Author: Eleanor Johnstone Last week, Middlebury students checking their mailboxes found invitations to share their secrets à la PostSecret, a Maryland-based community art project that invites people to anonymously share private thoughts or moments - funny or serious - in an artistic fashion. Cards ...
Author: Nicole Lam Ned Castle's photographs reflect his passion. Each photograph has eyes staring right back at the viewer, just as Castle intends. Each man and woman in the black-and-white photographs wants to tell the audience something. One might never hear their voices, but being aware they have ...
Author: Cloe Shasha Starting on March 10, Proctor Dining Hall will begin its renovation process. Woodstove Lounge will close to students, but the rest of the dining hall will stay open until the end of the summer. The news about the upcoming renovations has prompted a flood of anticipatory nostalgic ...
Author: Michelle Harvey In a nice change of scenery, students eating dinner in Proctor on Friday, Feb. 29 were treated to candlelight, good food and blind dates. Put on by the student-run restaurant Dolci, this year's annual Blind Date event had a new twist: participants could request a same-sex date. ...
Author: Chelsea Utterback With decorated vans that proudly declare its organization and purpose, Middlebury Quidditch is taking its founding skills to other surrounding colleges over spring break. Beginning March 22, 25 members of the College's Quidditch team are visiting eight colleges with the aim ...
Author: Melissa Marshall Students leaving the McCullough Social Space after a late-night dance party or prospectives taking a tour of the Student Center may be shocked to find themselves staring down the barrel of a gun. Aaron Gensler's '08 exhibit featuring eight photographs of students posing with ...
Author: Afsana Liza The Drum Circle was established in the fall of 2006, when Jamie Fuchs '07 was inspired to bring the activity to the Middlebury campus. Fuchs had just spent a semester studying abroad in South Africa, where she had picked up some drumming skills. Upon returning to campus, she bought ...
Author: H. Kay Merriman Sex is rarely, if ever, an appropriate topic for dinner conversation with strangers, unless you are eating dinner with Jay Friedman, "the Michael Moore of sex education." Last Thursday, approximately 20 students dined with Friedman before he delivered his talk, "The J-Spot," ...
Author: [no author name found] The decision to remove one of Aaron Gensler's '08 photographs from her exhibit in The Center Gallery last week raises important questions about the role of public art on campus - and the role that College administrators should play in dictating the content of this art. ...
Author: Adam Dede The Student Government Association (SGA) met on March 2 to discuss safety and the comprehensive fee. The two-part meeting included a presentation from Student Comprehensive Fee Committee Chair AnnMarie Wesolowski '08, which was followed by a conversation with Director of Public Safety ...
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Author: Andrew Throdahl The Tallis Scholars was formed in 1973 (incidentally, the same year that the Academy of Ancient Music and Musica Antiqua Köln, two other renowned early music ensembles, were founded) by extant director Peter Philips. The Scholars became famous 25 years ago for their technically ...
Author: Anthony Adragna Members of the College administration released a progress report concerning the implementation of the Strategic Plan on Feb. 13 describing efforts since September 2007 to achieve the Plan.The report refers to over 30 specific goals outlined in the Strategic Plan and discusses ...
Author: Annabelle Fowler Members of the American Red Cross participated in an open forum on March 3 regarding the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policy that permanently bans gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The forum, moderated by Co-President of the Middlebury Open Queer Alliance (MOQA) ...
Author: [no author name found] Women's LacrosseHistorically, the Middlebury women's lacrosse team has been strong, with 17 consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances, a seven-year NESCAC title streak and a 16-2 finish in 2007 - losing only to Salisbury State. This year the pressure is on the first-years ...
Author: Kelly Janis On March 3, Middlebury residents convened in the Municipal Gymnasium on Main St. for the annual Town Meeting, an over-200-year-old tradition which gathers registered voters together in communities statewide to discuss civically relevant issues, approve the subsequent year's budget ...
Author: Thomas Phillips Last Saturday, Vermont landowners, businessmen, and homeowners gathered at the College's McCardell Bicentennial Hall to participate in the first Addison County Green Energy Exposition, "Building Sustainable Homes and Businesses." The exposition featured ideas and projects involving ...
Author: Tess Russell This week's Public Safety log listed - among a string of wallet thefts and alcohol-related citations - an incident of sexual assault, which reportedly occurred on Feb. 28 in Coffrin Hall. This will likely strike many students as shocking and frightening, but sexual violence at Middlebury ...