Author: Catherine McCarthy If you can't bring Middlebury to Nepal, why not bring Nepal to Middlebury? When the college cancelled all Winter Term trips due to the financial crisis, Professor William Waldron decided to do just that. Waldron, an associate professor of religion, originally planned to lead ...
Author: John Patrick Allen Last October, Philippe Bronchtein '10 released "Scarecrow," an EP produced under the moniker Hip Hatchet. Bronchtein discussed with The Campus what "Scarecrow" sounds like and why.The Middlebury Campus: "Hip Hatchet" - does that mean a hatchet worn on the hip, or a very stylish ...
Author: Mario Ariza The Large-Format Drawing exhibition, located in the Johnson Memorial Building's gallery, showcases 11 works from last semester's Studio Art I course. The featured pieces are generally charcoal- and pastel-based portraits executed on several large, stapled rectangles of coarse paper. ...
Author: [no author name found] MIDDLEBURY FOOTBALL TEAM KEEPS THE ACCOLADES COMINGPost-season honors were awarded to three members of the 2009 Middlebury men's football team. Brendan Kelly '09 was named a third-team All-American and Andrew Matson '09 and Charles Holm '09 received All-ECAC honors. Brendan ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt 2008 marked the emergence of several new art galleries at the College. The Center Gallery, the gallery at Old Stone Mill and 51 Main have joined the Johnson Gallery, the Gamut Room, and various temporary guerilla spaces in a burst that recognizes a desire for a more roomy existence ...
Author: Jessica Kissinger MOVIE: Mister LonelyDIRECTOR: Harmony KorineSTARRING: Diego Luna & Samantha MortonA forlorn little film, "Mister Lonely" whizzed in and out of theaters, and yet, despite its rather quirky premise - the story primarily concerns a commune of impersonators - the film teems ...
Author: Eric Bartolloti Everyone knows about culture shock. In a nutshell: 1. You travel somewhere. 2. You stay there awhile. 3. You start to feel weird. This is a very watered down version - a version that may belittle the trials of any currently abroad students reading The Campus online in internet ...
Author: Liya Gao Inspired by Web sites such as Craigslist.org and eBay.com, two Middlebury students have devised a new way to serve the Middlebury College community. Overnight, www.middbay.com, a nonprofit student initiative to provide the Middlebury community (students, faculty and staff) with a private ...
Author: Lea Calderon-Guthe As businesses nationwide reported declines in holiday sales, the Middlebury community appreciated stability in local sales partly due to a gift certificate program called Middlebury Money. Community members purchased the certificates, which can be used at more than 100 stores ...
Author: Jeff Klein The Panthers are in the zone right now.Thwarting several comeback attempts by its opponent, the Middlebury men's basketball team bent but did not break in a 72-62 home win over Skidmore this past Saturday, Jan. 10. With the victory, the Panthers have now won eight games in a row heading ...
Author: Nicole Lam This weekend, the Middlebury women's basketball team came away with a 69-57 victory over Skidmore. But head coach Noreen Pecsock did not make the practices any easier for the week just because of the win - it was just another week of work as usual. However, there was one special surprise ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Former Press Secretary for Barack Obama Ben LaBolt '03 dissected the President-elect's successful campaign strategy in a lecture sponsored this Friday by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs and the Career Services Office. LaBolt's remarks, titled "What It Took: Reflections ...
Author: Kate Lupo Aren't women funny? Aren't we just hilarious? Do you know the names of any female comedians besides Ellen DeGeneres? No? Me neither. On the flip side, I'm sure if I asked my readers to name male stand-up comedians, they would probably be able to provide a solid list. I will argue that, ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter The men's and women's squash teams finished a tumultuous weekend against a set of seasoned opponents. Both squads took loses to Williams and Dartmouth on Saturday with the men going down 9-0 and 9-0, and the women falling 8-1 and 8-1, respectively. The men's team fell 9-0 to ...
Author: [no author name found] FOUR FACULTY MEMBERS PROMOTED TO POSITION OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EFFECTIVE JULYOn Dec. 4, the Board of Trustees granted promotions to four faculty members. This July, Assistant Professor of Psychology Jason Arndt, Assistant Professor of History Louisa Burnham, Assistant ...
Author: Jacob Udell Haven't you heard? You don't need to be a vegan, drive a Prius, or know how to compost to be an environmentalist! Of course, conservation in our daily lifestyle is incredibly valuable. But rather than immediate global warming solutions, things commonly associated with environmentalism ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Posters advertising the first Performing Arts Series concert of the new year read "Sophie Shao and Friends," placing the photogenic young cellist as the predetermined star of the evening. This was misleading, since Shao's "friends" matched her in both role and ability. Here I ...
Author: James Schwerdtman The Middlebury track team traveled to Dartmouth this past weekend for the 40th annual Dartmouth Relays. The Dartmouth Relays attract schools from all over New England and Canada, and even some running clubs and schools as far as Wheaton. The Relays were not only the first meet ...