Author: Grace Duggan Born and raised in Austria, C.A. Johnson Artist-in-Residence Heimo Wallner attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts before going on to show his work in Austria as well as all over the United States, including New York City, San Antonio, Milwaukee's Hagerty Museum of Art and Amherst. ...
Author: Rodrigo Seira This past month was not an easy one for politicians. On March 10, The New York Times broke the story that linked New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to a prostitution ring, forcing him to resign only a few days later. On March 24, there came a second sex scandal as Detroit Mayor Kwame ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl What could be duller than sexuality? Sure, it comes with its complications, like relationships, harassment and discrimination, but for most of the normal, well-educated students of Middlebury College, sex is tedious and predictable, nothing more than a lust that is occasionally ...
Author: Jeb Burchenal Last Wednesday, the Panthers played host to a talented Williams team that was coming off a big win at Bates the previous weekend. It was the second of only five home games for the Panthers this season.Middlebury came out of the gates firing, accumulating 12 shots on goal in the ...
Author: Emma Gardner While the Middlebury Equestrian Club has not garnered quite as much media attention as the Quidditch team this year, the riding team has nonetheless seen a great level of success during its fall season and currently this spring. Adding a significant number of ribbons and accolades ...
Author: Zamir Ahmed and Peter Baumann Ultimate Frisbee team has two weeks of successThe Middlebury men's Ultimate Frisbee team has enjoyed a highly successful spring season, capturing one tournament title and reaching the finals of another over the past two weeks.The squad traveled down to Georgia for ...
Author: Anthony Adragna College administrators suspended the Stuck in the Middle (SIM) a cappella group for the rest of semester after finding the group committed hazing violations.Allegations of the hazing incident came to the attention of the College during the first week of March, Dean of the College ...
Author: Ilana Prior The Office of Admissions sent out letters of acceptance to over 1,400 prospective students on March 28. This year, the College saw the largest applicant pool ever, with 7,823 prospective students vying for 570 September-enrollment spots in the Class of 2012, and 90 February-admission ...
Author: Ariela Yomtovian "Let's talk about penises," said Assistant Professor of Theatre and Director of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" Claudio Medeiros '90 as he discussed the play at a preview lunch this past Monday. Performed for the first time around 410 BCE, "Lysistrata" takes place in Athens during ...
Author: Michelle Harvey When was the last time that you stopped studying, disregarded your stack of books, turned up your favorite song and just danced? Think about your favorite dance move: the Charleston, the cha-cha or the one-two step. Think about how your special dance dissipates the stress of ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Right from the get-go, it was apparent that something was not right. The national anthem had not come on right away - instead it took some time (and some listening to a yet-to-be-identified song) to get things right. Assistant captain Annmarie Cellino '09 had not eaten her customary ...
Author: Robert Mohr I think we need to look at the contents of the e-mail that has seemingly caused so much controversy ("Cake - choice of many or few," March 6). While some of the language employed in the e-mail may be considered slightly pretentious and/or arrogant, the message being conveyed was ...
Author: Bryant Cobb On March 13, the Fraker Prize was awarded to Kate Silbert '08 for her essay entitled "Real Human Bodies: A Critical Examination of Bodies - The Exhibition in Pittsburgh." The Fraker Prize is awarded annually to the best essay written by a Middlebury student on issues pertaining to ...
Author: [no author name found] Cabin Fever with Chocolate and Cheese Tasting If you are longing to satiate your yearning for Colby, Monterey Jack, Godiva and Hershey's, muster the very best of your tastebuds' resources and head on up to Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes on March 20 at 7 p.m. ...
Author: Tess Russell Attending a session of Men's Group on Tuesday, March 18, I eagerly anticipated stepping into a parallel universe of forthcoming male students who would supply the answers to those vexing, age-old questions we females often ask about our Y-chromosome possessing counterparts. Are ...
Author: Cloe Shasha The Lattice Group, started by Middlebury alumni Astri von Arbin Ahlander '07 and Yelizavetta Kofman '07, is a grassroots campaign that strives to foster communication among young academics about a balance between work and life goals.Inspired by their own search for employment in ...
Author: Brian Fung Ga. Tech president to head SmithsonianThe Smithsonian Institution announced on March 15 that Dr. G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, would be taking the organization's top post beginning on July 1.Upon his assumption of the role, Clough will inherit ...
Author: Andrew Fuller Dr. Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford University biologist and researcher on stress, will deliver the second annual convocation series keynote address on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Mead Chapel. Sapolsky has done extensive field research on baboons in Kenya and the effects of stress on ...