After 34 years of diplomatic tensions between the U.S. and Iran, the presidents of the two countries made direct contact with one another last Friday for the first time since 1979. President Barack Obama placed a telephone call to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani as Rouhani was heading to Kennedy Airport ...
I have been in Brazil for a month now, but it feels like I’ve been here for almost a year. It’s uncanny how easily I adjusted to life in another country. I touched down in Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 29, and even at the airport, I was already worried about so many things: fitting in, classes, culture ...
Somehow, without any U.S. troops being deployed or thousands of civilians dying as collateral damage, both Iran and Syria seem to have given in to international diplomatic pressure. Iran’s new regime, after being democratically elected to succeed that of the highly questionable Ahmadinejad, has lived ...
As someone whose academic interests lie primarily in the humanities and social sciences, I would hardly identify as someone who “does science.” However, I am also someone interested in the environment, specifically the ways our ideas about our environment fit in with the ideas we have about pretty ...
The other day, a classmate asked me, “so is Washington State, like, crazy now that weed is legal?” Although I joked that Seattle seemed more overcast than normal, truthfully, little has changed since Washington voters passed Initiative 502 last November. That’s not to say that marijuana consumption ...
How do we use the skills and opportunities we have to make the world a better place? Middlebury students revisit this question time and time again, from conversations in the dining hall to the “Careers for the Common Good” blog from the EIA. Hudson Cavanaugh ’14 has explored this question over ...
We often discuss the need for more community engagement as a student body. We’ve devoted barrels of ink and hours of our time to panels, papers, and symposia. Yet all of that leaves us with little more than a general agreement that something needs to be done differently. We would like to suggest a ...
John Wetzel, founder of Stone Leaf Teahouse in downtown Middlebury views tea as more than just a drink. Rather, it is a way of connecting people. “It’s history, it’s culture, it’s modern society,” Wetzel said. Wetzel had not truly tasted tea until he worked on a fishing boat after he graduated ...
On Oct. 1, the Vermont Health Exchanges, the first of many sweeping health care reforms designed to propel the state towards a single-payer system, took effect. Green Mountain Care, the state-run insurance pool, will work collectively to distribute and manage funds from members by conglomerating the ...
On every test and paper turned in by Middlebury College students, the honor code is scrawled across the bottom of the page. But outside of the Middlebury bubble, students may encounter a slightly different kind of honor code: ones that exist at meat and dairy farm roadside stalls in the local area. A ...
Tired of mainstream and American movies? The annual Hirschfield International Film Series, hosted by the Department of Film and Media Culture, screens independent and foreign films at Dana Auditorium on Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. This year’s selections include the usual measure of Cannes winners – ...
I knew Grand Theft Auto (GTA) V had hooked me when, minutes after putting the game down for the first time, I began referring to people as “homie.” The game takes place in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles called Los Santos, and it is hard to imagine a more perfect setting. The reality of ...
It feels like The World’s End was made using some kind of miraculous alchemy. This is the third movie by director/writer team Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg which is spastically, ridiculously funny while somehow remaining sincere and even poignant. The basic structure sees the once cool, now-alcoholic ...
A walk in the woods with a forager reveals all the neglected treats. As Jake Faber ’16 strolls along the forest floor he scans the undergrowth looking for edible plants and mushrooms. He lets loose a victorious cry, strides over to a small tuft of weeds, and takes a handful. “This,” he explains, ...
On top of a small incline adjacent to the Mahaney Center for the Arts sits a small, steel structure that appears to be housing electrical equipment. Upon taking a closer look, the back of the piece resembles a house of cards, and viewers realize that they are looking at a work of art. This sculpture ...
The WRMC Sports play-by-play broadcast of key moments from Saturday's game is hyperlinked throughout the article below. With the game tied at 10 at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Middlebury needed someone — anyone — to make a play. After opening the first quarter with a quick-strike 10-point ...
The volleyball team continued its undefeated streak, utilizing the depth of its team to advance to 10-0. The team traveled to Clinton, NY this past Saturday, Sept. 28 to play Hamilton and Union. It continued their winning streak Tuesday, Oct. 1 with a win against Plattsburgh. The team started off the ...
On Saturday, Sept. 28 the Middlebury men’s soccer team celebrated its 500th win in program history in style. The Panthers roared their way to victory with a dominant 5-0 over bottom-ranked Colby. The Panthers’ failed to match their offensive output from Saturday’s game in a 2-1 home loss against ...
Middlebury picked up two hard-fought wins over the weekend, beating Colby 2-0 on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Williams 2-1 on Sunday, Sept. 29, adding a third victory over Skidmore on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Coach Katherine DeLorenzo became the Middlebury Field Hockey’s most successful coach with 183 career victories ...