These are the most compelling NBA playoffs since Michael Jordan won his final championship with the Chicago Bulls in 1998. Despite an impending lockout that could negate the 2011-2012 NBA season, the league is thriving thanks to a group of young, likeable superstars, great storylines and enticing matchups ...
The last year of a student’s time at Middlebury is distinct in many ways from his or her first three. Socially, seniors are given access to the best housing on campus, and can apply to live off-campus. Academically, they get priority registration and set out to complete work on a degree that has been ...
The women’s tennis team traveled to Maine this weekend for a pair of away wins. These victories will advance the 10th ranked Panthers to five game winning streak and an 8-1 record. The weekend started at Bowdoin College where they defeated the Polar Bears 6-3. In the number one singles spot, Victoria ...
In a letter to the editor about Middlebury sophomore, Jay Saper ’13, Professor David Stoll wrote: “Since Saper is a SOAN major, and I am a SOAN professor, I am embarrassed that he appears to be using sociological and anthropological concepts to make an ad hominem argument against an invited speaker, ...
Housing registration for juniors and seniors at Middlebury sucks the big one. It’s overly convoluted, illogical, stressful and frustrating. Even when everything goes smoothly, as it did this year, and we avoid debacles like last year’s, the system seems to cultivate stress and anxiety when there ...
This past weekend at Powershift, the proverbial gauntlet for every American young person was thrown down. Hard. On Saturday night, Tim De Christopher — a renowned climate activist in jail for defrauding a land auction for oil and gas development (he outbid all attendant energy companies despite not ...
A good day is a rare event. I’m not trying to be depressing saying this — it’s scientifically proven. If days were rated and put on a graph, laws of probability dictate that the graph would show a bell curve: a few days would deserve the labels of “dumpy” or “wicked awesome,” but most ...
The men’s tennis team defended their number one ranking over the weekend by completing a two-game sweep over their Maine rivals Bowdoin and Bates. On Saturday, the Panthers defeated 14th-ranked Bowdoin 5-4 before trouncing the number 21 team in the country, Bates, 8-1 to improve to 14-1 overall and ...
The Middlebury Track and Field Team competed in a rare Sunday meet this past weekend in Hanover, N.H., competing against Dartmouth and the University of Vermont. The Panthers finished third, only six points behind second-place UVM, a Division I school. Several runners gave impressive performances at ...
Every Middlebury student possesses an identity in this bubble: this identity can be defined by our friend group, where we live, our major, where we are from, what extracurricular activities we do, etc. I have, however, rarely seen anyone define himself by the commons he is in, during the 3.9 years that ...
Governor Peter Shumlin is right. Health care reform is needed — the sooner the better. One big reason: Health care is busting the state budget. But proposed reforms are not likely to produce real budget savings until 2015 at the earliest. Health care costs will continue to balloon until these reforms ...
Quieted somewhat by the drizzling rain, the usually boisterous, sun-dressed Trinity Spring Weekend crowd looked on in dismay as David Hild ‘11 and Co. ran off four straight scores in the forth quarter to keep the Bantams at bay, 12-8, in NESCAC action last Saturday. With their third consecutive victory ...
Need a spruce up for the spring? Ready to “shed your winter coat?” A campus staff writer explores the town options for a new spring ‘do. Texture Salon (802) 388 – 9449 34 North Pleasant Street Hours: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Hair Cuts: $20-$25 for men, $35-$55 for women Texture ...
The Middlebury Panthers faced a tough 11-10 loss against the Trinity Bantams this past Saturday on Kohn Field. The third-ranked Bantams improve to an undefeated 11-0 season and 7-0 in the NESCAC league. The eighth-ranked Panthers now stand at 7-4 overall and 4-3 in NESCAC play. Lucy Jackson ’12 recognizes ...
On June 23, 2010, Cacklin’ Hens: Vermont Yarn, Beads and Gift Emporium made its Middlebury debut. The store, located at 383 Exchange Street, opened soon after Main Street’s Vermont Beads and Fibers closed for business. Cacklin’ Hens’ owner, Cheryl Burnham, who is also the theatre department ...
Raj Bhakta is a man of many passions, and his life thus far has been about following those passions. Only in his 30s, Bhakta has already accomplished more than most do in a lifetime. “My life shows the effective employment of attention deficit disorder,” said Bhakta. Some of Bhakta’s long held ...
On a chilly, windy Saturday in Vermont, the Middlebury College baseball team saw their postseason hopes take a severe hit at the hands of the Wesleyan Cardinals, who took both games of a double-header to win the overall series two games to three. The loss dropped the Panthers to 5-4 in NESCAC play, ...
Middlebury Murmur, which officially launched last week, allows students, faculty, staff and alumni to record stories about their Middlebury experiences specific to a place on campus. By calling 802-443-2600 and typing in the number in the orange blurb specific to each building on campus, you can hear ...
Last week, 270 Middlebury students across disciplines and class years came together to present the culmination of months of research in what has become an annual celebration of academic exploration at Middlebury — the student spring symposium. Now in its first year as a multi-day event, the symposium ...