Author: Grace Duggan In a continuation of last semester's anti-war theme, as seen in Matt Pepper's "St. Crispin's Day," this past weekend included five performances of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata." First performed in 411 BCE, "Lysistrata" tells the story of the end of the Peloponnesian War. Lysistrata ...
Author: Thompson Davis Have you ever noticed how awesome Middlebury looks on the College home page? Needless to say, if people took that thing halfway seriously there would be a lot of pissed off people. Let's say I was a high school senior from the planet "Snompson" (an alien) with aspirations of attending ...
Author: Tianze Ma The ninth-ranked Middlebury men's tennis team took another step towards Division III Nationals with a 7-2 victory over regional foe Bowdoin on Saturday, moving to 5-1 in NESCAC play and 11-4 overall.The match started in the windy afternoon at the Proctor courts, and the Panthers immediately ...
Author: [no author name found] Last year, solitary candidate and current President of the Student Government Association (SGA) Max Nardini '08 stood alone on the ballot in the annual spring elections - making this year's gaggle of contenders all the more shocking. With an impressive 10 candidates vying ...
Author: Melissa Marshall The few, the proud are wearing their brown "Commons Crawl" T-shirts in the dining hall this week, showcasing their support for student music and the cultivation of short attention spans. And while most were not able to brand themselves with five different marker strokes representing ...
Author: Samantha Michaels The Community Council met on April 14 with representatives from Recycling Facilities and discussed initiatives to reduce the tremendous amount of reusable furniture, books, clothing and other materials which are annually left as waste during the student move-out period in May. ...
Author: Adam Dede For over three years, MaryEllen Bertolini, a member of the Center for Teaching and Learning Research (CTLR), has been training peer writing tutors to double as peer speaking tutors. Last Thursday, Bertolini - along with Yonna McShane, director of Learning Resources - gave these students, ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:Having experienced Laurie Essig as a teacher I feel compelled to respond to the College returning her to tenure track and the resultant support expressed by the Middlebury community. While Laurie Essig as a person is extremely knowledgeable and the material ...
Author: Maddie Oatman syn·es·the·sia from the Greek (syn-) union, and (aesthesis) sensation; is the neurological mixing of the senses. A synesthete may, for example, hear colors, see sounds - and taste tactile sensations.The Algorithm for Literary TeamworkOn March 31, Italian author Roberto Bui gave ...
Author: Ryan Tauriainen Last week a gay student wrote a scathing op-ed ("Counter-productive Gaypril event baffles," April 10) to reveal to the campus that (gasp) there was a "gay party" the previous weekend. There were a few mistakes or misinterpretations that I will correct rather quickly. First off, ...
Author: Tess Russell If I did not know Rowan Morris, I might be surprised by his unconventional tennis vocabulary. Right before our interview, tied at 40-40 on the Atwater courts, he called the score as "Düsseldorf." On the next point, after ceding the advantage to his opponent, he yelled that he ...
Author: Jaime Fuller Elections will be held on April 17 for the positions of Student Government Association (SGA) President and Student Co-Chair of Community Council (SCCOCC). By 5 p.m. today, the candidates will have turned in their petitions and letters of intent and the campaigning will officially ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:I found out this week that I have been reappointed to the Middlebury faculty. We won! Don't you just love it when the good guys win? It makes you feel like we really can change our lives and the lives of those around us and make this community and, yes, the ...
Author: [no author name found] Sample the 'Low Carbon Diet' at IlsleyOn Thursday, Apr. 10, Ilsley Library will be holding its "Low Carbon Diet" program. The program, which was created to help inspire community members to "reduce their carbon footprint while saving energy costs" will be held at 5 p.m. ...
Author: Livingston Burgess Both of Middlebury's track teams started off their post-break outdoor seasons at home Saturday, focusing primarily on individual development at the expense of their team scores. Springfield College won handily on both the men's and women's sides of the Middlebury Invitational, ...
Author: Dina Magaril Let's talk about spanking. I think it's something that needs to be addressed. There exists a school of thought that believes that all human beings can be divided into spankers and spankees. This theory, as many of us are finding out by the time we hit our senior years, is entirely ...
Author: Corinne Almquist and David Dolginow "We are the dream generation, we are the dream reborn." This chant started as a whisper, stirring more than a thousand people to unite in song and hope. We rose in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a just and equal society, and in a promise ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Though she had grown up being told never to yell "fire!" in a movie theater, Dierdra Michelle found herself doing just that, or almost, when she was the first to notice the fire at the Marquis Theater on Main Street. Shortly after noon on Tuesday, Michelle, a sales clerk at Forth ...