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Café pleases Provençal pallette
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Kaity Potak What happens when a Provençal chef with 30 years of gastronomic experience graduates from "La Colline" in Montpellier, France and moves to the United States? He ends up in a different Montpelier entirely - The New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt, that is. Chef Robert ...
Welch Bids on Bailout
By Middlebury Campus | October 8, 2008Author: Andrea Glaessner Vermont Congressman Peter Welch joined 263 of his fellow House representatives Oct. 3 in approving the $700 billion bailout package designed to rescue ailing credit markets. Although the House rejected the bill on Oct. 1, 58 representatives, including Welch, changed their votes ...
MiddBriefs
October 8, 2008Author: Miles Abdilla and Ian Trombulak PROFESSORS EASE STUDENTS' FINANCIAL FEARSIn response to a bombardment of questions from both students and faculty members regarding the state of the U.S. economy, Professors of Economics David Colander, Peter Matthews, Scott Pardee and Bob Prasch held a discussion ...
Lupo Fiasco Tuning into the future
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: Kate Lupo A few years back there was a TV show on ABC called "Commander in Chief." The premise of the show was such: Geena Davis played the part of Vice President MacKenzie Allen who, following the death of President Teddy Bridge, ascends to the job and becomes the first female president of ...
The D-spot
October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
SGA Beat
October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
Suggestion Box
October 1, 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. Click on, check out and press play on these favorites - because there is a world outside "the bubble."Temporada de Patos(Mexico, ...
The Politics of Facebook How social-networking is reshaping campaigning nationally and at Middlebury
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: [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 ...
Town gives go-ahead for Staples development
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
Andrew Strumolo '10.5 proves hard work pays off
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
The Reel Critic In Search of a Midnight Kiss
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
Women's golf takes home first place at Wellesley
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
Frisbee team hosts tournament of New England schools
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
Editorial The College's town?
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: [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 ...
Letters to the Editor
October 1, 2008Author: [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 ...
For the Record
October 1, 2008Author: 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 ...
I'm Right! You're Wrong!
By Middlebury Campus | October 1, 2008Author: 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, ...