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Book lists go online
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Austin Davis On Nov. 4, the College Bookstore announced that it would begin posting booklists for classes online starting spring 2009.The bookstore's Web site now lists all of the required textbooks for each class as well as each book's new and used price at the bookstore itself. Currently, ...
A passion for change Meyers '11.5 receives Brower Youth Award for lifetime of environmental service
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Catherine McCarthy "We were just a bunch of eight-year-old kids out to save the world," laughed Phebe Meyers '11.5 as she described her role in the formation of Change The World Kids in 1998. Meyers and her twin sister, Nika, noticed that there were no community service organizations in their ...
The Reel Critic
November 12, 2008Author: Jason Gutierrez Movie: The FallDirector: Tarsem SinghStarring: Catinca Untaru and Lee PaceWe have finally reached that point in the semester, the one where we are slowly drowning in a sea of work. At least, that's how it is for most of the people I know. We're too busy to even make that forty-five ...
Midnight breakfast meals replaced due to rising costs
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Livingston Burgess During the week of finals, Dec. 8-11, dining services plans to provide snacks and drinks in the Grille as a late-night study break, Director of Dining Services Matthew Biette said recently. The new offerings, known as "Drop-in Snacks," will replace the hot meal known as "Midnight ...
Grapevine garners glowing review
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Emma Gardner A good sandwich is hard to find, so when one falls into your lap, make sure you know where to find it again - chances are, the source is the Grapevine Grille. In the past three years at Middlebury I have made it my mission, my vocation, my life's work - call it what you will - to ...
Suggestion Box
November 12, 2008Author: [no author name found] From our bookshelves, iPods and laptops to your Thursday morning breakfast table, here are our recommendations for the best of recent culture. Obama Art Report(www.obamaartreport.com)This blog bills itself as a "daily reporting on the world of Barack Obama ...
Sports Briefs
November 12, 2008Author: [no author name found] ANDREW MATSON '09 NETS DISTRICT-I ACADEMIC HONORSOne would think that finishing the football season as the NESCAC leader in both catches and receiving yards per game would be hard to top in terms of accomplishments. But for Panther wide receiver Andrew Matson '09, those ...
Amherst stuns defending national champs
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Kevin Carpenter In somewhat dispiriting fashion, the men's soccer team fell 2-0 to Amherst in the NESCAC Championship this past Sunday, Nov. 9. The Amherst win gives the Lord Jeffs their first NESCAC championship in four appearances and guarantees the team an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. ...
Xu Bing
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Andrea Glaessner How does a world-renowned contemporary Chinese artist find himself jet-setting across the world to deliver a lecture in the hills of rural Vermont? Chinese would say ?? (yuan fen, fate). Americans would argue globalization. But for Xu Bing the answer was quite simple, as he ...
Injury halts winning streak, ends year
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Nicole Lam The Middlebury volleyball season ended in dissappointment this weekend, as the Panthers dropped their first match of the NESCAC tournament 3-1 to the eventual NESCAC champions, the Williams Ephs. The four seniors that will be graduating this year leave behind a rich tradition of leadership ...
The Ethicist
November 12, 2008Author: Amanda Greene I love when Middlebury students host parties. It's refreshing to see common spaces that are often scattered with books, laptops and dining hall cookies filled with people and dancing. The transformation that suites undergo, from living spaces to hubs of late night activity, is ...
Panther season comes to a close in Williamstown
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Lise Rosenberger The Middlebury College women's soccer team saw its season come to an end this past Saturday, as it lost to second-seeded Amherst College 1-0 in the NESCAC semifinals. The Panthers end their season with a record of 8-6-2, while Amherst advanced in the tournament to face top-seeded ...
Thirds' the charm for cross country
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Sarah Bryan The men's and women's cross country teams both finished third in the ECAC championships on Nov. 8 at Colt State Park in Bristol, R.I. 55 teams participated in Saturday's event, traveling from all over the East to race in one of the season's last meets, all hoping to earn a championship ...
Vermont barn census lays foundation for preservation efforts
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Amanda Cormier Across the state, historians and preservationists are racing to save an image of quintessential Vermont that has begun to fade: sprawling blue sky, cows grazing on green pastures, and a barn nestled into the hillside. But before they can begin to preserve the bucolic imagery that ...
Fundraiser brings Himalayas to hills of Vt.
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: [no author name found] Photos by Eleanor Horowitz
Community Council
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Hillary Hall The Community Council met on Nov. 4 to discuss several issues. Council member Assistant Professor of Italian Stefano Mula brought the first issue to the table: a motion urging the faculty to put its booklists on BannerWeb as soon as possible. Mula called this idea "easier for everybody."Ultimately, ...
OP-ED Major setbacks for equal rights
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Kevin Moss Last week's election was a victory for democracy and for the reputation of the United States in the world. Americans united in unprecedented numbers and elected a brilliant, charismatic, biracial man from humble beginnings to be our next President. Like many, I was more excited about ...
College, family seek closure in Garza memorial service
By Middlebury Campus | November 12, 2008Author: Ian Trombulak Friends, family and other members of the College community gathered at a memorial service on Nov. 8 to remember Nick Garza '11, who went missing in February and was found to have died in May. An oak tree was planted on the lawn between Le Chateau and Allen Hall, a first-year residence ...