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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
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 ...
Someone once said, “good losers make the game worth the candle.” That person was probably a lowly journalist. On the other hand, Vince Lombardi once said, “you show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.” Each team and athlete approaches losing in a different way, but if they fancy ...
This article is a real doozy – I pulled it from the microfilm a while ago and lost the date, but it was definitely from 1971 or 1972. I wonder what became of David. Any current student could read his statement in two ways, immediately: first, that after 25 days at Middlebury, he lacked the perspective ...
The annual Spring Student Symposium kicks off tomorrow with a myriad of presentations running all day in McCardell Bicentennial Hall. Since the symposium’s inception in 2007, participation has skyrocketed — 220 students are scheduled to showcase their work this spring. “Conducting a significant ...
The Middlebury women’s lacrosse team posted an overwhelming 18-7 win over the Bowdoin College Polar Bears last Saturday. Bowdoin is currently ranked second in the NESCAC, while Middlebury is at sixth, so the win was a big statement for the Panthers. With the win, Middlebury ended Bowdoin’s five-game ...
The Bowdoin Polar Bears swept the Panthers’ baseball team last weekend, and as a result, Middlebury dropped to 5-11 on the year. Last week marked the first home action for the Panthers on the season, as they opened play at Forbes Field with a 10-7 loss to Castleton State before beating Plymouth State ...
The 15th-ranked women’s tennis team capped off a strong start to its post-break schedule by reeling off four straight wins in only five days. These wins came in dominating fashion as the team dropped only five individual matches, putting its overall record during that span to an impressive 31-5 in ...
The Middlebury softball team outscored Hamilton College 21-0 last weekend, en route to a three-game series sweep of the visiting Continentals. The series was the first at home for the Panthers in the 2010 season, as the teams played once on Friday afternoon and twice on Saturday. Once again, the Panther ...
Addison County Transit Resources (ACTR) expanded service in the county by 40 percent on March 8, and as a result, ridership has significantly increased. In March alone, transit use grew by 14 percent on the Middlebury Shuttle, 25 percent on the Tri-Town Shuttle and 55 percent on the Saturday LINK to ...
I know that The Campus has covered the housing controversy ad infinitum, but, as the resident senior columnist, I could not resist the urge to add my two cents, or 550 words. I acknowledge that my current living situation at Middlebury is ideal. Every other week, as I sit at the school-provided kitchen ...
According to a study by the U.S. Department of Justice, one in four college women will experience sexual assault by the end of her senior year. In the face of such frightening statistics, active prevention and sensitive response procedures become absolutely imperative. The Sexual Assault Oversight ...
From the fire-blazing explosions of hydrogen bubbles to the whirlpool of color changing solutions of hydrogen peroxide and iodide iron, Friday’s science show excited the many local children who attended as part of the DREAM mentoring program. The show was sponsored by Aspiring Doctors of Color ...
Whatever the obstacle –– be it an injury, a crowd of raucous heckling frat boys or starvation –– Middlebury men’s tennis rises to the challenge. Even if the results might exhibit a continuous lack of competition. The Panthers cruised through another undefeated weekend at Trinity and Wesleyan, ...
When Tammy Duckworth was pejoratively labeled “the army mom” for giving out hot cocoa to soldiers before their morning flights, she knew something had to change. Insulted by the epithet, Duckworth, captain of a 500-soldier aviation task force, stopped providing hot drinks for her crew. But when ...
Vermont is expecting a revenue shortfall of $150 million dollars in the upcoming budget year, which is the largest projected since 1945. Shortfalls are expected to grow each year over the next three years, and such projections do not take into account the majority of problems facing the state. The costs ...