Author: Rachael Jennings Information about the Independent Scholars Program at Middlebury is hard to come by. Most students at the College are unfamiliar with the process of applying to design your own curriculum, and many are unaware that the program even exists. But for the few brave souls who choose ...
Author: Jake Cohen The Middlebury swim team sent its women's contigent to Wesleyan University this past weekend to compete in the 2008 NESCAC championships. There, the women continued their late-season success by placing second in what was one of the tightest races in the conference history.Although ...
Author: Tess Russell Back in September, when Nat Nelson '11 realized that he was about to throw up on floormate Emily McDonald '11, he apologized - roughly 0.76 seconds before the impact - for tainting her classy black dress with his vomit which, he admitted, "was not really black or classy in any ...
Author: Denizhan Duran Minorities make up 24 percent of the Class of 2011, according to the Dean of Admissions Bob Clagett, up from 20 percent for the whole student body as a result of the effort to make Middlebury more racially and socio-economically diverse. This is similar to patterns in universities ...
Author: Alex Garlick When you woke up this morning, were you wondering if there could be yet another presidential election column in this space? Say it with me, "YES WE CAN!" Anyway, Tuesday, March 4 is setting up to be the Super-est Tuesday since … Super Tuesday. Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont ...
Author: Andrea Glaessner The Middlebury Campus: What inspired you to do this particular Benefit Bake? Was there a particular person or group who asked you to help raise the money or was it an individual decision? If it was an individual decision, what was it that made you believe it was a cause worth ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Are snowmen and igloos the limits of snow's artistic horizons? Did you never think of a winged pig could be crafted from the harvest of winter? 2008's Winter Carnival witnessed the reinstitution of the Snow Sculpting Competition, enabling Middlebury students to see their wildest ...
Author: Dina Magaril On a campus as green as Middlebury's we may not think twice about recycling, but simply do it, an action that when applied to waste products is completely beneficial to the environment. But have we absentmindedly started to apply this policy to our relationships? In Middlebury, ...
Author: Theodore May On Feb. 20, Professor Emeritus Eric Davis was introduced to thunderous applause in a standing-room-only Dana Auditorium as the latest speaker in the Faculty Lecture Series. Introduced by the Dean for Faculty Development and Research Sunder Ramaswamy, Davis spoke for the better part ...
Author: [no author name found] To the Editor:This week, Brown University did away with tuition for students whose families make less than $60,000 a year and increased financial aid, and most importantly replaced student loans with grants across the board. This is an impressive commitment to socio-economic ...
Author: Andrew Throdahl Emily Kim Goldsmith '08, winner of this year's Alan and Joyce Beucher Concerto Competition, will be playing the first movement of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in the College Orchestra concert on April 25. The Middlebury Campus caught up with the violinist on how she got started ...
Author: Scott Greene The Concert Committee of the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) announced over the weekend that alternative rock group Cake will headline its Spring Concert on April 19 at Chip Kenyon '85 Arena, a performance which will mark the band's first trip to the East Coast since ...
Author: Mary Lane and Derek Schlickeisen A growing number of elite U.S. colleges have begun offering "free tuition" to many of their applicants. On Feb. 25, Brown University joined Harvard, Yale, Stanford and Dartmouth in committing to completely eliminate the cost of tuition for students whose families ...
Author: Adam Clayton As far as politics and sports go, the recent steroids drama unfolding in Congress, one that brought about more embarrassment and outrage than alleged torture by the CIA, illustrates how deeply ingrained sports are in American culture. Roger Clemens' fall from grace has caught the ...
Author: Adam Dede Overfilled classes have left many students scrambling for second and third choices in course selections. This is due, in large part, to the size of the class of 2011, and although the long term recommendation of the Strategic Plan to add 25 more faculty members will help as current ...
Author: Tess Russell This evening, Middlebury's "Let's Talk About Sex" month continues with the arrival of renowned sex educator Jay Friedman, who will present "The J-Spot" at 7 p.m. in the Warner Hemicycle. Friedman's presentation is in keeping with the lighthearted yet educational spirit of other ...
Author: Jeff Patterson Moments before their Friday face-off with Amherst, the nine seniors on the Middlebury men's hockey team were honored at center ice. Photos were snapped and the P.A. speakers crackled as proud parents popped their heads out from the rink door to stand next to their sons. Nine goals ...
Author: Amanda Greene I've been thinking a lot about situations that make Middlebury College students feel uncomfortable. I'm not talking about when your scandalous underwear makes an unannounced and unexpected appearance on the laundry room floor. I'm interested in the circumstances that test what ...
Author: Jenna Levine There has been much rumor and miscommunication regarding the Oct. 26 VACA Halloween party police incident involving alumna Emilie McDonald and me. I do not wish here to separate rumor from fact but only to suggest that I was wrong and unhelpful when I interjected myself into the ...
Author: Anna Furney In the tradition of saving the best for last, the Rikert Ski Touring Center and Middlebury's Snow Bowl hosted the 2008 EISA Championships for both alpine and Nordic athletes on Feb. 22 and 23. While Middlebury's Panthers have seen considerable opposition from the Dartmouth and University ...