The Middlebury Great Eight
By Middlebury Campus | October 29, 2008Author: [no author name found] [no story text found]
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Football narrowly falls to Trinity
By Middlebury Campus | October 29, 2008Author: Nick Martell Trinity and Middlebury - it is not in any way a historical, traditional or school-wide sports rivalry between the two NESCAC colleges, but when it comes to football, the Panthers have a special place in their hearts for the Bantams they upset one year ago. For all the trash talking ...
Local Flavor goes trick-or-tasting downtown
By Middlebury Campus | October 29, 2008Author: Nicole Lam The week before Halloween, festive treats and goodies fill up Middlebury shops and restaurants as everyone gets in gear for the holiday. Instead of reaching for the typical candy corn, orange and black M&M's, and orange caramel-filled chocolates sold in supermarkets like Shaw's, ...
Election 2008 The Economy The cost of economic group-think
By Middlebury Campus | October 29, 2008Author: Robert Prasch, Associate Professor of Economics As I write this, the major stock market indexes have taken another sharp downturn. Billions more can now be added to the trillions already lost in market capitalization and housing. The only certainty seems to be that before this is over we will ...
Suggestion Box
October 29, 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. "Warhol Live"Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsNow through Jan. 18th, 2009 the museum features an incredible Andy Warhol ...
Jansen reinvents bookstore amid renovations
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Tim O'Grady Robert Jansen has enacted a plethora of changes since becoming manager of the Middlebury College Bookstore in January 2007. As he plans for the future, Jansen strives to create a world-class bookstore that delivers more value back to students.One way he plans to achieve his goal ...
The Cranky Socialist Ballot initiatives are the key to democracy
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Adam Clayton I picked up my California absentee ballot the other day, and as a second time voter re-enforced a habit I hope to extend for the rest of my life, turning my gaze immediately towards the back of the ballot. This gives me the greatest hope at socializing the world I live in, and while ...
The Ethicist
October 22, 2008Author: Amanda Greene Most of the time, I think that Middlebury students are friendly. If I were a tour guide I know I would rave about how easy it is to get to know your classmates, how Middlebury feels like an extended family and how students are eager to help each other out with schoolwork. But what ...
Notes from the Desk Obama's got the right stuff
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Jeff Klein This past Sunday, the Obama campaign got an enormous boost from an official endorsement by one of the most respected political figures in the country, Colin Powell. Powell toted Senator Obama as a "transformational figure. He is a new generation coming onto the world stage, onto the ...
Soccer slips up for first time in 18 games
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Kevin Carpenter The past two weekends saw both a convincing Panther victory and an upsetting loss. The Middlebury men's soccer team defeated Tufts at home 2-0 on Oct. 11, but suffered a stunning 1-0 loss the following Saturday, Oct. 18th to Bates. The loss marked the first for the Panthers on ...
New Web site offers services to boost GPA
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Cloe Shasha Started in 2006 by two college students from the University of Wisconsin Madison, the Web site www.theclassconnection.com now serves over 600 colleges and 350 high schools across the country. The mission of the website is directly stated: the creators want to help students get better ...
A Preface to Lunch Facing myself on Facebook
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: James O'Brien When I started to write this article, I wrote the sentence, "Who are you?" I didn't think I wanted to write an article that began like that, though, mostly because if I was flipping through a newspaper and started reading such an article, I would immediately stop. So I decided ...
Symposium keys into the history of Axinn
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Derek Matus During Homecoming week, the annual Clifford Symposium hosted two faculty panels to discuss, debate and exchange ideas with the Middlebury community: by transcending department lines and uniting different methodologies to tackle specific topics, the event inaugurated the new purpose ...
Women stay hot, now 6-4-2
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Lise Rosenberger The Middlebury women's soccer team moved ahead with an overall record of 6-4-2 after shutting out Bates 2-0 this past Saturday on the Panthers' home turf. The game remained scoreless until thirteen minutes from the end, as neither team could pull ahead to mark the scoreboard. ...
Sports Briefs
October 22, 2008Author: [no author name found] MEN'S GOLF TIES FOR 14TH AT NEIGA CHAMPIONSHIPMen's golf wrapped up its season this Monday and Tuesday by finishing in a 14th-place tie in the NEIGA Championship at the Captains Golf Club. The field included teams from Division I, II and III.Captain Harry Bane '08.5, the ...
Thompson '09 shines in triumph over Bates
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Sarah Bryan The past two weeks have been a rollercoaster of a ride for the Middlebury field hockey team as it fights for the top spot nationally and within NESCAC. Two weekends ago the team fell to Tufts in overtime. Hungry for victory, the Panthers responded this week with shutout wins over ...
Amethyst brings drinking age debate to the Capitol
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Kelly Janis Last week, the non-profit organization founded by President Emeritus John M. McCardell Jr. in 2007 to foster dialogue about underage drinking relocated from the cramped Middlebury store front in which it was born to a new office in southeast Washington, D.C., just blocks from the ...
Pulitzer Prize winner lends voice to American poetry
By Middlebury Campus | October 22, 2008Author: Patrick D'Arcy Middlebury students gathered at nightfall in Mead Chapel on October 17th for a reading from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell as part of the College's Annual Clifford Symposium. In keeping with this year's theme of memory and place, Kinnell gave a reading of some of his ...