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Winners and Losers - 04/22/10

MCRC falls in Sweet Sixteen of national championship

The Middlebury College Rugby Club (MCRC) saw their hopes at a repeat national championship come to an end last weekend, as the team failed to advance out of the Sweet 16 round. Thirteenth-seeded Middlebury faced off against fourth-seeded Miami of Ohio in Saturday’s matchup, a game that turned out ...

Francois Clemmons turns 65

Alexander Twilight Artist-in-Residence Dr. Francois “DivaMan” Clemmons concluded his 65th birthday concert on Sunday with a rousing rendition of “This Little Light of Mine.” Throughout his performance, Clemmons’s “light” shone brightly, both literally and figuratively. As he joked with ...

Staff Spotlight - Shelley Payne

Shelley Payne, an athletic equipment manager at the College, knows full well the value of a good work ethic in making your own way through life. Born right in Middlebury, Vt., Shelley attended Middlebury Union High School, where she was a three-sport athlete — she played field hockey, basketball, ...

Adaptation ‘Jekyll’ haunts the stage

Ross Bell’s ’10 “Jekyll,” which he wrote and directed for his Senior 700 work, ran in the Seeler Studio Theatre this past weekend, April 16-18. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” the play deviated slightly from the book’s plotline, yet the ...

Middlebury Great Eight - 04/22/10

The Middlebury Great Eight - 4/15

Winners and Losers 4/15

Campus Character: Alyssa Limperis '12

Not many people have the ability or the confidence to befriend just about anyone and feel comfortable at any table in the dining hall, but sophomore Alyssa Limperis ’12 undoubtedly has a gift for socializing. “I come from a loud family — my mom is a 4’11” energetic jumping bean and my dad ...

Kraus shares secret Czechoslovak security files

On Friday, April 9, a full-to-capacity conference room of students, professors and community members were given a vivid reminder of the freedoms and privacy we take for granted in the United States every day. Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science and director of Russian and ...

Sports Briefs - 4/15

Lacrosse tri-captain Dana Heritage named NESCAC Player of Week Women’s lacrosse tri-captain Dana Heritage ’10 was named NESCAC Player of the Week on Monday for her stellar performance in the Panthers’ decisive win over Bowdoin last Saturday. At the end of the weekend, the Connecticut native ...

Talk challenges profs. to re-examine diversity

The weeks following Spring Break are a time when Facebook albums abound with pictures of extravagant vacations. Students celebrate their return to “Club Midd” with a few trips to the Grille, enjoy the warm weather at the shops in Burlington and begin to look forward to summer plans: language school, ...

By the Numbers - 4/15

Local lowdown 4/15

Town history slide show April 15, 7 – 8 p.m. Ann Sullivan presents “Vergennes from Yesterday to Today” at the Bixby Memorial Library in Vergennes with slides going back to 1912. Admission is free and more information is available at (802) 877-2211. “On Broadway” performance April 15, ...

Kick-off of second Arts Walk season draws crowd despite rain

Downtown Middlebury played host to the second annual Arts Walk this past Friday. It was the first of seven nights, one a month, in which galleries, businesses and restaurants will display local artists’ work. The Arts Walk was created last year by the Arts Connect Committee, a group of townspeople, ...

Town celebrates art of poetry

Last Friday evening, gathering between the “Middle Readers” and “Gardening” shelves at the back of the Vermont Book Shop on Main Street, an audience looked to whet their appetite for poetry. In conjunction with the Arts Walk, and in celebration of National Poetry Month, Friday evening’s poetry ...

Women's water polo wins championship

In the championships of the North Atlantic Division held at its very own natatorium, the Middlebury women’s water polo team dominated the competition and ended the weekend with first-place plaque in hand. The team, playing its first season in this new division, went undefeated in the eight games leading ...

'Painted' opening skates to success

Although the event’s title suggests a leisurley stroll, one contributor to the Middlebury Arts Walk, which kicked off its second season on Friday night, has chosen to navigate through the arts via rollerblades. Through Ripton artist Jean Cherouny’s experimentation with the creative process, “Painted,” ...

Track and field teams take third at Dartmouth

riday’s Dartmouth Invitational was a great day for the Middlebury track and field teams. Although the Panthers did not win the invitational, placing third behind Dartmouth College and the University of Vermont, multiple athletes shone in their individual events. Two athletes, tri-captain Laura Dalton ...

Editor's picks - 4/15