scoreless until the 77th minute when senior midfielder Claire Nishioka ’15 converted on one ...
The Middlebury field hockey team solidified their spot among the top teams in the NESCAC this Saturday, Oct. 4, using five points from Pam Schulman ’17 to wallop conference foe Tufts by a score of 6-1 on rain-soaked Kohn field. Entering the game, the Panthers and Jumbos were locked with Trinity in ...
The men’s soccer team continued their NESCAC schedule with a pair of double-overtime games this week, falling to Williams on Wednesday, Oct. 1 and tying Tufts on Saturday, Oct. 4. On Wednesday, Middlebury travelled to Williamstown to play Williams. The Ephs started the season nationally ranked, but ...
Over the last few weeks, a portion of the student body here has been upset about something. Not the kind of upset where they’re not being themselves for a while, and finally, a friend pulls them aside and says, “Hey, Chase, do you want to talk about anything? I’m here for you, man.” Rather, ...
A few weeks ago Erin proposed that the environment and global warming would — or rather should — be a major issue this election cycle. That is simply not going to be the case. To quote President Clinton, “it’s the economy, stupid.” More importantly, that hurts Democrats and their overall standing ...
Shortly after the administration announced its controversial change to the tailgating policy, many students asked me why I, as the President of the SGA, had no knowledge of the impending change. Their concern highlights a question I imagine many of you have pondered at one point or another while at ...
I had the remarkable experience of growing up as an ex-patriot. Yes, I grew up in the strange and foreign land of Canada, our friendly neighbor to the North. While my citizenship remained firmly American, an interesting thing happens when you live abroad. You suddenly become the spokesperson for your ...
As of 2012, the estimated population of Americans belonging to the so-called “millennial” or Generation Y numbered around 80 million, making those born between the mid-1980’s and late 1990’s approach one-third of the total population. Of these 80 million, only 41.2 percent that were of voting ...
This year, I have not gone to a single party. I have not been involved in any of the party culture, I have only once even seen alcohol, and I go to sleep early on the weekends. Small gatherings of friends have supplanted loud, raucous parties. Video games, reading for fun and playing cards occupy my ...
Dear Middlebury community, Last spring, a friend encouraged me to download the app Yik Yak. “It’s like an anonymous twitter for Midd people, it’s hilarious,” she said. I hadn’t spent much time reading it, until one day at lunch when I scrolled through the message board and saw: “If I could ...
From time to time, the editorial board simply cannot come to a consensus around an issue — banning anonymous posting on forums like Yik Yak is one of them. We as two members of the editorial board would like to present a dissenting recommendation for the Administration as the College thinks about ...
Editor’s Note: The following text contains vulgarity. It seems innocuous. An app where you can post something witty, watch it get up-voted and monitor your karma score changing as people respond. But this seemingly harmless “fun” often comes at the expense of members of our community. When ...