Author: Dina Magaril I don't want to jinx it by talking about. It seems too good to be true but I need to share this with someone to make sure I'm not imagining it. Can it be? Middlebury students are dating. While this fact should not be startling news, let's face it, it is. Most Middlebury students ...
Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen If you gave your time to a cause you support last year, you are not alone: more than 60 million Americans volunteered in some capacity during the year 2007. Here at the College, most-but not all-volunteers come to the Alliance for Civic Engagement (ACE), an umbrella ...
Author: Anthony Adragna After locating a man seen walking on Weybridge Street late on Feb 5., the Middlebury Police Department (MPD) saw one of their most promising leads in the disappearance of Nick Garza '11 run dry. MPD officers located and talked to man walking on the street and determined he was ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner Now that's a sturdy little Morgan right there," chuckled Steve Davis, director of University of Vermont's (UVM's) Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, pointing to a frisky young stallion trotting around the ring with his trainer, propped up in a carriage, in tow. var uslide_show_id ...
Author: Holly O'Donnell Two students killed in separate violent attacksThe University of North Carolina's (UNC) student body president was found dead in a Chapel Hill neighborhood on March 5. Meanwhile, police from Auburn University were still busy investigating the death of a student, found just off ...
Author: Alex Garlick With so much going on in presidential politics this week I decided to let the politicians ask some questions.In the words of Will Hunting, "How do you like them apples?"-Hillary, New York.I must say I am impressed, Hillary. During Obama's "winning streak," it appeared that March ...
Author: Anna Furney The 12 Panthers selected to compete in the NCAA skiing championships, hosted by Montana State University, were preparing to challenge their peer group of arguably the most conditioned, trained and talented college athletes in the world. Finishing the weekend in fifth overall, you ...
Author: Scott Greene The College's Appeals Committee, citing procedural grounds, has upheld the appeal of Assistant Professor of Sociology Laurie Essig following a December recommendation by the Reappointments Committee to President of the College Ronald D. Liebowitz that Essig's tenure-track contract ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:In legitimate newspapers, which adhere to journalistic standards, editors are required to present their changes to each writer before publishing the changes. In legitimate newspapers, gratuitous graphic sexual commentary hardly exists. The Middlebury Campus ...
Author: Jeff Klein For a while, it looked like the small college from rural Vermont would stage an improbable victory. But in the end, the larger university from New York clamped down and won.The Middlebury men's basketball team put forth an inspired effort this past Friday, March 7 in its first-ever ...
Author: Cloe Shasha While a March 6 a farewell party was held for Proctor's Woodstove Lounge to give regular visitors to the space a chance to gather together and celebrate the lounge, the spot will likely remain open until at least spring break, according to Dining Room Servery Worker Stephen Draper. ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman "If you don't know this song, I don't know why you're at this school," announced host Jimmy Wong '09.5 as an introduction to Chelsea Minton's '08 final song in Friday night's Middlebury Idol competition. In true Middlebury fashion, her rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" ...
Author: Robert McKay Artist-in-Resident in Dance Leyya Tawil presented two showings of her company's "Capital Life Tryptich" at the Mahaney Center for the Arts this weekend. Despite several standout moments and some mesmerizing bodies, the program failed to create or exploit dramatic tensions between ...
Author: James O'Brien Last week, Daniel Streitfield's op-ed quoted an all-DJ e-mail from "a prominent member of WRMC." According to Streitfield's op-ed, the e-mail read, "It has come to my attention that THIRD EYE BLIND is leading in the online concert survey the Middlebury College Activities Board ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl The string trio is a notorious ensemble - notorious to write for, and difficult to pull off successfully in performance. The string trio repertoire is not as spectacular as the quartet repertoire, but the March 7 concert by the Albers Trio in the Mahaney Center for the Arts surpassed ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 8 and 9, an unfavorable brew of heavy winds and freezing rain conspired to coat power lines with ice, topple trees and leave thousands of Vermont homes and businesses cloaked beneath an unwelcome shroud of darkness.According to Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) spokesperson ...
Author: Michelle Constant The College's Initiative fundraising campaign has raised $273 million toward its $500 million goal as of Feb. 29, according to top administrators. The College had raised $234 million during the initative's silent phase before taking it public in October. According to Ann Crumb, ...
Author: [no author name found] Say Cheese and DineWine and cheese, the classic combination. While wine tastings are common practice elsewhere, in Vermont cheese tastings are apparently all the rage. If you are looking to become a cheese connosieur, head over to the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol on ...