Author: Dina Magaril Of the various skill sets Middlebury may attempt to provide you with, interviewing well is not one of them. You could be a fantastic essay writer, get every question right on your biology lab, rock at cartography and even find a cure for the common cold, yet you could leave here ...
Author: Mario Ariza Vrutika Mody '09 made her debut at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting Sept. 29 as Speaker of the Senate. Mody is tasked with keeping this house in order, and after a short, informative session for the members concerning Roberts Rules of Order, the discussion of new ...
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. Click on, check out and press play on these favorites - because there is a world outside "the bubble."Temporada de Patos(Mexico, ...
Author: [no author name found] This past Friday Sept. 26 marked the anniversary of the first televised presidential debate. On that day in 1960, presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon took the stage to debate domestic policy. It was the first time in U.S. history that the majority ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner After months of terse debate about "big box" retailers and the Town Plan, the Middlebury Development Review Board (DRB) gave final, conditional approval of the proposal to build a Staples office supply store in the Centre/Hannaford Plaza shopping center. The decision gives the ...
Author: Kevin Carpenter Andrew Strumolo '10.5 may be the 'Rudy' of Middlebury College. Both Strumolo and Rudy were written off by coaches early on. Both were steadfast in achieving their goals. And, ultimately, both managed to make it to the varsity squad by the same principle: hard work.Strumolo has ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez As a film student, I see the recent advances in digital filmmaking technology as the greatest gift to independent film since the advent of the 16mm camera. Consumer DV cameras and affordable editing software mean that anyone and everyone has the ability to make a movie. "In Search ...
Author: Jeff Klein According to an old English proverb, "Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors." That quote certainly applies to the Middlebury women's golf team this past weekend. Washed out by rain on Saturday, the Panthers were forced to compete in a rain-shortened event, yet displayed the mental ...
Author: Jeff Klein The Middlebury ultimate frisbee club team - or the Pranksters, as they are affectionately known - hosted a tournament this past weekend that brought participants from all teams and ages together. The tournament featured 12 schools from the New England area. For Middlebury, a draft ...
Author: [no author name found] In recent weeks, this paper has published numerous articles about Middlebury College's increased physical and economic presence in downtown Middlebury. The College's economic support of Carol's Hungry Mind Café, the new bridge over Otter Creek, as well as the lease of ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I would like to thank your columnist James O'Brien for looking into the dating scene here at Middlebury and sharing his observations. I thoroughly enjoyed his piece, especially his reference to the Love & Condoms Department of the Health Center - what ...
Author: Emily Temple When you really love a band, and I mean really love them, you wind up systematically and emphatically embracing everything about them. You learn their names and their children's names, their favorite colors and their children's favorite colors. You plaster pictures of them all over ...
Author: Ilsa Shea and Grace Duggan "I'm Right, You're Wrong," a Big Action Performance Ensemble (Big APE) multimedia production performed twice this weekend in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, was an exposition and exaggeration of the vulnerable parts of us that we conceal and will away: mania, hysteria, ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Former Republican congressman Mickey Edwards gave the Rohatyn Center International Studies Colloquium lecture Sept. 26. The lecture, titled, "Reclaiming Conservatism: How a Great American Political Movement Got Lost - And How It can Find Its Way Back," was part of an effort by ...
Author: Derek Matus The Sunday Night Group (SNG) is sponsoring the national initiative Power Vote in hopes of spreading environmental awareness as we approach the 2008 elections, joing an effort which has already sprung up at dozens of campuses around the country. SNG hopes that the initiative's message ...
Author: Peter Baumann Baseball's regular season ended Sunday, sending 24 of the league's 32 teams to the golf course and rendering the loyal fans of these teams devoid of distraction and hope. As a Colorado Rockies fan, I find myself in this unfortunate group this week - but despair not fellow losers! ...
Author: Adam Schaffer VIOLENCE STRIKES A DIFFERENT BEIRUTLast weekend, a game of beer pong at a basement party at the University of Montana grew unruly, resulting in the stabbing of Jerry Brady Stewart, who was hospitalized. Assailant Collan J. Sheppard, 23, apparently became angry after being informed ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Middlebury College added to its list of environmental commendations last week when the College was selected as one of 15 "Overall College Sustainability Leader" institutions in the United States and Canada. The list was compiled in the 2009 edition of the College Sustainability ...