Author: Tamara Hilmes Between March 9 and March 12, I received three different e-mails in my inbox enticing me to walk over to Axinn to get my picture taken for the yearbook. They made fancy YouTube videos, snazzy posters, and last-minute reminders, all of which assaulted me from my computer screen ...
Author: Margaux Fimbres While midterm season is in full swing, the College decided to give sleep-deprived students a 10-day break starting this Friday, March 20, with classes resuming on Monday, March 30. On Friday afternoon, College Street will be jam-packed with students loading up cars with friends ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy Class participation is war by other means. When shooting for that 5-15 percent, keep in mind that you are leading a two-front campaign, in which the class participant par excellence will strike a harmonious balance between his two strategic objectives: earning the sympathy of ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman After Pavlo Levkiv's '11 tragic death last August, members of the College community and Levkiv's hometown, Rockaway Township, N.J., recalled and commended his unrelenting work ethic and contagious positive attitude. Now, Lewis Merl '11.5 is attempting to carry on Levkiv's legacy ...
Author: Molly Holmes On March 6, the Vermont-based jam band Phish reunited in Hampton, Va. for what would be the beginning of a new phase in the band's musical career. Critics deemed the festival a success for the band, and their recently announced summer tour is already sold out. But as the most famous ...
Author: [no author name found] Spring danceMarch 21, 2-5 p.m.The Unitarian Universalist Church in Middlebury is hosting a spring dance party for the whole family with particular attention to kids under 12 to benefit the tae kwon do K.I.C.K.S. scholarship program. Hike in CharlotteMarch 21, all day.There ...
Author: Alice Wisener On a late Saturday afternoon right before closing time, Ellen Walter, owner of Blue Moon Clothing and Gifts, confessed that she has had a long and busy day, with streams of customers coming in and out. Her unique and different style shows through her merchandise and has proved ...
Author: Katie Siegner Throughout the process of reducing the College's budget and implementing financial cuts, it has remained a priority of the administration to avoid the elimination of faculty and staff positions and increase the efficiency of the current system. The College will ideally achieve ...
Author: Eric Bartolloti NOTE: Kelly and I agreed not to write up a blunt, hard-data list of all the different activities she does. This article is a little different. But believe me, Kelly does an extraordinary amount of stuff. Ask anyone. While planning the group schedule at a seminar meeting, Kelly ...
Author: Dickie Redmond SALDANHA '11 EARNS STATUS AS ALL-AMERICAN RUNNERYoung track stars are galloping away from the pack at Middlebury College. Kaitlynn Saldanha '11 ran the 800 in an impressive 2:20.58, landing her eighth place at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships at the Rose-Hulman Institute in ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Dining Room Servery Worker Stephen Draper, affectionately known as "Doctor Proctor" by many students, is retiring this April after 20 years at the College.Draper worked in Proctor Dining Hall for most of his 20 years at Middlebury and this year moved to the Freeman International ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 12, the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) released its final report on the death of Nicholas Garza, a first-year student who disappeared from the College last February, and whose body was found in Otter Creek nearly four months later. According to the report, Garza consumed ...
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Author: Jason Gutierrez MOVIE: Revolutionary RoadDIRECTOR: Sam MendesSTARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate WinsletConfession time. I haven't seen "Revolutionary Road" since I first saw it during the first week of February (thanks, Middlebury College, for letting students get first crack at those seats ...
Author: Grady Ross Last Saturday morning, I took a walk in the fields around my house. I had four essays due last Friday, two looming on the horizon and a couple of midterms during the week about which I was not particularly excited. I knew I could get it done, but I had no motivation. For the first ...
Author: Simran Bhalla Despite the flailing job market, the Career Services Office (CSO) has been working hard to make sure opportunities exist for the Class of 2009, venturing away from the previously advocated financial careers to offer options more lucrative in an economy where the current unemployment ...
Author: Martin Breu The men's tennis team sent a clear message to their competitors this weekend: 'we're back!' The Panthers showed up in top form with dominating wins over NYU, Brandeis, Connecticut College and Bates. Saturday was a triple-header for the Panthers, as they faced NYU, Brandeis and Connecticut ...
Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum Middlebury women's tennis kicked off their season this weekend with three home matches against Brandeis College, Bates College and Connecticut College. Though the team experimented with lineup and doubles combinations, the 13th-ranked Panthers romped through all three matches, ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes The Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) announced that Santigold will perform at the College in April. In place of what has traditionally been the "big" spring concert, MCAB decided this year to split the funding between a number of smaller performances throughout the year, ...