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Seniors select gift for '09 Class to fund Woodstove Lounge renovation
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Cloe Shasha On Nov. 15, the College threw the seniors a Two Hundred Days Party. While a total of 550 students socialized and sipped cocktails, the senior class gift was announced: a donation towards the renovation of Woodstove Lounge in the Proctor Dining Hall.The event was a fundraiser organized ...
Squash teams show grit on the courts
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Emma Gardner In only the second year of their tutelage under head coach John Illig, the Middlebury squash teams have proven they have what it takes to compete alongside some of the best in the country, as each owns a record of 3-2 thus far. After winning their home openers against Hamilton ...
Men's soccer falls to Stevens in sectionals
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Kevin Carpenter Despite a valiant run in the NCAA Division III tournament, the men's soccer team was denied a win by Stevens Institute on Nov. 23, dropping the Sectional finals match in penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 tie in regulation.Each game prior to the matchup was nothing short of ...
The Ethicist
December 3, 2008Author: Amanda Greene Right now Middlebury students feel as if events are happening at top speed. Campus looks as if it's part of a video that is endlessly playing on fast forward. The leisurely Thanksgiving meal already seems light years away and endless papers and exams have elicited the routine ...
Panel pinpoints racial profiling Residents talk with local police about illegal workers in Vt.
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Amanda Cormier On Nov. 20, representatives from Vermont State Police, Middlebury Police Department and the Middlebury Select Board convened to answer questions about policies regarding undocumented foreign nationals in Middlebury. The issue of undocumented foreign nationals working in the agricultural ...
For the Record
December 3, 2008Author: Jason Gutierrez It's that time; time for the "best of" lists to start rolling out. It might be a little bit early for me to jump into this list-making frenzy, but a look ahead at the upcoming album releases tells me I won't be missing out on much if I start early. This might be making a huge ...
Overseas Briefing Ruminations on a semester abroad
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Sara Black I am writing you from the cloudy skies above Buenos Aires in the first minutes of flight 1804 to El Calafate in Patagonia. The clouds clear out as we rise and leave the city behind, heading south. The pampa spills out below like a patchwork quilt, falling away to the glassy blue of ...
J.K. Rolling
December 3, 2008Author: Jeff Klein It seems like all we've been hearing about recently in NBA-related news is the hype surrounding LeBron James and his free agency in 2010. When the New York Knicks recently engaged in a salary-shredding series of trades that saw them part with two of their highest paid players, Jamal ...
OP-ED Election day was just the start
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: George Altshuler and Will Bellaimey Middlebury's democratic culture was out in force earlier this month on election day, often with a capital "D." After months of working quietly with a few dedicated volunteers, College Democrats were overwhelmed with the passion and dedication of the several ...
College Shorts
December 3, 2008Author: Jaime Fuller STUDENTS FIGHT TO HOST INAUGURATION ATTENDEESAs Washington, D.C. prepares for the record-shattering turnout expected for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009, enterprising students trying to sublet their dorms might run into conflict with university administration. ...
Letters to the Editor
December 3, 2008Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In The Campus' Green Issue, Rich Wolfson ("Green's quantitative side," Nov. 20) argues that environmentalists here at Middlebury College ought to use more quantitative data to back the arguments we make. He posits, "being an authoritative environmentalist ...
Fulbrights awarded to pair of alumnae
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Adam Schaffer Recent graduates Sarah Jones '07 and Lee Ware '06 joined four other Middlebury alumni as Fulbright scholars for the 2008-09 year.The program, which is funded via grants from both the U.S. Department of State and foreign governments, was established in the late 1940s.It's goal was ...
Students comment on social life Comment cards read into more than just meal quality
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Eric Bartolloti Have you ever stopped and read some of the dining hall comment cards? I have. I thought they would make a great idea for an article because they are fascinating, and because quoting a bunch of comment cards is a great way to pad my word count. I assume it is okay to quote them ...
The Campus Rookie of the Fall season Tyler Macnee
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: [no author name found] Based on the votes of The Campus sports editors, Tyler Macnee '12 has been named Rookie of the Fall. Macnee started all 21 games for the Panthers, recording 13 goals on the season, ten more than the next Middlebury scorer. His 13 goals inclded six game winners, and his ...
Students strive to end sexual violence
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Rachael Jennings "I want more people to talk about sexual assault," said Aki Ito '09.Last spring, following a movement inspired significantly by Feminist Action at Middlebury (FAM) to change the College's twenty-year-old sexual assault policy, a group of students gathered in front of Old Chapel ...
A Preface to Lunch Comments on comments
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: James O'Brien As finals approach and campus stress levels are spiking, I'd like to examine one of the possibilities for stress release that the internet provides: anonymously commenting about articles, videos, and music. Though not nearly as popular as pornography Web sites and fantasy football ...
Behind Enemy Lines Thinking and feeling about grammar
By Middlebury Campus | December 3, 2008Author: Andrey Tolstoy Non-native English speakers arriving in Middlebury will be quick to discover the inadequacy of their own mother tongues when it comes to describing emotion. Far from the dispassionate academics the media portrays them to be, students here are adept at describing a whole gamut ...
Economy slows quest for carbon neutrality
By Middlebury Campus | November 19, 2008Author: Jaime Fuller Though much has been done in the 18 months since the College announced its commitment to carbon neutrality in May 2007, new innovations will hold the key to upholding that promise by 2016 given current economic conditions, according to faculty and students already searching for ...