Author: Matt Joseph On Nov. 4, 2008, many of us watched Barack Obama deliver a powerful speech in Chicago's Grant Park after becoming the President-elect of the United States. Amidst all the emotions from Democrats and Republicans alike, Obama spoke to the crowd with a voice to the future. He declared, ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes On Jan. 19, Chair of the English and American Literatures (ENAM) Department Brett Millier sent out an e-mail to all ENAM and English (ENGL) majors outlining changes that the department has already voted to set into motion next year. According to the e-mail, the ENAM/ENGL Senior ...
Author: Jessie Kissinger Joining together an eclectic mix of student and professional art, the Old Stone Mill opened an exhibit honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, Jan.16. Though there is no linear sense of aesthetic to the exhibit - which mingles mixed-media collage, photography, papier-mâché, ...
Author: [no author name found] To see the Campus's inauguration coverage, please click on the pdf file to the right.
Author: Jaime Fuller LAWLESS TOILETS CAUSE TROUBLE AT INAUGURATIONPresident Barack Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20 drew millions of people, but the lack of portable toilets led John Banzhaf, professor of public interest law at George Washington University, to threaten legal action against the Presidential ...
Author: Molly West The Panther swimmers and divers continued their winning streak this weekend at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Both the men's and women's teams won their third meet in a row - the men by a 151-133 score and the women by a dominating 212-88 final.Although Middlebury felt slightly ...
Author: Peter Baumann Despite not yet having strung together 60 minutes of perfect hockey, the Middlebury men's hockey team emerged from a crucial week of NESCAC play atop the conference with a NESCAC/ECAC record of 7-1-1 and an overall record of 10-2-1.A 4-4 tie against the upstart Williams Ephs on ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner "It's the economy, stupid," seems to explain the retail and restaurant scene across Vermont these days. As Americans pinch those pennies and start holding back on excesses, local restaurants find themselves in a position to change. Tully and Marie's, the eight-year-old restaurant ...
Author: [no author name found] Benefit Yoga ClassJan. 25, 12 - 1 p.m.Otter Creek Yoga in the Marble Works will be hosting this class to benefit H.O.P.E. (Helping Overcome Poverty's Effects). Donations of nonperishable food or money would be most appreciated.All levels welcome. "Torturing Democracy"Jan. ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter Middlebury men's and women's squash teams return from the Yale Round Robin Tournament in good spirits after a victorious weekend. The men's squad won four of five matches while the women came away on top in three of their four matches.The men opened up the weekend with an 8-1 ...
Author: Eric Bartolloti Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day) is about as old as a Middlebury student: 23 years. That is not very old for a national holiday. Most other national holidays have spent years developing their rituals, like the flags of Memorial Day, the fireworks of Independence Day and the ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez The Smell is a tiny club nestled in between a dive bar called Jalisco and an independent movie theater in downtown Los Angeles. If you weren't looking for it, you'd probably walk right past it. I did. Three times. The truth is that somehow, while the rest of us were asleep, Los ...
Author: Kaylen Baker Last Tuesday, Jan. 15, a large, polished and curious crowd of people, including many townspeople, turned up to hear Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies Robert Schine speak about a small slice of time in Jewish history. Schine's lecture, titled "Yiddish, German, and Hebrew in ...
Author: James Kerrigan Middlebury College's 2003-2004 prospectus still owns a piece of real estate on my dorm room's bookshelf. Its cover and its message have lingered with me long after I first stepped foot into the Emma Willard House five years ago. Four pictures and one powerful definition graced ...
Author: J.P. Allen Amid the flurry of Winter Term events and speakers, performance artist Scott Turner Schofield quietly staged one of the most unusual, exceptional presentations Middlebury College has seen all year. Schofield was invited to Middlebury by T Cooper ('94), and visiting Winter Term professor, ...
Author: Nate Blumenshine For many of us, reading the news the past couple of weeks about the invasion of Gaza stimulates energetic debate, academic interest, and the occasional emotional twinge of guilt. We have no way to really understand the numbers that are reported: 1,300 Palestinians killed, 13 ...
Author: [no author name found] THE FAMILY LOWES"My sister, when she was working on her thesis, would spend a lot of time in Proctor," recalled Matt Lowes '10 of Sara Lowes '07. "She would wake up early, eat breakfast, then have a second breakfast, then '11-sies,' and then lunch."Although "little Lowes" ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy College, I gather, is a formative experience for the young Americans who elect to take part in this fine tradition. It is a place where they not only acquire a deeper and broader understanding of the world around them, but also learn savvy social skills, explore one another's ...
Author: Amanda Cormier A boy with a felt mustache and denim overalls wields a plunger down the aisle. His willing attendant, Mom, follows. Gray-haired ladies usher families to their seats through bold rays of gamma-green light. Some of them mouth the words of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's "Somewhere Over ...