Author: Liz Scarcini The Middlebury Fire Department recently turned up the heat at one of their bi-weekly meetings by sampling eight different homemade chilis. Eight firefighters aim to compete with several other chefs in Middlebury's first annual chili contest. The Better Middlebury Partnership, formerly ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Brooker House and Palmer House, Middlebury's two "super block" houses, will continue to be used to house students united by a common interest in the fall of 2009. This year Brooker is themed as an outdoor interest house and Palmer houses students interested in arts and architecture. ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy When they're not busy polluting our server with oversized miscreants from Photoshop (a.k.a. seizures in a crayon box), staff at the Center for Health and Wellness Education are busy polluting our minds with propaganda most prepubescents would find intellectually offensive. When ...
Author: Hillary Hall Last April in a tight election, College students elected Bobby Joe Smith '09 as the Student Government Association's (SGA) president for the 2008-2009 school year. Voters responded to the three platforms he called his most important: communication between the SGA and the community, ...
Author: James Schwerdtman MIT hosted the final meet of the indoor season for the Panthers and the team continued to look strong against the rest of the NESCAC. It has been a long winter of preparation for the outdoor season, and the squad seems to be peaking at exactly the right time."The team is really ...
Author: Christian Morel I believe I speak for everyone when I say that spring can be a very liberating time of year. We will be shedding the coats and sweaters that have swallowed our shirts and belts. I personally look forward to leaving my woolen items at home and putting together glorious combinations ...
Author: [no author name found] Stephanie Loscalzo is the recruiter from Camp Morty, a residential summer camp that runs for six weeks in New York State. Camp Morty is looking to hire approximately 20 to 24 students for a variety of positions. The camp will run from June 28 to Aug. 19 and applications ...
Author: Bert Johnson Six years ago at another institution, I invited a guest speaker to my state and local politics class who happened to be in the area, and who seemed like an interesting guy. Even then, Bobby Jindal had an impressive resum
Author: Dana Walters KRISPY KREME CHALLENGE BOASTS SWEET REWARDSOn Feb. 7, North Carolina State University hosted the "Krispy Kreme Challenge" for the sixth time, and the smell of success wasn't so sweet. Duke University sophomore Zach Hing competed in the challenge, which asks people to run a four-mile ...
Author: [no author name found] Helen Young, associate professor of Biology, joined with evolution-loving students in McCardell BiCentenial Hall on Thursday, Feb. 12 to celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday. Participants, including Dan Kane '09, Hannah Day '10 and Ian Evans '10 (all pictured, top ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl It seemed auspicious that mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, with her Botticellian locks expressively scarfed over her gown, performed for the Middlebury community on Valentine's Day at the Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts. Her program was as befitting as her appearance, ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Students are probably more upset by a locked door standing between them and a Saturday afternoon Dr. Feelgood than the postponement of a Museum of Art exhibition, but whether they are aware or not, the vibrant Middlebury arts community must stare down the black-and-white margins ...
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Author: Alex Lovett-Woodsum The seventh-ranked Middlebury women's hockey team was on the road again this weekend, dropping its first game on Saturday, Feb. 14 with a tough 5-0 loss to the fifth-ranked Amherst College team. The Lady Jeffs' wins this weekend as well as their unblemished NESCAC record ...
Author: Brian Sirkia The Middlebury women's basketball team saw their postseason hopes come to an end after splitting the weekend's games. The team hosted Trinity and Amherst on Friday, Feb. 13 and Saturday, Feb. 14, respectively. The squad wound up coming away with a 65-54 win against Trinity and a ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez What a difference a year makes. I know a lot of people who were rather unimpressed with the musical output of 2008. Well, it's good to see that 2009 is starting off promisingly. I mean, Antony & the Johnsons, Animal Collective, Morrissey and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart ...
Author: Mike Waters Over the course of our collegiate years, we all (hopefully) grow more mature, more sophisticated and more discerning in our tastes. We shun Top 40 radio for indie music blogs, we trade department store garments for vintage store discoveries and we deny our previous populist tastes ...
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Author: Nicole Lam At this week's meeting, the Student Government Assoication (SGA) discussed the recent financial decisions made by the College administration which were made with little opportunity for input from SGA senators and committees. "Although I understand that many concerns were sensitive ...
Author: [no author name found] RESPONSESAccording to Al Sharpton, it's not very nice to die and leave a poor preacher the arduous task of fabricating your life's contributions for all those at your funeral. As a preacher himself, he would prefer to not have to hallucinate that your passing through life ...