Editor's Picks - 1/14/10

Men’s hockey wins and ties on weekend

The Middlebury men’s hockey team started the second leg of its season successfully, emerging victorious in the 18th annual Middlebury College Holiday Classic the weekend of Jan 2-3. The men first defeated Babson on Saturday afternoon, earning a spot to play in the tournament final against the University ...

one in 8,700 - 1/13/10

Sharon MacNair realized her animal loving nature as a teenager, thanks to a fuzzy duckling friend, Daisy. She watched Daisy hatch and quickly developed a mother-daughter relationship with her. “She even walked me to the school bus in the morning,” MacNair said. A pivotal moment in MacNair’s ...

Middlebury Great Eight - 1/14/10

Middbrief: Trustees discuss financial models

Members of the Board of Trustees discussed the College’s financial state and promoted two faculty members to the position of associate professor at their Dec. 10 meeting in New York. The one-day meeting focused on discussions of the budgets for the fiscal years of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Members of ...

The Legacy of John McCardell

Local Lowdown - 12/03/09

Moonlit Alpacas holiday open house Dec. 3 – Dec. 6, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Don’t miss the Moonlit Alpacas Holiday Farm Weekend. Meet the alpacas, take a farm tour and enjoy an introduction to the fiber arts at 2170 Rte. 125 just a few miles west of the College Organic Garden. Bring the whole family ...

The Interface - 12/03/09

Jen Anderson wakes up every weekday at 2 a.m. to begin work at 4:00 a.m. as leader of custodial team 7 at the College. The three members of team 7 clean and maintain Hillcrest, the Robert A. Jones ’59 House, Sunderland, Chellis House, Farrell House and Gifford Hall. The Sisyphean task of the custodians ...

One in 8,700 - 12/03/09

Do you believe in Santa Claus? Thanks to Cliff Douglas, the children of Vermont do. He has been preserving the magic of Christmas, and sporting the big red suit and white beard, since he was in the eighth grade in Rochester, Vt. Fifty-two years later, he no longer needs the red suit for kids to pick ...

Craft show attracts local shoppers

Starting off the holiday season with international flair, the Middlebury Baptist Church held its annual Ten Thousand Villages Craft Sale the weekend before Thanksgiving. Holiday shoppers were able to get a head start on purchasing gifts at the craft sale on Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21. Held ...

Town/gown - 12/03/09

I always get especially sentimental around the holidays. Perhaps it’s how they don’t change. In my family, the month of December means skiing, cookies, a Christmas tree and my mother’s nutcracker collection parading across the mantel in our living room. There are things about the holidays that ...

ACTR to expand local shuttle bus services

If the proposal is not greatly altered by outside suggestions, there will be three new expansions, one to the Middlebury Shuttle, another to the Tri-Town Shuttle and the last to the Burlington Link on Saturdays. The goals are to expand services to areas that are not currently covered and to simplify ...

Basketball starts off strong for men

The Panthers’ quick and dominant start to the season — four wins against non-conference teams in one week — has been characterized by large margins of victory and an impressive depth from the injury-plagued team. “Sweep the week,” said Bill Greven ’10, one of the team’s senior players, ...

Sports Briefs — 12.03.09

Drolet ’12 earns NESCAC player of the week honors Following an impressive showing against some of the best teams in the nation at the PrimeLink Great Northern Shootout at Norwich, men’s hockey forward Martin Drolet ’12 was named NESCAC player of the week on Monday. The sophomore, who started ...

Cross country goes big, then goes home

Approximately 15 teammates embarked on a 12-hour drive from Middlebury to Cleveland, Ohio two weeks ago to cheer on the women’s cross country team and Michael Schmidt ’12 as they competed at NCAA Nationals. The women ended up finishing in fourth place overall, trailing behind Wisconsin Eau-Claire, ...

Men's hockey takes on top teams at Primelink

The Middlebury men’s hockey team started the season with strong performances at Tufts and Connecticut College on November 21st and 22nd. The Tufts game ended in a 3-3 tie. The next day, Middlebury topped Connecticut College 5-3. After the first weekend of matches, the team was optimistic about the ...

Women's basketball season suffers a weak lift-off

Despite a 1-3 start to the season, the Middlebury women’s basketball team should not be written off. “Our record thus far does not reflect the team’s potential by any means,” said captain Kaitlyn Fallon ’10. The team turned in strong performances at the Swarthmore tournament in which they ...

Sweet Sixteen pits Middlebury soccer against JHU

The impressive 2009 season came to a close for the Middlebury women’s soccer squad as they fell to Johns Hopkins in a heartbreaking, one-goal game. Nevertheless, the team has much to be proud of in this season and much to look forward to in the seasons to come. Coming off of two exciting NCAA playoff ...