On March 13, a suicide attack in Pakistan killed 13 people and injured dozens. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed that his organization was responsible for the attack. In his statement, the spokesman condemned the Pakistani government for becoming “a colony of Blackwater,” referring ...
Whenever I become disenchanted with my Middlebury lifestyle, I watch an episode of ABC Family’s “Greek” and slip into my alternate life in which I stayed in Ohio, attended the fictitious Cyprus-Rhodes University, pledged a sorority and dated the president of the fraternity most known for its parties. ...
“One never feels like a famous poet,” said C.K. Williams, a reflexive chuckle quickly falling from his lips. His audience laughs; but while Williams may not feel like a famous poet, his impressive host of accolades tells another story. Having authored nearly 20 books of poetry and received the ...
The sun is shining, the ground is thawing and Addison County farmers are revving up for a new growing season. What’s going on this spring in the local agricultural community? More than you might imagine. The Middlebury Campus investigates three of the hottest trends in farming this spring. CSAs ...
Dearest and Most Esteemed Government of Israel, I just wanted to write and let you know that I think you guys are doing a great job. No, really, I think that the decisions you’ve made lately have been fantastic. Starting with that Hamas leader’s assassination in Dubai — like, cool! Totally James ...
We live in a strange democracy. We live in a democracy where we have no voice, where we have no say, where we only feel safe because our country saves us from the very risk from which it puts us. But, for two hours last Thursday evening, performing artist and MacArthur Fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña ...
The recent controversy over the reorganization of super block housing this semester has left many students upset, confused and scrambling to find new plans for the upcoming year. Despite the series of e-mails sent out and the information meetings held in an attempt to help upperclassmen through the ...
Bob Buckeye has the memory one would expect of a trivia buff. “Jimi Hendrix was the answer,” said Buckeye, remembering a correct response from a past trivia challenge. The former College archivist, who moved to Middlebury in 1971, moonlighted as an avid member on his bar trivia team, “The End ...
The Middlebury College Orchestra gave its first full concert under the conductor Andrew Massey on Thursday, March 11. This year was a transitional period for the orchestra, as Troy Peters, who had conducted the College orchestra since 2005, left Middlebury last year to be the music director for the ...
Titus Andronicus’ second LP, “The Monitor,” was released on the 148th anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the legendary Civil War naval battle between ironclad warships. But why derive the album’s name from this battle, release the album on its anniversary and name the epic, 14-minute ...
In the last few years, “bi-partisanship,” “compromise” and “working across the political aisle” have become phrases endowed with special power. This is reasonable in an era when the American political climate seems defined by intense political controversy and antagonism. Yet, they are ...
Currently on display at the Middlebury College Museum of Art is a new kind of exhibition, curated by Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Associate Curator of Ancient Art Pieter Broucke and his first-year seminar class, Greece vs Rome: The Eighteenth Century Quest for the Sources of Western ...
On Sunday, the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) reported that they had cited Adrian Moore, a 19-20 year old man living in the Middlebury area, for attempted grand larceny, unlawful mischief and unlawful trespass. Chief Tom Hanley of the Middlebury Police Department stated, “Adrian Moore has been ...
Last year, housing was more affordable in Vermont than in any year since 2003, according to the Vermont Economy Newsletter. This is certainly good news, but the downside is that “more affordable” is a relative term. Each year the Vermont Housing Awareness Campaign (VHAC) publishes a study about ...
On March 10, in association with Chellis House’s programming for Women’s History Month and Women of Color’s “What is Color?” event series, Writer-in-Residence in English and American Literatures Julia Alvarez ’71 spoke to a lively audience in the Chateau Grand Salon, highlighting the distinctions ...