The Middlebury men’s tennis team opened up the fall season with a bang this last weekend, taking home victories in the A, B, C and D singles flights as well as one of the two doubles flights of the annual Middlebury Invitational tournament. The Panthers recovered seamlessly from the departure of last ...
The first weeks of fall always seem to carry an air of relief. As students settle into their lives at Midd, it feels as though all things temporarily misplaced have suddenly been reclaimed. Along with yearnings for the magnificent landscape and warm atmosphere, there is yet another craving that ...
This summer, while sitting in a coffee shop in Montpelier, the most peculiar thing happened. A man touched my knee. It doesn’t sound that weird, I know, but I didn’t see it coming at all. He wore a wedding ring and he chatted idly about his wife of eight years. He looked only at my face despite ...
While I was sitting in my office this summer, my co-worker turned to me and said, “Hey. Did you know that nearly one in four couples in America sleep in separate bedrooms?” (He was obviously getting distracted on the internet). Surprisingly, he was right — even in 2005, the National Sleep Foundation ...
The Middlebury men’s rugby team bested the Harvard Crimson this weekend in a tough warm-up match that resulted in a Panther victory of 33-17. Although Harvard had possession of the ball for most of the first half, the MCRC was relentless as they reclaimed control in the second half and came out on ...
On their first two albums, Arcade Fire captured the intensity of existential crises. Funeral, as the album title suggests, sought to find a way to cope with death at a young age, ultimately favoring acceptance over escapism. On the hit track “Rebellion (Lies),” the chorus — in a repeated, assured ...
Women’s volleyball started its 2010 season with a very strong showing at the Endicott Tournament in Beverly, Mass. this past weekend. After opening the tournament with a 3-0 victory against Emmanuel on Friday afternoon, Middlebury lost a hard-fought game against the host school 3-2 in a heart breaker ...
The Panthers cross country teams surged into their first weekend of competition with high energy and determination, as both teams competed at the Dartmouth Invitational against a mix of Division I and Division III runners. Proving their prowess yet again, the women’s team finished second out of the ...
The Middlebury field hockey team was given no time to ease into their season this fall, as they opened NESCAC play with a tough away game against one of the powerhouses of the league, the Tufts Jumbos. Tufts, who won the NESCAC championship last year, came out strong and defeated the Panthers 3-0 in ...
The Middlebury men’s soccer team’s quest for a Division III national championship began this past Saturday on Tufts’ Kraft Field in Medford, Mass. The Panthers ended the day one small step closer to this goal, securing their first NESCAC win of the season in a contested, 1-0 victory. While the ...
They read page after page. At times, they have even feared they might drown in paper. No, they are not the Middlebury Admissions Committee. Literary magazines, which work as a kind of combination networking tool/self esteem booster for aspiring and established writers, are always overwhelmed with ...
Hello sports fans, Spencer and Brad here to give your brief NFL preview. Did we make some outlandish picks? Of course. There are some bold predictions, predictions that go against the grain of every major established sports outlet, but if they fail to materialize that’s just one more thing to be angry ...
In the round-robin Williams Invitational opener against Vassar, Skidmore and Williams, the women’s tennis team came away with a positive impression and an eye on the ITA Championships next weekend. The Panthers are dealing with the loss of four juniors studying abroad but didn’t let this stop them ...
When was the last time you used the word “awkward?” Was it to describe the time that random guy sat next to you in Proctor who started inquiring about the origins of your last name? Or was it when that other guy gave you a folded piece of paper in the lunch line and made enough muffled noises to ...
The Middlebury golf teams opened their seasons in strong fashion, with the men’s team placing fifth out of 15 teams and the women’s team finishing third out of nine teams at the St. Lawrence Invitational. Men’s captain Jim Levins ’11 demonstrated his leadership by pacing the team with a two-day ...
This past January, as the nation collectively reflected on the past decade and prepared for the next one, I bid a fond farewell to my teenage years — and all the awkwardness, angst and acne that accompanied them. Needless to say, I wasn’t too broken up to see them go, but my anxiety about the decade ...
It’s been a frustrating year and a half for liberals. Despite hefty margins in the House and Senate, the Right has seized both the political narrative and substantial leads in most polls. While the Democrats have had some political victories – the stimulus package, health care reform, financial ...
I worked in an office this past summer. Around the room were several wall-mounted TVs tuned to financial news channels. The intended purpose, I assume, was to keep the office updated with any breaking news relevant to their occupations. In effect, it was rarely watched. Initially I paid little attention ...
The national tragedy that rocked the world nine years ago was commemorated in an event organized by the College Republicans and the College Democrats on Sept. 10-11. On Friday, a group of students from both organizations planted 3,033 American flags on the lawn in front of Mead Chapel, one for each ...
As part of an administrative restructuring taking place this year, Commons deans will now report to Commons heads, as opposed to directly to the Dean of the College, as was previously the case. Part of the liberal arts mission has always been to integrate campus life with education in the classroom, ...