Author: Grace Duggan Hidden in the bottom of Gifford Hall, the Gamut Room is easy to miss. Students in the know can walk in and find themselves in a relaxing café, innovative performance space and continuous art project all rolled into one. Despite a decrease in popularity and visibility following ...
Author: Amanda Cormier The creation of a Sexual Assault Oversight Committee (SAOC) was announced by President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz in an e-mail to the College community on Oct. 28. Recommended by last year's Task Force on the Status of Women, the Committee will provide oversight on all ...
Author: Tess Russell "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" - Winston Churchill may have been referring to Russia when he coined this expression, but here at Middlebury, it could just as easily refer to the College's judicial system and its inner workings. While students seem to be aware of ...
Author: Adam Schaffer STUDY SHOWS PARTYING MAY RESULT IN BRAIN DAMAGEIt now appears that Facebook pictures and a nasty hangover are not the only scars students have to contend with after a night of sin at KDR. New research from the University of California at Davis suggests that there is a correlation ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Vermonters flooded polling stations across the state this Election Day, drawing a close to the epic presidential campaign drama that has riveted Americans for the past 18 months. Vermont was one of the first states the media declared blue, handing President-elect Barack Obama ...
Author: Lise Rosenberger Coming off a hard fought 1-0 loss to Williams College on Friday, the Panthers were nonetheless optimistic taking on Trinity, their first opponent in the NESCAC playoffs. "We felt really good coming off of Williams and going into our game against Trinity," tri-captain Tiffany ...
Author: Alexxa Gotthardt It is something of an American ritual: a lively campaign, vigorous debate, a ballot distributed, options considered and winner announced. We determine many decisions in this manner, whether they be in the realm of national politics, commencement speaker candidates or, in the ...
Author: Hillary Hall and Derek Matus BUSINESS GROUP PITCHES "BIG BOX SWINDLE" TO PROMOTE BUYING LOCALWhy should I buy local? Stacy Mitchell of the national nonprofit Institute for Local Self-Reliance answered this very question for a crowded auditorium in Twilight Auditorium on Oct. 28. Mitchell, a ...
Author: Patrick D'Arcy On Oct. 31, an elephant, a cow, a bunny, a collection of garden vegetables and 30 or so others set out on bikes from the lawn of Twilight Hall as part of the critical mass bike ride that marked the finale of Middlebury's First Annual Bike Week.Will Drucker '08.5 conceived the ...
Author: [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. The Art of Ill WillDonald Dewey(New York University Press, 2008)If you're suffering from election season withdrawal, ...
Author: Tim Miles Barbara Ganley, former Lecturer and Tutor in Writing, left the College last spring to pursue her mission of encouraging creativity through digital media in rural communities across the country. Ganley has recently founded the Centers for Community Digital Exploration, an organization ...
Author: Dina Magaril It seems counterintuitive that after four years of building up relationships, making connections, and forming attachments to places and people, we will ultimately have to let go of them. For me, this idea has lingered in the theoretical realm until recently, with my impending Jan. ...
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Author: Josh Wessler MOVIE: Trouble the WaterDIRECTORS: Carl Deal & Tia LessinOn Aug. 28, 2005, Kimberly Rivers Roberts began filming a documentary of her neighborhood of the Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans. Neighbors analyzed the latest storm movements while completing their stocks of food at the ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter The Panthers once again proved dominant in a convincing 3-0 win against Bowdoin in the quarterfinals of the NESCAC Tournament on Nov. 3, with an excited crowd of 425 fans gathered by the sidelines of the FieldTurf to watch the match unfold. The game marked the second meeting ...
Author: Lois Parshley A College delegation went to Japan in early October to investigate the possibility of establishing a Middlebury School Abroad program in Japan - thereby expanding the Middlebury program's offerings to an additional country. Middlebury currently has study abroad programs in twelve ...
Author: Molly Dwyer While other sports teams dominated the turf this past weekend, the Middlebury sailing club held its own Saturday and Sunday on the waters of Mendum's Pond at the University of New Hampshire. The Panthers finished fifth out of 12 competitive teams vying for the Underdog Trophy. Bates, ...