Was my last article a little too Eat Pray Love-y? I feel like my last article was a little too Eat Pray Love-y. I hope you can bear with me if any more sentimental-study-abroad-blog, gag-if-I-see-one-more-Instagram-of-your-cultural-experience moments arise. This time I hope I can kick that association ...
This past Saturday during Winter Carnival, everybody and their mother showed up to the Snow Bowl, rowdy and retro and revved up to support the ski team. It was a sight to behold: dozens of kids tailgating in the parking lot, snagging free popcorn samples and trekking up the mountain to reach the “cheering ...
Romania joined the European Union on Jan. 1, 2007. Despite adhering three years after the majority of Eastern European countries, the country is still considered to be part of the fifth wave of expansion. The delay was due to widespread concern surrounding Romania’s high-level of organized crime and ...
It became clear in just a few days here over J-term that the issue of divestment has captured the imagination of the Middlebury population. In a school full of aspiring investors, targeting the endowment is a clever approach, and divestment is not a bad idea. It is the height of hypocrisy to rail against ...
Last week I experienced the curious feeling of missing someone. I actually didn’t realize I missed this person (who I will call Django) until I made what I then thought was an arbitrary and mindless decision to call him. When I hung up the phone I was overcome by an unexpected sensation of loss and ...
The recent increase in fines for parking violations — from $10 to $50 for a single ticket — brings our attention to the complex relationship between students and Public Safety officials at the College. Public Safety plays an important role by protecting students, faculty and staff and working ...
Montpelier, Vt. – Last Thursday, the Vermont state Senate passed a bill by a margin of 22-8 to allow Vermont physicians to help terminally-ill patients take lethal dosages of prescription drugs. Passage of the bill came only after many hours of debate in a deeply divided senatorial chamber. ...
Coming up this weekend on Sunday, Feb. 24, a local poverty-fighting organization called HOPE will host the fundraiser “Ski and Ride for HOPE” at the Snowbowl and the Rikert Nordic Center in Middlebury, Vt. The Middlebury Campus interviewed Sue Byers, the vice-chair of the board for the organization, ...
Despite the immense benefits of solar energy — it can be used to generate electricity for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes — recent developments in the solar energy industry are a concern for many residents of Charlotte, Vt. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) recently approved ...
It was a straight hour of laughter. Middlebury's improv group, Middlebrow, performed in the Chateau on Tuesday, Feb. 19. Inspired by a "Harlem Shake" theme, the eight-member group (3 girls, 5 boys) were chuckling to themselves by the final scene. The group is holding auditions next week. All are encouraged ...
Annie Wymard '15, a student in Peter Lourie's Adventure Writing & Digital Storytelling Winter Term course, shares her final video. During the month, Wymard worked with yoga instructor Prem Prekash. Together, they studied both walking and sitting meditation. Her first experience with walking meditation ...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxTH8-SfABc?rel=0&w=640&h=360] It was only a matter of time before Middlebury hopped on the Harlem Shake train. Filmed on Sunday afternoon in the Great Hall of BiHall, MiddKids from all walks of campus donned neon, spandex, costumes and the like ...
For the second installment of The Campus Voice, News Editor Bronwyn Oatley '13 discusses the topic of sexual assault on campus with It Happens Here (IHH) Co-Founder Luke Carroll Brown ’14, and Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) President Mark Isbell ’14. The conversation was prompted by IHH’s recent Map Project, ...
Middlebury's 90th Winter Carnival, the oldest in the nation, brought many to the Rikert Nordic Center and the College's Snow Bowl for ski racing festivities. Overall, the team placed third behind UVM and Dartmouth, and the Men's GS finished second, the best team result of the weekend. Three ...
[gallery type="slideshow" ids="18269,18268,18267,18271,18272,18270,18274,18273,18275,18276,18277,18278"] On Friday, Feb. 15 the Middlebury Mountain Club hosted its event "Northern Lights" on McCullough Lawn where pre-registered teams competed for a $100 gift certificate to Flatbread. Events included ...
At 8 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 approximately 50 students gathered outside of Old Chapel, welcoming members of the Board of Trustees to their morning meetings. Several members of the Board spoke with students and accepted orange squares, the "new color" of the divestment movement, according to students. ...
Is physical contact necessary for love? Is seeing, touching sensing someone's intimate presence necessary to feel the strongest connection to another? Falling in Love Through the Phone tells the story of Elizabeth Pope, a woman who fell in love over the telephone line. It was created by Claire Smith ...
On Wednesday, Feb. 13 the Crossroads Café buzzed with activity. Students and faculty gathered in support of Eve Ensler's One Billion Rising Campaign, seeking to end violence against women. Ensler advocates for communities to join in "solidarity, joy, rage, recklessness, and happiness" to fight the ...
Ex-Girlfriends is a cleverly written story about the perils of tiptoeing around the subtleties of dating as a 20-something in New York City. But do not take the film at face value. Alex Poe’s ’03 first feature-length film delivers a unique spin on a perhaps overused story that is saturated with ...
Valenetine’s Day is here, and even over in McCardell Bicentennial Hall, talk has turned towards love. This past Tuesday, Philip Battell/Sarah Stewart Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jeff Byers gave a talk on “Love, Pain, and Chocolate: Musings of a Structural Scientist on the True Meaning ...