During the last two weeks, curious netizens and concerned citizens in China speculated about the fate of that country's presumptive president-in-waiting, as he failed to make a public appearance for 14 straight days. Xi Jinping, aged 59, is currently China's Vice President. He is set to take the reins ...
This fall, the James I. and Carol Aymar Armstrong Science Library has a friendly new face working behind the circulation desk. Wendy Shook, the library's new science data librarian, replaced the former librarian, Carrie Macfarlane, in early August this year. Macfarlane is now the Head of Research and ...
Why did I seek out the position of sex columnist, you may ask? I didn't. I was offered the position. I'd like to think it is because I remind people of a younger, less horse-like Carrie Bradshaw, but it probably has more to do with the fact that I talk so brazenly about my experiences (fine, sexperiences). Since ...
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Dana Yeaton has been teaching a playwriting class at the College since 1999. "That makes it about 13 years now," said Yeaton, a seasoned playwright himself. Yeaton has high expectations for his class this semester. "I want them to understand and be able to ...
Middlebury men's and women's runners finished in stacks on top of the standings at the Aldrich Invitational this weekend. The race was the first and only to be run on the Panthers' home course. The top six runners and 11 of the top 12 were from the number one ranked women's team, while the 10th-ranked ...
Penn State Task Force To Allocate $60 Million Fine (Huffington Post) A 10-member task forced has been appointed to come up with guidelines for how to distribute the record $60 million fine that Penn State will pay in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, reported the NCAA on Tuesday. Penn State ...
On Sept. 16, in Shoreham, Vt., 581 avid cyclists and foodies gathered for the 5th Annual Le Tour de Farms. Passionate about active lifestyles and local foods, it comes as no surprise that Vermonters host the popular "Tour de Farms" each year. Le Tour de Farms is a cross between a farmer's market ...
A new exhibit this year at the Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts, titled "Camera Work: Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand and Company," is now on display. It is inspired by Charles A. Dana Professor of History of Art & Architecture Kirsten Hoving's course, "Alfred Stieglitz and Camera Work" ...
Upon arriving home last May after my first semester of college, I was convinced I had destroyed my body. I had been hearing about this new phenomenon known as "juicing" – when you drink only juice for a given number of days. One juice cleanse in particular, The Blue Print Cleanse (BPC), ...
In front of a crowd of nearly 200 people, the Middlebury women's soccer team continued its strong start to the season with a 3-0 win at Colby on Saturday, Sept. 15, earning the team's first win on the road. The team's second road win followed shortly after, when the Panthers won a dramatic overtime ...
What's so bad about feminism? Feminism. Does this word scare you? Is it off-putting to you when others identify as feminists? Let's talk about it. Shouldn't it be a problem that feminism has turned into a dirty word, particularly among our 18-24 year-old age group? Well, I think it's a shame and I'm ...
Vermont is famous for the quality of its food products – Vermont cheddar cheese, Ben and Jerry's ice cream and the country's finest maple syrup are three of Vermont's edible exports for which the rest of the country is eternally grateful. While these three delicacies are fixtures in the world of American ...
During the previous generation of consoles, there were two games in the True Crime series. Essentially, these games were Grand Theft Auto clones that actually had somewhat decent gameplay. Even the second game allowed one to take up the mantle of Snoop Dogg himself, and everyone's had that fantasy at ...
Thirty-eight days and 15,011 miles before the first day of the fall semester, I embarked with three friends (Owen Witek '13, Craig Thompson '13.5 and Jeff Hetzel '14) on a journey spanning from one coast of the country to the other and more than 30 states – and Canada! – in between. Our ...
Many rising seniors spent the summer months completing an internship that they hoped might lead to a future job. They worked hard, tried to impress their supervisors and took every opportunity to show how beneficial they could be as full-time employees. Michael Joseph '13 was no different. Well, maybe ...
After a strong spring season, Middlebury overtook Washington University (Mo.) this past June to win its first ever Directors' Cup, awarded annually to the top athletic program in each of the three NCAA divisions as well as the NAIA. The win follows a streak of eight consecutive top-five finishes for ...
The final play of Ryan Sharry's '12 basketball career will not be Travis Farrell's buzzer beater in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. The former Middlebury standout and two-time All-American has signed a contract to play overseas with T71 Dudelange Basketball, a team from the Diekirch League, the ...
The Queen of Versailles In light of the recent Republican and Democratic National Conventions in which the American economy was especially emphasized by both presidential candidates, and several years into the recovery from the worst economic troubles the United States have encountered since the Great ...
At 1:31 a.m. on Aug. 5, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Mars Curiosity rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars after an eight-and-a-half month journey. Later that same day, the College released a statement in the weekly news hub, MiddPoints, announcing that Gamaliel ...
This summer, the 20-year-old Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts (CFA) found itself rejuvanated and reborn. Throughout June, July and August, crews toiled day after day on the project, gouging the earth in the front lawn, revealing the building's copper veins. Despite this lengthy proces, the ...