Last Sunday, I participated in a little discussion group/lecture type thing called “How You Livin’?” Apologies to you readers for including references to my exciting social life in this column for another week. You must be thinking, “First Quidditch, and now a discussion group/lecture-type thing? ...
NORWICH — “It was so hard to find an open computer in the library after dinner!” is not a far-fetched snatch of conversation to overhear at Middlebury. Here, it is more like, “The pub was so packed after dinner, it was hard to find a booth!” The library at University of East Anglia is a ghost ...
Professors are funny people. I don’t mean funny as in odd: I mean humorous. In fact, I find myself laughing out loud in class several times a week. This happens even in the midst of the most serious discussions: I started guffawing rather boisterously today while the professor lectured about methyl ...
Fewer students have used the new components of the alcohol policy, namely the sober friend and the duty office, than the services offered by Parton Health Center in previous years. Sober friends have been required in 30 instances this semester, compared to the 37 students who went to Parton Health Center ...
For Quakers of the Middlebury area, Sunday morning began with a song. Launching into the last verse, they sang, “’Tis the gift to have friends and a true friend to be, ’tis the gift to think of others, not only think of me.” Written in 1848, the lyrics to “Simple Gifts” have not lost significance ...