If you were to ask me what trend currently defines the gaming industry, I would give two answers: sequels and motion control. Nintendo kicks off the motion control trend with the Wii and with it, the Wii-mote. They marketed the console as a new way to experience gaming in the home environment. As the ...
After suffering the program’s first defeat in school history to Wesleyan three weekends ago, the men’s hockey team has rebounded onto the winning track. Going 5-1-1 in its last seven contests, the Panthers have now soared to a 9-6-4 record on the season, placing them second in the NESCAC (7-4-3 ...
Watch Parks and Recreation. Seriously, do it. I know; you saw an episode in the first season and it wasn’t for you. Try again. Generally, in today’s age of serialized television, people feel the need to watch a show from its first episode to get to know the entire story, the character nuances, the ...
As she walked down Main St. in Middlebury during a lunch break four years ago, Barbara Harding saw a ‘For Sale’ sign in the window of Otter Creek Used Books. She opened the door, walked down the wide stairs and immediately began negotiating a price. Within the month, the store was hers. “I ...
Jan. 21-22 at the Mahaney Center for the Arts the Dance Company premiered their semester long project, “Culture, cash and community: to have or have not.” Students, Artistic Director Christal Brown, and visiting artists Trebien Pollard and Paloma McGregor choreographed the suite of four dances. ...
Have you ever snow shoed up Monastery Mountain, cross-country skied across Bingo Brooke or walked the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail? If not then you have plenty more adventures ahead of you in the Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF). A guide to the forest reveals much about its unique history and ...
A capella concert Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Come hear the University of Vermont a capella group, the Top Cats, perform. The entertaining evening will take place at the Mount Abraham Union High School auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. There is babysitting available, ...
During February break, a new group of students was moving in. The class of 2014.5 began orientation on Feb. 2 and to help with their transitions, a group of older Febs worked as their orientation leaders. Planning the week’s activities began early. “[Everyone] had weekly two-hour-long training ...
While trying to decide how to write A Valentine’s Day Column (yes, all of those words are capitalized), I turned to my foremothers in Features column-writing for inspiration. There is the route of writing about how frustrated you are with the campus dating scene while lifting up the wonderful, talented ...
Life is really just one big story, and no one seems to understand this more than Bianca Giaever ’12.5. Giaever is an independent scholar at Middlebury with a self-designed major: narrative studies. “I’m basically majoring in stories,” said Giaever. “I could hear my dad rolling his eyes ...
A remarkable number of metaphors for an improved understanding of the world involve physical expansion. Whether an opening of eyes, broadening of horizons, or widening of perspective, it seems that figurative growth is an integral part of a worthwhile experience. Through their Februrary Middlebury Alternative ...
Valentine’s Day is coming up — don’t everyone get excited at once. In all honesty, though, I do get excited for Valentine’s Day, and not because Valentine’s Day has even gone well for me historically. There was that time in seventh grade when I had the flu but I sent in valentines for all ...
Jon Isham is an associate professor of economics This Winter Term, 21 students and I have learned a lot about social entrepreneurship. First, the idea is not new. For three decades, leading champions of social change have promoted social entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton founded the Ashoka Foundation ...
To The Campus, According to the New York Times, more than 400 universities and colleges worldwide offer individual courses, certificates and undergraduate or graduate degrees in peace studies. We believe that now is the time for Middlebury to join the ranks of schools dedicated to the cultivation of ...
To The Campus, They say that home is where the heart is. So, when I was preparing to come to college last year as an awkward first-year from Dallas, Texas, I was concerned about how I was going to make this new, scary, cold place called Middlebury College my home. My parents told me that it would be ...
To The Campus, You start your day with a cup of hot coffee. You grab a banana in the dining hall for a snack after class. You go to the lab to print out your most recent assignment. We establish a routine that dictates a rhythm in our day, but seldom do we stop to consider where all of these things ...
Not even a 13-point road deficit to a rival school could stop the Middlebury men’s basketball team from continuing its historic run over the weekend. With a 79-63 road win over Tufts and 78-65 victory at Bates, the Panthers find themselves 13-0 for the first time in school history. A week after setting ...
After a rough opening week of the season, the Middlebury men’s hockey team seemed to have found its footing, going 4-1-2 in its next seven contests leading into last weekend’s pair of NESCAC home games. “No specific changes were made, but players just prepared better for each game,” said assistant ...
The Middlebury women’s squash team continued to perform at a high level last weekend, defeating Connecticut College, Amherst and Hamilton while improving to 9-1 on the season. After taking care of business against the Camels and Lord Jeffs in matches played at Amherst’s facility, the Panthers returned ...
The ninth-ranked Middlebury Panthers traveled to fifth-ranked Amherst this past weekend to continue a rivalry that has become one of the best in women’s college hockey. The Panthers won the first game of the weekend doubleheader 3-0 over the Lord Jeffs. Though the Panthers lead the all-time series ...