Editors' Picks - 01/21/10

By the Numbers - 01/21/10

Panther Scoreboard - 01/21/10

Cartoons - 01/21/10

A Preface to Lunch - 1/21/10

Have you ever looked around the dining hall and started thinking derogatory thoughts about how people are disgusting animals? Admit it. Or if you haven’t, try it. See that dude over there by the window? Yeah, the one eating a banana and scratching himself. Don’t pretend he doesn’t look like the ...

Red, Right and Blue - 01/21/10

I must begin this column with a quick apology. To anyone who read my last column before Christmas break, I am very sorry. Unlike most conservative youths whom I know, I fulfill the Republican stereotype of being very bad with a computer. My roommate likes to tell stories of my inability to use iTunes. ...

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The last time James Cameron sunk $200 million into a movie, he was warned by the LA Times: “What really brings on the tears is [his] insistence that writing this kind of movie is within his abilities. Not only is it not, it is not even close.” A decade later, after waiting patiently for technology ...

Notes from the Desk - 01/21/10

Last week, I gave $10 to Haiti without ever opening my wallet. This stroke of monetary jujitsu was achieved without trickery or design. Instead, a few taps of my index finger were enough to complete the transaction and send the money on its way. Thanks to mobile phone technology, international relief ...

Editorial - 01/21/10

Not long ago, we reacted with optimism to a reinvigorated SGA Senate that knocked down issue after issue under the resourceful and ambitious leadership of SGA President Michael Panzer ’10. Panzer’s SGA seemed poised for more breakthroughs in the new year, having passed a bill in December to fund ...

Middbrief: Handicap-accessible bathroom constructed in Sunderland

Construction at Sunderland Language Center to make the main entrance compliant with regulations in the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) was completed earlier this month. A handicap-accessible bathroom has also been built off the main lobby. The construction began on Dec. 14, as soon as students ...

Admissions negotiates record applications

With the passage of the Jan. 1 application deadline, the Office of Admissions has begun its process of sifting through thousands of applications to make up the Class of 2014 and ’14.5. While the final application totals are still being counted, the number appears to be around 7,960, a 15 percent ...

ENAM department eliminates senior Comps

In an effort to comply with a faculty vote two years ago to require a thesis, essay or other independent work of every senior at the College, the English and American Literatures (ENAM) department was forced to reexamine the ENAM Senior Comprehensive Exams Program, colloquially referred to by students ...

College Shorts - 1/21/10

Pressure to work linked to dropout rates A recent study found that students who drop out of college do so because they feel pressure to work. The survey, conducted by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research firm with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, determined that 71 percent ...

Lack of leaders leaves 2010 ‘Hunt’-less

Suffering from a lack of logistical support, the popular Winter Term scavenger challenge known as The Hunt will not occur this year. The event invited students to form teams, complete a series of tasks and submit answers, with prizes for the most successful teams. Last year, teams were limited to ...

Middbrief: Ross Commons Coordinator Sue Harris retires after 10 years

This Friday marks Sue Harris’s last day as Commons Coordinator for Ross Commons. She is retiring after 10 years at the College. After leaving, she plans on moving to New Hampshire with her husband and working part-time elsewhere. Taunia Cantin, from the Dean of Students office, will be taking over ...

Overseas Briefing - 1/21/10

BAMAKO — As driven Middlebury students, we spend a significant portion of our time thinking about the future. What are we going to write that paper on?  Are you going to get that stellar internship next summer? And, of course, the ever looming question — what are you going to do after graduation? ...

Judicial board aims to protect community

Every Thursday at 3 p.m., time is set aside for a Community Judicial Board (CJB) hearing. On some weeks, no trial is scheduled; on others, the board may hear a case for a couple of hours; and on other weeks, members of the board may sit to hear the case of an accused student until past midnight or ...

51 Main to remain open for business

President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz announced that 51 Main at the Bridge will continue to operate in post on his blog and could become profitable as soon as this summer. Since its debut three years ago, the venue has continued to progress toward profitability. In spite of the projected $70,000 ...

Gas leak ends Cabrera concert

A propane gas leak prematurely shut down the Ryan Cabrera concert that took place Saturday night in McCullough Social Space. The Middlebury Fire Department responded and the problem was resolved, but the concert did not resume. Around 250 students, about half of the Social Space’s capacity, attended ...