Author: Stefan Claypool One of the Obama campaign's big selling points was that it was going to restore America's international standing - it was going to reach out to the world powers that had been snubbed by the Cowboy Bush regime and reclaim the diplomatic high ground by shaking hands with our enemies ...
Author: [no author name found] Justin Haythe '96, who penned the screenplay of the film "Revolutionary Road," will host a discussion after the screening of the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe winning film "Revolutionary Road" this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. On Monday, March 16, ...
Author: Michael Nevadomski This past weekend saw the amateur performance of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Wit" (alternately spelled "W:t"). Based on the author's own hospital experiences, "Wit" explores the isolating effects of academia through the last months of the main character, ...
Author: Amanda Cormier It was clear from the extended standing ovation that followed Sheyenne Brown's groundbreaking performance of "A Colored Girl's College Tour" on March 6 that her art had achieved something monumental among the College community: she'd touched a nerve.But although I was moved to ...
Author: Grady Ross Vermont maple trees brought $22 million of economic activity to the state last year, and in 2008 the state yielded 500,000 of the nation's 1.635 million gallons of maple syrup. On March 6, Governor Jim Douglas '72 celebrated this maple monopoly amid festivities and ritual at Mead ...
Author: Kate Lupo Professor of American Studies Kit Wilson, most amazing teacher of the American studies course "American Landscape," shared a wonderful story with his students this week. On vacation in Florence some years ago, Wilson and his wife visited Michelangelo's "David" in the Galleria Dell'Accademia. ...
Author: Julia Ireland The Panthers did not waste any time in securing a 14-6 win over Bates College in their season opener on Saturday. The Panthers made their statement early, scoring six goals in the first 11 minutes of the game, all from sophomore attackers Chase Delano '11 and Sally Ryan '11. Delano ...
Author: [no author name found] In her book, Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses, Isabelle Allende relegates bread baking to the lonely. They find comfort in the tactile contact of kneading. They find release in the exhale of air from the leavened dough. They find solace in the patient waiting. I believe ...
Author: James Schwerdtman The winter indoor season continued for three of the Panthers' best track athletes this past weekend. Adam Dede '11 was the only athlete for the men, competing in the pole vault. "There was a really big field," he said., with "about 30 vaulters in the competition," he said. ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The Student Government Association (SGA) Finance Committee is in charge of allocating the College's student activity fee across approximately 130 student organizations. The group meets every Wednesday to discuss requests from organizations. Caroline Woodworth '09, chair of the SGA ...
Author: Molly Holmes In a time of economic crisis, the Henry Sheldon Museum has chosen to bring to light some high points of economic and cultural prosperity in Addison County's history. On March 5, the museum unveiled a new exhibit entitled "Town Treasures: The Local History Show." The exhibit evokes ...
Author: Canem Ozyildirim On March 8, an unseasonably sunny Sunday, approximately 50 students gathered in Dana Auditorium for the first in a series of lectures associated with the Global Health Symposium. Kristie Ebi, a renowned epidemiologist who has worked with numerous non-governmental organizations ...
Author: Daniel Watson-Jones MOVIE: WatchmenDIRECTOR: Zack SnyderSTARRING: Malin Akerman and Billy CrudupFull disclosure: I am in love with "Watchmen" by Alan Moore. But while I worship the graphic novel as an unimpeachable literary feat, I wanted to be as unbiased as possible in my approach to a film ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Since the announcement of the budget cuts at the end of Winter Term, speculation about the implementation of a meal plan has become a talking point on campus. But according to Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette, the discussion among faculty and staff is at an early, non-definitive ...
Author: [no author name found] In light of Bobby Joe Smith III '09's resignation as Student Government Association (SGA) president last week, students will choose a successor in today's mid-term election to fill three vacant Senate seats. Candidates Hiba Fakhoury '09 and Tik Root '12 both insist that ...
Author: Caleigh Waldman SEA SEMESTER - Awoken at 2:30 a.m. with a rustling of my bunk curtains and a whispered debriefing of the wind and sea conditions, I groggily throw on my shoes, grab my flashlight and a mug of coffee as I stumble up on deck for dawn watch. The next four hours will be comprised ...
Author: Aylie Baker The late Studs Terkel once said that "most of us have jobs that are too small for our spirits." He never met Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing free healthcare to over two million patients in 10 countries, one might even venture to say that it's Farmer's job that's running to keep up with ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe To see Robert Jensen standing behind the wooden podium at the front of Ilsley Public Library's basement meeting room, no one would have guessed that this slight, bespectacled and amiable man, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Journalism, ...