Since 2011 the United States has increased its hydrocarbon production faster than any other country. As mentioned in this column before, this tremendous growth has been driven almost entirely by the combination of two independent drilling technologies, as well as the practices of horizontal drilling ...
Here in idyllic rural Vermont, Middlebury College is a bastion of beauty, tradition, stewardship, and of course — safety. In order to foster elite learning, we have a multitude of mechanisms to protect us from any possible interference from danger outside our marble walls. But according to the Community ...
Guess what? Advice columns are stupid, but Holy Guac, people of my ilk can’t seem to get enough of them. There are some decent ones of course — Dear Sugar, written by Cheryl Strayed had its prime in The Rumpus a couple years ago (but now Strayed is hella overplayed, like Dark Horse feat. Juicy ...
If someone asked you if all six inhabited continents should be equally represented in our distribution requirements, what would you say? There is not much our editorial board agrees on, but on this point we agree. We would maybe distinguish North America, as it is the continent on which we reside, but ...
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has indicated in recent interviews that he is considering a presidential bid in 2016. “We need candidates who are prepared to represent the working families of this country, who are prepared to stand up to the big money interests, who are prepared to support an aggressive ...
On April 23, the Vermont House approved GMO labeling bill H112 by a margin of 114-30 and Governor Shumlin promised to sign the bill into law. The bill will require genetically modified food products (GMOs) sold in Vermont to be labeled. “I am proud of Vermont for being the first state in the nation ...
The Middlebury Campus brought big money out of the shadows this week. We distributed surveys polling our personal spending habits, where our spending money comes from and where we think the money comes from when we see others charge everything to their cards. The results of 109 surveys distributed across ...
Although we wanted to start our last week of training with more energy than ever, the universe once and for all, proved its wish to sabotage its two favorite NARP first-years. Izzy dealt with a recurring foot pain that left her walking like a teetering pregnant woman — swollen feet and cankles included ...
The desire to eat local, real food has become rooted in our food culture on campus. Defining real as local, fair, humane and ecologically sound, members of Eat Real set out to discover how much food in the dining hall fulfilled at least two of the four criteria mentioned. After tracking food production ...
As a kid, my favorite food and drink were spaghetti bolognese and Coca-Cola. Yet, after indulging myself in the richness of cakes, Cheese pizzas and meatball spaghettis for five months the dining halls, I’m starting to crave my mother’s meatbone soup. To me, the taste of Chinese food tends to be ...
As April winds to a close, the College wraps up a month of events focused on raising awareness about sexual assault. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and new Health and Wellness Director Barbara McCall launched a series of events throughout the month in order to “recognize and support survivors ...
If Hannah Sobel ’17.5’s linguistics study is valid, there won’t be any feminists left in the movement for marijuana legalization. Though Sobel doesn’t smoke, she enlisted her friends to record their conversations while under the influence of marijuana to study gender differences in speech patterns ...
Since its launch on April 9, 2014, beyond the green, a publication that seeks to provide an outlet for marginalized voices at the College, has rocketed to the forefront of campus consciousness. The publication, which “seeks to use writing as a way to support and ultimately achieve structural and institutional ...
For my last column of the year, I wanted to touch on a more serious issue. Inspired by recent events in my life as well as many friends, and also various Middfesh stories, I believe it is important to discuss the very serious issue of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases). While sex comes with a lot ...
On Saturday, April 26, the Track and Field teams competed in the focal event of their outdoor season, traveling to Waterville, Maine to contend for the NESCAC championship hosted by Colby. On a cold, rainy day, the men recorded their highest team finish in the meet’s history – finishing second behind ...
The Middlebury golf teams completed their regular seasons this weekend, with the men capturing the NESCAC championship on their home course on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, and the women traveling to Williams for the Northeast Elite Invitational. The men played host to Williams, Trinity and ...
The Middlebury women’s tennis team finished their 2014 regular season last weekend with one win and one loss, falling to fourth-ranked Amherst 0-9 on Saturday, April 26 after a 7-2 win against number-18 Tufts on Friday, April 25. The Panthers faced Tufts in their last home match of the season. They ...
The Middlebury softball team dropped two games in their three-game set against Williams last weekend, but nevertheless the team earned the second seed in the West for the double-elimination NESCAC tournament that will be held at Williams this weekend, and will play Tufts in their post-season opener. Williams ...
Despite going on an early 6-0 run in the first half, the third-seeded Middlebury was upset by sixth-seeded Colby this past Saturday, April 26, in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC women’s lacrosse tournament. This is the second time that Middlebury has lost to the Mules this season, as Middlebury ...
The Middlebury men’s lacrosse team suffered a 13-9 loss to Williams in the quarterfinal round of the NESCAC tournament on Saturday, April 26. The loss to Williams was the second loss to the Ephs in four days for the Panthers, with the first coming on April 23 by a tight score of 9-7. With their early ...