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Panthers defeat Lord Jeffs for NESCAC title

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

The top-seeded Panthers hosted the NESCAC tournament this past weekend. Middlebury faced off against Bowdoin on Saturday and, after a 4-0 win over the Polar Bears in the semifinals, sixth-ranked Amherst in the NESCAC finals on Sunday. The second periods of both games were crucial as the Panthers out-scored ...

“Hello” policy - Logan Brown

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Although I have a very large bone to pick with issues involving the Middlebury community and our inability to integrate different social scenes on this campus (I hope to address them in future articles), I want to start with a very simple proposition. It may seem a wild idea at first but I think it ...

Men’s basketball rolls past Colonials to NCAA sweet 16

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Playing in front of a sold out crowd in Pepin Gymnasium, the Middlebury men’s basketball team continued adding to their season of firsts. After a dominant 79-53 victory over the 23rd ranked Western Connecticut Colonials (22-6) in which the team’s defensive tenacity shined, the Panthers advanced ...

Improv concert celebrates artists

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

On Thursday, Mar. 3, the Dance Program showcased an improvisational music performance by affiliate artists Michael Chorney and Ron Rost in the Dance Theatre. The duo, known as “The Miscellaneous Regulars,” celebrated their 25 years at the College by demonstrating their musical prowess, performing ...

Panthers send six to NCAAs in Ohio

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

This past weekend, the men’s and women’s track teams traveled to New York to compete in their final meet before the indoor NCAA championships– the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championships hosted by New York University at the Armory. The Panther women were the stars of the day, turning ...

Women’s Tennis

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Middlebury women’s tennis will open the season with lofty expectations for pair of high-flying sophomores. Leah Kepping ’13 and Brittany Faber ’13 made the most of their short fall season, putting in strong efforts in all four tournaments. At the Gail Smith Doubles Tournament and the ITA Regional ...

Men's Tennis

March 10, 2011

The men’s tennis team opens its season this weekend with matches against Oneonta, Brandeis and Connecticut College. Twelve members from last year’s national championship winning team return this season, though only one starter from that team remains. Among those who won’t be returning for the ...

Young farmers take root in Vermont

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

It is no secret that sustainable farming is popular in Vermont. Perhaps less well-known is that a growing number of these farmers are young people, many of whom are new to the field. When Jay Leshinksy, director of the College’s organic garden, went to the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) ...

Baseball

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

The Middlebury College baseball team will take to the diamond for the first time this season at Southern Vermont on Friday, March 23, where they will look to wash the taste of last year’s campaign from their collective mouth. Last year’s teams entered the season with high hopes and a ton of talent ...

Film scholar delivers lecture

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Jim Naremore, a widely-known and respected film scholar and professor emeritus of communication and culture at Indiana University, made a visit to campus last week. He gave a lecture on literary adaptation in film titled “Chandler, Hawks and The Big Sleep,” referring, of course, to Raymond Chandler’s ...

Softball

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Last year, the women’s softball team’s season came to an end in a hard defeat against Wesleyan in NESCAC play-offs. Their record was 18-12, with seven of those wins against NESCAC teams. They are optimistic about the year ahead and are determined to have a great season. The team has a very strong ...

Peak Sports Snowshoe Race draws crowds

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

On Saturday, March 5, Peak Sports held its annual Peak Snowshoe Challenge. The course, which weaved through the Green Mountain National Forest of Pittsfield, Vt., awelcomed 250 participants, including a handful of students from the College. Each individual snow shoed a 6.55-mile loop, and could chose ...

After flames, hope spreads at Pete's Greens

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Twelve days into the new year, Pete’s Greens, a year-round organic vegetable farm in Craftsbury, Vt., suffered an unthinkable loss. When owner Pete Johnson ’97 went back to bed after helping to load a truck with fresh produce at 3 a.m., he never imagined that he would wake up less than two hours ...

Track & Field

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Following a strong showing last spring and an energizing winter season this year, the Middlebury men’s and women’s Track and Field have high expectations for the upcoming spring season. The team’s winter season isn’t yet finished, with several athletes poised to compete in the upcoming indoor ...

Men's Lacrosse

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

The Middlebury men’s lacrosse team comes into the 2011 season primed for success, but also with a bit of a chip on its shoulder. The team finished the 2010 season with a record of 13-6, advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament only to be defeated for a third time by conference rival Tufts, ...

The Localvore: Costello's spices up lunch, Italian style

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

Lunch is often a cop-out. Let’s face it: lunch is something that happens in between parts of life. At best, it is a short respite from the unpleasant hustle that occupies the everyday; at worst, a necessary evil. That is why, at first, Costello’s Market seems strange. There is something about the ...

One in 8700 - Tamara Chase

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

A Boulder, Co. native, Tamara Chase’s favorite mountain in Vermont is Sugarbush, though she does have a “nostalgic love” for Winter Park and Mary Jane, two Boulder peaks. Chase, a body pump and spinning instructor at Vermont Sun Fitness Center, leads an active life. While she enjoys spending time ...

Women's Lacrosse

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

The Middlebury Panthers have high expectations for their 2011 season. They are led by co-captains Sally Ryan ’11 and All NESCAC Chase Delano ’11, both of whom are excited to prove what they are capable of doing in what should be a highly competitive NESCAC. The team is bigger this year, welcoming ...

Campus Character: Ben Wessel

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

“I have a really good beard,” said Ben Wessel ’11.5 from beneath the hood of his signature blue and black-checkered sweatshirt, where he is half-asleep. I told him that it is smaller than I recall it being. “I’ve been shimming it down,” he said, “Is that a word? Trim. Trim and shave. ...

Flower show previews spring bloom

By Middlebury Campus | March 10, 2011

On March 4–6, Green Works, also called the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association (VNLA), put on its 15th annual Vermont Flower Show at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vt. Hundreds of Green Works volunteers contributed more than 2,000 hours of work for the show, which sought ...