The Middlebury women’s soccer team established its place at the top of the NESCAC with a 2-0 victory over Trinity on Saturday, Oct. 12 and a 1-0 overtime win against Hamilton on Sunday, Oct. 13. The Panthers went into the double header with cautious optimism. “Going into the weekend we were tied ...
The Panthers scored and roared above their weekend opponents, scolding Trinity 5-0 on Saturday, Oct. 12 and topping Hamilton 4-1 on Sunday, Oct. 13. Anna Kenyon ’16 and Bridget Instrum ’16 lifted the team chemistry and speed of play, and deceptive playmaker Alyssa DiMaio ’15 found a well-deserved ...
On Saturday, Oct. 12, the Middlebury men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at historic Franklin Park in Boston to race in the N.E.I.C.A.A. Championships, colloquially known as Open New Englands. Opens invites 67 colleges in New England across all divisions and thus features a high ...
The Middlebury’s women’s volleyball team struggled through a tough pair of games on Friday, Oct. 11 and Saturday Oct. 12, falling to Amherst on Friday 3-0, then Williams on Saturday with the same score. These were the Panther’s first consecutive losses of the season. Dropping these games will ...
Coming off a bye week and sitting atop the East Coast Rugby Conference at 3-0, the Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) set its sights on a tilt with University of Connecticut (UConn) this past Saturday, Oct. 12 to keep pace in its quest for the conference’s top spot and a trip to the postseason. ...
The Middlebury men’s golf team enjoyed another victory this season, easily winning the ECAC Championship at Crumpin Fox Golf Course in Bernardston, Mass. The Panthers finished with a two-day total of 635 strokes, 13 ahead of runner-up Western New England College. Elms College (649), Nichols College ...
Opportunities to compete against national level competition are few and far between for NESCAC schools, but the Middlebury Tennis program has historically made the most of its chances. The duo of Brantner Jones ’14 and Palmer Campbell ’16 continued this winning tradition at the ITA Small College ...
On Oct. 5, the College held the Cultivating Food Literacy symposium, and McCullough Social Space filled with educators, students, and activists to discuss how to educate students on the growth, distribution, and consumption of food. “It was a great day of conversation,” said Tim Spears, vice president ...
Shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 three Middlebury Police Officers exited McCullough Student Center carrying a package containing marijuana that had been shipped to a student. While there is no official version of exactly how the events of the confiscation unfolded, multiple accounts from student ...
On Sept. 30, the Department of Public Safety released the College’s annual security report with statistics detailing a more than five-fold increase in student liquor violations. Of the many crimes listed that occurred on campus, including certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by the college ...
The College biomass gasification plant, a key component of the College’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2016, hit an important milestone today, beginning its 16th week of uninterrupted operation — the longest period of time for which the plant has been running. This record-setting accomplishment ...
Eleven students, two staff members, and one faculty member are in the midst of completing their 20 hours of training to become peer advocates in a pilot program within the College’s Sexual Advocacy Oversight Committee (SAOC). The advocacy program marks a great leap forward for the SAOC, which as been ...
While Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons in August shocked the world and provoked outrage of various degrees from Western powers, an overlooked consequence of the 30-month long civil war has been the refugee crisis that has spilled over into Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and ...
Over the last three years, enrollment in Computer Science courses at the College has tripled. The growth is the largest in any department in recent history, and is in keeping with nationwide enrollment trends, spurred by job opportunities and the glamorization of start-ups, entrepreneurship and new ...
Fall is my favorite season. I love how the brightly colored trees pop against the blue skies. I love the sound of leaves rustling beneath my feet. I love the excitement of a new school year juxtaposed with the shortening days and the threat of winter. My favorite part of fall, however, is the apples. ...
Whether you eat there once a week, or just enjoy a sub from time to time, we can all agree that Costello’s Market is a staple of Middlebury. Many students of the College frequent this Italian market in the Marble Works Many move in and out quickly, rushing to class or to a club meeting, just picking ...
Unbeknownst to many students at the College, there lies a world past Porter Hospital — a picturesque community of charmingly identical houses and apartments called Eastview. Within that community live Heather and Charles Robinson, two very proud College Alumni. I was greeted at Eastview last Wednesday ...
Climate change scares Fran Putnam, but it hasn’t paralyzed her. Instead, she leads the Weybridge Energy Coalition and has spearheaded the town’s latest energy related success – becoming the first town in Vermont to complete the Vermont Home Energy Challenge. The Challenge, which was prompted ...
“It was like a scene from the Godfather,” Derk Sauer said as he was speaking in front of the audience in the RAJ conference room last Thursday. He was describing a scene in which he met with a Russian oligarch who wanted to offer him protection, in a casino in Moscow; it was 11 a.m., and he was ...
For the third time in as many NESCAC games, the Middlebury women’s soccer team scored in the final minutes to ensure a 2-1 road victory – this time against Tufts on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Panthers were hit with a sense of déjà vu from last week’s game against Colby, as, despite a strong start, ...