Author: Afsana Liza Following up on its previous recommendation that first-years be allowed to pledge a social house during their second semester at the College, the Community Council convened on April 21 to discuss whether or not February-admitted students should also be allowed to pledge in the spring ...
Author: [no author name found] Andrew Harris '08, Mike Stone '09, Jamie McKenna '09, Roz Vara '10, Jack Britton '08, Colin Nangle '10, Bill Greven '10 and Geena Constantin '11 have worn #14 this year - and they have worn it with distinction. Because of their efforts, The Campus has recognized #14 ...
Author: [no author name found] Claims about the academic dishonesty of Middlebury students are startling. More disturbing still, however, is the proposal by some members of the faculty to place professors as proctors in classrooms during exams. Cheating, plagiarism and other violations of Middlebury's ...
Author: [no author name found] The weekly editor's picks, by the numbers, Midd scoreboard, and locker room features.
Author: Michael Nevadomski ALEXANDRIA - I awoke to Hamada shaking my shoulders in the darkness."Sabahal-ful, ya bey. Yulla bina." Morning, boss. Time to go.I stretched under the blankets and pulled on my boots, shivering in the cold. The blue light of morning was breaking to violet, and I could hear ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Madson staff urge students vaccinationsThe University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison) has begun a campaign to ensure all students are properly vaccinated against the measles after a recent outbreak in the community. Four came down with the measles over the past month and ...
Author: H.K. Merriman Photographer Steve McCurry spoke and showed photographs to an overflowing Dana on Sunday. McCurry, a member of Magnum Photos whose pictures frequent the pages of National Geographic, is most famous for his photo of Sharbat Gula, the "Afghan Girl" with the striking green eyes, that ...
Author: Tamara Hilmes Who says 'Get Outside Week' comes only once a year? In honor of spring's arrival, The Campus offers you a guide to popular hiking spots around Middlebury to get you out of the classroom and into some fresh air.1. Cooley Glen/Emily ProctorLocated in South Lincoln in the Green Mountatin ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The Pavel Haas String Quartet, named after the Czech composer who died in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex in 1944, seems to be comprised of four independent virtuosi , strung together by a common, vigorous interpretation. Thus, when they performed last Sat. ...
Author: Kelly Janis On April 20, local residents joined College students on the Town Green for an Earth Day Fair, sponsored by the Addison County Relocalization Network (AcoRN) and the Middlebury Area Global Warming Action Committee (MAGWAC). The two-hour event featured an opening drumming circle, a ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Adriane Medina's '08 moments at Middlebury are not just wounded on a string, they are coming down to the wire. While lacking modern dance experience when she first arrived on campus, the Florida has been an active participant in the dance troupe On Tap, translates her experience ...
Author: Peter Baumann Bouncing back from their first loss of the year against Trinity, the men's lacrosse team completed a 2-0 week with a 11-8 win over league rival Wesleyan. The win leaves the Panthers in sole possession of first place in the conference. Coming into the game Middlebury stood at 6-1 ...
Author: James O'Brien It has taken me nearly a full two years at Middlebury College, but I have finally learned that everyone has problems. Paradoxically, most of us seem to believe that the hard-working students around us are crises-free, while, at the same time, we downplay our issues because we have ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:The only thing more appalling than the pompousness and complete lack of logic displayed by Ryan Tauriainen's letter in last week's paper is the fact that you keep paying attention to him. Could you stop?Sincerely,Tristan Axelrod '08To the Editor:I always ...
Author: Kristen Ward and Aki Ito I was molested at age 3. The police told me I should have tried harder to get information about my rapist. My friend said he didn't rape her - she doesn't think it's rape because she was drunk. Even my family didn't believe me. I told him no, and he did it anyway.A guy ...
Author: Alie Burnstein It seems odd that a night devoted to sexual violence awareness would begin with an a cappella performance. The Mischords, one of the all-female groups on campus, performed three songs, including an especially stirring Tracy Chapman medley. Yet, this event - the third annual Lovefest ...
Author: Adam Dede The Calendar Committee has made a change to its recommendation to give a break from classes for the Spring Student Symposium in response to student objections to the original plan. As a result, the Winter Carnival will likely enjoy its traditional Friday without classes in the 2009-2010 ...
Author: Kathryn Flagg For students hovering near the "Middlebury PostSecret" bulletin boards in the New Library, news of the latest in on-campus confessions may drag them back, at long last, to their carrels and computers. MiddleburyConfessional.com hit campus early this week, and though the Web site's ...
Author: Madeleine Terry, Alex Garlick and Eric Lonstein As student co-chairs of the Academic and Community Judicial Boards, we write in response to last week's front-page article, "Faculty supports that teachers proctor exams" (April 17) The article described a 'desire' on the part of the College's ...