Middlebury Great Eight - 01/21/10

Women’s basketball wins, loses in close contests

Middlebury women’s basketball began NESCAC play with a 66-53 win over Bates in Pepin Gymnasium last Friday. The Panthers were solid and confident throughout; there was never a point at which anything but a win was expected. They ended the first half with a 31-25 lead and remained 6-8 points ahead ...

Men’s hockey leaves Connecticut with a 10-game unbeaten streak

The Middlebury men’s hockey team continued their dominance this weekend, tying Trinity on Friday night and beating Wesleyan on the road. The men remain unbeaten in their last 10 games and move to 6-1-4 on the season. The team is optimistic about their play in the past few weeks. “Although we would ...

At Yale, women’s squash furthers win streak, men pull a mixed bag

The Panthers are really making a push this January. After a solid 2-2 weekend against some tough competition at the Yale Round Robin, the men improve to 8-3 on the year. But the women continue to be the talk of the town as they added another five games to their win streak. At 12-1 — undefeated ...

Rookie skiers stand out at St. Lawrence Carnival

The Panther ski teams opened their seasons this past weekend with a trip to the St. Lawrence Carnival, hosted by St. Lawrence College in Lake Placid, N.Y. Dartmouth took the cake but Middlebury placed fourth overall in a competitive carnival field, scoring 685 points. Starring for Middlebury was first-year ...

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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 ...