Author: [no author name found] On Tuesday, Feb. 24, "the best party outside New Orleans" kicked off with a performance by the zydeco band Mango Jam. Cajun food was served as the crowning of the festival King and Queen and costume contest completed the pre-Lent celebration.
Author: Jeff Klein As the last 15 seconds ticked off the clock and Amherst backed off, no longer looking to foul, the Panthers started to hug each other and jump up and down, caught up in a moment of pure joy. They looked toward the crowd - the crazed student section that had exhausted every vocal chord ...
Author: [no author name found] This past Thursday, students and townspeople alike spun around the McCullough Social Space to the jazz improvisations of The Sound Investment - an all-student group led by Dick Forman. Doing classics as well as contemporary numbers, the impressive ensemble put forth an ...
Author: [no author name found] RUDIN CAPTURES NESCAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK -- AGAINIt is hard to play favorites when considering all the valuable assets to this year's NESCAC championship-winning men's basketball team, but Ben Rudin '09 is certainly one of the team's undisuputed leaders.Rudin was named ...
Author: Eric Bartolloti Disclaimer:I've seen this generalization floating around for awhile now: Middlebury students are busy. And it's definitely true. But who's the busiest? It could be anyone, anywhere. The quest to track him or her down would be so grueling - sifting through endless "orgo" classes, ...
Author: Molly West There was no sign of fatigue among the Panther swimmers this weekend in the NESCAC Championships at Bowdoin. The swimmers took to the pool with confidence and poise and finished in fourth place. The team collected 1,047 points, falling just behind Tufts, which took third place with ...
Author: Sarah Harris Twice this weekend, Kenyon Arena was filled with excitement and eager anticipation for the annual Winter Carnival Ice Show. Expectant youngsters, flower-clutching parents and a slew of college students lined up to see this year's show, "Fire and Ice." Showcasing the talents of skaters ...
Author: Jamie Studwell This weekend, giant blocks of solid winter fell prey to the creative instincts of Middlebury students in the Snow Sculpting Contest. The results? Some very creative, detailed pieces and some piles of mangled snow.1st place: "Sketch-Cullough." (photo a.) As we walked past the ...
Author: [no author name found] The announcement of the 2009 commencement speaker will undoubtedly elicit varied responses from students and other members of the College community, be they glowing, decidedly less enthusiastic or simply uninformed. ("Who is that?" was the most common reaction among Campus ...
Author: Alyssa O'Gallagher If the name Peter Shaffer sounds at all familiar to you, you are probably one of three distinct types of people: an English major, a theater major or a rabid Harry Potter fan. Unfortunately for all of you Harry Potheads out there, a scantily-clad equiphilian Daniel Radcliffe ...
Author: Aseem Mulji For what was likely to be his last Student Government Association (SGA) meeting as SGA President, Bobby Joe Smith III '09 set a jam-packed, comprehensive agenda. He hosted three guest speakers from the administration who presented reports and fielded questions on current hot-button ...
Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE: Slumdog MillionaireDIRECTOR: Danny BoyleSTARRING: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto and Madur Mittal"Slumdog Millionaire" is a tricky movie to talk about. It has attracted global controversy regarding its child actors, it depicts graphic and upsetting material and it seems anathema ...
Author: Alex Blair The 51st annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on Feb. 8 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and, as usual, there was plenty to talk about - between a great performance by Radiohead, Blink-182's momentous reunion and M.I.A. nearly giving birth on stage (she was over eight months ...
Author: Brian Fung There's an emotion typically associated with people like us - people who are young, unemployed, thinking about life after graduation. From what I gather, it's pretty common. They call it panic. Maybe you've heard of it. Maybe you're feeling it. Panic is a natural response to pressure. ...
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Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe In his fourth inaugural speech, Vermont Governor Jim Douglas condemned the Equal Education Opportunity Act, calling the proposed school budget increases it allows "unsustainable in any season, and especially when our economy is facing such severe retrenchment." State legislature ...
Author: Liam Gluck Marked only by a small wooden plank with white stenciled letters, the Otter Creek Used Bookstore occupies 20 Main St. with some humility."Believe it or not, a lot of people know us by the sign," said Barbara Harding, who co-owns Addison County's one and only used bookstore with her ...
Author: James Schwerdtman With the indoor track season winding down, some of the best Panthers were in competition at the Division III New Englands this past weekend. The men traveled to MIT for the second weekend in a row - having competed last week in the MIT Invitational - while the women were in ...