Author: Tess Russell Turning 18 signifies several major legal developments in the life of a young American: we can buy pornography and cigarettes, we can be conscripted, we can be tried as adults in criminal proceedings and we can participate in elections. Whether you approached the promise of the voting ...
Author: Julia Szabo and Sarah Tucker As two students who fully respect and appreciate the first amendment, fliers hung up this week by "Jack & Jill" have tested our patience. You've likely seen posters reading "Voting Kills" and "Nothing's Going to Change My World" accompanied by photos of the presidential ...
Author: Michael Suen 2007 Leahy Global Health Scholar Harriet Napier '12.5 spent part of her first semester volunteering at an emergency housing shelter for underprivileged infants in Romania. "I have experienced, first hand, children who have been denied their right to appropriate medical help because ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:It occurred to me that Mr. Clayton ("The Cranky Socialist," Oct. 23) was confused on who he would want to support when it comes to the election this year. As such a strong socialist, I assumed he would know that his vote should be for Brian Moore and Stewart ...
Author: Amanda Cormier As the worldwide financial crisis deepens, Vermont social welfare programs have witnessed an influx of low-income residents seeking help to make ends meet. Across the state, health care and home heating have risen to the forefront of concern.The Vermont Coalition of Clinics for ...
Author: [no author name found] Lighted Pumpkin PatchOct. 30, 6-8 p.m.Come celebrate the fall at the Middlebury pumpkin patch near Helen Porter Nursing Home. Hot cider and Halloween cookies will be served, come add to the display with your own carved pumpkins. "Smokey Joe's Café" at Town Hall TheaterOct. ...
Author: Adam Schaffer With the Nov. 4 presidential election rapidly approaching, College Republicans and Democrats are scrambling to convince undecided voters to come out for their candidates.College Democrats gathered Oct. 24 in the Hillcrest Environmental Center to make phone calls to potential supporters ...
Author: Isabel McWilliams Students and faculty alike could not help but react with excited laughter, intrigued head nods and surprised exclamations as Director of the Middlebury College Museum of Art and Walter Cerf Distinguished College Professor of History of Art & Architecture Richard Saunders ...
Author: Peter Baumann I am awful at predicting college football. It is the one sport where I continually fail when trying to foresee the future, which is exactly why I love it. Like a dog who has not yet learned to respect the electric fence, I keep trying to make some sense of the chaos. Four unbeaten ...
Author: Nicole Lam This weekend, the volleyball team turned in an impressive showing in South Hadley, Mass., winning all three of their games at the Hall of Fame Classic. After defeating the hosts from Mount Holyoke College 3-0 on Oct. 24, the Panthers recorded consecutive 3-0 victories against Wheaton ...
Author: Emma Gardner For the last time in his collegiate career, Harrison Bane '08.5 returned to Middlebury in a 15-passenger College van after a weekend of competitive golf two weeks ago. Just like every ride before, he sat in the passenger seat and spent the five-hour drive chatting with his coach ...
Author: Robert McKay The wall clicks on, 1500 square feet of TV static. In contemporary dance, this is about as original a backdrop as the Doric columns behind every early Renaissance saint and his brother. The font, however, is very nice, some kind of chunky ultra-bold with slab serifs. But the words ...
Author: Grace Duggan Rock 'n' roll may have developed in the United States, but almost immediately afterwards it became difficult to pigeonhole it as a uniquely American phenomenon. Rock music has cemented its influence everywhere from CBGB and the Viper Room to Wembley Stadium and Budokan, but what ...
Author: James O'Brien Why are people so divided on the subject of breakfast for dinner (BFD)? What's not to like? BFD provides pancakes of various pancake flavors, which are somehow far superior to their regular pancake counterparts that we usually eat for breakfast. I'm not sure whether this is due ...
Author: Maeve McGilloway Practice makes perfect. This old adage holds true when it comes to the Middlebury College field hockey team. The Panthers' hard work helped put them on a three-game winning streak, with its most recent victory against Connecticut College this past Saturday, Oct. 25 by a score ...
Author: [no author name found] JIA YOU! CHINESE SYMBOLS TOP DUCKS IN CLASH OF IM TITANSOne of the more competitive men's intramural soccer seasons in recent memory ended on Oct. 24 as the Chinese Symbols held off the Mighty Ducks 2-0 in a battle of the league's top two seeds. With the largest crowd ...
Author: [no author name found] With the election less than a week away, it's time to start thinking about how your vote will influence the next four years.On health: 46 million Americans are uninsured. Are you covered by your parents' plan? Will you still be after graduation? What kind of coverage ...
Author: Jason Gutierrez Movie: W.Director: Oliver StoneStarring: Josh BrolinI feel that a critic, even an amateur one like myself, should make every attempt to go into the film he is reviewing with as few preconceived notions as possible. I must admit that when I entered the theater to watch Oliver ...