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Seniors strengthen women's rugby program
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: James Schwerdtman The women's rugby team has been putting on a clinic on the pitch so far this season. This season has been something special to this point, as the Panthers have not yielded one point to their competitors so far. The team is led by a strong core of seniors, whose experience ...
College Shorts
October 8, 2008Author: Stephanie Joyce UNCONVENTIONAL EXHIBIT RAISES AWARENESSEmploying an unconventional technique to raise awareness about sexual assault, students at the University of Northern Colorado hung t-shirts decorated with stories and artwork from stair railings around campus this week. Each shirt depicted ...
Focus accrues on engagement during students' second years
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Lois Parshley The College's administration is working on a new program to provide direction for sophomores called the "Sophomore Year Experience." President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz hopes the new program will keep sophomores from feeling forgotten, as first-years have the First-Year ...
Preface to Lunch Revisiting our unofficial motto
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: James O'Brien I heard someone say the words, "work hard, play hard" this weekend, and that, along with the Natural Ice that somehow ended up in my CUPPS mug, made me want to throw up. The whole "Work Hard!!! Play Hard!!!" philosophy is possibly the second dumbest thing I've ever heard. It's ...
Out on a Lim Choosing to stray from my usual choice
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Leslie Lim Something eerie happened to me during the first few days of school. It was night and most appliances in my room were turned off, but I kept hearing really low strains of music. I attributed it to sensitive ears and somebody else's music. But it happened again, and determined that ...
Faculty flaunts its expertise in the press
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Rachael Jennings After the flood of Web pages directly linked to the College, www.google.com brings up a few interesting search results on Middlebury: a New York Times article on Neil Waters' history class and the banning of Wikipedia as a relevant source of research, a variety of sites describing ...
Sports Briefs
October 8, 2008Author: [no author name found] ROOKIE MATT RAYNER '12 GETS PLAYER OF THE WEEK IN WINMiddlebury athletes are making a habit of grabbing NESCAC Player of the Week honors.The latest sportsman with an outstanding week was rookie wide receiver Matt Rayner '12, who was named NESCAC Special Teams Player of ...
Editorial Lecture season needs the right space
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: [no author name found] The campus is in the midst of an idyllic stretch from fall family weekend through homecoming. This weekend students will enjoy the blissful ignorance that only fall recess can provide. And what a fall it has been. The campus has been blessed with more than just beautiful ...
The Kite Runner
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Emma Stanford Last Monday, students at a packed Wright Memorial Theatre saw one of the decade's most popular and powerful books brought to vivid, wrenching life. Arian Moayed performed a concentration in under one hour of The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini's compelling book about love, guilt and ...
Organic garden harvests fresh ideas for fall
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Aylie Baker Reaching the end of that wonderful grace period between a bountiful summer and icy November chills, the Middlebury Organic Garden is still going strong. Director Jay Leshinsky and a dedicated group of students keep the harvest thriving even with winter fast approaching. This year ...
Overseas Briefing The foreign language of British-English
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: H. Kay Merriman Whilst studying Shakespeare and Journalism at "the most creative college in the U.K." this semester, I have successfully resigned my Middlebury prepster status for that of a hipster, developed a nasty second-hand smokers' cough, watched multiple British professors mock Sarah ...
Notes from the Desk Where the ladies at?
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Grace Duggan After several years working for the The Middlebury Campus as a staff writer, photographer and editor, I think I can safely say that our campus newspaper is certainly no "Old Boys Club". Looking at our Opinions section, however, there is an appalling lack of female contributors to ...
Bullpen catcher of the week Ryan Bohling '10
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Peter Baumann The Campus highlights a Middlebury athlete whose contribution was vital to the game but did not necessarily show up in the box score. "Bullpen Catcher of the Week" honors those whose efforts go unnoticed to all except their teammates and coaches.The inaugural recipient of the award ...
Field hockey repeats history, falls to Bowdoin
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Maeve McGilloway The Middlebury field hockey team, ranked second in the country, dropped a 2-0 decision to unbeaten Bowdoin on Saturday morning at Ryan Field in Brunswick, Maine. Both top-ranked Bowdoin and second-ranked Middlebury had undefeated records prior to the game. This loss drops Middlebury ...
In my humble opinion Underdog spirit gone in Beantown
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Daniel Roberts Sorry if a sports column doesn't interest you, but 65 percent of the students here (I just made that up) are from J.O.B., so let's talk Red Sox.From the latest issue of GQ magazine: "Boston… Enough. We get it. You rule the universe… But remember, fifteen years ago, your teams ...
Women's golf finishes first again
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Kyle Goodenough The women's golf team hosted seven schools on its home turf this past weekend for the third annual Middlebury Invitational tournament. The women were especially excited about the opportunity to play at home this year because they didn't have the chance to play on the Ralph Myhre ...
Peace, love and fur define Woofstock 2008
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: [no author name found] [no story text found]
Conrad Olson '09 set to hit the national stage
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Jeff Klein The Division III tennis world will soon have a new national champion. That national champion could very well be a Panther.Yes, Conrad Olson '09 has the potential to do great things next week, but first, backtrack two weekends.Olson and the Middlebury men's tennis team competed in ...