By the Numbers - 05/06/10

Mark Our Words, and our Calendars

May 6th 2010: Airswimming The senior work of Martina Bonolis ’10 and Michaela Lieberman ’10.5, “Airswimming” tells the tale of two women in an asylum for the criminally insane, struggling to come to grips with the realities of womanhood. The show will run until May 8 in the Hepburn Zoo. Tickets ...

The Reel Critic - 05/06/10

Last December, every newspaper, magazine and blog published something just like this. It’s a reflection of the past year, an article that requires very little research, no additional viewing, no real beginning, middle and end and is entirely based off of one writer’s opinion despite purporting some ...

Women miss NCAAs for first time in 16 years

The Middlebury Women’s Lacrosse season came to an end with a 9-8 loss to Colby on Sunday in the NESCAC playoffs in the Quarterfinal game. Middlebury was coming off of an exciting 11-10 win over Williams in their final regular season game when they entered the playoffs. With the win, Middlebury earned ...

Future SGA president, SCOCC make plans

The votes are in: Riley O’Rourke ‘12 will assume office as President of the SGA for the 2010-11 academic year, and rising senior Raymond Queliz ‘11 will claim the position of student co-chair of Community Council (SCOCC). And already, both have big plans for the future of the school. O’Rourke, ...

Editorial - Gender-neutral housing

In the midst of a campaign season, woefully managed at best and shockingly incompetent at worst, the SGA managed to pass a piece of legislation long overdue on this campus — a resolution to support gender-neutral housing. The Administration should quickly sign onto this piece of legislation or risk ...

State House keeps it local: Middlebury artist commissioned for Governor Douglas' official portrait

They line the walls of the State House in Montpelier. Eyes of past leaders gaze out at Vermont tourists and legislators. They are silent, yet powerful reminders of the past. The official portraits of the Vermont governors are valuable bits of history, honoring the work and legacy of the state’s leaders. ...

Notes from the Desk: Last will and Tess-tament

I, Tess Russell, do hereby bequeath the following: To B.M., D.B. and the rest of the ENAM department, I leave: my last residual shred of coolness. When I came to Middlebury, I was, frankly, pretty disillusioned with the whole idea of learning in a classroom, and intended to spend my time here just ...

Letter to the Editor: Doug Sinclair

To the Editor: Over the past nine months, time and again, Middlebury students have extended a helping hand to fellow citizens of our community who are coping with poverty. On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Middlebury Community Care Coalition, I write to thank you for your exceptional, heartwarming ...

Good Morning and Good Luck

Proving he’s the whiner his biweekly pinochle club always thought him to be, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is getting all sorts of whiny over the new Arizona immigration law, which is also known by the robo-sounding name SB1070. Experts are shocked that Mexico’s fearless leader is still talking ...

Internships are "critical," says CSO

Over the past few years internships have become increasingly important for students as they play an ever larger role when applying for jobs after graduation. According to national data, 63 percent of students hired after graduation last year had at least one internship. Many of those students had ...

Author undresses ‘raunch culture’

On Wednesday, April 28, Dana Auditorium filled to capacity as students gathered to hear from Ariel Levy, author of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. Levy is savvy, witty and brazen, and her powerful message about the prevalence of raunch culture in America captured the audience’s ...

Carol's Hungry Mind steps up service

Don’t be surprised if the next time you grab coffee at Carol’s Hungry Mind a hand thrusts a plate of pita and hummus into your hands and you hear, “Try this.” The hand and the voice belong to Elizabeth Lundberg, the new business manager at Carol’s, and the sample, whether hummus or a small ...

Behind Andrey Tolstoy

By the time this column makes it to the dining halls, I will already have migrated to my next vessel. I am not authorized to disclose the identity of this vessel, but I can tell you there were 2,350 candidates in the running. Of this number, 90% graduated in the top 10% of their high school class 18% ...

Arts Brief - Philippe Bronchstein ’10 releases second folk album “Men Who Share My Name”

Philippe Bronchstein ’10 has operated under an assortment of monikers during his four-year stint at Middlebury College, including Bearplane, Flannel Mammal, Philbronch (for the Twitter set) and Bronchstosaurus. Okay, so while that last one might be a figment of this arts editor’s imagination, the ...

Overseas Briefing - 5/6

NOTTINGHAM — I love airports.  I love the fact that everyone has a place to go and a story to tell, and I admit it, I like Cinnabon quite a bit, too.  However, I hadn’t planned on spending 33 hours in the Prestwick Airport in Glasgow, Scotland, and before you ask, no, it actually had nothing to ...

Flannel Mammal - 05/06/10

When a man sees something beautiful, it inspires him to grow a monument on his face. — Jim Hatzopolous My good friend Jim said this to me the summer after freshman year of college when I had grown my first full beard. At the time, I had no idea what it was that had inspired me to grow my monument. I ...