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Men’s slalom leads Middlebury to fifth place finish at Williams
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010After seeing improvement last week at Dartmouth, the ski team took a slight step back this weekend down at Williams. The team took fifth overall, finishing behind Dartmouth, UVM, UNH and the hosting Ephs. Despite some impressive individual performances and a good day for the men’s alpine team on ...
Waters to Wine: The new stand on kegs
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Living in Fletcher House, a hotbed of civic involvement, responsibility and general high-mindedness that — by sheer coincidence alone — is home to the Student Co-Chair of the Community Council, the SGA President and numerous members of the SGA Cabinet, I often hear of major changes on campus before ...
Op-Ed: The fallacy of labels
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010We live in a world characterized by political polarity so extreme that we can barely get people to acknowledge there is global warming, much less provide healthcare or recognize humanity in a stranger. Last week’s feature piece, “Where do I belong,” in an attempt to gain a few chuckles from the ...
O’Gallagher’s Opinions
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010I am a New Yorker. Throughout my tenure at Middlebury I have always identified myself as such. Most evenings in the fall I gathered around the TV in the Hepburn Lounge with all the other New Yorkers (and, those poor souls, the New Jerseyites as well) to root for our teams, either the Giants or the Yankees ...
Men’s squash takes the C-flight at Nationals in New Haven
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010While the Panthers had hoped to climb into the B-flight this season, a second C-flight championship in as many years is quite an accomplishment. After a season in which the 17th-ranked Panthers played teams ranging from fourth-ranked Princeton to 50th-ranked Bard, the men traveled to Yale and successfully ...
Swifter, Higher, Stronger
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Olympic boxing in Ancient Greece was performed by naked men wearing leather gloves weighted with metal. No rules existed for punching a man on the ground, although killing one’s opponent was counterproductive — if you died, you won. As athletes evolved, the competitive environment adjusted accordingly. ...
Men’s hockey enters postseason with two wins
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010The Middlebury men’s hockey team emerged victorious in the last weekend of regular season play, beating both Skidmore and Castleton State on the road. The Panthers are now skating into the playoffs with a six-game winning streak. The four-point weekend began with a 3-1 win over the Skidmore Thoroughbreds ...
Women’s swimming & diving host NESCACs
By Middlebury Campus
| February 25, 2010
The Middlebury women’s swimming and diving team hosted the NESCAC tournament this past weekend, finishing in a solid third place. The meet ran from Friday until Sunday, and the competition was tight throughout the three days. In the days leading up the meet, the ladies were working hard and staying ...
Notes from the Desk: Study abroad scare
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010On Monday, Feb. 15, all sophomores who applied to study abroad in the spring of next year got an e-mail from Jeff Cason, the dean of International Programs, with the unsettling subject line “IMPORTANT STUDY ABROAD REQUEST.” This e-mail was followed up two days later by one of similar gravity — ...
‘Midd Kid’ Video Stirs Controversy
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010The much-anticipated music video to “Midd Kid,” by the Allen Jokers, which premiered on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Donald E. Axinn ’51 Center at Starr Library, continues to stir controversy among all members of the College community. Some see the video as an honest interpretation of campus social ...
Women’s hockey finishes weekend and regular season with win, loss
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010After securing its place as host for this weekend’s NESCAC quarterfinal game against Hamilton, the women’s hockey team had a weekend of ups and downs at home. Ending their regular season with matchups against conference opponents, the women dropped last Friday’s game in a 4-2 upset to Bowdoin ...
Men's Basketball edges out Bantams
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Before the Middlebury men’s basketball team could overcome the Trinity Bantams last Saturday, the Panthers headed into last week with one goal: to beat the Green Mountain College Eagles. Upon their exhausting trek to Poultney, Vt., the Panthers knew immediately that they would have their hands full. They ...
Letters to the Editor 2/25/10
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010To the Editor: Ever seen a RIDDIM show and thought that you could come up with a better theme idea? Well, this is your chance. The Campus is soliciting theme ideas for the RIDDIM show for all students to vote on in next week’s poll. Whoever comes up with the winning theme idea will win two tickets ...
The Economist in Drag: Panda angst
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010When we think about evolution, all too easily we fall into thinking that Nature somehow has a will — that the survival of the fittest is her intention, and many of our institutions and ideas somehow stand against the march of progress. Whether we are willing to defend this view, it sits within many ...
Editorial: A tradition to reemerge
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010This weekend marks the 87th annual Middlebury Winter Carnival, and, following the trend of the past few years, the weekend promises to be full of exciting opportunities — including ski races, a comedian, ice sculpting, ’80s music, a top-flight DJ and more. In addition to the tremendous efforts of ...
Track & field returns home with several All-N.E. athletes
By Middlebury Campus | February 25, 2010Last weekend both the men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Maine to compete in the New England Championships. While the men competed at Bates in a field of 20 other schools, the women were one of 25 teams running at the University of Southern Maine. While the women were overall more ...