DUNEDIN — For geology majors, New Zealand is a great place to study abroad. I’ve already had the opportunity to geek out over mudstone boulders and columnar basalt. There are tall volcanoes not too far from glaciers that touch the ocean. At the top of the North Island, one can watch waves crash ...
Harvard brings Navy ROTC back Following the repeal of the controversial “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” law that banned gays from openly serving in the military, Harvard University has decided to bring back the Navy portion of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC). The program was previously banned ...
Students have proposed the use of Zimride, a new ride share system, to reduce the number of vehicles on campus and serve as an alternate means of transportation. According to its website, the California-based initiative is designed “to create social, sustainable and convenient transportation.” Unique ...
It’s 4:30 on a Friday afternoon and Tim Spears leans toward the hanging silver microphone as he pushes up a couple of sliders on the mixing board in the WRMC studio. Behind Spears hovers Matt Jennings, Spears’ co-DJ. For most of the week, Spears, vice president for administration and professor of ...
Nathan Laube offered a virtuosic performance at Mead Chapel on Feb. 27 in a solo concert commemorating the 40th anniversary of the installation of the College’s organ. A recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Laube is spending this academic year continuing his studies on ...
Despite last Friday’s bleak weather, the performance by Vermont’s own Split Tongue Crow managed to create a warm atmosphere at 51 Main. The five-piece band played a selection of earnest songs about life and loss that entertained and impressed an intimate audience. 51 Main itself was the perfect ...
Have you ever had an argument with a friend and wished there was someone there to settle it for you? Well now thanks to two Middlebury alumni, you can use Squabbler.com to share your side of the argument over the Internet and let viewers declare a winner. The creators of Squabbler, Matt Bijur ’97 ...
What does a band that’s been changing the landscape of popular music for a quarter of a century do when they set out to make a new album? Naturally, they look towards Northern European folklore for inspiration. “It's very much about natural forms,” artist Stanley Donwood said of his cover art ...
Go directly to jail. Do not pass “Go.” Do not collect $200. In this case, jail is Proctor Terrace. In conjunction with this spring’s symposium, “Communities & Justice: Inequality and Innovation in America’s Justice System,” the symposium student leaders, Hannah Postel ’13, Hanna Mahon ...
Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks professor of Political Science and director of Russian and East European Studies, has a life that is, to say the least, worth writing home about. His spacious office, filled with books and journals and documents of all shapes and colors, is a testament to all that he ...
As Visiting Assistant Professor of Education Studies, Tara Affolter’s time at Middlebury neared its end, the Keep Affolter movement took off. After President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz received a letter from education studies minor Jay Saper ’13 on behalf of the Institutional Diversity ...
On Feb. 24 the art department sponsored a talk featuring Joey Fauerso, known for her award-winning work exploring the dynamic intersection between seemingly disparate themes — the male nude in frothy Rococo landscapes, or painting joined with animation to a custom-made soundtrack of clapping hands ...
Hookups. Like Natty Ice, beer pong, chemically-aided all-night cram sessions and crippling addictions to Facebook, hookups are one of the most iconic symbols of what it means to be in college. This is not to say that everyone has them, or even should — but for better or for worse, they happen to ...
As the winter months draw slowly to a close, two sports teams at the College have infused the Middlebury community, both town and gown, with a new, higher tolerance for a long winter season. The men’s basketball and women’s hockey teams will continue their quests for championships this weekend: ...
As a fan of Sherlock Holmes books ever since I read The Hound of the Baskervilles when I was 13 (the sound of dogs barking in the forest can still make my heart race), Graham Moore’s The Sherlockian quenched my thirst for a new Sherlock Holmes story. However, unlike other Sherlock Holmes mysteries, ...
The Middlebury men’s basketball team made history last weekend. The Panthers tied the school record for most wins in a season, avenged their only loss with a victory over Williams, securing the school’s second NESCAC championship and, to top it all off, will prolong their season in the NCAA Division ...
“It’s difficult for anyone to have warm and tender feelings for the crazy man.” – Glenn Beck, Feb. 22 It’s a surreal scene: Glenn Beck, all alone on a TV set flooded with a low, blue light. He’s surrounded by an array of chalkboards; like mirrors in a haunted house, they reflect the many, ...
The fifth-ranked Panthers advanced to the semifinals of the NESCAC tournament, downing the Ephs of Williams 6-2 in the quarterfinals on Saturday. The victory was Middlebury’s third over Williams this season, as the Panthers swept the season series against the Ephs during the regular season. Head coach ...