Author: Peter Baumann It is the nature of sports that they often distract us from what is important. To this day my mother bemoans the fact that I can name the starting nine on the 1995 Colorado Rockies playoff team while simultaneously needing a calculator to figure out 20 percent of my dinner check. ...
Author: James O'Brien I'm not familiar with the history of politics enough to attempt to identify when politicians' focus turned from serving the best interest of their country to serving the best interest of their party. At some point, though, it happened. Why is Democrats and Republicans working together ...
Author: Stephanie Joyce On Nov. 3, members of the College community received an e-mail from Acting Provost Tim Spears about plans for a new Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity to be located at Carr Hall. For many, this was the first news that there were plans for such a Center, but ...
Author: Derek Matus The inbox of a Middlebury College student is - more often than not -flooded with the same piles of new messages. After sifting and sorting, it is rare to end up reading more than about a quarter of what was supposed to interest the recipient. Although occasionally annoying, e-mail ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Last week, Scott Kleiman ("Dear Dolci, Please Change", Nov. 6) expressed his nostalgia for Dolci and his hopes that the camaraderie he experienced as an employee would remain prevalent, despite this year's changes to the organization. I have no doubt that ...
Author: [no author name found] The First Thanksgiving Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m.In the latest presentation of the One World Library Project lecture series, Abenaki educator JudyDow will discuss myths about the first Thanksgiving. Information: (802) 453-4147 www.oneworldlibraryproject.orgIn Praise of Local Artists ...
Author: Andrey Tolstoy The economist is the creator of beautiful theories. To reveal theory and conceal reality is the aim of economics. The economist is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of the economy.The highest and the lowest form of economics is a mode of ...
Author: Dina Magaril Twice a week I work at the library circulation desk because writing this column, surprisingly, doesn't quite bring home the bacon. At least once during each shift a student will hand something over to the lost and found. These objects include such coveted items as iPods, iPhones, ...
Author: Emma Gardner While the rest of campus is bundling up for what promises to be a harsh winter, the Middlebury Alpine ski team faces a particularly daunting season ahead. It seems that as the temperatures have dropped, so have the number of Middlebury applicants recruited to participate in the ...
Author: Adam Schaffer With the first round of applications due Nov. 15, the College's Department of Admissions and students worldwide are bracing for what promises to be the most competitive application season in history.According to Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett, applications "are running 12 percent ...
Author: Daniel Roberts Holy hell, we are finally going to have a president that we can be excited about. Even President Bush called the victory "uplifting." And one staunch McCain supporter I know admitted that even though Obama wasn't his choice, he's excited for the country, and proud to be an American. ...
Author: Nial Vele Looking for a suitable job tops the priority list for many seniors here at Middlebury, and with recent downturns in the economy the anxiety has begun to mount. With that in mind, the College has put forth a great effort to make the job search process easier and less stressful for its ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Cellist Pieter Wispelwey, 45, performed last Friday evening in the Mahaney '85 Center for the Arts Concert hall stage upon a wooden pedestal. This bold yet awkward set up seemed to define the concert, which boasted a breed of musical enthusiasm usually found at student recitals. ...
Author: Liya Gao CORRECTION APPENDEDDirector and producer Amy Bucher '87 returned to Middlebury for a screening of her award-winning documentary, "A Walk to Beautiful." In conjunction with a screening in Dana Auditorium on Nov. 10, Bucher also spoke to students on Nov. 11 in a lecture entitled, "The ...
Author: Sarah Bryan Despite a tough loss this past weekend in the NESCAC semifinals, the Middlebury field hockey team will make its sixth consecutive and ninth overall appearance in the NCAA tournament. The final four of NESCAC play took place at Tufts University Nov. 8-9, as four teams convened to ...
Author: Leslie Lim During the historic day of Nov. 4 last week, one of my friends asked me whether I would be watching the election at the Grille that night. I wouldn't be, I answered, because I had to be at the town hall theater for a dress rehearsal of the ISO show. I cheekily added that most of us ...
Author: Emily Temple It's the second week of November, and panic is setting in. Super seniors have a dismally short chunk of time broken up by Thanksgiving and Christmas to squeeze whatever they can out of Middlebury before being thrust back into the cold - and in February, it will be cold - world from ...
Author: 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, ...